Presque Isle Skiing will be spending this weekend at home for a solid training block and a hometown race.  We will join the NCAA Division I circuit again for the Dartmouth Carnival and will be happy to have our Biathlon World Junior skiers back with the team for college racing.   

UNH Carnival Skate Race

Results for Women

Results for Men

UNH Carnival Classic Race

Results for Women

Results for Men

Bakken Performs after a Week of Illness

Results

Toussaint Puts Down a Strong Race in a Tough Field

Story to come………

Classic Race

They Just Gotta Dance

As skiing goes, most teams have “traditions” of one sort or the other and this crew  is no exception.  They (most of them) really like to dance in parking lots, on snow banks, grocery stores or any other place that offers a moment of inspiration.  Here Chandra and Sarah give a quick clinic in the parking lot of Black Mountain in Rumford, Maine.

We had just wrapped up a preview of the course for athletes and wax testing for the coaches when the moment struck.  Perhaps it was just an active cool down as Saturday begins our race season on a loop of human-made snow that is another testiment to the commitment of this community to ski racing.  This loop is covered in many feet of snow and it’s a pretty stark ribbon of white in the brown forest.  Thank you Black Mountain.

Race start is just a little over 12 hours off and I have skis to wax. 

For information and link to results.

Van Departs at 8am on Friday

As most of New England is rumored to be brown and we skied on blue hardwax with fantastic tracks in Caribou today.  The afternoon was devoted to waxing test skis, finishing plans and wrapping up the last pieces before our first big collegiate weekend.

On this coming weekend the inaugural Maine Collegiate Nordic Ski Championships (event poster)will be held in Rumford, Maine.  This event is being held in conjunction with the NENSA TD Banknorth Eastern Cup Series and has been named in living honor of one of the pivotal individuals in United States skiing, Chummy Broomhall.

The Chummy Broomhall Cup will be awarded to the top collegiate cross country ski team in Maine.  The Cup will be awarded based on the combined scores of the top three men and women from each collegiate team.  The winning college will have its name added to the cup and be able to display it on their campus for the following.

 I will do my best to keep the site updated with results, photos and standings.  Keep checking back.

Chummy Broomhall Weekend Activities

On Friday, January 12, as part of the TD Banknorth Eastern Cup Tour de Rumford & Chummy Broomhall Cup weekend, Black Mountain of Maine and the Chisholm Ski Club are proud to present Bill Yeo and his breathtaking multimedia presentation, Everest Adventure!

Yeo ishalf of a two-man unsupported (no Sherpas or porters) Maine-based, 2006 Everest Summit team, along with New Vinyard’s John Bagnulo. Bill has organized, planned and lead dozens of expeditions over the last 20 years to some of the most remote and wild locations on earth.

Come see the stunning images and hear his stories from the top of the world.

Friday,January 12at the Black Mountain of Maine Lodge
5:00 PM Social Hour,6:00 PM Dinner, 7:00 PM Presentation

$12.00 Dinner & Presentation, $7.00 Presentation Only

Bakken and Ostroot Compete in US Nationals

Bjorn Bakken (Duluth, MN) and Brandan Ostroot (Columbia Heghts, MN) both competed in the first two races of the US Cross Country Skiing Championships in Houghton, Michigan.  Each traveled directly from Coleraine, MN (the location of the US Junior Biathlon World Team Trials) to join the best skiers in the country.  After competing in these races they returned home to start the journey back to Maine.  Next weekend they will be competing for the Chummy Broomhall Cup on the trails of Black Mountain in Rumford, Maine.

 Results: http://www.seniornationals.org/

Toussaint and Ostroot qualify for Jr. World Biathlon Championships

On the final day of 2006 Brandan Ostroot and Meagan Toussanint qualified for this years Biathlon Junior World Championships being held in Martell, Italy.  Ostroot (a first year student from Minneaplolis, MN) qualified in the second  position for Junior Men, while Toussaint (a sophmore from Madawaska, ME) qualified in the forth position for Junior Women. 

Trial Stories: http://www.usbiathlon.org/ 

World Junior Website:  http://www.biathlon-martell.com/biathlon_en/index.php

Third Race of U.S. Biathlon Jr. World Championship Trials

Results: http://www.minnesotabiathlon.com/results/123106JRtrialsREL.pdf