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Summer Program Registration Link

By Adam Terko on 16 May, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

MNC Summer Training: 10 week session from June 18 – August 24. For questions please contact Tim Weston at tmweston [at] gmail [dot] come or by cell (585)261-8194.

Link to Summer Registration.

Future Stars: 3 days/wk.

Intro to rollerskiing; running; hiking; strength; games.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30-10:30am. Saturdays 9:00-11:00 (approx).
Ages 12-13 or with approval

Development Team: 3 days/wk.

Rollerskiing basics; running; bounding; hiking; strength; games.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30-10:30am. Saturdays 9:00-11:00 (approx).
Ages 14-18 or with approval

Comp Team: 4-5 days/wk

Intermediate- to advanced-rollerskiing; running; hiking; strength; cycling; bounding; games.
Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays 8:30-10:30am. Saturdays 9:00-11:00 (approx). Other “bonus training” approx 1 evening every other week.

MNC adds Brendan Copley to summer staff!

By Adam Terko on 14 May, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

I am excited to confirm that Brendan Copley (Colchester HS class of 2012) will help MNC this summer with weekly running and foot workouts on Friday mornings.

In addition to being a great young man and mentor for the athletes, Brendan already has a very impressive athletic background. He was a VT State Champ in running, runner-up in the 1500m (sub- 4:00!) in addition to skiing for Colchester.

In his first year running at D2 Quinnipiac University, Copley was one of the top performers on his team throughout the entire season — setting PR’s of sub-33 in the 10km and sub-26 in the 8km.

http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/sports/mxc/2012-13/bios/copley_brendan_bfaz

New Coaches sign-on for Summer!

By Adam Terko on 4 May, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

I am excited to announce that Caitlin Curran (UVM ’12) will join the MNC summer coaching staff, and Juergen Uhl (UVM ’10) re-joins our staff this summer.

Curran was one of the top members of the UVM squad for several years, and recently completed her teaching degree at UVM.

Uhl is a former NCAA Champion and was a standout junior skier in Germany before coming to UVM. He is currently working as an engineer for a local business.

Within the next few days I hope to announce another new coach who will help us with Friday morning running workouts… Stay tuned!!

MNC Summer Training update

By Adam Terko on 28 April, 2013 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

Future Stars Program3 days/week program for veteran BKL skiers (approx ages 12-13). Activities will include rollerskiing (at the Range), hiking, running, strength, and games. Program offers age-appropriate training while also offering exposure to Junior Program coaching and athletes.

Devo Team
3 days/week program for high-school athletes. Activities will include weekly skate and classic rollerskiing, running, as well as strength training and other endurance-based training.

Comp Team
3-5 days/week program for high-school athletes. The core program includes 3 days/week along with the Devo/Future Stars programs, as well as additional training that will require demonstrated safety (ability to rollerski on open roads), fitness (ability to train for 2-3 hours), and other cross-training activities (cycling and/or MTB).

Subject to approval by the National Guard:

Tuesdays at the Range, 8:30 – 10:30. Rollerskiing, strength, games.
Thursdays at the Range, 8:30 – 10:30. Rollerskiing, strength, games.
Saturdays at various locations, 9:00 – 11:00 (approx). Hiking, running, various activities.

VT wins J2 Champs; MNC Top-10’s at Junior Nationals!

By Adam Terko on 12 March, 2013 in BKL Jackrabbits, BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog, Masters Blog

Team Vermont at the J2 Champs. Photo from NENSA.net

Updates on the NENSA website make it look as though the J2 Championships had some beautiful weather in addition to the always fun atmosphere. Going into the final day, Maine held a lead over Vermont, but the VT’ers pulled out the title with strong relay performances. Forrest Hamilton had a strong weekend on the boys side, taking a 3rd in the 5km skate race. Several other locals were seen in the results (and photos catching big air) including cyclocross star Cooper Willsey (CVU), Charlie Maitland (CVU), Charlie Cobb (MMU), Peter Unger and Ben Longenbach (CVUers), and Nigel Sarrazin of Colchester. The local gals were also well represented, with Lydia Picotte (MMU), Rachel Slimovitch (CVU), Abby Grab (MMU), and Kate Burke (CVU).

Full results from the J2 Champs.

Junior Nationals in Alaska:

Link to official Junior Nationals 2013 website.

Link to Summit Timing – results / start lists and LIVE RESULTS for Junior Nationals.

Today were also the first day of competition at Junior Nationals in Fairbanks, Alaska. Fairbanks is a cold and dry place, where it snows in October and that snow doesn’t melt until April or May! Conditions are excellent here at Birch Hill — if a bit cold — but we’ve had so few cold powder days in the past 2 seasons of racing. Today were the 5/10km individual skate races on a grueling course. The trails start with challenging S-turn descents that put lactate and adrenaline into your body immediately. Then the main climb smacks you in the face around the 1km mark. The course trends up for nearly 2.5 km before rolling and downhill stretches.

Our local athletes and MNC athletes absolutely killed it today: brothers Jack and Ben Hegman began the day by both placing 4th in the OJ and J1 categories, respectively. Next on course were the J2 Boys and brothers Bill Harmeyer and Henry Harmeyer were the cookie-portion of an oreo sandwich (placing 5th and 8th) while Nathanael Kuzio was the delicious cream filling (placing 7th). CVU grad Sienna Searles placed 23rd in the OJ gals category and South Burlington’s Aleksandra Zakrzewska was 27th OJ.

Ben Hegman en route to 4th place J1 in the country!

Nathanael Kuzio skates to a 7th place finish in J2!

Bill Harmeyer climbing to 5th place J2

Henry Harmeyer en route to 8th place J2

Ben Hegman en route to 4th place J1 in the country!

Jack Hegman en route to 4th OJ

Yeseterday we took some of the J1/OJ boys out to see the ice sculptures from the recent World Ice Carving Championships. Here is the winning sculpture — a huge scene with a valiant knight attacking a dragon that has a woman held captive in chains. It is truly amazing to see in person: