In John Brown Country

 

Winter came late this winter to the Northeast. It arrived a just a few days before we did. But it's here now. And so are we. We've had our ups and downs here in Lake Placid.  The alpiners had a rough first day. And so did we, over here at Mt Van Hoevenberg. 

Leon & Ella

But today was the day for slalom, and we scored a bunch of points and a couple of All-American finishes, so we're making a comeback. We hope to continue the trend tomorrow in the 20km classic races. 

2023 Seawolf NCAA Championship Fan Guide

 

The NCAA's begin tomorrow!  Can you believe that?

And just in the nick of time, here's your 2023 NCAA Championship Fan Guide. Scroll down to find your favorite Seawolf so you can cheer for them while watching the livestream coverage. As for where you can find this livestream coverage, I don't know. I'm not able to find any links to it. But I'm sure you're a better web surfer than I and you'll track it down somewhere.

Magnus Noroy - Nordic

Anna Berecz - Alpine Assistant Coach

Astrid Stav - Nordic

Trond Flagstad - Head Nordic Coach

Ainsley Proffitt - Alpine

Adam Verrier - Nordic Volunteer

Ella Bromee - Alpine

Sparky Anderson - Head Coach

Toomas Kollo - Assistant Nordic Coach

Tuva Bygrave - Nordic

Ashleigh Alexander - Alpine

Pascale Paradis - Nordic

Leon Nikic - Alpine

Ari Endestad - Nordic

Morten Kjerland - Alpine Volunteer

Peter Hinds - Nordic

To Lake Placid!

 

Flying in or out of Anchorage on a sunny day can make for great views out the window. This is the Chugach Range just behind Girdwood.

As is often the case, February was very busy. We flew back to Anchorage from Colorado a few weeks ago. We had a series of four RMISA races in Alaska, including the RMISA Championships.  I spent a week in Wisconsin. Then we had a few days of training and here we are in Lake Placid, New York, for the NCAA Championships. Most of the team caught a cold after our series of Alaska RMISA races, but we're recovering and hoping for good things a couple days from now, here at the NCAA Championships. 

Arriving at the Team House here in Lake Placid.

Ski stadium reconnaissance

This is our rental car. Trond parked it in the wrong spot and they put a bubble around it! Can you believe that?

Team dinner at the house.

Tuva and Trond

Decisions...

Every once in a while, Toom, Trond and I can break free for a little coaches training session. Today we made a lap around the 1980 Olympic 50km course. What a fantastic race trail that was - and is!