Special guests!

It is my hope that we'll have several special guests involved with the Junior Racer program this year. Guest skiers will most likely join us for a Friday session and not only ski with our group, but also discuss an important topic (nutrition, race day preparation, waxing, healthy choices, etc.) and answer questions. While we don't have all our guests for the season confirmed yet, here's a preview of the current status.

The current plan involves having a few CVU skiers to come help us with a wax demo on the basics of waxing and prepping skis. In addition, there may even be more than a few CVU skiers joining us for a "ski with a CVUer" day which would be a good opportunity for Junior Racers to ask a few questions and learn a bit about what it's like to ski on a high school team. We'll also be seeing a lot of high school racers at the races that we attend so that will be good exposure to the scene as well.

Another guest that we've already got confirmed is ELISSA REHM. Elissa is a former CVU skier who went on to ski for four years at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. She was a great leader on the CVU team during her very sucessful high school career and was a carnival skier at Williams so has put in many miles on the road and on her skis. She will traveling from Worcester, MA to be with us and is very excited to ski with members of our Junior Racer program and offer her expertise.

JESSE DOWNS is one of the top biathletes in the nation and we are very lucky that he has generously offered his time to come for a ski and chat with members of our Junior Racer program. Jesse is originally from New York state and skied for Northern Michigan University. Since then he has gone on to great success as a biathlete and races for the National Guard while living in Jericho, VT. He is a member of the Army World Class Athlete Program and is currently focused on securing a spot on the US Olympic team for 2010. Given this, his presence at one of our guest sessions is dependent on his extremely busy schedule over these next months. Even if we can't pin him down for a visit quite yet, we'll look forward to following his progress and wish him fast legs and steady arms for the upcoming season!

And....there are more guests in the works, so stay tuned!