First Ski Meet of the Season,
Most of section 8 traveled over to Mt. Itasca Ski for a 5 KM freestyle(skate) race on Saturday, December 13th.
Mt. Itasca has the ability to make snow and along with some of the new snow, had a great base and a well manicured course for the skiers to enjoy. For many teams however, it was a reality check; most teams had little or no time on snow and the challenging Mt. Itasca course showed its teeth.
Grand Rapids dominated the event for the varsity level of both boys and girls. Top ranked Addie Byrne of Grand Rapids easily walked away from the girls field with an eighty one second advantage over the second place girl. Grand Rapids boys, as a team took the title with four of their skiers in the top five overall.
Independent skier Conrad Roberts from Battle Lake and the girls from Little Falls all did quite well.
In the J Varsity Bemidji's skiers placed very well and showed some great depth and individual performances that would have placed in the top ten of the varsity event.
Next week we hope to host our annual Nordic Relay event on the city trail in Bemidji (Montebello Trail System) that will have an unusual format. We will have two skiers participate as a team and do a four leg relay consistings of both classic and freestyle skiing.
The snow is piling up and the groomers are gearing up for some work. Hopefully the cold weather will not prevent us from all getting out there and skiing.
Coach Walters
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