Blue-bird skies greeted the racers everyday, which is pretty much unheard of in the east for 8 days straight. Snow conditions were excellent, temps hovered in the upper 30s and low 40s all week and the coaches enjoyed 5 days of klister thumbs at the beginning of the week.
Some racing highlights include:
Maile putting the hammer down in the J2 girls classic sprint to qualify 13th and move up to 11th in the heats, just missing a medal by one place! an awesome result of 5th for first year J2s in the US!
Challenging courses led to some good crashes from the NYSEF skiers. Charlie decided it was better to "CHUCK" himself off course in Friday's freestyle race, forcing him to take his ski off to climb out of a gully back to get back on course.
Elizabeth proving that she can skate with the best in the country and carried the Mid-Atlantic J1 girls relay team into 4th overall and 3rd for J1 teams in the lead off scramble leg!
the team on the ferry in route to Presque Isle
Charlie classic sprint!
Joey in the sprint heats!
Maile in her quarterfinal heat!
Maile psyched to be moving on to the semifinals!
Maile and coach Marge
Will in the start gate!
Sam in the 10km classic race!
Elizabeth hammering the relay!
relay mass start
Elizabeth was honored as the Mid-Atlantic Division Dave Quinn nominee for 2010. the Dave Quinn nominees are choosen by their division for athletic and academic achievement, sportsmanship and love for the sport. congratulations Elizabeth!
link to race videos: http://juniorolympics2010.org/current-news/1/160
link to full Junior Olympic race results: http://juniorolympics2010.org/jo-results
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