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Feb 20 - Skating State Meet at Rikert Nordic Center

2/16/2014

 
Bus leaves CVU at 8:00 sharp
Link to Course Map
Link to tail gate food sign up
2014 Division 1 and 2
Vermont State Nordic Skiing
Freestyle Championships
Thursday February 20, 2014
Hosted by:  Middlebury Union High School & Rikert Nordic Center

PREVIEW THE COURSE: Any one day from Saturday 2/15 to Wednesday 2/19. Course will be set, but not officially marked and race ready until 2/19
Thursday, Feb. 20 – RACE DAY SCHEDULE:
8:30-9:30 -- Registration and bib pick-up (Big Barn)
9:30          -- Coaches Meeting (Registration)
10:30        -- Boys Individual Skate
11:30        -- Girls Individual Skate
12:30        -- Boys Relay Running Orders Due (Registration)
1:30          -- Girls Relay Running Orders Due (Registration)
2:00          -- Boys Skate Relay
3:00          -- Girls Skate Relay
4:00          -- Awards Ceremony (Outside or in Big Barn if bad weather)
Directions to Rikert Nordic Center:
106 College Cross Road, Ripton VT 05766
802-443-2744
***Do not turn onto Steam Mill Rd./Forest Rt. 59 off of Route 125 (some GPS units will take you this way if the above address is entered)***
  From Route 7:
In East Middlebury, turn onto route 125 East toward Ripton for 7 miles to Breadloaf Campus (yellow buildings). Turn left into Rikert Nordic center parking lot. Busses park on East side of lot.
  From Route 100:
In Hancock, turn onto route 125 West toward Ripton for 9 miles to Breadloaf Campus (yellow buildings). Turn right into Rikert Nordic center parking lot. Busses park on East side of lot.
PARKING: There will be a designated area on the east side of the parking lot for busses.
Additional parking (parents, spectators, etc.) will be available on the south side of route 125 (across the road from Rikert) when the main lot fills.
The “Big Barn” will be available for team use, e.g., warming up and eating, etc. There is limited space, so please keep the majority of your belongings on busses. Please do not crowd in the ski shop and only use that area for restrooms/changing and the snack bar.
Electric power will be provided alongside the parking lot adjacent to bus parking.
FOOD: There is a snack bar with soups, hot & cold drinks, and a variety of granola bars, chips, jerky, candy, etc. It is recommended that competitors bring lunch, as the “stomach-filling” food selection is limited.
FACILITIES:  There is an indoor men’s and women’s bathrooms located inside the lodge. There will be portable toilets available outside as well.
SPECTATORS:  Spectators and non-competitors will be allowed in designated spectator areas free of charge, and must be acutely aware of all racer traffic and respect volunteer “crossing guards”. However, any spectators or non-competing team members who wish to ski out on the course (outside of the designated area) must purchase a $10.00 trail pass.
TEE SHIRTS:  The pre-ordered 2014 Vermont Nordic State Championship Tee shirts will be available for pickup at registration. One check from each school made out to MUHS Nordic. Limited shirts will be available for sale day of the championships.

Saturday, Feb 15- So. Royalton at Strafford Nordic Center- Skate

2/8/2014

 
Skate race
Bus leaves CVU at 7:30 AM   directions to Strafford Nordic Center from their website      from google
DISTANCE: The varsity (A) race is 6km - 3 laps on a 2km course. The B course is 4km - 2 laps on the same 2km course. Our course is very spectator-friendly -- much of the course is visible to spectators from the lower fields. 

START TIME: 
10:15am - Varsity boys followed by Varsity girls 5 minutes later. Please have your skiers ready to go on time. All races are mass start.
WHERE: The race is at Strafford Nordic Center. The race course will be marked off, however the rest of the trail system will still be open to the public. The start and finish of our course will be marked with signage and flagging. Buses will be directed to parking upon arrival. Check-in will be in the lodge for coaches only. Directions are on our website 

Tuesday, Feb 11 at BFA Fairfax- classci

2/8/2014

 
Classic Race, Bus leaves CVU at 12:45  (half day of school dismissal at 12:30)     Directions to BFA Fairfax
Race info:
3:20 all Girls in mass start
4:00 all Boys in mass start

Feb 8 U32 skate race

2/4/2014

 
Bus leaves CVU at 8:00am directions to U32
DISTANCE: Our varsity (A) course is about 6 KM; our B and middle school course is approximately 4 KM. The important difference for the B and MS course is that they will miss some of the biggest hills. Our course is very spectator-friendly -- much of the course is visible to spectators from the top of the hill outside the Shapiro building. 
WHEN: Saturday, 2/8/14. 9:30 MS Boys, followed by MS Girls. 10:00 A Boys, followed immediately by A girls; 10 minutes later, B boys, followed by B girls. Please have your skiers ready to go on time, as we are trying to move the meet right along and get everyone home 
WHERE: The start and finish of our course is now out in front of the building, at the far end of the parking lot, near the football field. The check-in and scoring area will be in the Shapiro building, a separate, smaller building near the far end of the parking lot.
STARTING PROCEDURE: Interval start. Two skiers every twenty seconds.
RESULTS: Complete results will be available very shortly after the finish of each race. (They will also be posted in the windows of the Shapiro building). 
EXTRA INFORMATION: Skiers need to use the locker rooms around back OR will have to remove boots if using lobby bathrooms. Our concession stand will also be open inside the lobby during the meet.

Feb 6 Mt Top Classic Race

2/2/2014

 
Dismissal 12:45 Bus  1:00 
Mt Top Directions
Interval Start; ( individual )  2 laps
3:00 Varsity Girls
Varsity Boys 5 min after the last girl finishes
Race course is a 2 lap course
Plans are  to ski the race course in the opposite direction to see how it will ski and as a possible state race course 

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