It's been awhile ! But just because the blog has not been updated does not mean we have not been busy ! We have been ! In a concision effort to keep this post as short as possible while going over all that has happened this season I will keep it short and to the point. Hopefully I will do a better job updating from now through the rest of the season !
Craftsbury Eastern Cup
Peter, Gavin, Connor and I decided to kick the season off with a trip to good ol' Craftsbury ! As everyone knows despite Craftsbury's best efforts the distance race was cancelled and we were left with 16 hr's of driving for about 3 minutes of racing ! Gavin on break from UNH made the most of the trip. He just missed the open heats and ended up in the Junior Heats. He rolled through those and in to the final ending up 4th. Peter had a nice start to the season finishing 63rd in the qual and Connor continues to show he is a distance specialist finishing in 101st. I think Connor has some pop hiding and will bust it out when needed. I retired from sprint racing for the day so I could rest up for the distance race, we all know how that went ! ICE STORM ! Awesome
Gavin sporting his UNH duds in the heats !
Next up was the Mid-A JNQ at Old Forge. On day one the RNR crew had a great start to the Mid-A JNQ season. Riley led the way in 2nd place followed closely by Val in 3rd, and right behind her Madi in 5th. Peter was our first guy in 2nd followed by Tommy in 4th. Connor backed up his distance specialist tag and decided to ski 2 laps of the course instead of 1 so in addition to being a distance specialist he is working in a degree in AP ! At least he got some training in. Ryan was the lone U16 boy for us and finished 4th. On Day two Ryan ended up 6th in the U16 race lighting a fire under him that he better get on it for the rest of the season ! Peter and Connor went 3rd and 4th in the U18 class and Connor ! Connor was back in form and skiing the correct number of laps. All in all it was an OK start to the Mid-A season but almost everyone left Old Forge with a chip on there shoulder looking forward to the next race.
(Ryan blasting out of the start at Old Forge)
(Young Photography)
( Peter and the rest of the gang ready to rock n roll)
(Young Photography)
Next up was the Lake Placid weekend. This is always a big weekend here in NY because Saturdays race in a NRL so some of the NE talent comes over and adds in to the mix. While just like Craftsbury mother nature was not on board! Despite ORDA and NYSEF's best attempts we were relegated to 1 day of racing and what a day it was ! The conditions had to be some of the narliest I have seen. I wish I had some pictures to show the pond skimming and other nonsense but we are in the business of skiing and thats what we were doing. On the mens side Connor led the way just a boot slide ahead of the old man, 13th, and 14th places Tommy was close behind in 19th and Peter in 22nd , Marco 27th. The girls had a little better go at it with Riley leading the way in 1st ! Boom 1st Victory of the season! Colleen had a strong race finishing in 19th with Val close behind in 21st and Madi in 29th ! Regardless of the results it was great to see how positive everyone was despite the weather. It was also pretty sweet to get back to the tent and see that the kids had cleaned the klister of my skis while I was out running around ! That's when you know your doing something right ! I have to say the RNR gang is a pretty special group of kids and It's always a blast !
Getting up to speed this past weekend was the final Mid-A JNQ here in Rochester. I would say we did a great job representing on our home turf ! On the mens side Connor and Tommy went 1-2 ! Followed by Peter, Ryan, and Jack in 5-7. Marco was 18th, Jasper 32nd ,Tim 34th. Riley took her 2nd win of the season and was followed by Colleen in 3rd ! Val 9th, Madi 10th, Sara 16th. All in all a great weekend !
(Madi)
(Peter)
(Riley)
(Tommy)
(Colleen)
Not to be forgotten our guys and girls now racing up in the EISA had some great results this past weekend as well. Hanna Cole (Williams) after her first summer with the RNR crew had the breakout result thus far with a 17th place on day 1 of the colby carnival ! Hanna Barnes (Harvard) also had a great start to the season in 37th. They followed that up on day 2 with HC in 28th and HB in 50th ! Pretty awesome start to the season for the college Women ! Gavin ( UNH) was the lone Male representing since Adam (Midd) came down with CarniFlu Gavin started off a little rough on day 1 in 53rd but came back strong on day 2 in 29th ! Not a bad weekend for RNR and Alums!
Now that we are all caught up the next big race for us will the the Trapp's EC on February 1st and 2nd ! This will be a big race because it is not only a College Carnival race but also a preview for Junior Nationals which will be held at Trapps this March !
Giddy Up !
* The OMC (Old Man Crew) has been cleaning house on the local scene as well !
Who is that short guy??
