Erin racing to 17th in the 5k classic
All three SLU skiers were in the top 20 on an awesome classic race day: blue skies, hard tracks and blue kick wax! Calvin posted a 20th place finish, with Erin in 17th. The biggest race of the day, however, came from Blaine in 10th place. One race down and already our first SLUEngland All-American result! Blaine's take on his race? "I don't know, I just did what I always did but yeah it was sick." You can't ask for a better race mentality! Another highlight of a great season.
I am a wax tech for the Mid-A team this week, which has been equally cool. Something is always needing to be done so there hasn't been a ton of time for pictures, but I captured a few for atmosphere:
Hannah Barnes (Mid-A/Harvard) followed by Riley Douglas (Mid-A/HF-L). There are a few EISA skiers racing for Mid-A this week, and it is kind of cool to wax skis for people we are usually racing AGAINST during the regular season. Other EISA skiers along with Hannah include Maile Sapp (HAR), Gavin Hess (UNH), Adam Luban (MID)
All teams are given a mobile-home style waxing trailer to work in, but Edgewise definitely upped the style
Speaking of trailer-life...pretty much the only time we get to sit down is during lunch, when we prop ourselves up on whatever box or bin we can find to enjoy a sandwich or two. Can you tell this crew is putting in a lot of wax time?
I'll try to keep updates coming throughout the week...tomorrow is a big day of classic sprinting and conditions continue to look great. I have a feeling there will be more top-10 results for the #SLUEngland crowd...
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