Location: St. Cloud, Minn.
Head coach: Jeremy Frost, 8th season
Top returners: Jr. Jenny Beckman, Diane Vezendy, Mariah Featherly
Top newcomers: Hannah Sanborn, Karyn Liebsch
Web site: www.stcloudstate.edu/athletics
2008-09 standings: Central Region: 9th (Women)

2009-10 Outlook: Coach Jeremy Frost returns for his 8th year as head coach at the women’s college of St. Cloud State. The team was extremely young last season, a year in which they finished 9th in the CCSA, and has a squad that is still relatively young this winter. “We have worked hard on increasing our fitness, technique, and mental toughness since last season,” Frost said. “We feel this hard work will allow our skiers to improve on last year’s results.
Also key in improving as a team will be the individual success of junior Jenny Beckman. Frost cited early season races as an indication that Beckman will have moved up into the next tier of skiers this season. The depth of the St. Cloud team, though, is evident from these same results. “We have had four different skiers lead our team in our first four races,” Coach Frost said. Diane Vezendy and Mariah Featherly join Beckman in the strong junior class and at the top of the team. Further depth and indications of a promising future lie in freshman Hannah Sanborn and transfer Karyn Liebsch—from the University of Wyoming—and the group should help St. Cloud State to an improved season.

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