Junior Olympics 2000:

J2 standout Dan Skold swept the two individual races with a winning margin of 15 seconds in the 5km skate. Dan skied a very fast 11:22.3 for the 4.9 km course. In the classic race, Dan won in a come-from-behind squeaker for a 3 second margin.

Already well-known in the midwest, Lindsey Weier also established herself as a skier to watch at the national level with win in the 4.9 km girl's classic. She and coach Kevin Brochman had formulated a pre-race plan of starting out fast but controlled and being with the leaders at the 2km split, then winning the race on the down hill section.

Lindsey was 1 second out of first at the 2km mark and won on the downhill with a strong double pole. Lindsey won by 3 seconds over Intermountain star Kristina Trygsted who is ranked top-15 in the country. Also posting top ten results were perennial scorer Kristen Fairman in the OJ class and impressive J2 newcomer Lindsay Williams. Skold and Weier join several other BWNP athletes who have won at Junior Olympics in the past including afore-mentioned triple gold medalist Kristen Fairman who won both classic and skate and was on the winning relay in 1997, Peter Tollefson who won the 5km classic in 1997 and Colleen Flaherty who won the 5km skate race at the 1998 Junior Olympics at McCall, Idaho.

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BWNP Athletes Competing:

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Our club scored 321 points out of the 724 points scored by the Midwest District, accounting for 44% of the total. Compared to other clubs at Junior Olympics, we scored more points than anyone in the nation in the classic race with a 111-point day. Sun Valley (Idaho) scored 108, Alaska Stars (Anchorage, AK) 102, Stratton Mountain School (Vermont) 82, Gold 2002 (Anchorage AK) had 80, East High School (Fairbanks AK) had 68, Bridger Ski Club (Montana) had 64 and Berkshire (New Hampshire) had 45.

In the skate race we scored 86 points. Alaska Stars led the way with 102, we finished 2nd closely followed by Statton with 85, Bridger 84, Gold 2002 80, Fairbanks Ski Club 76, Sun Valley 61, East high school 48, Park City Ski Club 38 and Berkshire had 33.

In the Sprint race... well, we need work on that. We finished with 49 points and this allowed some other clubs to pass us up for total points. Stratton scored 129, Alaskan Ski Stars 114, Gold 2002 72, Sun Valley 67, Bridger 59.

Excluding the relays, our club scored the 3rd highest point total behind Alaskan Ski Stars who had 318 and Stratton Mountain School which had 296. The Brochman-Wilson Nordic Club scored 249 just ahead of Sun Valley 236 and Gold 2002 232.

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NCAA Championships:

The NCAA Championships were held in Midway, Utah on the same ski courses where the 2002 Olympics will be held. Three BWNP athletes competed there. Matt Weier from NMU placed 22nd in the skate and 16th in the classic. Matt Schadow from UNH placed 32nd in the skate and 24th in the classic. Megan Sands, skiing for Middlebury, placed 36th in the skate and 30th in the classic.

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2000 State Ski Meet:

The Brochman Wilson Nordic Program was again well-represented at this year's meet with 23 athlete competing at Giant's Ridge in February.

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Girls Pursuit	School	Place
Lindsey Weier	Mahtomedi	2nd
Lindsay Williams	Hastings	3rd
Valerie Waldoch	Forest Lake	9th
Becca Barron	Breck	12th
Andrea Roberts	Armstrong	14th
Katie Thurmes	Hastings	17th
Brita Sands	Hopkins	23rd
Amanda Plain	Forest Lake	54rd

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Boys Pursuit	School	Place
Dan Skold	Hopkins	3rd
Bobby Lee	Forest Lake	6th
Will Cheesbro	St. Louis Park	19th
Jacob Youcha	St. Louis Park	22nd

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Girls Classic	School	Place
Renee Frick	Hastings	6th
Molley Gulsvig	Stillwater	8th
Leigh Degroot	St. Louis Park	9th
Nancy Waldoch	Forest Lake	16th
Kristen Gatzlaff	Mounds View	20th
Brenna Bray	MPA	26th
Jennifer Edlund	Forest Lake	32nd

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Boys Classic	School	Place
Doug Stafki	Forest Lake	7th
Blake Hanson	Hastings	22nd
Neal Ray	Forest Lake	25th

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Boys Skate	School	Place
Ben Dubay	Coon Rapids	25th

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