UNH Classic Sprint

Today was a short but fun day on the Jackson sprint course. Nice cold snow, clean tracks (with one exception), and plenty of competition - today was another open carnival, so the fields were big. The women got things started - Erin led in 55th with Olivia close behind in 58th - best carnival finishes so far for both of them. Courtney and Grace both started off strongly before crashing on a turn with a oddly placed track. One crash in a sprint and it's over, so this was super-frustrating, but it's encouraging at least that both of them skied well. As a team, they finished 10th, a step up from last week's finishes. For the men, Spencer, Niko, and Colman were stacked up from 52-54, just a few seconds from qualifying. They beat some good skiers and were close behind several more, so I'd consider this a decent day even though we didn't qualify anyone. As a team, the men were 9th - we'll move up as the season goes on. 10k skate tomorrow - I'm feeling very homologous about our chances.