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Junior Training 2/17 – 3/2

By Adam Terko on 17 February, 2014 in Junior Blog

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 – likely ski tour at Trapp’s

Tentative plan for 2/24 – 3/2:

Tuesday = Recovery skate with light plyometrics, 4:00-5:45pm.
Wednesday = Steady state skate ski @ Sleepy, 4-5:30pm.
Thursday = Classic ski with high intensity at the Range, 4:00-5:30pm.
Sunday = TBA.

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:

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.