97-98 Season

Wisconsin Nordic Ski Team
1997-1998
(The Inaugural Season)

Bottom Row: Christi, Katie, Julia
Top Row: Jan, Eric, Hans, Finn, Helge, Andrew, Max, Jeff, Cheney

Skier	Hometown/ High School	Year
Women	.	.
Julia Olmstead*	St. Paul, MN/ St. Paul Central	Sophomore
Katie Pratt*	Minneapolis, MN/Minneapolis South HS	Sophomore
Chrsti Vickerman	St. Paul, MN/ Harding HS	Sophomore
Men	.	.
Helge Aamodt	Norway	Exchange Student
Cheney Chang	North Oaks, MN/ Mounds View HS	Freshman
Hans Hinke	Marshfield, WI/ Marshfield HS	Freshman
Jeff Hinke	Marshfield, WI/ Marshfield HS	Junior
Max Lintereur	Lakeville, MN/ Lakeville HS	Freshman
Eric Olson	New Brighton, MN/ Irondale HS	Freshman
Jan Walter Parr	Norway	Exchange Student
Finn Ryan*	Minneapolis, MN/Minneapolis South HS	Sophomore
Rob Scheibel	Verona, WI/ Verona HS	Sophomore
Andrew Steffl	Brooklyn Park, MN/ Park Center HS	Junior
.	*97-98 Nordic Directors/Founders	.

Date	Race	Location	Men's Results	Women's Results
January 24	Seeley Hills Classic	Birkebeiner Trail Seeley, WI	42K Classic 22K Classic	42K Classic 22K Classic
January 31 February 1	Midwest Championships	Minocqua Winter Park Minocqua, WI	10K Classic 20K Freestyle	5K Classic 15K Freestyle
February 7 February 8	CCSA Qualifier	Telemark Trails Cable, WI	10 K Classic 20 K Freestyle	5K Classic 15K Freestyle
February 21	American Birkebeiner	Cable to Hayward, WI	25 K Birkie (shortened) 25K Kortie	25 K Birkie (shortened) 25K Kortie
March 11 March 13 March 14	USCSA National Championships	Bretton Woods Moutain Resort Bretton Woods, NH	15K Classic 10K Freestyle 3 x 7.5K Relay Combined Team	Women did not attend

Left: Eric pushes it up the hill at the Midwest Championships at Minocqua.
Center: Hans, Cheney and Finn receive their 3rd place plate for the Freestyle race at USCSA Nationals in New Hampshire.
Right: Max grimaces as he finishes the Seeley Hills Classic