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It was a big loss for the team last spring when Toomas Kollo ended his tenure as the Nordic Team's Graduate Assistant Coach to move on to greener pastures.  But the timing of his departure was right, as Tuva Granøien finished up her undergraduate degree last spring and was interested in pursuing a Master's of Business Administration. So Tuva's our new Graduate Assistant Coach!

But Tuva's not satisfied to just hang out in the wax room and stand beside the race trail calling out splits. Last week, she asked Trond for a half-hour leave of absence from the wax room so she could compete in the skate sprint race at US Nationals. She finished the prelim only about four seconds from qualifying for the heats! If Tuva was one of our athletes, she'd have scored points for the team.

We're really happy not to have lost Tuva to graduation last spring!