Pre - State Meet Week

Skiers,

Happy Vacation!

Below is the schedule for this week.  Please look it over carefully - Lots of exciting stuff.  Even though the emphasis for this week is to prep state racers for next week, these practices are open to anyone wishing to continue skiing! For non-state racers doing the U-16 Championships or the Eastern High School Championships, these practices will serve as great training!

About the U16 and Eastern HS Championships - 
Any qualified athlete wishing to compete at these events - please review the following for trip information and sign-ups.  EasternHS and U16 Championship Information
These are two great opportunities to race at awesome New Engand ski venues.  You will travel and be part of the NY team made up of skiers from all around the state.  If you have any further questions please email your trip leaders. (EasternHS: Dave Kvam dakvam06@gmail.com, U16: Yours truly pallison@queensburyschool.org)

Week's Schedule -

Sunday, February 14 
- Optional Practice at the North Creek Ski Bowl (skate)
- Meet at 2:00 (this looks to be the warmest time of the day!)
- Predicted temps are looking to be very cold so dress warmmmmm
- Distance with technique stuff

Monday, February 15
- 11:00 am Section 2 practice at the North Creek Ski Bowl. We will not have a bus for this day as it is a Holiday, so plan rides accordingly!
- Skate 

Tuesday, February 16
 - Location and time to be announced (depends on predicted storm/weather).  I am looking to have a classic practice, ideally in the Queensbury area. 

Wednesday, February 17- 
- Section 2 practice at the North Creek Ski Bowl. Skate. If Tuesday's storm provides enough white stuff it will be held at QHS.  Otherwise the plan is to bus up to North Creek.
- Bus leaves QHS at 8:10

Thursday, February 18
- Section 2 backcountry (classic) ski into the Santanoni Great Camp, Newcomb NY
- Items to bring for the trail
   - small pack
   - food/liquid
   - extra layers/dry layers, etc...
   - those waxless skis and classic poles! 
- Bus leaves QHS at 7:30.  Please be at the school a few minutes before!
- Also, bring like 15 dollars for the bus ride home.  The bus will be stopping at Izzi's Market in North Creek for a late lunch. 

Friday, February 19
- 9:00 am practice at QHS
- Meet in the blue athletic lobby
- Short skate ski (easy) then ski prep.
- Have race classic and skate skis.  The plan is to clean classic skis and to apply the base glide layer on both skates and classics.
- Trip to Sports Page after to get kick zones marked! (if you do not have them marked already).  It is important to know the exact length of your kick zone!  Otherwise as waxers, we have to guess... The risk behind this is 1 - We might be overextending your true kick zone and be putting kilster/hardwax in what should really be your glide zone (which will make you super slow), or 2-  We might underestimate the length of your kick zone (in this case, if it is not long enough, you will have very little to no kick regardless of what wax is used).  Get this taken care of!

Saturday, February 20
- Meet to wax in PM.  More details soon.

Sunday, February 21
- Bus leaves for State Meet
- Course preview (have B skis)
- State Meet trip schedule and specifics to be posted soon
  
Go Spartan Nordic!