Wilson was our lone representative in Saturday's skate sprint at Nationals. He acquitted himself well, finishing 90th. This was better than I'd expected - he'd been training at altitude in Utah for the past 2 weeks, and although altitude training is great for building red blood cells, it's not so good for developing or maintaining speed. Not surprisingly, he felt like his top speed was a bit too low to be truly competitive on Saturday, which tells me that his solid result is indicative of good fitness and strength.
I'm pretty pleased with how things went this week. Results were respectable, but more importantly, our skiers looked fit and technically sound. We've made great progress toward closing the gap between us and the other college teams that we saw in our early season races and time trials, and I'm confident that we'll continue to get sharper in the weeks to come. For now, we're in a good place. The rest of the team is coming back to campus today, and we'll start training together tomorrow. If they look half as good as the Nationals group, carnival season will be pretty exciting.
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