Congratulations to the entire Hopkins Nordic team on an excellent season, from those who had never skied before to those who competed in the MN State High School championships in Biwabik. After the first race of the day, Hopkins followed Forest Lake and Duluth East in third place. By the end of the day, the Hopkins boys skied to an outstanding second place finish at state.
Highlights of the day's events included having TWO sets of brothers on the Hopkins team: Eric Ruud and Christian Ruud, Greg Furlich and Jon Furlich. Perhaps a first at the state meet. Ian Wilson topped off his high school career of skiing with a seventh place overall finish (Ian started in 14th place after the first race of the day and climbed 7 spots!). Connor followed Ian, also winning the MN All-State award, finishing 16th overall.
Jack Hinkens, aka the newbie, was heard to say, "My skis were so fast, I just couldn't stop passing guys". Jack posted the THIRD fastest skate race time on the course and moved from a place in the sixties, to 27th overall. Eric Ruud also moved up a million places for a solid 4th place finish for Hopkins. Christian, Jon, and Greg rounded out the Hopkins performance and all had outstanding races. Photos of the race are courtesy of Skinny Ski.
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