Cook County Alpine ski team is State meet bound!
Cook County/Silver Bay skiers had a great showing at the Section Meet at Giant’s Ridge on Tuesday, February 5. Three individuals will be advancing to represent the Cook County Vikings at the state tournament and the girls’ team is heading to state with a second place in sections.
Reilly Wahlers had two excellent runs, claiming 2nd place.
Sela Backstrom also put together two great runs and made it to 12th place to also advance to the State meet.
Reilly and Sela, along with Elsa Lunde and Kalina Dimitrova, skied strong and claimed 2nd for the girls’ team. The Cook County team was just behind Stillwater.
On the boys’ side, Will Surbaugh raced as an individual and showed true grit as he had a miscue on his first run. He went all out on his second run, which was good enough to land him in 16th place and a berth at State.
The Vikings now head to the State meet at Giant’s Ridge on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. Racing starts at 10 a.m.
WTIP’s Rhonda Silence checked in with Alpine Ski Coach Charles Lamb to hear his thoughts on the very successful showing at Sections.
Photos courtesy of the Cook County/Silver Bay Alpine team
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