Although it's been a few days since the first set of races it's still extremely important for us to recognize our athletes of the week!
This was a hard decision, first there was Zhenya, who dominated both races in grand style and Gwynn and Gracie, who traded the wins in the two days. There were also several other great finishes but in the end we had to look at athletes who seemed to have made a step up already!
Male skier of the week = Devin Oderwald
Be sure to turn your sound down, some crazy coach was a little excited!
Devin started last season struggling and worked hard but was never quite able to pull together a solid group of races. This season has already started out better. Two great races this past weekend, solid finishes, good technique, great attitude - it couldn't have been any better!
The reason that we have chosen Devin as our skier of the week is that the points for his first two races are already 11 points higher than his best 4 races last year! Wow! You can't ask for more than that, it means that he is already faster than he ever was last season! Great place to start! Now we just need to keep healthy and it should make for a stellar season!
Female skier of the week = Marie Cartwright
Once again that crazy coach was out of control!
We're not sure what to say about Marie. She had a fantastic season last year, placing 6th in the skate at USCSA Nationals and finishing 9th Overall! As a coach you hope that your athletes will continue to improve as they move through college but Marie is starting this season by blowing the lid off last season!
In just two races she has already taken 34 points off her 4 best races from last season! Seriously, that's crazy for an athletes that has shown for two years that she just gets faster as the season goes. Not only that but our killer skater is starting to look like she might do some damage in classic! Woo Hoo! It seems that she is trying to make up for Kari's graduation and so far she's doing great!
We wait in breathless anticipation to see where Marie goes this season, it looks like the sky's the limit!
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