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2018 White Mountain Classic

Jackson Ski Touring Foundation Hosts the 14th Annual White Mountain Classic

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“I BELIEVE IT IS NOT THE<br />

AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO<br />

GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B,<br />

IT’S THE JOURNEY TO<br />

GET THERE.”<br />

- MARCUS GOODBODY, FALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL<br />

112 racers led the event at the first start time including<br />

local Kennett high school student Aiden Hagerty.<br />

Wearing bib #114, he was inspiration to all. Starting<br />

in the back of the pack, he impressively passed 106<br />

skiers to finish 6th overall.<br />

chance for them to push themselves to ski longer<br />

than they ever have and to see skiers of all ages out<br />

there having fun and skiing fast.” One of her freshman<br />

students, Marcus Goodbody, bib #151, was just that...<br />

skiing fast! Marcus pushed himself to ski his hardest.<br />

Marcus continues, “I believe it is not the amount of time<br />

it takes to get from point A to point B, it’s the journey to<br />

get there.”<br />

Both Aiden and Marcus and the other teammates from<br />

Kennett High School, Falmouth High School and Fryeburg<br />

These kids are our future Olympians,<br />

our future influencers and the ones<br />

who, for years to come, will ski the trails<br />

at Jackson XC and remember where it<br />

all started.<br />

Kaitlyn Bernard, coach of the Falmouth Maine high<br />

“I love Nordic skiing because of the feeling you get<br />

Academy, timed or not, are exceptional examples of who<br />

school team, said “I especially love bringing my team<br />

from after a ski, the rhythm of double poling, and the<br />

Jackson XC strives to support through the benefits of the<br />

to the Jackson 30KM race because it’s an awesome<br />

technique, tactics, and competition there is to racing.”<br />

race.

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