My success as a student and as a cross country runer in the fall was a direct result of my participation in Nordic skiing at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Over 40 years after my graduation, I'm still skiing and active in the sport, while Bates, which became an NCAA Division I program my senior year, has continued the tradition of a small liberal arts school competing at the highest level in NCAA sports. It's sad and truly disconcerting to me, that Gustavus can determine that a lifelong sport like Nordic skiing does not fit into "the future plans" of the school. What greater future do the existing sports at the school offer than Nordic ski racing.
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Charlie Maddaus
11 years ago
My success as a student and as a cross country runer in the fall was a direct result of my participation in Nordic skiing at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Over 40 years after my graduation, I'm still skiing and active in the sport, while Bates, which became an NCAA Division I program my senior year, has continued the tradition of a small liberal arts school competing at the highest level in NCAA sports. It's sad and truly disconcerting to me, that Gustavus can determine that a lifelong sport like Nordic skiing does not fit into "the future plans" of the school. What greater future do the existing sports at the school offer than Nordic ski racing.
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Darla
11 years ago
save the ski team
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Darla
11 years ago
save the ski team
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Quinn
11 years ago
save it for our future skiers!
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Quinn
11 years ago
save it for our future skiers!
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Jerry MacNeil
11 years ago
Save the Nordic team!
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Julia Godfrey
12 years ago
Please keep the team that is so important to your students. Our friend would not have applied to your school without the Nordic Ski Team.
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Ben Damery
12 years ago
i understand that the college budget is not an easy thing to figure out. But there are some things the students and comunity should not have to do without and skiing is a small enough sport as it is without further limiting it. This decision disrupts students and faculties lives and should be reconsidered.
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Anonymous
12 years ago
KEEP NORDIC! It's fun, healthy and keeps the student's spirits up!
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bethany elwell
12 years ago
signing for Tom Damery who deserves to have a ski program where he can fulfill his passion in college
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Peter Rayton
12 years ago
Nordic skiing is a life long sport. Skiing alumni will have fond memories of their years at Gustavus Adolphus College.
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Susan Wright
12 years ago
What a foolhardy and poorly thought out decision! Why does the nordic ski team "not fit into the future plans of our school"? What future plans could possibly support abolishing Nordic Skiing as a varsity sport at Gustavus? Please reconsider this foolhardy and short-sighted decision!.
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Kevin French
12 years ago
Skiing is a way of life in MN
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Allison Johnson
12 years ago
As a past alumni this sucks. Reinstate them!
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Kim Erslev
12 years ago
Please save this unique and important sport at Gustavus Adolphus College!
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Tyler Andrews
12 years ago
Bring back Nordic Skiing! It is what provides enjoyment in student's lives...And what drives them to apply to Gustavis Adolphis.
Edina Nordic believes in you!
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My success as a student and as a cross country runer in the fall was a direct result of my participation in Nordic skiing at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Over 40 years after my graduation, I'm still skiing and active in the sport, while Bates, which became an NCAA Division I program my senior year, has continued the tradition of a small liberal arts school competing at the highest level in NCAA sports. It's sad and truly disconcerting to me, that Gustavus can determine that a lifelong sport like Nordic skiing does not fit into "the future plans" of the school. What greater future do the existing sports at the school offer than Nordic ski racing.
My success as a student and as a cross country runer in the fall was a direct result of my participation in Nordic skiing at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Over 40 years after my graduation, I'm still skiing and active in the sport, while Bates, which became an NCAA Division I program my senior year, has continued the tradition of a small liberal arts school competing at the highest level in NCAA sports. It's sad and truly disconcerting to me, that Gustavus can determine that a lifelong sport like Nordic skiing does not fit into "the future plans" of the school. What greater future do the existing sports at the school offer than Nordic ski racing.
save the ski team
save the ski team
save it for our future skiers!
save it for our future skiers!
Save the Nordic team!
Please keep the team that is so important to your students. Our friend would not have applied to your school without the Nordic Ski Team.
i understand that the college budget is not an easy thing to figure out. But there are some things the students and comunity should not have to do without and skiing is a small enough sport as it is without further limiting it. This decision disrupts students and faculties lives and should be reconsidered.
KEEP NORDIC! It's fun, healthy and keeps the student's spirits up!
signing for Tom Damery who deserves to have a ski program where he can fulfill his passion in college
Nordic skiing is a life long sport. Skiing alumni will have fond memories of their years at Gustavus Adolphus College.
What a foolhardy and poorly thought out decision! Why does the nordic ski team "not fit into the future plans of our school"? What future plans could possibly support abolishing Nordic Skiing as a varsity sport at Gustavus? Please reconsider this foolhardy and short-sighted decision!.
Skiing is a way of life in MN
As a past alumni this sucks. Reinstate them!
Please save this unique and important sport at Gustavus Adolphus College!
Bring back Nordic Skiing! It is what provides enjoyment in student's lives...And what drives them to apply to Gustavis Adolphis.
Minnesota = Nordic skiing! Really Gustavis?