Junior Racing Program
The Maine Winter Sports Center Junior program provides young adults with the tools to be both successful as athletes and in life outside of sport. Athletes in this year-round program learn the importance of commitment, discipline and responsibility for their personal success and as role models for youth and other members of their communities.Have Fun! Be Healthy! Ski Fast!
The Maine Winter Sports Center offers young athletes the opportunity to train and race with national caliber coaches. Our program aims to allow junior ski enthusiasts the chance to improve Nordic skiing and Biathlon techniques and tactics while developing a love for the sport and an outdoor lifestyle! Athletes work closely with coaches to develop the skills to excel as athletes. The MWSC Development Team, for middle schoolers grade 6 and older, is the first competitive step in our proven pipeline to success.
Please direct Development Team questions to Amber Dodge via email at amber@mainewsc.org For Junior Team and Maine Team Camp questions please contact Will Sweetser via email at or visit the Maine Winter Sports Center Junior Racing Program page.
NEW!
Development Team Parent Meeting
7 p.m., June 9th
10th Mountain Center
Fort Kent, Maine
and
Nordic Heritage Center
Presque Isle, Maine
Waiver: Click here: (pdf)
- Middle School Racer Camp
June 23-24, 2012
UMFK and 10th MT Center
Site: UMPI, Presque Isle, ME
contact: Amber Dodge amber@mainewsc.org - Devo Team Adventure
July 20-21, 2012
Mount Katahdin
contact: Amber Dodge amber@mainewsc.org - Devo Team Adventure
August 17-18
Paddling TBA
contact: Amber Dodgeamber@mainewsc.org
Development Team Flyer:
→ download [pdf]
Junior Team Practice
Junior Team Flyer:
→ download [pdf]
Junior Team Schedule
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Junior Racing Parent Meeting
7 p.m., June 9th
10th Mountain Center
Fort Kent, Maine
and
Nordic Heritage Center
Presque Isle, Maine
- Please fill out MWSC Medical Release and Participant Biography & bring with to Parent Meeting
Waiver: Click here: (pdf)
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Summer Session begins June 19th, 2012
- Maine Team Camp
July 5-8, 2012
UMFK and 10th MT Center
Ft. Kent, ME
contact: Will Sweetser will@mainewsc.org - Maine Team Camp
August 8-12, 2012
CVA
Carrabassett Valley, Maine
contact: Will Sweetser will@mainewsc.org - Junior Biathlon Development Camp
August 8-12
Ethan Allen Biathlon Center
Jericho, Vermont
contact: Seth Hubbard seth@mainewsc.org
2011-2012 Junior Team Documents
Junior Team Handbook-2011:
→ download [pdf]
MWSC Athlete Development Model:
→ download [pdf]
PAST EVENTS:
3/3/12
Farmington, ME- Eastern High School qualifiers were this past weekend in Farmington, Maine. Maine Winter Sports Center junior athletes from Caribou High School, Presque Isle High School, and Merriconeag Waldorf School, as well as members of Ashland High School, were in full force competing for a place on the Maine Team. The race was a pursuit format with a 5K classic race in the morning followed by a 5K skate in the afternoon.
At the start of Saturday morning’s classic race, every type of precipitation a skier could experience occurred during a race. The coaches were happy to be inside the Maine Winter Sports waxing trailer working on skis. The girls endured snow, mist, sleet, and a wintery mix of rain and snow during their classic race. The boys faced rain and the biggest snowflakes of the year on their climb up the back of Titcomb Mountain.
The precipitation cleared up in the afternoon, and the wet heavy snow started to fall off the trees by the start of the freestyle races. The temperature was a balmy 34 degrees, and in the afternoon, the snow finally packed into the trail for fast conditions during the skate race.
At the end of the day, two Maine Winter Sports Center Athletes, Ryan Washington, from Caribou High School, and Zoe Chace-Donahue, from Merriconeag Waldorf School, qualified for the Maine Team. Lydia and Hannah Strienz also qualified from Ashland High School for the Maine Team. These athletes will compete at Mountain Top Inn and Resort March 16-18th near Rutland, Vermont.
-Sarah Kamilewicz
Check out results at: Maine High School Skiing
January 30, 2012
Rumford, ME- Warm temperatures made for a great race day on Saturday at Black Mountain of Maine in Rumford for the annual Sassi Memorial Invitational. This race is aJunior ll Team Qualifier (ages 14 and 15) for the J2 New England Festival held in March and is a chance for high school skiers from across the state to compete against each other in preparation for the State Nordic meet. Fifteen athletes from Aroostook County representing Caribou High School, Presque Isle High School and the Maine Winter Sports Center competed in the 5 Km classic race.
Sarah Doak took 2nd place in the J2 girl’s field qualifying for the Maine J2 Team. For the High School Girls, Caribou’s Ashley Richards placed 8th overall, and her teammates, Chelsea Bard and Katie Plourde placed 18th and 19th giving the Caribou High School girls enough points to take first in the Team Results. Presque Isle’s Bonnie Corey had a personal best placing 69th, and teammate Danielle Allen was 157th out of 223 girls. Maine Winter Sports Center Athletes Zoe Chace-Donahue placed 4th and Emelie Chace-Donahue took 29th overall.
Qualifying for the J2 Maine Team in the boys field were Ryan Washington from Caribou in 3rd and teammate Brendan Cyr in 11th while Maine Winter Sports Center’s Kamran Husain took 8th place, Rylee Knox in 10th, and Lance McKenney was 13th. For Presque Isle, Noah Rossignol placed 47th out of 107 J2 boys.
Caribou’s Caleb Chapman placed 3rd overall in the Men’s field with teammates Jesse Sandstrom in 30th and Josh Kovach in 37th. Congratulations to all the skiers from Aroostook County for such a strong showing at this statewide premier event.
Full Results can be found on mainehighschoolskiing.com
January 17, 2012
Titcomb Mountain, Farmington, Maine - Despite the rain, the Maine Winter Sports Center team traveled in full force to Farmington, Maine this past weekend. Seventeen athletes accompanied the Development coaches Sarah Kamileiwcz and Amber Dodge from the snowy north. The caravan included athletes in age classes ranging from J2, J1, OJ, U23, to SR as well as five fellow Southern Maine Team members for the Eastern Cup race at Titcomb Mountain.
Luckily, the temperatures dropped and the rain turned to snow for Saturday's classic sprint competitions. The classic sprint course proved to be an intense double pole competition for the athletes around the 1.2 KM loop.
The temperatures continued to drop for Sunday's skate distance competition on the side of the downhill area at Titcomb. Development Team members joined the Eastern Cup racing series after competing in either the Junior Sassi at Rumford and the High School race at Rumford on Saturday. There was a total of 21 MWSC athlete's climbing the downhill at Titcomb in the bitter cold mid-morning temperatures.
A few of the standout performances on Saturday's classic sprint were Hilliary McNamme, Erik Rupert, and Sarah Doak for qualifying to the final heats. On Sunday's grueling hill climb Mike Lessard and Fred Bailey finished top 15 in the senior men's field. Erik Rupert climbed his way in Eastern Cup standing points in the OJ Men's division and during the J1 girls 6k race, Zoe Donahue-Chase looked strong on the course. J2 boy's finishers Ryan Washington, Brendan Cyr, Gannon Therrien, and Rylee Knox all showed true racing spirit on the uphill climb while first time Eastern Cup racers, Sarah Doak and Anna Soderberg had impressive finishes in the J2 girl's field.
This weekend was a valuable experience for the younger team members as they received encouragement and advice from older members of the team.
-Sarah Kamilewicz
To view complete results, check out NENSA or here for more results
PHOTOS
Junior racer Brendan Cyr strides the hills in Farmington.
Thanksgiving camp skiers from the Development, Junior, and Maine Team camp enjoy a game of one-ski soccer at Big Rock.
Maine Team members and Junior Team members are all smiles at the first on snow camp.
Sarah Doak chases competitors up the hills at Titcomb.
Development athelete Anya O'mere, and Melanie Hamel from New Brunswick enjoyed combos on the new pavement at Nordic Heritage Center.
Gannon Therrian is all smiles after cleaning his air rifle target.
Post graduate athletes, Erik Rupert, Melissa Manning and Sam Humphries, instruct skate technique on the roller loop.
Hike during the Sugarloaf Camp on Burnt Mountain
