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Photos from the Great Lakes Division 6km Classic Junior Olympic Qualifer at Boyne Valley Lodge on Sunday, January 16, 2011.
William Ross, Maria Frick , Catarina Gulledge, and Denny Paull lead the Michigan Cup going into the Cate Dame Marie.
UPDATED (added Solda): Wax recommendations from Toko, Swix, Solda, and Fast Wax for this weekend's Michigan Cup races.
Just before we all went to line up, the "international guest star" advertised on the race website was announced - a skier dressed as Frosty the Snowman. Great - not only could I come in dead last, I could lose to a snowman.
Ross Williams and Maria Frick posted the fastest times at the Great Lakes Division Junior Olympic Qualifier 6k classic race held at the Boyne Valley Lodge in Walloon Lake on Sunday, January 16, 2011.
Traverse City skiers dominated the Great Lakes Division Junior Olympic Qualifier sprint race held at the Boyne Valley Lodge in Walloon Lake on Saturday, January 15, 2011.
Strait Striders Tracy Hardin and Denny Paull, both of Cheboygan, drove down to Brighton and conquered the competition at the 1st Annual Huron Meadows Invitational (aka Krazy Klassic 12k) on Sunday, January 16.
Cheryl Darnton wins her second Frosty Freestyle 15k race, two years in a row. And Milan Baic skis away from the pack to win the Men's division.
Wax recommendations for this weekend's Michigan Cup and Junior Olympic Qualifier races.
Video of the completed Frosty Freestyle alternative race course. If we don't have enough snow for the normal course, this is where we'll ski.
The trail is still marginal at best.. Snow that we received yesterday helped to make somewhat of a base.. We were hoping for a few more inches of snow again last night, but once again Mother Nature has deprived us.
TEAM TIME TRIALS are officially CANCELLED for Saturday.. GRNST Langlauf will be determined later this afternoon or Saturday morning...