Climb to the Castle Rollerski Race in Lake Placid

Canadian Nationals 2008

Fairbanks 2008 Classic Sprint Finals

Skier Gala April 6

This sounds like a very cool event and there will be quite a few top level skiers and coaches speaking, including keynote speaker Pete Vordenberg, head US Ski Team coach.

Reposted from www.skinnyski.com:

CXC, USSA, the Univ of MN alumni association, and Silent Sports Foundation of Mpls, are hosting a big Skier Gala, Sunday, April 6th on the U of M campus. Tribute will be given to Ahvo Taipale for his two National Championship teams and Pete Vordenberg will provide the keynote speech.

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Banquet

If you haven’t yet responded regarding a count for the banquet, please reply to Coach Kevin ASAP.

Date: February 28, 2008
Time: 6-9 pm
Location: Tartan Park
11455 20th Street North
Lake Elmo, Minnesota 55042

Post-season racing

For anyone interested in post season racing, there are a number of local races coming up. Check Skinny Ski’s racing page for additional info and full Midwestern racing calendar.

• Thursday, Feb. 14: Elm Creek Time Trial - 5k Skate, Classic, or do both
• Saturday, Feb. 16: Snowflake and Inga-Lami 10k at Baker
• Saturday, Mar. 1: Crazy Carleton Classic Relays - 3×3k relay at Carleton
• Saturday, Mar. 9: Hoigaards Slush Rush at Elm Creek (10k skate, 9am)NOTE THE LOCATION AND TIME CHANGE
• Saturday, Mar. 15: Chili Bowl Equinox Duathlon (5k classic, 5k skate; 10 am Trollhaugen)
• Sunday, Mar. 16: Last Ditch Switch Duathlon (5k classic, 5k skate individual or 2 person relay; 10 am Elm Creek)<ul

CXC Skiing on Wisconsin Public Television

Wisconsin Public Television did a really nice piece on the CXC development team and skiing in the Hayward area.  Check out video here:

http://www.wpt.org/inwisconsin/index.cfm?did=31702

Section pictures posted!

You can find them online here: http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/562401165OHGbuk?vhost=outdoors&vhost=outdoors.

I’m so proud of the progress you guys made this year. It really is amazing to see and I’m glad I got to come watch you a few times this year. Let’s hope I can come more next year, but that all depends where I am job-wise. Good luck in spring sports and with school!

Section results

http://skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=11402

Conference Team Scores and Individual Award Winners

Full results coming soon!

BOYS
1. MA 63 (5,7,9,11,15,16)
2. SPA 64 (1,3,4,8,22,26)
3. MPA 85 (2,6,17,19,20,21)
4. Blake 104 (10,13,14,18,24,25)
5. Breck 143 (12,23,”27″,”27″,”27″,”27″)
All-conference
1. Ben Greenwald SPA
2. Jack Sloan MPA
3. Alex Whitman SPA
4. Andrew Dougherty SPA
5. Karl Lind MA
6. Matt Caswell MPA
7. TJ Styx MA
Honorable Mention
8. Peter Wilson SPA
9. Evan Leister MA
10. Caleb Dayton BL
11. Jake Brown MA
12. Brandon Onopa BR
13. Kent Carlson BL
14. Stewart Richardson BL
GIRLS
1. SPA 56 (1,2,9,11,16,17)
2. MA 77 (3,4,10,19,20,21)
3. VIS 82 (6,8,12,14,18,24)
4. MPA 139 (7,23,25,26,28,30)
5. Blake 146 (5,15,27,29,34,36)
6. Breck 166 (13,22,31,32,33,35)
All-conference
1. Annie Hart SPA
2. Meredith Lis SPA
3. Kristen Weirsma MA
4. Jessica Simmons MA
5. Emily Moos BL
6. Gwynne Evans VIS
7. Nancy Dietman MPA
8.Martha Evans VIS
Honorable Mention
9. Kathleen Cann SPA
10. Claire Anderson MA
11. Caroline Daniels SPA
12. Sarah Anderson VIS
13. Sally Caruso BR
14. Erin Anderson VIS
15. Courtney Alpeter BL
16. Claire Palmer SPA