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Jack Zahr Memorial Race Results Sunday, January 19, 2025 Hey there, MAST Family! We hope everyone who attended the race yesterday at Giant’s Ridge is thawing out and slowly getting feeling back into your appendages! It sounds like it was a frigid day, but we’re glad the sun was shining on all those frosty eyelashes. See below for the coach’s recap of the race, along with important information for our upcoming week. Giant’s Ridge - Coach Recap & Results THANK YOU to all of our MAST parents, who made this race as comfortable as possible for the athletes and coaches on a very cold day at Giants Ridge. We were well fed and as warm as we could be on a cold long day. I want to also thank the MAST parents that volunteered to boot up and help work the race. I’m convinced your work helped us get out of there by 6:00. I am always impressed by the MAST community. On a cold day it is clear that our kids are different. Most kids finish their run and disappear until the next inspection. Our kids continued to loop back up, cheer on their teammates, and carry coats even as the day went on. Ski racing is a sport of ups and downs and I know some of you didn’t get the results you were hoping for. Falling is part of the sport and after I find out the kid is okay I am usually excited, because that's a kid who is pushing their limits. Aside from a couple of crashes and poorly timed equipment issues we had some very good team and individual performances. Congratulations to the Southwest girls on their 1st place finish in the Sunset race and 3rd place in the Sunrise race. Also, big congrats to the MAST girls for their 3rd place finish. In a field of 19 teams finishing 1st and 3rd is a pretty good day! The depth of our entire team was evident on the hill and in the results. Aside from a few teams, once the race got past the 3rd seed you could tell who a MAST racer was. Looking at the results, if a MAST racer skied clean they jumped an astonishing amount of spots when comparing the start order to the finish results. For example, Maddie Graff started 116th and finished 29th. In the Sunrise Race we had 2 MAST boys in the top 15. Wyatt finished in 14th and Sam finished 12th. We also had 2 MAST (SW) girls in the top 15. Lucy finished 6th and Eva finished 4th. In the Sunset Race we again had 2 MAST boys in the top 15. Steffan finished in 15th and Sam finished 7th. In the Sunset race MAST girls took 8 of the top 20 spots! Reese 20th, Maddie 19th, Amelia 18th, Avery 16th, Phoenix 13th, Ella 11th, Eva 6th and Lucy 4th. Rest up and keep working hard the next few weeks! -Coach Daniel WE NEED YOU! - Race Volunteers and more Jan 23 - Afton MEC - 4:30pm Afton MEC Race Worker SignUp 1/23/2025 Jan 27 - Don Ship Wild Mtn Invite - 12pm First Run - Big races, like the Wild Invite on January 27th, need lots of help to support our athletes. Please sign up to bring food, be a race volunteer, and/or help with set up/take down. Hot dogs (all beef and veggie) plus Costco Mac n cheese will be provided by the team for racers and coaches. Wild Mt. Invitational 1/27/2025 THIS WEEKS TRAINING & RACE SCHEDULE ~Monday, January 20~ Race Canceled ~Tuesday, January 21~ 12/11/10 @ 3:45 - 6pm 9/8/7 @ 5 - 7:15pm ~Wednesday, January 22~ 12/11/10 @ 3:45 - 6pm 9/8/7 @ 5 - 7:15pm ~Thursday, January 23 - Afton MEC - 4:30pm~ Run order to come. Early Release to change and depart.
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. Athletes from all other schools are released at 1:45 and 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. **SNACKS AND DINNER: These away races can go fairly late, and athletes will be starving! Please pack water, snacks and/or dinner for before and after the races. Chalet cafeterias may be open if you’d like to bring money, but there is no guarantee. ~Friday, January 24~ (no school) First Practice: 9:45am - Noon or 3:45-6pm. ALL PODS Second practice: 5:00 - 7:15 - ALL PODS *Waiting to hear from Hyland regarding morning training. Please check TeamSnap for updates. ~Saturday, January 25~ 7:45 - 10:15am - ALL PODS 2:30 - 10pm - Supplemental @ Wild Mtn $60 Sign up here! 1/25 Wild Supplemental LAST CALL for AFTON WAIVERS & RACE INTENTIONS We really mean it this time! RACE INTENTIONS: For the Afton Race, 22 athletes have not stated race intentions. Coaches make selections for away races based on these intentions. Please know that you will not be considered for this race, nor can you get on the bus if you didn’t state YES/ Y in your race intentions. Don’t let a simple ‘Y’ or ‘N’ on a spreadsheet hold you back from racing! RACE INTENTION LINK WAIVERS: If you know you will not be attending the race at Afton on Jan 23, no need to sign the waiver. However, if you want to race and are selected to go, you will not be allowed to race without this waiver signed. Please sign it and drop in Bill Bray’s mailbox ASAP: 5329 Dupont Ave S. Or send him a scanned copy at [email protected] If your name is below, you have not signed the Afton waiver. We know…so many waivers. Thank you for taking care of this! Penelope Brown Oscar Faas Violet Mueller Jerome Nechville-Gray Lauren Westgard PRE-ORDERED CUSTOM MAST BUFFS ARE HERE Coryn will be distributing pre-ordered buffs at the start of both practices on Tuesday. If you did not take advantage of the short-term sale, fear not; she ordered a handful of extras for purchase. These are a mid-weight stretchy buff at $15 each and will be available for purchase on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please contact Coryn at [email protected] or 612.910.2560 to make arrangements. Thanks again to talented MAST parent alum, Brien Spanier, for bringing the Captains’ and Coryn’s ideas to life.
TEAM PHOTOS HAVE BEEN POSTED! Have you looked at the MAST website lately? Wow, Janna has added some AMAZING photos of our athletes! Do yourself a favor and check it out. There are some real gems there. We’re talking frame worthy. We’ve also spotted Peter Hunter-Hanson and Harriet O’Brien with cameras on the slopes. THANK YOU, photo crew! https://www.mplsalpineski.org/2024-25-photo-gallery.html SPRONGO While you’re inside avoiding the frigid temps, check out your SPRONGO videos! The coaches have added more film AND rumor has it that Coach Mark even uploaded the Talent Show from Giant’s Ridge camp. **Here’s a tip: IF you can’t log into your Sprongo account for some reason, please do not open a new one. You won’t have access to your videos if you do. Instead, reach out to one of your coaches so they can help you. MAST PARENT SLALOM PARENTS - Do not miss this amazing opportunity!!! 1.31.25 See flyer below for a FUNdraising opportunity while improving your own skills and showing your athletes what you can do on the slopes! There are still slots available. Sign-up link: MAST Parent Slalom Fundraiser  SAVE THE DATE for our MAST Banquet - Sunday, March 23 - 5:00PM - 8:00PM! THIS SEASON’S REMAINING RACE CALENDAR **The Wild 1/20 MLK Invite will likely be rescheduled. As soon as we get that information we will notify you. Jan 23 - Afton MEC - Afton - 4:30pm Afton MEC Race Worker SignUp 1/23/2025 Jan 27 - Don Ship Wild Invite - meet bus at 6:15am - Wild Mt. Invitational 1/27/2025 Jan 28 - JV Champs - Welch - 5:00pm - ALL TEAM Welch Champs Worker SignUp 1/28/2025 Feb 5 - SECTIONS Feb 11 - STATE Athletes, the end of the quarter is approaching! Now that we’re not racing on Monday, use this time to turn in any outstanding assignments, study hard, and finish strong! 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 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) Daniel Polland [email protected] 612-558-0526 Head Coach MAST Girls (All other Schools) Andréa Savage [email protected] 612-508-6214 FOLLOW MAST: MAST Facebook MAST Instagram
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