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Related Links

The National Cross Country Ski Education Foundation

Adelsman Cross Country Ski Page A great reference for local ski conditions and race information.

Cross Country Skiing in Northwest Wisconsin A great reference for skiing the trails of Northwest Wisconsin

Madnordski: Cross Country Skiing in Wisconsin

The 2002 Winter Olympics Page

XC Ski World

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Head Coach Morrey Nellis
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Head coach Morrey Nellis understands the role sports play as a part of a complete liberal arts education. He knows it is challenging balancing academics and athletics. Morrey is a 1973 Macalester Graduate with honors in History and is a Phi Beta Kappa member. After graduation, he did graduate work in history at the University of Minnesota. While at Macalester Morrey was a four-year letter winner in soc
cer as well as the team captain and MVP in 1972 and was also a member of the tennis team for three seasons. As a former Resident Assistant, reading tutor, and pipe band apprentice, Morrey knows Macalester life well.

In the 90's Morrey served as Athletic Department student employment supervisor, Director of Club Sports & Intramurals, tennis and skiing instructor, assistant women's soccer coach (1986-97) and head women's tennis coach (1987). Morrey was the cross country skiing club coach in 1995-96, and started the Varsity Ski Team in 1996-97. He hosts a weekly radio program on the college station WMCN.

Morrey also continues ski racing and year round training at the master's level with the Sisu Skiers Ski Club in St. Paul. His wife Carol Ann Sersland skied for the University of Utah cross country ski team in the 1970's and is currently a remote sensing specialist with BRW, a Minneapolis engineering firm. Their daughter, Margit, is begining fifth grade and is exploring soccer, skiing and horse back riding.