Racing on the ice at Holderness

Nordic skiing is not a predictable sport
It is not like basketball, hockey or even xc running, where the field conditions could be more or less predictable. Yesterday's race at Holderness presented skiers with lots of challenges. Crushed ice - not real snow - was the surface on which skiers had to race. This course made it difficult to ski for several of our less experienced skiers. And, at the same time, made the race fast and unpredictable.
Alex Paluszek'20, as the most experienced VA Nordic Team member, shined under these circumstances. She was very comfortable on twisty downhills and had her best performance so far in the season, finishing just one place outside of top 10 with over 60 girls competing.
On the boys side, Trevor Palmiotto'21 still recovering from a sickness finished in 23rd position. Huxley Holcombe'22 as a first-year skier, had his best race of the season, finishing in 25th place, Patrick Wu'21 finished in 47th place and the final 4th member of the scoring team was Jerry Lin'20, finishing in 52nd place out of about 80+ racers competing. In team scoring, VA ended up in 8th place, out of ten scoring teams.
On the way home, stop at MacDonalds is always a fun and bonding event for the team!
Next contest - individual sprints, hosted by Saint Paul's School next Wednesday, most likely will be held at Proctor Academy, due to lack of snow at Concord, NH.
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