Old Duluth East Nordic

Congratulations to the East skiers at the Mesabi East Invite. We placed 1st in the Boy's Varsity, 2nd in the Boy's Junior Varsity, 4th in the Girl's Junior Varsity and 12th in the Girl's Varsity. There were great performances by all skiers. Check out the web site www.eteamz.com/denordic for full results. Just click on the Mesabi East Invite link on the home page. Sign up for the Marshall Sprints by Thursday, Jan 15th. The Marshall Sprints will be Jan. 20 at The Marshall School. Start time is 3:00. Plan to get there by 2:30. Sign up for the Cook County Invite race by Monday, Jan 19. The race will be on the Pincushion Ski Trail in Grand Marais on Friday, Jan 23. The bus will leave for the Grand Rapids race at Mt. Itasca at 7:00 a.m. on Friday, Jan 16. This is a freestyle race. Bring a lunch and money to stop for dinner on the way home. Race Info: A quick update on our race next Friday, January 16th. We will not be having a pursuit – it will be freestyle only for all races. The start time will be 10:00. Mt. Itasca is the host of the North American Super Tour races on Saturday and Sunday so we have to have the course open for course inspection by @ 2:00 p.m. The course will still be open for skiing; I just need to have the race over by then. The official invite will be sent to the AD’s on Monday but this is the schedule: 9:30 Coaches Meeting 10:00 Girl’s varsity 10:45 Boy’s varsity 11:45 Girl’s JV 12:15 Boy’s JV 1:00 Girl’s JH 1:30 Boy’s JH The varsity races will be five kilometers and the JV will be four, junior high two and a half. We will have a few different course options available. The course is in great shape with plenty of snow for good skis. A “new” building has been moved on site so we will have additional inside area for skiers, including a wax area. Team scores will be based on top four. Ribbons or medals to top 15, trophies to top varsity teams. Check out the new web site at www. eteamz.com/denordic. It has all the current race information, results, pictures, team roster, workouts, calendar, directions to race sites including maps and much much more. Parents sign up to be a member to get into the restricted pages. It's free, it's easy and it's fun. That's all for now. See you on the ski trails, -- Bonnie & Dave

Strong Showing for Duluth East Skiiers Results Summary Team Results Boy's Varsity - 1st Girl's Varsity - 12th Boy's JV - 2nd Girl's JV - 4th Individual Results Boys Varsity Classic Jason Kask 5th Max Jeronimus 8th Jake Boyce 10th Skate Ted LaFrance 10th Chris Lund 12th Ian Van Stratten 100th Girls Varsity Classic Bria Kask 43rd Stephanie LaFrance 53rd Caroline Lund 59th Skate Brit Salmela 5th Sierra Jefferson 23rd Ericka Sell 36th Boys Junior Varsity Classic Joe Tofte 1st Even Kuross 2nd Skate Will Mitchell 6th James Larson 13th Girl's Junior Varsity Classic Karli Miller 6th Laura VanNorstrand 9th Skate Nellie Adams 10th Amy O'Connor 17th

We will be having a team dinner Friday @ Snowflake. Time 5:30 Cost $4

Congratulations to all the skiers who took part in the Ely Timberwolf Relays. We had a good showing taking home 7 of the 30 possible awards. Congratulations to Brit Salmela for qualifying for the Youth and Junior Biathlon World Championships. The jackets are in! We will have them at Snowflake this week. When you get yours put your name in it. It is hard to find yours when it is in a pile at the finish line and there is no name on it. This goes for pants and any other clothing and equipment. Call for volunteers: We need a parent(s) and 5 girl's team members to work at the concessions stand the the East Basketball game on Thursday, Jan 15 starting at 4:45 p.m. E-mail us if you can help. The boy's are playing Cloquet. What's happening this week: Monday, Jan 5 Practice at Snowflake 4:15. The start of an easy week. Mentor Monday, get together with your mentor groups and have a good ski. Tuesday, Jan 6 Practice at Snowflake 4:15. Dan Hedin relays have been postponed. Classic technique work for Varsity skiers. See board in Snowflake to see where on the trail to go. Wednesday, Jan 7 Practice at Snowflake 4:15. Classic technique work for Junior Varsity and Junior High skiers. See board in Snowflake to see where on the trail to go. Thursday, Jan 8 Practice at Snowflake 4:15. Skate technique work for Varsity skiers. See board in Snowflake to see where on the trail to go. Friday, Jan 9 Practice at Snowflake 4:15. Classic technique work for Junior Varsity and Junior High skiers. See board in Snowflake to see where on the trail to go. Team Dinner for everyone. Cost $4.00 Saturday, Jan 10 Mesabi East Invite Race Roster Boys Varsity Jason Kask Cl Jake Boyce Cl Max Jeronimus Cl Chris Lund FT Ted LaFrance FT Ian VanStraten FT Boys JV Joe Tofte Cl Even Kuross Cl Will Mitchell FT James Larson FT Girls Varsity Bria Kask Cl Stephanie LaFrance Cl Caroline Lund Cl Brit Salmela FT Sierra Jefferson FT Ericka Sell FT Girls JV Karli Miller Cl Laura VanNorstrand Cl Nellie Adams FT Amy O'Conner FT Watch the board at Snowflake for bus details. NOTE: You must have a transportation form signed by Mr. Miernicki and given to Bonnie if you are not riding the bus home! Watch for your invitation to our new web site at www.eteamz.com/denordic. See you on the trails.