Alright, since I've been slacking in the blog post department, I created some poems to convey our busy weekends. The first poem illustrates the Dartmouth Carnival at Craftsbury, followed by the Williams Carnival at Lake Placid, and lastly the Middlebury Carnival at Rikert. I hope you find them fun to read. Yes, the poems may have been a short cut, but hopefully they'll do the job. Before the poems, I'd like to first say thank you to all the parents and family members for hosting us, for cooking dinners, for contributing to the food table and organizing all of our food this season! I'd also like to thank the coaches for all of their support, time, commitment, dedication and all of their hard work that went into helping us race every weekend! Many thanks to the seniors and the captains as well; we will miss you guys a whole bunch!! Also, a congratulations is in order to Matt Young for earning a spot on the Junior National New England Ski team!!! Good luck Matt! Have fun and race hard in Cable, Wisconsin next week!
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| Matt Young'19 (Good Luck at Jn's!) |
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| Thanks Seniors! Captain Erin Perryman |
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| Captain Kyle Curry |
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| Senior Morgan Holland |
Senior Taren McGray
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| Captain Phil Marshall |
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| Thanks Coaches- Asst. Coach Liz Pete- keepin' things real |
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| Coach Townsend |
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| Good Luck Seniors! |
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| Beginning of the guys mass start 20k Classic Race at Rikert- featuring Phil |
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| Guys 20k mass start...luckily no slu skiers were caught in a tangle up! |
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| Dustin Ramsay |
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| Ruben Castren '19 at Lake Placid |
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| Girls jumping into the last carnival! L-R: India, Erin P, Erin W, Taren, Dana- PC: Lizzy L |
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| Top to bottom- Lizzy L, Erin P, India, and Dana at Lake Placid |
(Photos courtesy of flyingpointroad, Taren and Erin's mom's, and Dana and Lizzy)
Dartmouth Carnival-
Was only a one-day
race
But it was an
all out chase
Erin got forty
She sure is
sporty
Race was held at
Craftsbury
15k, 5 laps
One large mass
start furry
So tiring, later we
all took naps
Kyle had magical
skis
With a top
finish in 23rd
The weather made
us all freeze
Which is nearly
absurd
At the
Townsend’s had the best dinners
Gwen made us
cookies
SLU ate like
winners
When it comes to
this type of thing, we are no rookies
Girls sang for
UVM and the guys had Middlebury
Valentines were
relayed
Luckily no one
walked out in a fury
Happy Valentines
Day
Boys went back
to school
Boiled hot water,
threw it out the window
Because they are
so cool
Out came snow,
down below
Girls stayed an
extra night
Power went out
But we didn’t
pout
The girls skied
in the cold, not putting up a fight
The Transit at
school didn’t start
Guys had to stay
inside
And take a spin
ride
They were sad
they had decided to part
Williams Carnival-
Williams hosted in
Lake Placid at the ski jumps
The
course did not contain any lumps
Ruben placed
well
Calvin got top
thirty
And our parents
rang the cowbell
But neither had
to play dirty
Pursuit style
was so fun
Skate distance
first, Classic second
Luckily, warming up, we didn't have to run
Our team was one
to be reckoned
Kyle did really
well again
Among the men
Will F said hi
What a guy
Chumley had two
great races
He had some real
fierce faces
Dana didn’t race
on race skis,
She still flew
like the bees
Anna did well in
the skate
Too bad she
already has a mate
Middlebury---Last
Carnival!!
Upon arriving on
Friday, it was sun shiny
Tons of smiley
faces
Would have been
better if we saw some hinny
Moved to
Saturday and Sunday, we took our places
Car ride was so
bumpy
No one made a
fuss
Luckily Gramps
wasn’t grumpy
Or he might have
spit out a cuss
Ate at
Middlebury dining hall
Dinner was really good; there was no need to bawl
A dessert
banquet was held
Where all of the
ski teams jelled
Skate race first
Where we thrived
on thirst
But Taren broke
her skis
Both days it was
warm enough to race in tees
On Saturday, India
forgot her boots
Dana missed her
start by three minutes
Everyone was up
in cahoots
But on Sunday we
were all out to win it-s
Kyle placed top
thirt-ee
With Calvin and
Phil close behind
It was so funny
listening to the emcee
The team placed
eighth combined
We’ll sure miss
Erin, Phil, Morgan, Taren, and Kyle
Gave them each a
gift
But there was no
need to give them a little lift
For every
practice, they put in the extra mile
Good luck to
them
We’ll only miss
them some
Thanks to each
and every ‘rent
Where we are
gracious for all they have lent
