Good day for us at today's Eastern Cup classic sprint at Titcomb in Farmington. Kaitlynn led the way by qualifying 14th and ending the day in 15th after a strong 3rd place showing in her quarterfinal heat. She made a bold call by choosing to double pole the fast, rolling course on skate skis - one of only a few women to do so. Nate, Tyler, and Spencer chose the same route in the men's race. Nate qualified in 15th for men and ended the day in 26th after being eliminated in the quarterfinals, and Tyler qualified for the junior heats and made it to the A final, where he finished 5th, just missing out on 4th by a lunge. Spencer and Shelby missed the open and junior heats, respectively, by just a few hundredths of a second. The whole team skied solidly today - I was pretty thrilled with how everyone looked, especially considering that today was the first true race start of the season for many of our skiers. Tomorrow is a distance skate race - forecast says it'll be cold and windy!
In other news, a few of the guys (Kevin, Wilson, Scott, and Chris) stayed home today and did a time trial at Pineland with some of the Bates skiers. Poles were shattered and brand new skis were gouged, but it was a solid race effort nonetheless - a good tune up for tomorrow.
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