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J2 / Eastern HS Qualifier Photos

By Adam Terko on 11 February, 2014 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

Congratulations to all the MNC skiers that qualified for the “post-season” earning spots on the Vermont J2 Team and the Vermont Eastern HS Championship Team. Photos from the qualifier races – held last weekend at Breadloaf – are below. All photos are form Gary Solow, thank you Gary!

Ben Longenbach

Proud pop Kort Longenbach

Peter Unger

Cally Braun

Tatum Braun

Leigh Mallory – Chief of Competition

Will Solow

Charlie Maitland

Amy Bruce

Eliza Thomas

Ben Carnahan

Marika Massey-Bierman

Junior Training: 2/10 – 2/23

By Adam Terko on 10 February, 2014 in Junior Blog

Congratulations to many athletes that achieved goals yesterday in qualifying for J2 Championships and the Eastern High School Championships. I will have a post and pictures coming soon!

Tuesday = classic with DP and high intensity plus light plyometrics, 4:00-5:45pm.
Wednesday = Steady state skate ski @ Sleepy, 4-5:30pm.
Thursday = Recovery ski with technique at the Range, 4:00-5:30pm.
Saturday = Eastern Cup @ Waterville Valley, NH. 5-5-10-10km Freestyle, Individual.
Sunday = Eastern Cup @ Plymouth, NH. 5-5-10-15km classic, individual.

Tentative plan for 2/17 – 2/23:

Tuesday = Recovery classic with DP and light plyos at the Range, 4-5:30.
Wednesday = Recovery skate ski at Sleepy, 4:00-5:30pm.
Thursday = skate with high intensity and no-pole, 4:00-5:30pm.
Sunday = TBA.

MNC BK and Masters 2/9 – 2/15 + Pics

By Adam Terko on 9 February, 2014 in BKL Jackrabbits, BKL Race Blog, Masters Blog

BK and Masters Skiing

Tuesday 2/11 – Classic Skiing at the range. BK Racing Team will simulate classic sprint racing. Jackrabbits will practice fast downhills. Masters will have three groups to focus on specific needs at each level. All skiers – please take a few minutes to prep skis before practice. Clean off old waxes and apply 3-4 layers of TOKO Blue or SWIX Blue (VR 30 or 40). Please check in at the Walker Building upon arrival if you need help with kick wax.

Thursday 2/13 – Skate Skiing – BK Racing Technique focus – fast downhills. Jackrabbits – dog sled pull! Masters – downhill technique, cornering and interval workout for the fast group.

Friday 2/14 – STOWE DERBY RECON – BK AND MASTERS -If you can skip a day of school/work we can ski the Stowe Derby Course!! We will need to be at the lift by 1:30PM. If you can go please email Coach Rick. Click the link below for a pdf with the details
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Saturday 2/15 – BK Race at Morrisville – We encourage all MNC kids to come to this one. Info at https://www.nensa.net/calendar/index.html?id=1579 Registration 9-10:30. Races start at 11:00. Skate technique.

EQUIPMENT CHECK – Classic Poles should be up to the top of the shoulder and skate poles should be up to the mouth when you are in your boots and on skis. For kids it is not a bad idea to buy slightly larger poles at the beginning of the season to account for those growth spurts.

Pics from the past week: BK skiers racing up as J2’s in the Eastern Cup and Biathlon day with BK.

Baxter Bishop

Conor Muns

Conor Muns

Conor Muns

Greg Burt with Forest Hamilton on deck

Greg Burt

Justin Schaaf with Coach Algis Shalna

Algis Shalna teaching Charles Martel

Marika Massey-Bierman showing good prone position

Olympic Biathlete and Head Groomer at the Range Dan Westover teaches his son Josh

Kai Richter

Kai Richter

Meet Nathanael Kuzio: 2014 Youth Men Nor/Am Champ!

By Adam Terko on 8 February, 2014 in Junior Blog

Nathanael Kuzio (Moretown, VT) is a jack-of-all-trades: runner, skier and biathlete. He represents Harwood High School running for Coach Kerrigan, MNC, as well as the Ethan Allen Biathlon Club working with Eric Tremble, Algis Shalna and John Madigon. The EABC recently hosted North American Biathlon Championships at the Range and Nathanael took home top-honors in his category on the final day of racing.

Link to results: http://www.eabiathlon.org/results/2014NorAmMass.pdf

It was the mass-start race and coming into the final stage of shooting Nathanael was in 4th place overall. He “cleaned” his final stage of shooting — a standing shooting stage which is typically more difficult than prone — and leapfrogged two Canadians who went to the penalty lap. With just about 0.5km to go, he skied past the one remaining Canadian to win by 8 seconds! With 16/20 shooting on the day it was both excellent skiing and shooting. The top WOrld Cup skiers typically average around 85% shooting accuracy, so that is really good!

A few pictures of Nathanael racing earlier this season:

Junior Photos and Update

By Adam Terko on 8 February, 2014 in BKL Race Blog, Junior Blog

Thanks again to Gary Solow for help taking photos at the Trapp’s Eastern Cup last weekend. There has been a lot of sickness going around so our group was a bit smaller this weekend. It is February now and everyone is getting laser-focus on the most important races of their winter in the next 5-6 weeks. THings kick-off tomorrow with the EHSC/J2 qualifier races. Then we have the final Eastern Cup weekend of the year over in NH next weekend. After that are State Championships, Juniors Nationals, Eastern High School Championships and J2 Championships! It is going to be an exciting time for all the MNC athletes participating and excelling at a variety of levels! And staying healthy by missing a race here or there is a necessary part of that success.