Hi All,
As most of you know the MHS Ski Team raced their first race this season. A Hugh THANK YOU to Greta for stepping in to help organize the Transportation. In hind site I way underestimated this challenge.... Trust me we will get better with the organizing!
As to the race, yesterday was a perfect winter day at a great race site with tons of spectators. For true sports fans, forget the NFL, come watch these High School athelets compete and show us what competition should be. The race started with the Girls 5K freestyle, MHS started out with Zoe, followed by Emelie and Teagan. For three freshman it was impressive given the mass start and tight racing to see the girls give their all. Zoe finished among the top girls followed by Teagan and Emelie who had the misfortune to get tangled up with another skier at least once.
For boys Ben lead off followed by Phineas,Jack,Brian and Tyler. Despite recent illness Ben skied a great race and was not far from the front pack. Jack had a good outing as well given a fall(s) and losing a pole grip. Phineas after a year in the far south got a chance to stretch h is ski legs for the first time in a longtime and was solid. Brian and Tyler rounded out the team and had a chance to test themselves in HS Skiing for the first time.For Brian it was clear he has the determination to compete and for Tyler he was able to make the switch from Basketball to skiing with no problem. You can expect to see all the kids become more comfortable as the season goes on. Again thanks to the parents who stopped by to watch. We are looking forward to the Telstar Relay Race on Saturday and I will report on this later. Oh...the results at ski races are not always immediately available at the completion of the race. The Maine High School Skiing web site will be posting results.
Thanks
As to the race, yesterday was a perfect winter day at a great race site with tons of spectators. For true sports fans, forget the NFL, come watch these High School athelets compete and show us what competition should be. The race started with the Girls 5K freestyle, MHS started out with Zoe, followed by Emelie and Teagan. For three freshman it was impressive given the mass start and tight racing to see the girls give their all. Zoe finished among the top girls followed by Teagan and Emelie who had the misfortune to get tangled up with another skier at least once.
For boys Ben lead off followed by Phineas,Jack,Brian and Tyler. Despite recent illness Ben skied a great race and was not far from the front pack. Jack had a good outing as well given a fall(s) and losing a pole grip. Phineas after a year in the far south got a chance to stretch h is ski legs for the first time in a longtime and was solid. Brian and Tyler rounded out the team and had a chance to test themselves in HS Skiing for the first time.For Brian it was clear he has the determination to compete and for Tyler he was able to make the switch from Basketball to skiing with no problem. You can expect to see all the kids become more comfortable as the season goes on. Again thanks to the parents who stopped by to watch. We are looking forward to the Telstar Relay Race on Saturday and I will report on this later. Oh...the results at ski races are not always immediately available at the completion of the race. The Maine High School Skiing web site will be posting results.
Thanks
John T
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