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UPDATE AND CHANGES TO CONCUSSION BASELINE TESTING
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Good Noonday MAST Athletes and Families: We had to make a few changes to the ImPACT Concussion Baseline Testing schedule this morning. First, we are asking Washburn and Southwest students to SIGN UP for their testing session. Southwest only has 18 testing stations so we want people to sign up for 1 of 18 testing spots available on each date. Washburn also has limited testing facilities so only 20 athletes can sign up for each testing date offered. There is plenty of space for the Roosevelt athletes to test on Wednesday. No need to sign up, but please show up. If you cannot make it, please contact Ms. Sonya Eikum, the athletic trainer at Roosevelt to schedule testing for yourself. Second, we are canceling the November 8th testing date at Southwest and replacing it with testing on Monday, November 6th. If the SW Volleyball team wins their section championship tomorrow night, the SW Athletic Trainer, Ms. GleichWacher, will be need to attend the team’s first game of the State Tournament on the afternoon of the 8th. Go Lakers! Third, attached is a roster of everyone who needs to take the concussion baseline test. If you were on the team last year and you have registered to ski with MAST this year, but your name is NOT on the list, you do NOT need to take the test this year. I am working with the Washburn Athletic Trainer, Mr. Dahle, to set up testing at Washburn. He just needs to confirm that we can use the testing space. Our TENTATIVE DATES AND TIMES ARE: 1. Monday, November 6 at 3:30PM 2. Wednesday, November 8 at 3:30PM Location: Orange Lab located in the media center on the top floor of Washburn High School. I WOULD ASK WASHBURN STUDENTS TO WAIT TO SIGN UP FOR TESTING AT WASHBURN UNTIL YOU RECEIVE A FOLLOW UP EMAIL FROM ME CONFIRMING THAT WE HAVE THE SPACE RESERVED FOR TESTING. Please follow this link to sign up for a day and time to take your concussion baseline test: Alpine Sign Up For Concussion Baseline Testing I would ask the Washburn students to wait until you hear back from me later today. I need to confirm that the testing facility is available on the 6th and 8th. I will know more after 4PM today. Finally, here is a reminder about tomorrow's testing for Roosevelt athletes at Roosevelt. Sanford and Roosevelt Alpine Skiers Concussion Testing When: Wednesday, November 8 at 4PM (for middle school and high school athletes) Trainer: Sonya Eikum Directions: My office is door 3A from the outside, or 159 from the inside. Walk past Door 4 and you will see a ramp. Go up the ramp. My door is at the top of the ramp. We will meet at my office and then go up to the computer lab together and take the test. Sorry for the changes, but this will be the first of many this season. I am certain of that. Life Character Skill Lesson: Be Flexible and Adapt to the Terrain. Reach out me or your high school athletic trainer if you have questions. Mark Conway 612-275-8392 Good Afternoon:
Mr. Dahle has confirmed that Washburn skiers are scheduled for Concussion Baseline Testing on November 6 and 8. Monday, 11/6 3:30pm orange lab Wednesday, 11/8 3:30pm orange lab Please make sure to arrive on time, as once we start you will not be able to joint late! We can have no distractions for those taking the test. Please sign up to reserve your testing spot. Concussion Baseline Test Reservations Thank you for patience everyone. Mark Alpine Concussion Baseline Testing Announcement
Monday, October 30, 2023 Hello MAST Athletes and Families: Sustaining a concussion while skiing is one of the risks that ski racers face with every run down a slope. The days of getting back up and returning to play immediately after having your “bell rung” are over. State law requires that coaches and trainers remove anyone suspected of having a concussion from athletic activity of any type. To return to play, the athlete must be assessed by a medical professional trained in concussion management. For Minneapolis students, the athletic trainer at your school must be involved in the post-concussion management and your return to play protocol. One of the tools that physicians and athletic trainers utilize to assess whether someone is healthy to begin the return to play protocol is an online cognitive test called the Impact Concussion Baseline Test. Athletes take this test when the brain is healthy and alert. Following a concussion and after the athlete’s concussion symptoms have resolved, the trainer may ask you to retake the Impact Concussion Baseline Test. The trainer can then compare your post-concussion test results to your baseline test results and determine if you are still suffering any cognitive deficits. Even though your symptoms have gone away and you feel healed, your brain may still be injured. You do not want to suffer a second concussion when your brain is still healing from the first. So, the baseline test is designed to give health professionals one more tool to assess how well your brain has healed following a concussion. Who needs to take the test? 1. Anyone who is skiing with MAST for the first time and has not taken the test for another sport during the 2022-23 school year or this Fall. 2. If you took the test in 2021-2022, you need to re-take it. The trainers at Southwest, Washburn and Roosevelt have given me some dates for our athletes to take the concussion baseline test. Anthony and Southwest Students Test Date 1(for high school athletes): Wednesday, November 1 at 3:30PM. Test Date 2 (for middle school athletes): Wednesday, November 8 at 4PM. Test Date 3(for anyone who still needs to take the test): Monday, November 13 at 3:45PM Trainer: Kelsey GleichWacker Here are instructions about where the testing will be held in Southwest. Directions: Location is at Southwest HS, in the College and Career Center. It’s the room adjacent to the counselors’ offices. If you come in the front entrance, go all the way to the back and left of the cafeteria. Go up the half flight of stairs, straight ahead is a room with lots of windows, go to the right of that room and immediately to the left is 3 steps. Go down the steps and through the door on the left. Sanford and Roosevelt Wednesday, November 8 at 4PM (for middle school and high school athletes) Trainer: Sonya Eikum Directions: My office is door 3A from the outside, or 159 from the inside. Walk past Door 4 and you will see a ramp. Go up the ramp. My door is at the top of the ramp. We will meet at my office and then go up to the computer lab together and take the test. Justice Page, Washburn, Edison and South I am waiting to hear back from the athletic trainers from these schools regarding dates and times for concussion baseline testing. I will send a follow up update as soon as I know these dates. Two weeks to go! Are you registered with MAST? MPS? Do you have all of the equipment you need? Did you secure your season pass to Hyland? Are you getting your body in shape? Are you fundraising? Mark Conway 612-275-8392 [email protected] MAST Update #8
Thursday, October 26, 2023 Good Afternoon MAST Athletes, Families and Coaches: Some quick reminders for MAST Athletes and Families: I. Ski Swap at Hyland Opens Friday at 4PM If you still need to find used equipment, Team Gilboa is hosting its annual SWAP at Hyland starting tomorrow (Friday) at 4PM. If you need skis, I suggest being in line before 4pm if possible. Ski inventory moves quickly. https://www.teamgilboa.com/swap II. Season Pass Payments Due Sunday Attached is a roster of athletes who have purchased a pass through MAST as of the afternoon of Oct 26th. If you are ordering a Hyland Pass through MAST, payment needs to be received by Sunday, October 29. Deliver a check made payable to Mpls Alpine in the amount of $474 to Hope White at 4945 Clinton Ave South. You can also purchase a pass directly from Hyland/Three Rivers Park District. III. Register For MAST For those who still need to register with MAST, Click Here: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/385505 IV. Register For Alpine Skiing With MPS For Washburn and Justice Page Students: https://washburn.mpls.k12.mn.us/athletics For Southwest and Anthony Students: https://southwest.mpls.k12.mn.us/athletics For All Other High Schools and Middle Schools: https://mplscity-ar.rschooltoday.com/ Note that you are asked to click on a separate link to pay the MPS Activity Fee of $75. If you are in Middle School, you will not be able to pay the activity fee online. This is a glitch in the system. You will need to mail or deliver a check to your HIGH SCHOOL Athletic Director. Please write ALPINE SKIING in the memo line so the AD knows to apply your payment to Alpine Skiing. You may also want to include a note with the payment with the name of your athlete. V. Captains' Practices The Captains will be holding Captains' Practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00-5:15PM AT Lynnhurst Park starting next Tuesday, October 31. Bring a water bottle and wear layers of athletic clothing and athletic shoes so that you can run, jump, hop, skip, glide, leap, spin or whatever the captains challenge you to do. Meet your teammates, play some games, ask questions about the team and the season, and just have some fun. VI. Fundraise For Yourself Don't forget to sell coffee and salsa to raise money for some of the additional expenses you will incur during the season: race day lift tickets, camp, supplemental training, etc. Click Here for more information and fundraising forms and tally sheets. VII. MAST Athlete Retreat Saturday, November 18 11th and 12th Grades: 9:00-Noon: 7th through 10th Grades: 1-4PM Location: Bush Lake Ski Jump Chalet (84th Street and Bush Lake Road) Retreat Topics:
VIII. PARENTS--SAVE THE DATE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 AT 7PM Race Worker Training (online) Coming Soon: Ski Area Release of Liability Waivers Concussion Baseline Testing Dates Winter Break Training Camp Information and Registration Supplemental Training Dates and Registration Full Season Schedule Have a great weekend. Mark 612-275-8392 Hello MAST Families:
Just a friendly reminder that today is the last day to order MAST apparel. Here is a link: https://mpls-alpine-ski-fall-2023.itemorder.com/shop/sale/ I just ordered a lot of new stuff. I am going to look really good this year. Nice work Captains. Thank you Brien Spanier and Coryn Petersen. Great job! And PLEASE, if you know you are skiing with us this year, REGISTER with MAST and with MPS this week. Team Snap Registration LINK MPS Athletics Winter Sports Registration Thanks all. Mark Good Evening:
I was kindly notified that I had neglected to tell you how much you will earn on each sale of coffee, salsa, cocoa, etc..... For each order: Coffee: Sell for $14.00. Earn $6.50 Salsa: Sell for $7. Earn $3.50 Hot Chocolate: Sell for $12. Earn $5.00 Chocolate Covered Beans and Caramels: Sell for $8. Earn $3.50 Your earnings will be credited to your Team Snap account. When you check out after reserving a lift ticket for an away race, registering for camp, buying a banquet ticket, or paying for supplemental training, you will have the option of using any account credits you have stored up to help pay the fee. And now for a bit of related team history. Back when Daniel and Matthew were racing, we sold coffee from Dunn Brothers as a team fundraiser. Their saintly mother, Mrs. Polland, would singlehandedly sell several thousand dollars of coffee each year that went to help fund our team. We are forever grateful to her for this gift. Now you get to keep the profits you earn on your sales. Racer Ready. Start Selling. Sleep well. Mark MAST Update #7 Friday, October 20, 2023 Good Afternoon MAST Families: The MAST INDIVIDUAL Fundraiser is now open for business. You can find instructions and sales flyers and order forms attached. They are also posted on our website: https://www.mplsalpineski.org/2023-athlete-individual-fundraiser.html Once again, we are selling Minnesota grown and prepared Salsa AND Urban Ventures coffee, hot chocolate, chocolate covered beans, and chocolate covered caramels. Download and print the order forms and product offering flyer and start selling today. New this year: collect the money when you take the order and have the customer pay YOU OR YOUR PARENTS directly. When you are finished taking orders, add up the amount you collected for Salsa and the amount you collect for Urban Venture Coffee, etc. Write two checks payable to Mpls Alpine: one for the total of sales collected for MinneSalsa and the other for the total of sales collected for Coffee, Cocoa, Beans and Caramel orders. Submit your order forms and the two checks on Monday, November 13th at the Hyland Season Pass Pick Up Event. You will earn Other Reminders: Equipment: If you still need to secure equipment for the season, check out all of the equipment that is for sale on our website: https://www.mplsalpineski.org/equipment-swap-inventory.html Orientation To HS Racing and MAST: If you missed the presentation for new (and still-confused returning) athletes and parents, you can now view the presentation on the homepage of our website. Someday we will get George Clooney to narrate our slideshow. Until then, you are stuck with me stumbling through the script. Guaranteed to put you to sleep for those of you with insomnia. https://www.mplsalpineski.org/ The good news is that all your questions should be answered. Hyland Season Pass Orders: Send your season pass payments to Hope White if you have not yet purchased your season pass. $474 made payable to MAST. Send to: Hope White/4945 Clinton Ave South/Mpls, MN 55419-5660 MAST Apparel Sale: Closes Monday, October 23. Buy your apparel today! MAST APPAREL STORE Registering With MAST: Are you registered with MAST? If you are a returning athlete who has not yet registered, please do soon. If you are "on the fence" about returning, I am most willing to talk with you about any concerns you have about skiing with us for another year. Feel free to reach out by email or phone. Here is a link to register with MAST: https://www.mplsalpineski.org/fees-and-registration.html Registering With MPS Athletics: Are you registered with MPS Athletics? Here is a link to the MPS Athletics website. https://athletics.mpls.k12.mn.us/ The links and forms you need to register are in the upper right hand corner of the page under the header titled "Register Here". One link to register for alpine skiing. A second link to pay the $75 Activity Fee. Know that the Activity Fee is used to help cover MAST coaching salaries, along with the team fee and all of our team fundraising efforts. If you have questions about the registration process with MPS, please reach out to you HIGH SCHOOL athletic director, even if you are in middle school. Attached is a roster of high school and middle school athletic directors. DO NOT reach out to the middle school athletic directors about alpine skiing. They are not involved at all. Also attached is a copy of the 2023-24 Physical Examination Clearance Form that you will need to submit to your AD if you are registering for the first time for a high school varsity sport with Mpls Public School Athletics. SAVE THE DATE MAST Athlete Retreat Saturday, November 18th. Where: The Chalet of the Mpls Ski Jumping Club at the Bush Lake Ski Jump.... Details coming soon. Enjoy the rest of your break. Next week, I will be sending out links to ALL of the various waivers that parents need to complete and sign. Sorry, more administrative hoops to jump through. So, do your best to keep up with all the things that need to get done before the season opens on November 13. I want everyone to be able to start on time. Be well. Mark Conway 612-275-8392
MAST UPDATE #6 Monday, October 16, 2023 Hello MAST Athletes, Parents, Friends, and Coaches: The last two weeks have been very busy. The generosity of this community is inspiring. Let me start by thanking our Board President, Matt McConville, who has been tirelessly and enthusiastically leading, cajoling, cheering, and following through on our steady stream of fundraising efforts for the least three plus years. Thank you to Aaron Cherveny and Alison Krueger for your work on the golf tournament. Thank you to everyone who made a donation to the silent auction. Thank you to Carrie and Tommy Bagnaud and Phoenix and Levi Ehers for the tremendously successful fundraising dinner they produced for the benefit of MAST last Monday in their beautiful restaurant, Mr. Paul’s Supper Club. Having worked in restaurants for many years in my youth, I have a sense of how much work this was for them. I know that you had to work multiple days to prep for this, and then work on you day off. So thank you Tommy and Carrie. And thank you to all of the MAST athletes who hosted, served, bussed, dish washed, and did all of the grunt work of operating a restaurant. Finally, thank you to all of you for coming out to support our team. We have a lot of administrative tasks to accomplish before the start of the season. I. Have you registered with MAST? Please keep those registrations coming in. ’23-’24 MAST Registration II. Registration With Mpls Public Schools Athletics Is Open! Registration for MPS Winter Sports Opens On Monday, October 16th, not October 26th as I previously announced. This is an online registration. You will need to pay the $75 MPS Athletics Activity Fee and complete all the forms before your high school athletic director will clear you to participate. I WOULD ASK ALL ATHLETES TO REGISTER FOR ALPINE SKIING BEFORE NOVEMBER 1ST SO THAT YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HAS AMPLE TIME TO CLEAR YOU TO PARTICIPATE BY THE OPENING DAY OF THE ALPINE SKI SEASON. Here is a link for more information about MPS Winter Sports Registration: https://athletics.mpls.k12.mn.us/ Pay particular attention to all of the links in the upper right corner of this page. Note that there are separate links to access the various forms you need to complete and the portal to pay the Activity Fee. III. Reminder: Have you purchased your Season Pass to Hyland Hills? Every athlete needs a ’23-’24 Hyland Hills Season Pass, which can be purchased through MAST or online directly from Three Rivers Park District/Hyland Hills. To purchase your pass through MAST, send a check made payable to Mpls Alpine in the amount of $474 to: Hope White 4945 Clinton Ave South Mpls, MN 55419-5660 Deadline for ordering your pass through MAST: Sunday, October 29. IV. MAST Apparel Sale Closes October 23—Don’t Forget To Place Your Order. MAST APPAREL STORE V. Have You Secured All Of The Equipment You Need For The Season? Thank you to the coaches and parents who assisted me with the MAST Equipment Swap on Saturday. After all the rain we got on Friday, it turned out to be a really pleasant morning. A special thanks to Cyrus Vahhaji for his tremendously helpful work managing and editing the Equipment Swap page on our website. That work continues. Please remember to send Cyrus an email informing him if and when your equipment has sold. This will help him keep the equipment swap page up to date: [email protected] And if you would still like to post equipment on the MAST Equipment Swap page, please follow these easy instructions: https://www.mplsalpineski.org/mast-equipment-swap.html The other option for finding used equipment is to attend the swap at Hyland at the end of October. I recommend trying to get there at the opening bell on Friday to find the best selection. Hyland//Team Gilboa: Friday, October 27 and Saturday, October 28 VI. Looking Ahead: Parent Race Worker Training Parents, please set aside the evening of Sunday, December 3 at 7PM for an online RACE VOLUNTEER TRAINING. You will learn how races are managed and officiated, how to judge whether a racer has properly passed through a race gate, and what role each volunteer plays in the execution of a slalom race. Why do you need to know this? Because ski races do not happen without a large number of parent volunteers. Even at the Olympic and World Cup level, dozens of volunteers are needed to work the race. The same is true for our races. We need over 20 volunteers to work races. Attached is a list of race day roles and a brief description of each. I invite you to get a jump start on learning about these volunteer positions. I will be asking for your help filling these roles for each of our races this winter. So much more to come... Enjoy the break coming up. Mark Conway. 612-275-8392 
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It’s that exciting time of year… It’s TEAM APPAREL & SPIRIT WEAR SEASON! We are excited to present the 2023-2024 collection, along with some much-loved MAST classics. IMPORTANT! THE STORE WILL BE OPEN NOW THROUGH MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 11:59PM! No orders will be taken after the store has closed. All sales are final. I will send many, many, many reminders over the next 10 days. Please Note:
Special thanks to team captains Beckett, Gabby, Kate, Levi, Lia & Parker for their thoughtful ideas and input on designs and options… and for always responding to my messages. And three big cheers for talented MAST parent Brien Spanier for bringing ideas to life and creating exceptionally cool and eye-catching designs. Below is your 2023-2024 apparel store… FOR 10 DAYS ONLY! MAST APPAREL STORE Happy Shopping, Coryn Petersen (Harlowe & Sloane’s mom) 612.910.2560 MAST Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser When: Monday, October 9 Get your tickets now!!! Click Here For Tickets: Mr. Paul’s Supper Club MAST Dinner. Where: Mr. Paul's Supper Club. 50th & France (3917 Market St, Edina, MN 55424) Two Seatings: 6:00pm & 7:30pm Tickets: $25 for adults & $15 for Kids under 12 (Paid in advance) (If your athlete is a volunteer - they eat free!) Drinks available for purchase Food: Buffet style: Pasta, (with a gluten free option), vegetarian red sauce, meatballs, salad, bread, dessert Please sell tickets to family, friends, neighbors, teachers, grandparents- anyone looking to support MAST, eat great food, and dine at the Twin Cities Best Restaurant -Mr. Paul's Supper Club!  |
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