Strong finish and stronger beginning

Mid-A team March-es on.*

*cheesy springtime pun intended.

While most of us were looking at mud and patches of greening grass during the first few weeks of March, for HURT juniors it was full of racing; the culmination of a season's worth of hard work.**  The Midwest played host to this year's Junior National Ski Championship and the team from Mid-A featured some strong HURT talent.  Aaron Huneck, Owen Putman, Nino Manzella, Maggie Borgos, Brian Beyerbach, Eliza Blood, Seamus Tomb and Dan Manzella all suited up for Mid-A and had some great results over the course of the week.  Next to NYSEF, HURT qualified the most athletes from NY and enjoyed a week of sun and snow out in Wisconsin.  Folks at home neglected their professional requirements and risked gainful employment to watch the live coverage provided by the race organizers.  Our Pics tell the story best. Race results are here.


**many HURT athletes were ALSO looking at mud.  It just happened to be next to a ribbon of snow miraculously used to ski on.  

Snow stuck around in Ripton, VT, despite rain and high temps, and the Eastern High School Championships at Rikert saw a host of HURT nordies out for one last hurrah.  Anna Manzella, Eliza Blood, Aaron Huneck, Julianne Burns, Meghana Caron, Brendan Tomb, Seamus Tomb, Alex Fragomeni, Eve Schoen and Soyhun Pak all tackled the 4 races in 3 days at Rikert.  It was amazing to see so many of our younger juniors jump in races against the top U18 racers in New England.  With no U16 team from NY this year it was awesome to see our kids willing to seek out this tougher competition.  It was inspiring for them, extremely motivating, and will pay huge dividends as they develop into top level juniors.    

Overall it was a strong finish to the season for all our kids....the type of finish that leads to a bright and productive off-season.  As you are busy cleaning the klister spots out of the inside of your ski bag and storage waxing your boards, it is a good time to think about new goals and new paths to success. We are working to do our part...

HURT is excited to bring HURT-alum and USA junior biathlete Brian Halligan to our summer coaching staff.  Brian and DPK will be expanding the summer training opportunities for the whole team and offering new levels of coaching and membership for athletes seeking an edge. With Junior Nationals slated for Lake Placid next year, now if a great time to invest in your development.  See our new membership  options and learn more about our new coach.

Oh yeah.....and HURT CAMP!  Get cha' some...

Read about this year's camp on our events page