Award Winners for Section 3

Volunteer

An integral part of Stillwater’s coaching team, Jenni Schaller has been a dedicated volunteer for the Stillwater past 4 seasons, working daily with a large group of intermediate levels skiers.  Jenni is knowledgeable, caring and approachable, an excellent resource of newer skiers trying to learn the ropes of skiing or of how to navigate the systems of our large team.  Jenni is a creative coach who works hard to make physically challenging and psychologically rewarding.  For example, during this season’s depressingly long dry land training season, Jenni researched and implemented several wonderful “back woods obstacle courses” for our team, each designed to bring fun and freshness to practice, while providing excellent strength, balance and cardiovascular training.  In addition, Jenni handles the formidable task of distributing, reclaiming, and reordering our 142 race bibs for every race….a thankless but critical task for keeping things on track at hurried, after-school competitions or cold Saturday morning relays.  Our whole team, coaches and athletes alike, have become dependent on Jenni’s organizational skills, on her willingness and ability to help our team, and most importantly on her positive attitude and generous commitment of her time and energy.

Submitted by Kris Hansen, Stillwater Ski Team

Assistant Coach

Bill Callas has been a key member of the Mahtomedi Coaching staff for the past 5 years.  In addition to being an excellent resource and driver for the athletes, Bill has made significant contributions to the infrastructure for the Mahtomedi Ski Team.  This past summer, Bill put considerable time and energy into designing and building and expanded trail system for Mahtomedi skiers to use at school.

Submitted by Greg Weier, Mahtomedi Ski Team

Head Coach

Greg Weier has coached at Mahtomedi for several years, expanding the participation in and competitiveness of his program with each year.  Greg is a knowledgeable coach who works well with athletes and other coaches to provide positive racing experiences for athletes and parents.  Greg is also active in the Finn Sisu summer training program, constantly working as an advocate for youth involvement in Nordic skiing.

Submitted by Kris Hansen, Stillwater Ski Team