Meet the Bobcats: Megan McClelland

First up in our exciting new Meet the Bobcats series is our Senior women's co-captain Megan McClelland.

Bates Nordic: Where are you from originally?
Megan McMclelland: Keene Valley, NY

BN: What is your major?
MM: Psychology

BN: Favorite ski team memory so far?
MM: I'm going to have to go with performing "Shirt Off" with Young Ivey as a Carni Crush for the Dartmouth boys Sophomore year.

BN: Classic or Skate?
MM: Classic

BN: If you could visit any place, where would it be?
MM: I've been dying to take a road trip across the Southern USA.

BN: What is your favorite place to ski?
MM: Avalanche Pass, Lake Placid, NY.

BN: What is the sweetest trick you've thrown down at Lost Valley?
MM: I'm a seated rail grinder for the most part, but have done anything from skiing backwards by the base lodge to lifting one ski up on my way down one of the black diamond hills.

BN: What is your favorite meal at commons?
MM: Butternut squash casserole and sesame vegan nuggets, although they rarely occur at the same time.

BN: When and Where did you first start skiing?
MM: Probably sometime between age 2 and 3 at Whiteface mountain.

BN: If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
MM: Definitely the ability to fly.

BN: Thanks Megan!

You can check out Megan's freestyle skills in the movie "Goggles On", featured in this blog's archives under March 2009.

Better Late than Never... Summer Camp O TEN

I would first like to apologize to the women who attended the camp because I did not take any blog quality pictures of any of you. Due to this unfortunate fact, the Summer Stud O Ten competition will only feature men.

The very informal training camp was a big success. THANK YOU MCCLELLANDS for hosting us!!!!!!!!

We started the camp with an OD rollerski to Dogwood Bakery's Friday Pizza Night, which by the way has the best pizza in the upper east side (of NY state).

The next day we did speeds and spenst at the Keene Community Center. In the afternoon we did killer intervals on Jackson Rd.

Sunday was OD day, which happened to coincide with the Lake Placid Ironman. If you cannot tell from the pictures above, Fuller and Chill are Ironmen, or at least that is what one of the spectators told them as they biked along with the racers.

On Monday morning Kir led us through a strength circuit and then we played medball tennis... For the grand finally, with only three men left standing we did the Monday Night Mini-Tri in Lake Placid. Chill was the Bates winner, and an honorable mention goes out to the White Wizard for racing the bike leg on a mountain bike.

Training Camp Interview