Last Saturday, October 18th, Michigan Tech brought their squad down to Marquette for a couple of roller ski races. There was a Classic Time Trial in the morning (20K for men and 15K for ladies) and some sprint relays in the afternoon. The sprint relays were held at the Thunder Valley Race car track which is located back in the woods behind the Blueberry Ridge Ski Trails, and not too many people know about it. Although it looks abandoned I hear they have some gnarly races there in the summer. I was a spectator all day but I really wish I would have jumped in on the action. It looked like fun.
Phil Violet and Tim Cook from NMU in all Black
Morgan Smyth Leads the Ladies A Final
Christina Gillis leads Randi Vermelid, both from NMU
Marquette Boys watching the ladies race