Olympic Trials Selection Process Begins Today ~

Two men, Jay Hakinen and Tim Burke have already pre-qualified, but for the other athletes their journey is about to begin. For the athletes in North America, their trials process begins with five races over nine days. These races will take place in Coleraine, MN, just 15 minutes outside of Grand Rapids, where the athletes are currently preparing. The best 3 of 5 races will be scored and used to select up to 4 men and 4 women to head to Europe and compete in 3 competitions in Germany January 7-10. They will be joined by the athletes currently competing on the World Cup and not qualified already for the Olympics. These competitions in Germany will be the last opportunity to show their metal and make their bid for an Olympic berth.

Walt Shepard of Yarmouth had two strong finishes for the Maine Winter Sports Center in the opening weekend of racing placing 4th and 8th. Last weekend, Russell Currier of Stockholm cleaned (hit 10 for 10) his first race ever and won in the 2nd NorAm weekend. BethAnn Chamberlain of Caribou has also performed well in both weekends and looks poised to make a push on her “home course”. Chamberlain grew up and attended high school in Grand Rapids before moving out to Maine.

Also competing for the MWSC:  Bill Bowler – Wasau, WI, Eliot Neal – Wilson, WY, Grace Boutot – Ft. Kent, Andrea Mayo – Wallagrass, Hilary McNamee – Ft. Fairfield 

CHANGES TO TRAIL LIGHTS AT 10TH MT.

The trail lights at 10th mountain will no longer come on automatically.
To operate them you must turn them on and off manually at the box on the
pole in the parking lot nearest the walkway to the lodge. There is
currently a red fence in front of the pole. This will turn on all trail
lights. When you are finished skiing, please turn them off if no one
else is skiing. It will be the responsibility of the last person to shut
them off. If no other cars are in the parking lot, you can assume it is
safe to shut them off. The lights cannot be used after 9:00pm. There are
directions inside the box with the switch. We hope that this will
significantly reduce our consumption of electricity.

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