Truckee High Wins First National Boys High School Title,
Bozeman Defends National Girls High School Title.

The National Cross-Country Ski Education Foundation awarded the Roger Weston National High School championship cups to Truckee High and Bozeman High at the conclusion of the 2006 Junior Olympics March 12, 2006 in Houghton, Michigan.

The Truckee Boys team avenged their second place finish to Aspen Valley H.S., CO in the High School standings in 2005 behind senior Matt Gelso who won gold medals in both the classic and the skate races.   

After the first days mass start classic race Truckee held onto a slim one point lead over West Anchorage High School.  Truckee staked their lead thanks to Matt, his younger brother Dan who was a fifth place finisher, and Andrew Pado who finished 15^th in the classic race.   Going into the second day it looked to be a battle for the cup, but West Anchorage ran out of luck.  Summit High of Oregon skied well again to move up to second place and Durango made a late charge to keep the cup in Colorado, but Truckee’s depth was too much.   In the skate race Matt Gelso won again, Spenser Wood provided help with his seventh place finish and young Dan Gelso’s 16^th place locked things up.  This is the first Boys National Championships for Truckee.  Their girls team won the 2004 title.

The Bozeman girls team was also locked in a dog fight after the classic race, holding a one point lead over Vermont’s Stratton Mountain School and a ten point lead over Vermont’s Burke Mountain Academy.   The Bozeman girls got points from every class in the classic race, with senior Melanie Park finishing 9^th, Junior Erika Flowers finishing 8^th and Sophmore Kate Dolan finishing 6^th.  Stratton Mountain almost kept pace behind Sophie Caldwell’s 2^nd  and Parker Tyler’s 4th, but their third skier was a little off the pace.  On the skate day it was all Bozeman as Dolan streaked to victory, Asa Carlson was sixth and Flowers finished 11^th..  Stratton Mountain finished  distant 2^nd, while Liberty Bell High school in Oregon rode a great day to take third place.  This is the second consecutive National High School Title for Bozeman.

For more information contact Reid Lutter 651-208-9391 or Reid@nccsef.org

Boys Standings                                 Cl          Sk              Total

Truckee High, CA                            282        279            561

Ferneyhough, Alex; Gelso, Daniel; Gelso, Matt; Nadell, Jordan; Pado, Andrew; Shane, Colin; Taylor, Alex; Wood, Spencer; Wright, Tyler

Summit High School, OR                272        266            538

Durango High School, CO               260        274            534

Wood River High School, ID           276        254            530

Boulder High School, CO                271        253            524

Stratton Mountain School, VT          254        268            522

West Anchorage High School, AK  281        232            513

Summit High School, CO                229        252            481

Aspen High School, CO                   215        259            474

Forest Lake H.S., MN                      239        225            464

Lathrop H.S., AK                               223        212            435

South Anchorage HS, AK                 216        209            425

Honeoye Falls Lima Central, NY    210        194            404

Liberty Bell HS, OR                         203        193            396

Natrona County HS, WY                 137        128            265

Lander Valley HS, WY                     119        142            261

Marquette, MI                                   122        124            246

T.C. Central, MI                               112        86              198

 

 

Girls Standings                               Cl            Sk              Total

Allison, Emily ;Carlson, Ase ;Dolan, Kate;Flowers, Erika; Park, Melina; Pierce, Sarah; Rydell, Claire; Seibert, Casey; Sellegren, Gretchen

Bozeman High School, MT           280          286            566

Stratton Mountain School, VT        279          258            537

Liberty Bell HS, OR                       262          270            532

Steamboat High, CO                      264          259            523

Park City, UT                                 222          252            474

Summit High School, OR              228          242            470

Truckee High, CA                          229          216            445

Burke Mountain Academy, VT      270          175            445

Wood River High School, ID         207          231            438

Service High, AK                            209          224            433

West Valley HS, AK                       218          211            429

Grand Rapids, MN                         174          212            386

Durango High School, CO             200          182            382

Roseville H.S., MN                        177          186            363

Lander Valley HS, WY                   170          164            334

Hancock, MI                                   150          170            320

Laramie HS, WY                            142          147            289

Town of Webb, NY                         148          132            280

Natrona County HS, WY               141          129            270

Marquette, MI                                 85            103            188