The race season kicked off last Saturday with many of our MNC Juniors participating in the opening Eastern Cup sprint race at Craftsbury. Highlights included a lot of 1st-timers getting their first taste of high-level racing. Henry Harmeyer finished 2nd in the U20 men’s heats and Forrest Hamilton won the U16 men’s heats in a photo finish ahead of a french-Canadian athlete.
The High School race season is also under way and MNC athletes are kicking butt all over the place! I’ve heard about lots of top-10 performances across the board and one standout was Ben Carnahan (freshman at CVU) winning his first-ever JV race by nearly a minute thereby earning a spot on the Varisty squad for future races!
Training continues this week with an expanded group of athletes as we have a few of our graduates back in town (Emma Hamilton – Bowdoin; Liam John and Sam Longbenbach from St. Olaf). We are trying to log some km’s while everyone is on break from school. We are also sending luck to the Harmeyer Brothers who are traveling to Utah for Senior National Championships next week. Nathanael Kuzio also wraps up his Biathlon Junior World Championship trials races today up in Presque Isle, ME.
Group photo at the Cabin before bombing Pariso in 1:41.1.
Ben Carnahan at the Craftsbury Eastern Cup. Congrats Ben for making Varsity!
Harmeyers and John brothers braving the ice at Craftsbury. Burning off the Christmas cookies.
Sabra Davison talking with the athletes midway up the 40-year trail at Trapp’s today
Mt. Jericho. Thank god for snomaking at the Range!
Eliza doing a 180* on skis — she was super smooth
