Monday Training Plan

No morning sport Monday. Bring your slalom skis and gear. We are most likely training on lower skyelark. Van leaves at 8:45am. Bring your game faces!!!!

Training For Wednesday 3/19

Guys I have not received a hillspace approval for this week as of yet. We do have highline in the morning so be ready for SL training. Bring face bars and/or mouth guards for training... and of course all the other necessary training tools... Sharp skis DANNY! And morning sport is at 7:30. Vans leave for the hill at 8:45. I know it's late in the season and some of you are getting a little spring fever... but tighten your game up and be prepared, it ain't over yet!!!! Fight to the bitter end!!!

Jack Calhoun

Jack sounded pretty determined to get this up on the blog. So here it is. Our thanks goes out to all the Parents for their support this season. As coaches we love hearing great stories of how the team is supporting each other. Jack great insight on this past weekend thanks.

Dear Parker, Patrick and Torey -

It's Monday morning, and after the drive home from Middlebury last evening I've had a chance to reflect on the weekend's events.

Several words come to mind - patience, persistence, hard work, focus, strength of character, characters (yes, you've got a bunch of them), and achievement.

As the very proud Dad of Saturday's VT Cup Final slalom winner, I am especially grateful to all of you for the role you've had in Peter's life the past few winters. This weekend I saw firsthand Peter taste again for a moment the success that hard work realizes. While there is still much for him to learn, the experience he's gained from you all will serve him well long after his ski racing career has begun to wind down. For that I can only say thank you to each of you.

For me the pleasure of being at the race on Saturday was to see Peter thrill in his achievement. Of course collecting the hardware is great, but as a parent it was the big smile on Peter's face as he realized his accomplishment for that race.

Sunday provided an all together different kind of thrill as I stood at the bottom of the course at the Middlebury Snow Bowl. While I'm sure Peter is personally pleased with his result, what particularly struck me about the day was the overall sense of support the KMS athletes provided for one another as they came to the finish line. Whether it was directing one another's attention to the next teammate coming down the hill, or cheering enthusiastically as first one and then another had a great result - high fives, woops and slaps on the back seemed to be the order of the day. Each of your athletes really seemed to genuinely care about the others, and to have a word of encouragement, a friendly barb and a collective thrill in what they were doing.

As coaches I know that you may get to see this from time to time, but on race day perhaps not as much as your focus is on the task at hand, as one after another the boys leave the gate or race through the viewfinder on the video camera.

It was great to see this display of sportsmanship and support for each other among your athletes. It speaks volumes about how you coach the guys and also about the expectations that KMS imparts on their skiers. In a sport which focuses so much on individual accomplishment it is wonderful to observe that the boys haven't lost their perspective so much that they can't share in one another's accomplishments.

Job well done by all of you............many thanks for all that you do.

Keep feeding the wolves!!

Jack

Pictures

Wolf Pack Attack!!!

The season is not over yet, but these last few races have made the coaches very proud. Peter winning the Vermont cup finals Slalom on the home hill will stick with him and the coaches for a while. And how about that Visconti kid. We knew he had it in him, but damn. Tim Spangler had a personal best result at Middlebury and was 3rd on the second run, beating a few of the college guys. Chad Hedlund got out of bed and clinched the Vermont Cup overall award by placing 8th in the GS. KMS had 5 guys place in the top 15. Mike Mitchell put two good runs together and finished 15th. Jim Ryan played the waiting game in the morning. He was not in the race but he hung in there, someone did not show up and he was allowed to get into the race. His answer to that was a first place finish for J2's. There were a few other great performances and personal bests at these races, so our congrats goes out to them as well. The hard work is paying off! Hopefully the boys remember this during the off season and hit the gym like raging wolves!!!

Gore Finals Sunday 3/9

The weather hasn't been very nice to us lately. First the DH was canceled and now both of the Super G's have been canceled. There was freezing rain and high winds here at gore. Meaning trees across roads, power lines down and no racing. The mountain didn't open today and they have canceled the super g for tomorrow. The fencing they have up is frozen and its not all that "up" so they aren't even going to try to run speed. They will however, power or not, run an extra slalom tomorrow (we might be hiking!). The cell reception is pretty bad here and most of us don't have any service where we are staying. The phones down at the hotel, but we're planning on going into Glens falls this afternoon and hopefully your son will call you and let you know how great of trip its been and whats going on. The rest of the week looks better for weather so I don't see us having anymore big issues.

Coaches

Sunday 3/9 Gore Finals

Gore Finals

Guys leaving for Gore, NO training we will be leaving at 3:00pm so get here around 2:15-2:30

Saturday training schedule change

For those of you who haven't seen the board tonight, there's an 11:00 a.m. lifting session for athletes not going to Gore; on-snow training has been canceled.

GS on Highline

The guys were training GS on Highline today, the sun was out, and I managed to grab a few good photos (and a sunburn). And yes, Mark did make the next gate.

Finals @ Gore, NY

As many of you know the DH at Gore was canceled right before we left. They will be adding an additional SG on Sunday to make up for it. Training for the guys that would've been leaving for Gore today will be the same as the guys that are staying. GS tomorrow on highline, morning sport at 7:30. Saturday we will have SL training from 8:00 to 10:00. We will be leaving for Gore on Saturday at 3:00pm, for the SG race on Sunday. Im sure many of you are wondering if you get money back since its only a 5 day trip... I will let you know when I know.

Thursday AM Sport

Hello All,

Due to weather and travel for some athletes, morning sport will be OYO during a free period. The workout will be posted in the gym. The group that is going to Gore will leave tomorrow at 1:30 pm. The rest of the guys staying here at Killington will train sl in the afternoon, departing at 12:45 pm.

Hope everyone is staying dry!

Coaches

training for monday

I forgot to write on the board your schedule for this week. sorry about that! morning sport is at 7:30. Torey will let you know what and where training is. so make sure you are at morning sport and have both GS and SL skis ready to go. do not forget your face bar or a mouth gaurd... Shane! Good luck and sorry for the confusion.