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The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

Senior Jersey Miller skis up the big hill on her second lap of the girls classic-interval qualifier on Feb 13. Miller helped lead the team to a third-place spot after the first day.

Girls’ Nordic stirs up success at state

Maya Nieves February 24, 2024

Park girls Nordic battled hard at the state meet on Feb. 14 and 15 and ended up in fifth overall with a total of 16 teams. The team was ranked third going into the two day race that was held at Giants...

Crushing it in the cold

Crushing it in the cold

Anna Williams and Claire Williams January 25, 2024

Because the beginning of the season faced weather-related delays, Park girls nordic has been challenged with accommodating an absence of proper training conditions. These adversities have impacted their...

Parks Nordic team practices at Theodore Wirth Park Dec. 7. The skiers await more snow, but until then they practice the best they can to prepare for upcoming meets.

Park perfects practices

Anna Williams and Emma Egan December 15, 2023

For the past month, Park’s girls nordic team has been practicing in preparation for the upcoming meets. According to head coach Doug Peterson, the management of their schedules around these practices...

Nordic hosts a coupon fundraiser

Nordic hosts a coupon fundraiser

Claire Williams and Lucia Versalles November 22, 2023

To kick off the Nordic ski season, the team came together as a program to raise money for seasonal expenses. All the athletes got into teams and split up by going door to door selling coupons that support...

Echo File Photo by Carissa Prestholdt

Victoria Schmelzle receives Athena Award

Abby Bartleson March 7, 2022

When senior Victoria Schmelzle found out she had won the Athena award, she was proud of herself because her hard work paid off.  Every year, a high school student athlete is presented with the Athena...

Freshman Thomas Shope glides on his ski Feb. 17. During this meet, Park swept all 4 races.

Nordic prevails preceding sections

Ben Sanford February 21, 2021

After winning all four races at its meet on Feb. 17, Nordic is feeling strong going into sections. According to senior captain Mimi Kniser, the team put its best foot forward to succeed at its most recent...

Used with permission from Claire Bargman.

Nordic practices go online

Ben Sanford December 4, 2020

Due to new COVID-19 regulations put in place by Gov. Tim Walz that started Nov. 21 and a rise of cases in the state, Nordic has made the decision to move its captains practices online. According to...

Senior co-captain Olivia Etz organizes the team into the groups Oct. 22. The groups were divided by the length they could run during practice.

Nordic continues its captains practices

Ben Sanford October 23, 2020

With the Nordic season approaching, senior captain Max Gohman said the team is slowly increasing the number of practices it has weekly. “We’ve been having Nordic practices every week on Sundays,...

Loppet ski event

February 9, 2020

Sophomore Ryan Fitzpatrick double poles at the start of the five kilometer race Jan. 7 at Theodore Wirth Park. At the Metro West Classic Dual meet, the girls placed third out of nine teams and the boys placed sixth out of nine teams.

Nordic competes in large, joint meet

Sofie Geretz January 8, 2020

After racing in a Nordic race with significantly more competition than usual, junior and captain Danny Walsh said the stakes were much higher than average meets. “This was the joint meet with Minneapolis,...

Sophomore Ivy Houts skis into the finish line of the meet Jan. 10 at Theodore Wirth Park. Girls varsity placed third out of nine teams.

Skiers compete at first meet after break

Kaia Myers January 11, 2019

According to sophomore Maya Lee, the Nordic team had a successful first meet back after winter break. “Everyone seems to be doing really well and (our) technique seemed good. Everyone seems pretty...

Sophomore Mimi Kniser begins her race by double polling into a classic ski technique. The meet Dec. 20 at Elm Creek was the qualifying race for the Mesabi East Invitational on Jan. 5.

Nordic competes at largest ski meet in the country

Kaia Myers January 9, 2019

According to Nordic head coach Doug Peterson, the team’s latest meet last weekend in Mesabi, MN drew competition from across the United States. It is the biggest Nordic race for high schoolers in the...

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