Unfortunately, Macalaster College, a small and wealthy liberal and I
mean "liberal" arts college in Saint Paul is dropping their Cross
Country Ski Team. This puts the MIAC Conference in a bind as they are
now one team short of qualifying as a conference. The Athletic
Director at Macalaster is Irv Cross. Yeah, the former CBS, NFL
broadcaster back in the 70s along with Brent Musberger and Phylis
George. Irv was a great football player but probably doesn't
understand cross country skiing and the rich nordic skiing tradition
of Minnesota. This comes at a time when the snow in the area is
fantastic. Macalaster is one of the wealthiest small colleges in the
country thanks to an endowment from the Reader's Digest Foundation. I
guess they'll waste the money on something else. The program was only
a five years old or so and was headed in the right direction.

Jay Tegeder
"On the podium if the right people don't show up!" JT