Race of the Methow

This past weekend marked the completion of another Race of the Methow for the team. The valley hosts this race once a year and skiers from all over the region come for this qualifier. Over 150 racers from the Pacific Northwest turned out to race. First off, a big thank you to all the volunteers and sponsors for this event as they put in many hours during and before this weekend in order to make it all possible! Next, a big shoutout to all MVNT athletes who turned out to race and all put in a stellar effort.

Happy girls before their race. 

The first day of racing featured a skate sprint. The team had kids racing in just about all age groups from the lollypop race on up! Despite snowy weather everyone persevered and had a great time.

A little train action happening in the stadium.

One of the many good performances of the day came from Peter Aspholm who finished second in his age group. Coach Leslie Hall said, " It was great to see Peter Aspholm put together a smart day of sprinting and remind us all how quick he is." 

Peter going hard in the sprint. 

Emmett Bondi (U10)

Also, many younger skiers came out to try racing with great success. Mariah Lucy won the U12 girls' race followed by Jori Grialou, Dashe McCabe, Amelia Bondi and Wyatt Albright to make it a Methow 1-5 sweep in that class! To see full results from the day follow this link: http://methowvalleynordic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RoM_2016_Saturday_Sprint.pdf

Dashe McCabe

Sunday's event was a classic distance race and again featured a wide variety from 1.5km to 10km. Conditions were good, albeit a little wet due to heavy snowfall. The Methow had another great day and took the win in several categories including, Jori Grialou for the U12's, Lindsay Worrell for the U14's, Novie McCabe for the U16's and Ella Hall for the U18/20's. Complete results can be found here: http://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=60339.

Jori Grialou charging up the hill. 

The action didn't stop there with a biathlon race occurring on Monday open to anyone willing to give it a try. This made for a long weekend for some athletes who raced all three days!

Claire Waichler got in a solid 3 days of racing. 

Again, thank you to everyone who made this race possible. It was a big success. Stay tuned as more stories are on the way!

The coaches keeping an eye on us!

*photo credit to Rachelle Weymuller for all the beautiful photos!*