ShS Nordic Ski Team

Welcome

Sheridan Bronc Image, the high school's mascot

Welcome to Sheridan High School's Nordic Ski Team. We are excited to establish high school level competitive Nordic Skiing in Sheridan as we train in the Big Horns and enjoy being outdoors during the winter.

C O R E V A L U E S

We WORK Hard

We are ONE Team

Sibley Lake Nordic Trail in Wyoming, Training area for our ski team

We LOVE the Outdoors

fitness defined in measurable performance of endurance, agility, power, balance, strength, speed, cardiovascular capacity, coordination, and flexibility

Nordic Skiing is an excellent way to improve overall fitness as it challenges the athlete in all nine aspects that make up fitness. Both aerobic and anaerobic sports can benefit from Nordic Skiing during the winter. For endurance athletes such as cross-country runners or swimmers, Nordic Skiing builds a better engine increasing the athlete's VO2max and lactic threshold. For athletes competing in anaerobic sports such as football, soccer, tennis, or volleyball, Nordic Skiing enhances their ability to recover quicker allowing them to push longer at high intensity throughout the game.

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Important Dates including the upcoming 2025/2026 Season:

Weekly Pre-Season training spring through fall: Reach out to coach Alicke if you'd like to join us for our weekly activities including track practice, EMIT gym training, roller ski outings, and social gatherings.

April-26 (Sat): Fundraiser (Woods Flooring America Store Grand Opening)
May 23-26: Memorial Day Ski Camp in Laramie
May-31-June-1 (Sat/Sun): Fundraiser Hoop Jam
July 10-13: High Plains Athlete Camp
Parent informational meeting: TBD (early November)
9/27-28 Help clean trails in Big Horns
- 9/27: BMNC event at Sibley. To sign up click here.
- 9/28: SHS race course at Cutler. (to sign up reach out to coach Alicke)
10/7: Out There Nordic Shop visit in Sheridan at EMIT Technologies - more details here
11/8 Gear Swap Fund Raiser
11/17 First Day of Practice
1/22 Training in the Big Horns
11/26-11/28 Thanksgiving Break
12/6 Training in the Big Horns
12/12-12/13 Jackson (HS and NRL race, KW hosting)
12/19-12/20 Backup weekend for Jackson if snow conditions are an issue, otherwise 12/20 training in the Big Horns
- Also 12/20-12/21 SunValley NRL IMD Opener (not school sanctioned)
- Also 12/20-12/21 Winter Park NRL RMD JNQ (not school sanctioned)
12/22-1/2 Christmas Break: we will train during the break
1/2-1/3 Pinedale
1/4-1/9 Senior Nationals in Lake Placid, NY (not school sanctioned)
1/9-1/10 Casper (HS and NRL race)
1/17: training in the Big Horns
1/23-1/26 Soldier Hollow Super Qualifier NRL race (not school sanctioned)
1/30-1/31 Cody
2/6-2/7 Casper (Natrona hosts meet)
- Also 2/7-2/8 Bogus Basin NRL IMD JNQ (not school sanctioned)
- Also 2/7-2/8 Minturn NRL RMD JNQ (not school sanctioned)
2/13-2/14 HOME MEET (SHERIDAN HOSTS!)
2/20-2/21 training in the Big Horns
- Also 2/21-2/22 Bozeman NRL IMD JNQ (not school sanctioned)
- Also 2/21-2/22 Aspen NR RMD JNQ (not school sanctioned)
2/27-2/28 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP in Lander
3/6-3/15 Junior Nationals in Cable, WI (not school sanctioned)
3/6-3/8 Western Club Championship in Jackson for athletes not going to JNs, U14-U20 (not school sanctioned)
3/7 West Yellowstone Rendezvous race

Interested? Join us on Band App!

Athletes sign up here! & Parents sign up here!

Head coach Falk Alicke with his wife Libby Alicke in front of the 2022 CrossFit banner in Madison, WI

Head Coach Falk Alicke with Libby Alicke

Meet Our Coaching Staff

Coach Alicke is an US Ski and Snowboard certified L100 cross-country ski coach with a long standing endurance training background in cross-country skiing, running, and triathlon training. He strongly believes in the importance of High Intensity Interval (HIIT) and Strength training, and is also a CrossFit Level 2 trainer. He is also the founder of High Plains Performance Coaching, a coaching service dedicated to maximize athletic performance utilizing a data driven approach. He is the president of High Plains Nordic, a division of US Ski and Snowboard to promote, develop, and expand cross-country skiing within Wyoming, Eastern Montana, and the Dakotas. He and his wife Libby have 5 children, two of them currently attending Sheridan High School.

Coach Sara Kirol

Coach Kirol began cross-country skiing at the age of 3 in southern Wyoming. She has been a life-long athlete competing on basketball, volleyball, and track and field teams. She has been a Nordic ski instructor in Wisconsin and for Western Wyoming College Outreach in Saratoga, WY. She was a collegiate volleyball player and enjoyed competitive trail running for many years. She and her husband Chris have two children, both attending school in SCSD2.

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