St. Lawrence University Nordic Ski Team

Sunday, October 3, 2021

Wowza! Welcome Back!

Dear fans of the SLUSKI blog, old and new,

Hello!!! It has been a busy busy start to our school year at SLUSKI. So busy that this is the first time we are reconnecting. I missed getting to chat with you all and boy am I glad to be back. Where to start?

About a month ago, our Saints skiers started to come back home to Canton, NY for another fall of ski training. With a happy and healthy roster of 24 athletes, we have been a force to be reckoned with in the North Country: the trails and roads have a hard time dealing with so many fit athletes, while our classmates at Dana brunch have a hard time dealing with so many energetic (and loud) kids riding the high of a great Saturday morning interval workout.

We have some lovely additions to the team, with eight true First Years and three Sophomores (either transferring from other schools or joining the team after a first year at SLU) hopping on the SLUSKI bandwagon. Watch out for some get-to-know-ya blog posts in the coming weeks to get a chance to "meet" the new members of the team.

And in the interest of keeping things lively for the blog, I am going to attempt to tell the rest of our first month at school with only pictures. Here we go!!

Serious family photo (L to R - Emma Strack '25, Etta Leugers '25, Amanda Vansant '24, Claire Wagner '24, Erika Looman '24, Jax Lubkowitz '24, Jack Hulsey '25, Lilli Thomas '25)

Smiles after a fun specific strength workout!

Charlie Reinhardt '23 (L) and Lucas Jenkins (R) with local bike legends Alex Gehl and Banner Cole

Getting way too rowdy at Dana (L to R - Jax Lubkowitz '24, Jack Hulsey '25, Emma Strack '25, Etta Leugers '25, Marlia Richter '25, Erika Looman '24, Amanda Vansant '24, Steph Nicols '22, Claire Wagner '24)

Big tired and big happy after Run 4 Ryan/19th Annual CC Alumni Race
(Back L to R - Claire Wagner '24, Sydney Peterson '24, Charlie Brown '25, Erika Looman '24, Marlia Richter '25, Jack Hulsey '25)
(front L to R - Steph Nicols '22, George "GREG" Gowdy '23, Charlie Reinhardt '23, Jax Lubkowitz '24)

Surprise! More words!! Just a quick (but huge) thank you to the Men's and Women's cross country team for organizing the 19th annual CC Alumni Race/Run 4 Ryan this year! SLUSKI had a great time running their hearts (and legs) out on the home 5k/6k course on campus. To be honest, I don't think we ever got a sheet of results or times but we're not worried. The saints ran hard and had an absolute blast hanging out with our CC homies.

And that is all for now! The gang just got back home from a weekend smashing some big hours and big hills in Lake Placid, so look forward to a warm and cozy blog post about that soon!

Much love no hate,

SLUSKI <3

Sunday, April 11, 2021

Thanks Seniors!

Here's to the seniors, who are leaving the SLUSKI squad this spring:

This is dedicated to you and all of your hard work these past 4 years! It's been a pleasure to work with you. It's been even more awesome to see how far you have come as humans and as racers! You've taken a lot of time out of your lives to follow your ski passions, committing hours to practice and train, missing classes and school events just to race your hearts out on the trails. It hasn't been easy, but you've made it look effortless. Thanks for your leadership and dedication to the team- helping the younger members, leading captains practices, and representing SLU well. Know you'll always be apart of the SLUSKI family! We can't wait to see where your lives take you! Best of luck in everything you do and don't forget to visit!

See you on the trails,

Coach Hatton

All of these photos are of the seniors from this 20-21 season, taken from a variety of people: