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MAST UPDATE Week 9
Sunday, January 4, 2026 Happy New Year, Ski Team! Welcome back from Giant’s Ridge Training Camp - hope the turns were sharp and the legs survived. We cannot thank our coaches enough for all the time and energy put into our racers and our team. Now, it’s time to detox from the holiday sugar, set those New Year’s resolutions, study your video on Sprongo, and start getting used to writing 2026. Immediate Action Items:
~Monday, Jan 5~ 12/11/10 @ 3:45 - 6pm 9/8/7 @ 5 - 7:15pm ~Tuesday, Jan 6~ ALL PODS @ 5 - 7:15pm ~Wednesday, Jan 7~ ALL PODS @ 5 - 7:15pm (*for those athletes who are not racing Afton) Afton Alps MEC #1 Race Afton Alps MEC #1 January 7 Race Day Info Early Release to change and depart. 1:45 - Southwest/Anthony 2:00 - Washburn and All other schools Meet buses 2:00 - Southwest 2:15 - Washburn and All other schools - *Meet at Washburn 3:15 Arrive at Afton... Ticket. Bib. Boot up. 3:30 Warm Up 4:00 Inspection Opens 4:30 Run One Washburn athletes can keep their equipment in the storage closet by the main gym. They will need to find Mr. Jenkins to open it for them in the morning. Southwest athletes can keep their equipment in Mr. Mountain's outer office. Either Mr. Mountain or any other staff member can open it for them in the morning. Middle Schoolers and Athletes from all other schools are expected to get themselves to either the Southwest or Washburn buses. *Please make sure to give yourself enough time to get your equipment to school before classes begin and to get on that bus before it departs. The 15 minutes between release and bus departure should give you enough time to change, get your equipment, and get on the bus. If you miss the bus, you will need to get a ride from a parent. **To be safe, please send a permission slip for early release. We need volunteers for 2 gate judges, a course worker, and bib collection. Please sign up: MEC #1 - 1/7/2026 - Volunteer Signup ~Thursday, Jan 8~ 12/11/10 @ 3:45 - 6pm 9/8/7 @ 5 - 7:15pm ~Friday, Jan 9~ 12/11/10 @ 3:45 - 6pm 9/8/7 @ 5 - 7:15pm ~Saturday, Jan 10~ 7:45 - 10:00am - ALL PODS - at Hyland Hills Supplemental Training #2 SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING #2 - January 10 at Wild Mtn. Cost: $60 Jan 10 Supplemental Registration Sign up is now open. *REMINDER ABOUT SATURDAY PRACTICES Saturday practice times are listed in TeamSnap as 7:45am - 10:00am. We want you to arrive at 7:45am so we can make the most of our designated 8am-10am on-snow time. We are expected to clean the hill at 10, and if we’re efficient as a team you are likely off the hill or outside getting into cars by 10:15/10:20. Please note there is NO freeskiing anywhere else at Hyland before they open to the public at 9am. They open the NORTH CHAIR ONLY at 8am to allow us to train, and we are to go from the chalet to the bottom of North and from the bottom of North to the chalet. We are not allowed to cut through the terrain park to go back to the chalet. Please respect these guidelines so we can continue to get great training done on Saturdays before the masses arrive. MLK INVITATIONAL - GIANT’S RIDGE The January 17 MLK Invitational at Giant’s Ridge is a one-day, all-day event consisting of two races - a sunrise race in the morning and a sunset race in the afternoon. We will be inviting the top 6-7 athletes for 3 girls and 3 boys teams (SW, Washburn, MAST). Please note: MAST does not provide transportation, lodging or meals for this invitational. Parents/caregivers are responsible for transportation, lodging and meals for their athletes. Due to distance and expense, alternates’ attendance will be optional unless they are asked, in advance, to race in place of a seeded athlete. Please take all of these things into consideration when you state your intentions for this invitational. Please do so by January 6. Race Intentions 2025-26 Team selections will be made soon so families can plan accordingly. If you think your athlete might be selected to attend, it is suggested to secure accommodations in or near Biwabik or Virginia, MN that can be cancelled. *FYI, athletes are never allowed to transport himself/herself to an away high school race. MAST PHOTO GALLERY: A special holiday gift Have you met Janna Fraboni, our very talented Team Photographer and Mom of Washburn captain, Stella? Janna braves the cold and hikes the hill at every race, camera at the ready…to capture our athletes in their element. She just posted some fantastic photos from the Wild Invitational on our website (as well as scenes from the State Fair Barn cleanup). You can drag your photos into your own photo gallery or desktop, for keeps! How sweet is that?! Check them out - and stay tuned for even more from Janna as the season unfolds! 2025-26 MAST Photo Gallery ON-HILL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED & APPRECIATED at Hyland & Supplemental Practices This is a pretty cool experience for both parents and their athletes. Plus, being a parent volunteer during practice and supplementals gives our coaches more time to coach our racers. The only requirements are that you know how to ski (racing experience not needed) and you must complete the MSP Parent Background Check. You get to hold a radio, drill holes, replace gates, slip, and be up close, watching our mighty racers and coaches. Coaches will give you instruction as to what you can do to help. You can come out one night a week, 2 nights a week, stay for 1 session, stay for all sessions. Recruit a fellow MAST parent to join you and make an evening of it! Please reach out to a coach with questions. Their contact info is at the bottom of this email. “I had a free afternoon and evening so went to help out at practice. Little did I know how appreciated I'd feel with just showing up and offering help wherever it was needed. There were three of us helping coaches Thursday night: Jeff, Erik and myself. I did videoing of runs, Jeff managed athletes at top and helped with course repair, and Erik helped with sage coaching advice at the base. Our help allowed the coaches to focus on the athletes. I'd highly recommend putting a handful of afternoon/evenings on your calendar to show up at practice to help with videoing, course management, organizing athletes at top, and giving high fives. It was super easy and very fun. No previous experience needed!!!!” -MAST President, Heather Hunt To help out, complete the Volunteer Background Check. Coaches will have a lift ticket for you at the base or in the team locker (they will give you the code). RACE CHANGES! Check Team Snap & UPDATE YOUR CALENDAR Many changes have been made to our race schedule. Our final race schedule is below! Please continue to check TeamSnap for details and any other schedule changes that may occur throughout the season. As a race approaches, we’ll be sure to provide race day details, early release information, and racers chosen (for Invitationals/ Varsity races, etc). *Please note that the January 9 Hyland race has been canceled. In lieu of the race, we will have practice. **We are honoring our amazing Seniors at the Jan 27 MEC #4 at Welch and Jan 30 Hyland #3 races. Stay tuned! Remaining 2025-2026 Race Season Schedule: Jan 7 - MEC #1 - Afton - 5:00pm Jan 15 - Wild Invitational - Wild Mtn - 4:00pm Jan 17 - Giants Ridge MLK Invitational - Giants Ridge all day Jan 19 - MEC #2 MLK Race- Jack Z Memorial - Wild Mtn - 12:00pm Jan 23 - MEC #3- Buck Hill - 4:00pm Jan 26 - Pioneer Invitational - Wild Mtn - meet bus at 6:15am Jan 27 - MEC #4, JV Champs & Awards, Senior Night - Welch - 4:30pm Jan 30 - Hyland Race #3 - JV/Non-Sections Racers/Last Senior Race Feb 4 - SECTIONS Feb 10 - STATE ***Note regarding Giant’s Ridge MLK Invite Saturday, January 17th: Parents are responsible for athlete transportation and lodging for this race. REMEMBER to state your RACE INTENTIONS Race intentions for the January 17 GIANT’S RIDGE MLK Invitational are due January 6! Race Intentions are open for the rest of the season! Go to each tab and state your intentions now! Deadlines for race intentions are listed in the intentions sheet for each race. When you click on the Race Intentions 2025-26 spreadsheet link, look for the tabs at the bottom of the page for each specific race: December 19, etc. Click on a tab and find your team (scroll down) and then find your name. If you want to race, type a Y in the Yes box next to your name. If you do not want to race, type a N in the No box next to your name. It is expected that each racer states their intention for every race. Even if you think you may not qualify for a specific varsity race, it’s still important to fill in the boxes. Stating YES does not guarantee you will race but it tells the coaches you are available and interested when they make the lineup. If racers forget to state race intentions and show up to race, they will be seeded at the end of the race. For non-Hyland races, if a racer does not state their race intention by the due date, they will not be considered for that race. Keep in mind many of the daytime invitationals are all day, which means being released from school. Almost all afternoon/evening races are early release days. MAST BOARD If you are interested in attending a Board Meeting to learn more about MAST, please reach out to Heather Hunt to get details: [email protected]. Our next meeting is January 12th 7:30-8:30 at Heather’s home. We’d love to have you attend! Stay strong, healthy, and well as you head back to work and school this week! ~COACHES and SUPPORT TEAM, Mpls Alpine Ski Team~ (Jen Peterson - Communications) Key Contacts if you have questions (preferred to replying to this e-mail): CORE PARENTS for each school (for questions about registration, season schedule, etc): Washburn/Page Erik Addy [email protected] 952-270-0934 Southwest/Anthony Bill Bray [email protected] 507-301-7109 MAST-All Other Schools Owen Moldow [email protected] 612-730-4818 REGISTRATION & TEAMSNAP LEAD Coryn Petersen [email protected] 612-910-2560 COACHES (for questions about ski equipment, sizing, skiing instruction and technique). Head Coach Southwest/Anthony Boys Joel Hedrick [email protected] 612-716-3186 Head Coach Southwest/Anthony Girls Paige Alampi [email protected] 612-718-1440 Head Coach Washburn/Page Boys Matthew Polland [email protected] 612-220-1010 Head Coach Washburn/Page Girls Eleanor Goodnow [email protected] 612-723- 9559 Head Coach MAST Boys (All other Schools) Ben Anderson [email protected] 612-401-2565 Head Coach MAST Girls (All other Schools) Andrea Savage [email protected] 612-508-6214 FOLLOW MAST: MAST Facebook MAST Instagram Comments are closed.
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