+ Middle School Championships
2025 MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIps
DATE: February 17, 2025
VENUE: SANDWICH FAIR GROUNDS, Center Sandwich, New Hampshire (behind Post Office at the tennis courts).
SCHEDULE & FORMAT: 4.6km Individual Freestyle Race begins at 10:15am
3x.75k Freestyle relay race to follow (subject to change)
HOST: Inter-Lakes Middle High School
COURSE MAPS: Will be posted here 2 days before the race
RACE DIRECTOR: Steve Olafsen (obrnh1@gmail.com)
ELIGIBLE GRADES: Grades 5 through 8
REGISTRATION: Due by 5:00PM on February 13, 2025 (Thursday prior to race). LINK TO BE PROVIDED HERE (on or before Jan 1, 2025), this will open a spreadsheet that contains team rosters. Then find your school tab and seed your skiers by ability in column J. If you have any problems registering your skiers, please email Chris Naimie at cenaimie@gmail.com
FEES: $10 per racer (Invoice & Payment Details Linked Here).
RUNNING ORDERS: Will be posted on www.webscorer.com (and posted here by noon on February 16, 2025)
QUESTIONS?: Reach out to someone on the race committee via email: Steve Olafsen at obrnh1@gmail.com, Rachel Bartlett at rachel.bartlett@interlakes.org, and/or Lynne Hart at lfhart12@gmail.com
Schedule
Registration opens at 8:30
NORDIC CAFE opens at 9:00
*Which gender races first changes each year. Even years, Boys are first. Odd years Girls race first (ie: 2025 girls will go first)
Races: 10:15* and 11:15* Relay at 1:15* (A relay) and 1:30* (A relay) 1:45 (B Relays-boys/girls together)
Raffle 2:30 Awards at 2:45
Scoring
Scoring will be top 4 individuals (girls/boys) per school (displacing after four), along with the relay points for your A teams. All schools will score regardless of number of skiers on team. “Guest” class racers will not count towards team or individual scores.
Technical information
Racers who miss their start will be on the clock from their original start time.
Racers must ski for the school they attend or district they reside.
Grooming will take place between the Main Race and the Relay Race. Please yield to groomer.
RELAY: Register your relay team(s) at the REGISTRATION table on race day. 3 member teams. Only one A team per gender/school, all others, as well as mixed gender teams will race in B relay, no limit.
General information
Middle School Champs has a great Food Booth, (The NORDIC CAFE) with hot and cold drinks, home made soups, sandwiches, brownies, hot dogs, snacks, etc.
All waxing is outside, electricity available.
When parking, do not block Library. Use plowed lot behind Library.