Start of Tryouts

We're moving - the 2015-16 season is underway.  We started off with a fitness testing day on Saturday, the Morse Mtn time trial.  Newcomer Lucy Skinner (senior cross-country captain) set a new course record in 6:36, breaking the five-year-old mark set by Hannah Wright '13.  The men showed good depth, with three people under 6 minutes and the whole group fairly tightly clustered.  Almost everyone set a PR - very good sign that everyone's summer training is paying off.  The first-years did a nice job with their first time through this course - off to a good start.

	Women
Lucy	6:36
Tess	7:27
Emma	7:35
Ellie	7:49
H. Marshall	8:08
Men
Sam	5:50
Mac	5:58
August	5:58
Wil	6:09
Sean	6:09
Jake	6:14

Testing resumed yesterday with the 2000m erg test.  The captains stepped up to show the rest of the group how it's done - Mac broke his own record by a couple seconds, and H. Marshall was less than 4 seconds from H. Miller's record.  More PRs and a great effort by everyone on this very tough test.

Men	Time
Mac	07:04.3
Jake	07:14.5
Sean	07:17.4
Sam	07:44.7
August	08:11.3
Wil	08:31.4
Women	Time
H. Marshall	08:18.8
Tess	08:30.3
Ellie	08:56.9
Lucy	09:14.2
Emma	09:38.8
Rachel	09:42.2

This morning, we did some technique, speed, and agility work on skate skis.  I can see that several of our skiers have put in some time working on this stuff over the summer, and it's made a noticeable difference.  The group as a whole seems a bit more nimble on skis than in past years - looks like they're ready for increasing challenges as the fall goes on.

This afternoon, we'll keep things rolling with a strength and spenst workout before concluding our team selection phase with a classic distance ski and technique session tomorrow.  More updates to come!