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Leah Belmore (428) shows great form as she races for the finish. Photos courtesy of Jeanne Wright
It was a busy week for the North Shore Storm Nordic Ski Team. On Saturday, January 7th the team traveled to Giant’s Ridge in Biwabik, MN for the Mesabi East Invitational. This is the largest High School Nordic Ski race in the nation – 61 schools participated with 973 skiers competing.
Our team did quite well with some of our newest skiers giving the challenging hills of Giant’s Ridge a great effort. The North Shore Storm from Cook County took 8 skiers to compete. This meet skiers chose which technique they wanted to race: either a 5K classic or skate. Results were as follows:
Emma Crook (9th Grade), Girls JV Freestyle, 21:02
14/83 (place/# of skiers)
Ethan Fish (8th Grade), Boys JV Freestyle, 20:43, 49/90
Valerie Hurth (12th Grade), Girls Varsity Classic, 24:35,
112/139
Everett Hurth (10th Grade), Boys Varsity Freestyle,
18:00, 90/140
Quincy Hurth (8th Grade), Girls JV Freestyle, 21:37, 23/83
Marine Redshaw (11th Grade), Girls Varsity Classic,
23:41, 103/139
Keean Selin (12th Grade), Boys JV Classic, 24:53, 68/77
Olya Wright (11th Grade), Girls Varsity Freestyle, 17:35,
12/144
Naomi Tracy-Hegg sports a colorful hair piece as she begins her race.
On Tuesday, January 10th, the bus ride to Korkki Trails (between Duluth & Two Harbors) was humming as our skiers prepared for the Korkki Classic – a mix of serious skiing with a carnival type setting. Our team excels on the “keep it fun” scale. Kids donned our “retro/vintage” suits as well as wigs, hats and tutus. They also excelled at racing in challenging waxing conditions as the temperatures hovered around 32F with the threat of freezing rain. Skiers have been working on their double pole technique, and they used it a lot on these rolling trails. We had two skiers that skied their first Nordic ski race: Elizabeth Larson & Aidan Selin!
Everett Hurth (10th Grade), Boys Varsity, 6 Km, 24:30, 26/41
Olya Wright (11th Grade), Girls Varsity, 6 Km, 23:14, 8/56
Valerie Hurth (12th Grade), Girls Varsity, 6 Km, 28:42, 48/56
Martine Redshaw (11th Grade), Girls Varsity, 6 Km,
28:37, 46/56
Ethan Fisch (8th Grade), Boys JV, 6 Km, 28:08, 32/56
Keean Selin (12 Grade), Boys JV, 6 Km, 32:04, 45/56
Emma Crook (9th Grade), Girls JV, 6 Km, 25:52, 4/49
Quincy Heruth (8th Grade), Girls JV, 6 Km, 26:47, 6/49
Ennis Decoux (7th Grade), Boys Jr High, 4 Km, 19:56, 25/59
Ero Moody (9th Grade), Boys Jr High, 4 Km, 20:39, 34/59
Aidin Selin (9th Grade), Boys Jr High, 4 Km, 21:03, 35/59
Alex Teeter (7th Grade), Boys Jr High, 4 Km, 24:09, 48/59
MJ Wharton (9th Grade), Girls Jr High, 4 Km, 18:38, 10/60
Naomi Tracy-Hegg (11th Grade), Girls Jr High, 4 Km,
20:01, 22/60
Leah Belmore (8th Grade), Girls Jr High, 4 Km, 21:30, 34/60
Elizabeth Larson (7th Grade), Girls Jr High, 4 Km, 24:49,
46/60
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