Our Mission
The Lodi Area XC Ski Club was formed in November, 2005, with the
mission of providing and promoting local cross-country skiing through
high school and middle school teams that compete around the state.
The club has also developed a youth ski program and adult training
groups. On top of that, the club promotes easy access to groomed trails
located in the center of Lodi as well as affordable programs and events
for families.
The Lodi Area XC Ski Club was formed in November, 2005, with the
mission of providing and promoting local cross-country skiing through
high school and middle school teams that compete around the state.
The club has also developed a youth ski program and adult training
groups. On top of that, the club promotes easy access to groomed trails
located in the center of Lodi as well as affordable programs and events
for families.
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Important News
New Trail Map
Check out the new and improved trail map
under trail conditions!
Training Plan
High school skiers should checkout the weekly
workout schedule posted on the training page.
Welcome Blue Mound Nordic Ski Club!
This year the Mt. Horeb group has organized the
Blue Mound Nordic Ski Club. Some of the club's
junior skiers will join the Lodi Club's racing
team for the 2011-2012 season. Many are
beginner skiers. but Jimmy Conway and Asher
Winner are accomplished skiers from last
year;s middle school team, Check out the
BMNSC website at www.bluemoundnordic.com
New Trail Map
Check out the new and improved trail map
under trail conditions!
Training Plan
High school skiers should checkout the weekly
workout schedule posted on the training page.
Welcome Blue Mound Nordic Ski Club!
This year the Mt. Horeb group has organized the
Blue Mound Nordic Ski Club. Some of the club's
junior skiers will join the Lodi Club's racing
team for the 2011-2012 season. Many are
beginner skiers. but Jimmy Conway and Asher
Winner are accomplished skiers from last
year;s middle school team, Check out the
BMNSC website at www.bluemoundnordic.com
ATHLETE'S SPOTLIGHT: PAIGE NICHOLS Paige won her second Iola Norseman Race in 3 years on Sunday 01/29/12. After battling a few ailments that kept her out of racing this season, Paige was firing on all cylinders at Iola. We are looking for good things at the State Meet. |
FIRST PRACTICE ON SNOW!!! THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19TH
We had a great practice on 2 inches of icy fast snow. Was nice to glide.
We had a great practice on 2 inches of icy fast snow. Was nice to glide.
Lodi Skiers drop Season opener to
Waukesha Peak Nordic.
The Lodi High School Nordic ski Team traveled
to man-made snow at Lapham Peak State Park
on Wednesday January 4th to face the perennial
powerhouse Waukesha Peak Nordic. The Lodi
girls managed a 4th,5th and 9th place finish by
Paige Nichols, Syd Endres and Rachel Porter to
finish with 17 points while the Peak Nordic girls
finished with a sweep of the top 3 places.
Coach Fanney comments, “Paige and Syd had
good races and were only seconds out of third
place.”
Elliot Statz was the boy’s top finisher in 6th place
with Sam Taylor finishing 9th with James Saager
12th and Michael Rendler 13th. Statz also
finished just seconds out of 4th place.
With a terrible winter for snow, most high school
races around the Midwest are taking place on
one or two kilometer trails of man-made snow.
“Skiers have to ski repetitive loops to accomplish
the usual 5 to 7 kilometer race in high school
events. Hopefully this next week we can get on
some real snow and real trails up north”, says
Fanney. Last week the ski team actually
managed to ski on the Lodi golf course, but
another surge of warm weather is forcing the
team to run to stay in shape for races.
Boys finish third, Girls second at Lapham Peak
Skate Race
The ski team returned to man-made snow at
Lapham Peak on Wednesday Jan 11th for a
triangular meet with Madison Nordic and
Waukesha Peak Nordic. Both the girls and boys
teams were hit with the flu bug and raced with
depleted squads. The girls team finished
second behind Peak Nordic with Syd Endres
finishing 4th overall and Aiden Campbell skiing a
strong race to finish 7th. Tara Lang rounded out
the scoring for the girls team with an 8th place
finish.
The boys team finished third behind Peak Nordic
and Madison with Elliot Statz finishing 8th,
James Saager 12th and and Aaron Szalkowski
14th. The 4.8 kilometer skating race was won by
Peak Nordic’s Chaz Perry in 9 minutes and one
second. “ That’s Olympic speed on what turned
out to be a super fast course”, comments Coach
Dale Fanney. Elliot Statz finished in 10 minutes
and 15 seconds for a race pace of 2 minutes
and 8 seconds per kilometer. “ That’s Fast!”,
adds Fanney.
Waukesha Peak Nordic.
The Lodi High School Nordic ski Team traveled
to man-made snow at Lapham Peak State Park
on Wednesday January 4th to face the perennial
powerhouse Waukesha Peak Nordic. The Lodi
girls managed a 4th,5th and 9th place finish by
Paige Nichols, Syd Endres and Rachel Porter to
finish with 17 points while the Peak Nordic girls
finished with a sweep of the top 3 places.
Coach Fanney comments, “Paige and Syd had
good races and were only seconds out of third
place.”
Elliot Statz was the boy’s top finisher in 6th place
with Sam Taylor finishing 9th with James Saager
12th and Michael Rendler 13th. Statz also
finished just seconds out of 4th place.
With a terrible winter for snow, most high school
races around the Midwest are taking place on
one or two kilometer trails of man-made snow.
“Skiers have to ski repetitive loops to accomplish
the usual 5 to 7 kilometer race in high school
events. Hopefully this next week we can get on
some real snow and real trails up north”, says
Fanney. Last week the ski team actually
managed to ski on the Lodi golf course, but
another surge of warm weather is forcing the
team to run to stay in shape for races.
Boys finish third, Girls second at Lapham Peak
Skate Race
The ski team returned to man-made snow at
Lapham Peak on Wednesday Jan 11th for a
triangular meet with Madison Nordic and
Waukesha Peak Nordic. Both the girls and boys
teams were hit with the flu bug and raced with
depleted squads. The girls team finished
second behind Peak Nordic with Syd Endres
finishing 4th overall and Aiden Campbell skiing a
strong race to finish 7th. Tara Lang rounded out
the scoring for the girls team with an 8th place
finish.
The boys team finished third behind Peak Nordic
and Madison with Elliot Statz finishing 8th,
James Saager 12th and and Aaron Szalkowski
14th. The 4.8 kilometer skating race was won by
Peak Nordic’s Chaz Perry in 9 minutes and one
second. “ That’s Olympic speed on what turned
out to be a super fast course”, comments Coach
Dale Fanney. Elliot Statz finished in 10 minutes
and 15 seconds for a race pace of 2 minutes
and 8 seconds per kilometer. “ That’s Fast!”,
adds Fanney.
| Ski Teams finish third at Conference Meet Statz takes second for Boys 6k Classic The ski teams traveled to Waukesha for the South Conference Championships finishing third. Madison won the boys 6k classic event with 18 points ahead of Waukesha Peak Nordic and Lodi. Kettle Morraine Nordic finished fourth. Lodi’s Elliot Statz led the race until the final 500 meters when Madison’s Gabe Forest pulled ahead to win by 3 seconds. Sam Taylor finished 8th, James Saager 17th and Michael Rendler 20th overall. The girls event was dominated by Waukesha Peak Nordic. Lodi finished third ahead of Kettle Morraine with Syd Endres finishing 19th, followed by Rachel Porter at 22nd and Tara Lang 24th. Aiden Campbell took second in the girls 4.5kilometer middle school event while Matt Saager led the middle school boys with a 5th place finish. Temps started out at 10 below zero Saturday morning and gradually warmed to seven degrees by race time. This was the first race of the year on all natural snow. The teams hope to be healthy and at full strength next week when they head to Iola on Sunday for the 6k skating event with the Wisconsin Central Conference. |
Nichols wins Iola race
Boys finish second and Girls third at the Iola Norseman
Paige Nichols took the Iola Norseman race by storm Sunday January 29th with a
gold medal performance, winning the 6 kilometer skate race in 20:05 and pacing
the Lodi girls to a third place finish. Aiden Campbell finished 11th and Syd Endres
12th to give the girls 24 points ahead of Madison, Kettle Morraine, Wausau
Newman and Stevens Point Central while Ashwaubenon won the event with Iola
placing second. “Paige had this look on her face at the start line that was all
business. She took off and was 50 meters ahead of the second place girl at the
one kilometer marker.”,states coach Fanney.
The Lodi boys finished second in the six team field behind
Ashwaubenon with
Elliot Statz( 17:40) finishing 6th and Sam Taylor (18:55) 10th . Jimmy Conway and
James Saager finished 15th and 16th to round out the scoring. Coach Fanney
comments, “Every year, the Lodi boy’s race times keep improving and we are
finally at the point that we can compete with the top dogs.”
The ski teams head to Wausau and the Hadger State Games on Saturday 02/04.
Boys finish second and Girls third at the Iola Norseman
Paige Nichols took the Iola Norseman race by storm Sunday January 29th with a
gold medal performance, winning the 6 kilometer skate race in 20:05 and pacing
the Lodi girls to a third place finish. Aiden Campbell finished 11th and Syd Endres
12th to give the girls 24 points ahead of Madison, Kettle Morraine, Wausau
Newman and Stevens Point Central while Ashwaubenon won the event with Iola
placing second. “Paige had this look on her face at the start line that was all
business. She took off and was 50 meters ahead of the second place girl at the
one kilometer marker.”,states coach Fanney.
The Lodi boys finished second in the six team field behind
Ashwaubenon with
Elliot Statz( 17:40) finishing 6th and Sam Taylor (18:55) 10th . Jimmy Conway and
James Saager finished 15th and 16th to round out the scoring. Coach Fanney
comments, “Every year, the Lodi boy’s race times keep improving and we are
finally at the point that we can compete with the top dogs.”
The ski teams head to Wausau and the Hadger State Games on Saturday 02/04.
Skiers at Badger State Games
The Lodi Nordic ski teams traveled to Wausau on Saturday Feb. 4th for the Badger State Games. Warm weather forced the
cancellation of the week’s regularly scheduled meets in Madison and Greenbush, but conditions in Wausau remained
excellent for the weekend’s races which featured a 7 kilometer skating and classical race and a 4 kilometer middle school
event.
Paige Nichols finished 5th in the high school classical event and 10th in the skating event. Tara Lang (21st),Rachel Porter
(26th), Chelsea Buchanan(33rd),Allie Gorton(38th) , Sarah Kuehn(40th) and Gracia Clark(41st) rounded out the Lodi girl’s
scoring.
Elliot Statz paced the Lodi boys with an 11th place finish followed by James Saager at 23rd,Asher Winner(25th),Aaron
Szalkowski(29th),Michael Rendler(34th),Dane Zoske(35th),Tyler Pedracine(36th),Mitchell Endres(38th) ,
Peter Gundeck(40th) and Brice Maier(41st).
Aiden Campbell finished a commanding second in the competitive 4k skating middle school race. Joel Fugere led the middle
school boys finishing 9th with Matt Saager at 13th and Nathan Taylor 15th.
“These were great warm-up races for the State Meet and gave everyone a good idea of where they might finish in Minocqua
next weekend” says coach Fanney.
The ski teams travel to beautiful snow conditions at Minocqua Winter Park for the Wisconsin High School and Middle School
Championships next weekend.
The Lodi Nordic ski teams traveled to Wausau on Saturday Feb. 4th for the Badger State Games. Warm weather forced the
cancellation of the week’s regularly scheduled meets in Madison and Greenbush, but conditions in Wausau remained
excellent for the weekend’s races which featured a 7 kilometer skating and classical race and a 4 kilometer middle school
event.
Paige Nichols finished 5th in the high school classical event and 10th in the skating event. Tara Lang (21st),Rachel Porter
(26th), Chelsea Buchanan(33rd),Allie Gorton(38th) , Sarah Kuehn(40th) and Gracia Clark(41st) rounded out the Lodi girl’s
scoring.
Elliot Statz paced the Lodi boys with an 11th place finish followed by James Saager at 23rd,Asher Winner(25th),Aaron
Szalkowski(29th),Michael Rendler(34th),Dane Zoske(35th),Tyler Pedracine(36th),Mitchell Endres(38th) ,
Peter Gundeck(40th) and Brice Maier(41st).
Aiden Campbell finished a commanding second in the competitive 4k skating middle school race. Joel Fugere led the middle
school boys finishing 9th with Matt Saager at 13th and Nathan Taylor 15th.
“These were great warm-up races for the State Meet and gave everyone a good idea of where they might finish in Minocqua
next weekend” says coach Fanney.
The ski teams travel to beautiful snow conditions at Minocqua Winter Park for the Wisconsin High School and Middle School
Championships next weekend.