Saturday, Dec. 20th our ski team hosted it's annual high school relay event on the Montebello City ski trail system. Friday's grooming, by trail administrator Bob Montebello and Coach Walters, was met with nearly 3 - 5 " of new snow but that did not dampen the spirits of the four large schools that attended the event. Grand Rapids, Brainerd, Little Falls, and Bemidji all enjoyed a snow filled day of ski racing. The format was a two person, four leg relay. Each skier doing one leg of the 2.5 km course classic and tagging their teammate in a transition zone to go out and classic, followed by the first skier being tagged and going out in the skating style, and finishing up with the second teammate going out skate for the anchor leg. It was fast and furious action as Grand Rapid's boys varsity team of Kirk Gilbertson and Ethan Karppinen cruised through the total of 10 km in 32:12 for first place. The girls varsity team from Little Falls, Molly Binger and Jackie Thelen took first in their division with a time of 36:23 and the mixed division team from Grand Rapids made up of Bob Carter and Afton Snyder won their division in a time of 36:25. Relays break up some of the skiing format the high schools tend to run, and gives the skiers a bit of variety and excitement, plus adds to some great team building experiences.
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