MNC Boys Ranked 3rd in the Country!

Based on the results of our boys racing at Junior Nationals last week, the MNC boys finished the season as the 3rd place club in the country! This was due to the success each of the boys had in their individual races at Trapp’s. The scoring system [world cup points] favors strength of results over having a large number of participants. Since our athletes all had top-6 performances, including two podiums from Forrest, they ranked really high in the nation!

Congratulations to Forrest, Henry and Ben, as well as all the other MNC athletes, coaches and parents that helped support them over the past several years. This kind of result is something that takes a lot of hard work over the course of many months and years.

Henry Harmeyer (2nd from Left), Tim Weston (center) and Ben Hegman (far right) after the mass-start races at Junior Nationals

Henry Harmeyer (2nd from Left), Tim Weston (center) and Ben Hegman (far right) after the mass-start races at Junior Nationals

J2 Championship Photos

Man what a weekend of racing! Team Vermont took home the title at the New England J2 Championships after a great showing in the relays on Sunday.

Will Solow with good extension

Will Solow with good extension

Local boys!

Local boys!

Charlie Cobb searching for every 1/100th of a second!

Charlie Cobb searching for every 1/100th of a second!

Ben Longenbach coming home strong

Ben Longenbach coming home strong

Ben Carnahan in the J2 Championship relay

Ben Carnahan in the J2 Championship relay

Junior Training 3/10 – 3/18

[updated Tuesday 3/11 @ 10:45 am to reflect SKATE technique for training today]

Training plan for 3/10 – 3/16:

Tuesday = Recovery skate ski at the Range, 4:00-5:30.
Wednesday = Recovery skate ski at Sleepy Hollow. 4:00-5:30.
Thursday = Classic ski with relay practice at the Range. 4:00-5:30.
Sunday = TBA.

Also Upcoming:

Tuesday March 18 =Movement screening analysis 3:50-6:15pm at the Range. Please refer to 2/23 email from Dr. Sharon Henry. The screening will take approximately 20-30 minutes per athlete to complete.

 

*** Bonus training after March 18th will be highly weather dependent as the National Guard stops grooming the trails. Provided that we have snow (which looks very likely!) and athletes are still motivated to ski, we will likely have 2 bonus training sessions per week at various venues.

BK and Masters 3/9- 3/16

BK 

The Quince dives!

The Quince dives!

Tuesday 3/11– SKATE skiing – looks like a warm day.  Some of the BK Racing Team will do an interval workout based on racing the Frost Mtn Grand Prix on the weekend.  Be sure to bring a water bottle.

Thursday 3/13 – CLASSIC – should be cold with a little new snow.  Be sure to clean off any sticky kick wax on your skis.  Check email/blog for updates on the kick wax for the day.  The MNC waxes will be on the picnic table in the Walker Building. BK Racing Team – easy ski for those racing the Grand Prix.

Sat/Sun 3/15-3/16 Frost MTN Grand Prix – PLEASE contact Rick if you are racing or want to help out with race support for the kids.

MASTERS

Tuesday 3/11 – SKATE skiing.  6 PM Hardcore Masters – Warmup then a few drills followed by an interval workout designed to make us feel young and strong – or just tired.

Thursday 3/13 – CLASSIC – Check email/blog for updates on the kick wax for the day.  The MNC waxes will be on the picnic table in the Walker Building

Weekend Suggested Races: Craftsbury Spring Tour https://www.nensa.net/calendar/index.html?id=1500

Who are the young girls?

Who are the young girls?

New England J2 Championships starts Friday

Good luck to Eliza, Will, Ben C, Ben L and Tatum skiing at J2’s this weekend. Many of these athletes had a big goal for the season to qualify for the J2 champs so they’ve crossed that goal off the list and now they’re hoping for some good, fun races!

Events take place Friday through Sunday at Breadloaf with 2 distance races, a sprint prologue, and mixed gender relays on Sunday.

Results and other information are on the Frost Mountain Nordic website.

GO GET ‘EM MNC !!

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