The season started off with Paco's "Mini" Fun Race(s) before Christmas up at the club, in which the ASC comp and devo athletes turned in strong performances across the board. Highlights include: Hannah H, Skyler F., Celia A., Bri P. and Freya D. placing 1st, 3rd, 7th, 9th and 10th respectively in the women's 4-km mass start; Sina A. placing 4th overall in the 2-kilometer mass start; Dylan S., Julien B., Eli Y., Brandon H., Evan V., Brandon F. and Andrew C. placing 1st, 3rd, 4th-6th, 8th and 11th, respectively in the men's 4-km mass start; Patrick M., Alex K. and Branden D. taking 3rd,11th and 15th place, respectively in the men's 6-km mass start; and Celia A. placing 5th in the women's combined prologue times.
It was a great way to kick off the season and get the racing legs going! Check out a race recap that I wrote for the Sierra Sun HERE.
Wednesday, Dec 28th brought the first Junior National qualifier race of the year, the classic sprint. A big thanks to the MANY amazing community members who rallied together to shovel snow onto the sprint loop to ensure conditions were prime for our juniors' race!
ASC highlights include: Raylene C. 12th in prologue and 10th in heats, Melanie S. 13th and 13th, Skyler F. 14th and 14th, and Freya D. 24th and 23rd for the women's race; and Patrick M. 5th in prologue and 7th in heats, Dylan S. 15th and 14th; Alex K. 17th and 15th; Branden D. 18th and 18th; Evan V. 21st and 20th; Eli Y. 22nd and 21st; Julien B. 23rd and 22nd; Brandon F. 25th and 27th; Aaron D. 27th and 26th; and Brandon H. 32nd and 28th in the men's race.
ASC alumni, including Russell K., Matt G., Alex H., Alex T. and Kelsey D., also turned in very impressive performances.
The Junior National qualifiers for the day were based on prologue times. Qualifying ASC athletes include Skyler F., Dylan S., Evan V., Eli Y., Julien B., Brandon F., Patrick M., Alex K. and Branden D. Melanie S. and Aaron D. just missed qualifying times, but we're confident they'll make it in the next few races!
A recap of Wednesday's race can be found HERE.
Great job to all in these early season races, and a HUGE thank you to our ASC staff and volunteers for helping enable these competitions to happen!
The ski trails have since closed with the lack of cooperation from the weather, and many ASC athletes have headed up to Bend, OR, along with some SBA athletes, to find some skiing and racing. We'll get a full report from the weekend up after they return!
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