and the winner is....

All of you! I AM SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, TECHNIQUE IMPROVEMENT AND TEAM DYNAMICS. You are all special and amazing in so many different ways it just blows my mind!
For those that are on the state team- congratulations! Get ready to ski HARD.

For the members of the team who are not going to states this year- Please understand that I (and Cathy, Jesse, Jeff and Lindy) value all that you brought to the team this year. I wish all of you were going and I wish I were going too.

These choices were made based on a complicated yet highly appropriate race placement algorithm, attendance and attitude. Nate Rioux has earned "the Senior Spot" reserved for a senior who has been in the nordic program for many years (in Nates Case since 5th grade and has proven his dedication to the team and to the sport). I'm very proud of you Nate.

Here is the list:
GIRLS
SKATE
1.Sarah A
2.Courtney M
3.Olivia H
4.Catherine H
5. Zo(sorry Zoe, cant figure out the umlaut in the blogger)e
6.Sarah H
Alt- Katie V

Classic
1.Sarah A
2.Courtney M
3.Olivia H
4.Catherine H
5.Zoe
6.Katie V.
Alt- Sarah H

Boys
SKATE
1.Eric D
2.Luke B
3.Tim F
4.Jackson B
5. Nate R
6. Matt G
Alt. Kyle G

CLASSIC
1.Eric D
2.Luke B
3.Tim F
4.Jackson B
5.Ryan T
6. Eric H
Alt. Will H

This was not an easy list to make and as long as all of you on the list can commit to being at the entire state meet event then the list will not change. If you are unable to go for the full monty, please let me know.

Thanks, James