Mansfield Nordic Club
Ski coaching, training and playing in the shadow of Mt Mansfield for all ages and abilities
Come to Rikert Nordic Center, Ripton VT, USA, this March 14-15 for the 3rd Annual Grand Prix! This event is for skiers born in 2001-2004, and is intended to be a fun introduction to International Racing!
For more information on schedules and registration click here.
Thanks to Gary Solow for getting some excellent photos from our time-trial last weekend!
Last Saturday we hosted the first Central VT Nordic Co-op event of the winter: classic sprints at Breadloaf! Thanks to Mike Hussey and his crew at the ski center, the athletes had a ~600m loop of manmade snow that allowed us to put on an informal event. Athletes in attendance came from Middlebury College, Woodstock HS, GMVS, Middlebury HS, and Mansfield Nordic Club. Overall we had approximately 40 participants on a day that was a bit soggy. In spite of the non-stop wet snow falling, the conditions were actually very good with athletes either using klister (Rex OI + Swix Silver), or else using “zeroes”.
The goal of the Co-op events is to augment the Eastern Cup / High School race calendar with informal races that promote learning and gaining experience in a setting that is low stress, but still features competitive skiers. Many high school athletes never (or rarely) get to ski in the head-to-head sprint heats, so our Co-op event guaranteed that every participant would get to ski at least 2 heats. By the end of the day, most of the athletes actually skied 3 heats in addition to their qualifier. The Co-op events are coordinated by the coaches themselves (Justin Beckwith at GMVS, Cam Mackugler at Frost Mtn, Nick Mahood at Woodstock and Tim Weston at MNC). We are proud of the fact that these events are nearly always free. The only fee associated with our sprint race over the weekend was the nominal trail fee at Breadloaf.
MNC athletes did great although I was mostly busy organizing and timing. Below are some pictures of our MNC crew, and Gary Solow has another 70-80 photos available at this address:
Will Solow leads a pack of skiers including Kai Richter
Henry and Bill Harmeyer followed by Forrest Hamilton on the descent
Ben Carnahan on the 180* turn
Ethan John rounding the hairpin turn
Holy there are a lot of exciting events happening right now, above and beyond the Sochi Olympics. If you have photos from any of these events, please send them to me and I’ll try to get as many posted as I can in a timely fashion.
VERMONT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Amazing job from so many MNC athletes last week! Champion Autumn Eastman and podium Cally Braun in D1. CVU takes the top spot in both boys and girls relays. MMU girls a strong 2nd in relay. Essex coming in 3rd in the boys relay.
Last Thursday were the Freestyle races (relay & individual). D1 Boys: Ethan John (Essex) 6th individual, Charlie Maitland (CVU) 8th overall, Casey Silk (CVU) 11th, Ethan Thibault (Colchester) 12th, Charlie Cobb (MMU) 21st, Nigel Sarrazin (Colchester) 25th, Caleb Guziak (Colchester) 27th. D1 Girls: Autumn Eastman (CVU) 1st, Cally Braun (CVU) 3rd, Amy Bruce (MMU) 5th, Abby Grab (MMU) 8th, Molly Larson (MMU) 9th, Rachel Slimovitch (CVU) 10th, Tatum Braun (CVU) 11th, Chloe Lemmel-Hay (Essex) 14th, Summer Bishop (CVU) 16, Anna Franceschetti (CVU) 17th, Emily Halporn (MMU) 31st, Lucy Leith (Burlington) 40th, Katie Moino (Essex) 50th, Sarah Tallman (Essex) 51st.
BILL KOCH FESTIVAL
Olivia Cuneo and Marika Massey-Bierman team up to win the Girls 7/8 relay! Kai Richter and Greg Burt team up to finish 5th in the Boys 7/8 relay. Tim Cobb and Conor Munns finish 11th.
Greg Burt also finishes 3rd overal in the individual skate race. Kai comes in 9th in a tight field, Conor 16th, Tim Cobb 20th, and Baxter Bishop 22nd out of nearly 70 racers!
Olivia Cuneo wins the girls skate race and Marika finishes 4th overall in a field of 66 competitiors.
STOWE DERBY
MNC coaches, athletes and parents participated in the Derby. Coach Enman and Coach Hollenbach finish 2nd and 6th in the skate. Ben Hegman 11th, Bill Harmeyer 26th, Charlie Maitland the ironman 82nd, Coach Leigh Mallory 91st, Ben Longenbach 101, and Kort Logenbach 186th.
Bill Harmeyer went out for the classic portion as well — totaling 40km of racing on the day! As did Eli Enman (7th). Ed Hamilton finished 10th in the classic, Coach Hollenbach 13th, Eliza Thomas 58th and winning her age class, and also Karen Alence 68th and second in her category!
ETHAN ALLEN BIATHLON SERIES
Nathanael Kuzio (Harwood / MNC / EABC) finished 3rd overall in the expert category (winning his age group) in the final biathlon race last Thursday. Eliza Thomas (SBHS / MNC) won the sport class for all women, and Ben Carnahan (CVU / MNC) won the sport category for his age group.
NYSEF NORDIC
HARRY ELDRIDGE RACE WEEKEND
Races will be at the Olympic Jumping Complex. Update has been posted here: http://www.nysef.org/x-c-
Link to race registration: https://www.alpinereg.com/
Just a reminder that race registration closes tonight at 9 pm. There is no day of race registration
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The Mansfield Nordic Community Center (MNCC) is our club’s resource for strength training, events, meetings, and more! But how do you get there, and where do you park? Read More about “Parking at the MNCC”…
Join us on Sunday, December 15th at Craftsbury for our Masters Mini Camp. We’ll work on both skate and classic, gather for lunch, and review video and talk technique! Read More about “Masters Mini Camp @ Craftsbury”…
Masters athletes…are you looking to build strength and train with friends and teammates? Join us at the Mansfield Nordic Community Center on Wednesday nights! Read More about “Masters Strength @ The MNCC”…