News
State Meet
At the state Nordic championships on January 13, Bloomington's Avery Rich and AJ Westanmo both performed strongly, securing podium finishes.
AJ Westanmo finished second overall in the boys' pursuit with a time of 28:49.1, just behind Hopkins’ state champion Logan Drevlow (27:59.3). Westanmo narrowly beat Mounds Park’s Eddie Snider by six-tenths of a second after a sprint to the finish. He also posted the third-best classic time at 14:11.7.
Avery Rich, a junior, finished ninth overall in the girls' pursuit with a time of 34:49.5. She was 2:30 behind the winner, Mounds View's Linnea Ousdigian. Rich moved up in the standings by delivering the seventh-best classic time of 16:54.6 after being in 10th place following the freestyle portion.
Section 2
The team recently participated in the Section 2 Championship Feb 6 at Theodore Wirth.
The girls team finished 5th overall and the boys narrowly missed 2nd place finishing 3rd overall. Max McKinley & Owen Woods placed 3rd in the relay!
Congrats to our skiers who will continue on to State next week as individuals!
Avery Rich finished 5th overall in the Girls Pursuit!
AJ Westanmo placed 1st overall in Boys Pursuit!
Mesabi Meet 2025
The team recently participated in the Mesabi East tournament up at Giants Ridge in Biwabic, MN.
The boys team finished 11th overall and the girls finished 23rd overall.
Avery Rich finished 8th overall in the Girls Skate.
Conor Sweeney placed 20th overall in Boys Classic
Off to a Great Start
The Three Rivers Park District staff quickly set up a Nordic ski track at Hyland Park for the Metro West Conference season's 5,000-meter freestyle race on Dec. 5.
Girls' Race
Bloomington narrowly beat Chaska-Chanhassen (477-472).
Avery Rich from Bloomington won with a time of 8:03.1, ahead of Leah Nelson (Chaska-Chanhassen).
Bloomington's top skiers included Sophia Pearce (3rd), Megan Schrooten (4th), Vivian Krhin (8th), and Kayla Romness (12th).
Boys' Race
Orono edged out Bloomington (483-456) for the title.
Orono's Wells Huotari won with a time of 6:45.8.
Bloomington's top skiers included Logan Young (7th), Owen Woods (8th), Connor Sweeney (9th), and Zach Tapajna (11th).
Online Payments Available
Bloomington Nordic is now offering online payments to provide an easier way to make your donations, booster fees, events fees, etc. We will accept PayPal, Venmo and credits cards through the new button. Payment button is on the Fundraising page! We will continue to take checks and cash for those that want to use those methods.
2024-25 Team Captains
Owen Woods
Lukas Wammer
Max McKinley
Vivian Krhin
Megan Schrooten
2024 State Tournament
Jefferson junior Anders Westanmo placed fourth at the state Nordic ski meet held Feb.14 at Giant’s Ridge Golf and Ski Resort in Biwabik. Westanmo finished the boys pursuit race with a time of 24:15.5.
Maddie Gray for the girls finished an impressive 29:25:9 and placed 23rd as an individual in the pursuit.
Jefferson sophomore Conor Sweeney and senior Ethan Ishaug placed fifth in the boys team sprint with a time of 12:23.55. The boys team placed seventh overall at the state meet.
Jefferson’s Ian Klein, Logan Young, Zach Tapajna, Patrick Altstatt and Kennedy’s Maddie Gray also competed in the state meet. Gray earned All-State honors.
2024 Section 2 Champs
After winning the Metro West Conference the previous week, Bloomington boys Nordic out-paced Edina by four points to win the Section 2 title on Feb. 6 at Elm Creek Park Reserve.
In the girls race, Bloomington senior Maddie Gray placed fifth overall at 30:17.4 and posted the fourth-best skate time of 15:15.4 after going 15:02 in the classic portion of the pursuit. She was the first individual to qualify for state after Minnetonka and Washburn skiers swept the top four places.