Anchorage Junior National Recap

What a fun filled, awesome view packed, great team effort trip! We did not bring the biggest team up to Junior Nationals this year but we did bring home a lot of hardware and good Results!


We would like to thank the Alaska division for putting on one of the better JN weeks that I have been to with great weather making everything run about as smooth as it can. The K65 was dialed in and we got to see some long rides and the XC facility was killer with a great spectator friendly coarse and super wax and changing facilities.

To check out the full results of each day and to see how team EAST did check out this web page below.

http://www.anchoragenordicski.com/jumping_nationals_2014_results.html


Special shout out to Landon Livreri who at age 13 got a top 15 in special jumping, Gabby Armstrong at her first JN being on the podium multiple times and also setting a personal record of 63m, and Miles and Karl skiing like animals in the two man team NC event and placing a solid 2nd!


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Coach Bliss

Anchorage day 1 of Comps

Points were tight on the K65 ski jump here in Anchorage on a beautiful day. Here are the results of the special jumping competition.

U-17 Women
1. Cara Larson 161.1
2.Mollie Immens 144.6
3.Logan Sankey 130.9
4. Gabby Armstrong 130.8 ( drag on second jump!)
5.Sophia Nester 118.6
6.Melissa Requist 99.1
7. Esther Delliquadri 89


U-17 Men    40 Athletes
1. Ben Loomis 239
2.Patrick Gasienica 220.1
3. Trevor Edlund 219.1
11. Miles Lussi 205.9
15. Landon Livreri 199.7
20. Karl Schulz 184


U-20 Mens
1. Somer Schrock 205.1
2.Matt Doyle 194.1

U-17 NC women  6 athletes

1. Gabby Armstrong XC time 14:05
2.Cara Larson 16:31
3.Logan Sankey 16:14

U-17 Men  26 atheletes

1. Ben Loomis  13:21
2.Grant Andrews 12:55
3.Finn O'Connell 13:28
6. Karl Schulz 12:25 (fastest time)
11. Miles Lussi 14:41
17. Landon Livreri 15:53

U-20 men
1. Somer Schrock 13:21
2. Matt Doyle 13:53
3. Tryg Gessner 15:26


Today is the team competition and I will post results tonight.

Coach Bliss

The great white north

After 20 hours of travel on Thursday we made it to Anchorage Alaska and have had two great days of training. Kids like the hill and we will test out the XC coarse this afternoon that everyone has told us is beautiful. Here is a team pic that was taken on a little drive up into the mountains to over look the city.

Tomorrow is official training and opening ceremonies and Sunday the fight for podium spots begin!

Coach Bliss

Mid-West trip and JNQ

Finally have a little down time to catch everyone up on our Mid west trip where we traveled to Eau Claire, WI, Minneapolis, MN,  and Fox River Grove, IL.

Cold and windy was what we got for the whole week and a half adventure with plenty of great results had by team EAST and some fun long standings had at every venue.

Minneapolis and Norge were used for JNQ this year which will be held up in Anchorage Alaska and bellow are the qualifying results. Averaged top 3 points in each class and EAST jumper must be inside 40% back of the top 3 average to qualify.

JNQ results Minneapolis, MN
U20 Men's class   Top 3 average points 197.6
Landon Livreri 200.3 points 0% back
Karl Schulz 199.2 points 0% back
Trent White 177.3 points 11% back
Gabby Armstrong 77.6 points 60% back ( Had to jump with boys class)

US Cup Men's class   Top 3 average points 249.7
Miles Lussi 207.3 points 17% back
Luke Daniels 166 points 34% back
Matt Doyle 137.1 points 45% back

Results Fox River Grove, IL
U20 Women's class   Top 3 average points 117.4
Gabby Armstrong 68 points 42% back

U20 Men's Class        Top 3 average points 224
Trent White 217.4 points 3% back
Karl Schulz 205.3 points 8% back
Landon Livreri 204.6 points 8% back

US Cup  Men's class     Top 3 average points 248
Miles Lussi 224.8 points 10% back
Luke Daniels 200.5 points 20% back
Matt Doyle 150.6 points 40% back

See skijumpeast.com for qualifying rules, full results and a nice write up by Don West.

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