Thursday, March 28, 2013

Nationals Photos



Fischer bringing it home in the 5k skate

3x3km relay tag

Sprint Heat

Fairbanks is cold.

Tristin Lowe - 2nd place relay!

Aren Burkemo - Dave Quinn Award recipient

A few of the  J2 boys

Thanks Matthew Heimburger for the photos!

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Another Top 10

Congrats to Fischer Heimburger on his 9th place finish in the 5k classic mass start race at Junior Nationals! It was a VERY tight finish with 3 skiers within 4 seconds and only 34 seconds behind the winner.

Aren Burkemo placed 25th in a grueling 15km mass start classic race.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

In the Medals!!!

Congrats to Fischer Heimburger on our first Team Soho medal at the 2013 Junior Nationals!!!!! Aren Burkemo also had a great leg 2 on an OJ boys team! Check out the full results here.

Junior Nationals Skate

The racing has begun in Fairbanks! Today was the individual start skate race. Fischer Heimburger had an incredible performance in his first Junior Nationals race ever finishing 11th (1st intermountain division)! Aren Burkemo also had a great race finishing 25th in the OJ Boys (1st intermountain division).

Full results here.

The racing continues tomorrow with a 3x3km classic relay. Follow the action live here!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Utah Jr Series Biathlon & SkierX

Despite the warm temps and slow snow we had an AWESOME day of SkierX and Biathlon!!! Huge thanks to Petie and Tyler for grooming out an amazing skierx course off of Hermods Hill!

Results from the J3/J2/J1 (ages 12+) SkierX

Caden MacFarlane 2:26
Connor Patten 2:43
Ben Grodener 2:45
Joseph Jackson 2:49
Michaela Webb 2:50
Morgan Mischo 2:52
Drew Palmer Leger 2:53
Matthew Behrens 2:54
Lydia Strohl 3:01
Noah Lobell 3:02
Xander Burkemo 3:03
Ingrid Norton 3:03
Janae Rasmussen 3:08
Harper Brown 3:10
Sienna Leger
Redel
3:10
Ben Slawson 3:12
Vincent Bonacci 3:19
Keenan Peters 3:39
Cole Burnett 3:46
Jacob Livingstone 3:48
Max Moody 4:18
Christian Haight 4:27

Results from J3/J4 (Ages 8-11)

Sydney Palmer Leger 2:34
Geneva Humbert 2:54
Mason Heimburger 2:57
Mila Leger Redel 2:58
Jack Jarrett 2:59
Aiden Rasmussen 3:00
Abby Swanson 3:05
Grace Swanson 3:11
EliseFrancis 3:20
Joseph Bonacci 3:23
Josh Livingstone 3:24
Anna Penner 3:28
Nolan Pasdyjak 3:34
Whitney Hess 3:52
Gillian O'Brien 3:57
Grace Humbert 4:06
Tyrel Graves 4:11
Reed Chamberlain 4:13
Tory Peters 4:22
Sara Livingstone 4:23
Sophia Burkemo 4:28
Drew Sullivan 4:38
Landon Roylance 6:07



We also did a biathlon realy. Ski a loop then shoot. For every shot missed each skier did 5 pushups. If they missed more than 3 shots they skied a penalty loop.

J4/J5
SoHo (Jack, Mason, Josh, Jack)
TUNA (Tory, Grace, Mila, Sydney)
TUNA (Abby, Geneva, Anna, Elise)
SoHo (Sara, Gillian, Whitney, Sophia)
SoHo (Reed, Drew, Landon, Tyrel)
TUNA (Nolan, Joseph, Aiden, Grace)
J3/J2/J1
SoHo (Ingrid, Cole, Christian, Morgan)
TUNA (Drew, Noah, Matt, Connor)
TUNA/SoHo/Wasatch (Max, Michaela, Caden, Caden)
SoHo (Joseph, Xander, Jacob, Harper)
TUNA/Wasatch (Ben, Ben, Vincent, Keenan)
TUNA (Lydia, Sienna, Janae)
 
 The next Utah Jr Series Race will be combined with the Solitude Spring Fling on March 16. There will be a skate distance race and a skate relay! Plus the not to be missed Utah Jr Series Trophy presentation.  Look for more information on that event soon...

If anyone took photos email them to morgan.smyth@soldierhollow.com

Monday, March 4, 2013

5k Classic TT

On Saturday all the local Utah clubs got together for a 5k classic time trial. Ages J3 to OJ. It was a great day of fast skiing and sunshine!

5k ClassicMass Start
Karsten Hokanson Wasatch J1 14:02
Aren Burkemo Soho OJ 14:10
Matt Johnson TUNA Coach 14:45
Fischer Heimburger Soho J2 14:54
Kyle Beling PC Nordic J1 15:01
Alex Jackson PC Nordic J2 15:33
Wil Nichols TUNA J2 16:12
Leah Lange Pc Nordic J2 16:28
Caden MacFarlane TUNA J1 16:33
Katy Bonacci TUNA J2 17:12
Brenna Egan PC Nordic J1 17:46
Drew Palmer-Leger TUNA J3 17:59
Mia Anderson Wasatch J1 18:09
Sophie McDonald Wasatch J1 18:26
Julia Lazzaroni PC Nordic J2 18:50
Sydney Palmer-Leger TUNA J4 18:53
Connor Patten TUNA J2 18:58
Felix Firth Soho J3 19:08
Xander Burkemo Soho J3 19:19
Lindsey Adams PC Nordic J2 20:46
Sienna Leger-Redel TUNA J2 20:49
Reid Bohanon Soho J1 21:25
Ingrid Norton Soho J2 21:35
Lindsay Richards PC Nordic J2 22:35
Lydia Strohl TUNA J2 23:59
Mary Strohl TUNA J2 24:13:00
Mila Leger-Redel TUNA short course 20:12

Sunday, March 3, 2013

SkierX & Biathlon Wednesday!!!

Yesterday may have felt like summer but don't put those skis away yet! There are still a few more races:

Wednesday, March 6, Utah Jr Series

  3:45 - 4:30 Registration
  4:00 - 4:45 Biathlon practice and SkierX course preview
  4:45 J4/J5 Biathlon race (MUST be 9 to do biathlon)
  5:00 J3 & Older SkierX
  5:30 J4/J5 SkierX
  5:30 J3 & Older Biathlon
Utah Junior Series is fun, fast, free skiing for ages 9-19. Haven't raced yet? Come on out!


Saturday, March 16, Solitude Spring Fling

Solitude Nordic Center's annual Spring Fling includes a 7 km freestyle race, 1.2 km freestyle relay race, a free Toko wax clinic, live music, great food, and a costume contest. Pre- registration is $15 for 7k and $8 per person ($20 per group) for the relay. We'll be offering prizes for the fastes time for male and female in different age categories as well as for the best costume! 

Look for more information on this event soon. Team Soho  will be taking 2 vans to this event and is looking for a strong showing in the costume contest!!!

http://www.utahnordic.com/events/2013/solitude-nordic-spring-fling