Glacier

Glacier in Halfpipe

**Glacier** is the former reserve of the Gliding Glaciers. Glacier only participated in one event in Marble League 2018 Qualifiers. Along with the other original members of the team, they all hail from the city of Glidavik and met in the University of Snoronto before moving to Kebearing. They retired along with other team members after the 100 Meter Water Race.

## History

### Pre-Marble League

The Gliding Glaciers come from the island city of Glidavik. The four original members attended the University of Snoronto and met Glacier, who quickly joined the friendship group. They eventually started to train together at the university gym, where they encountered the Snowballs. The groups did not initially get along, becoming rivals in both academic and athletic competitions, so they decided to hold tournaments against each other in a variety of winter sports. News of their competitions started to spread internationally and came to the attention of Jelle Bakker. As the Snowballs were leading the competition at the time, Jelle invited them to compete in Marble League 2016, which they accepted.

Both the Snowballs and the Gliding Glaciers graduated in Spring 2016, ending their university rivalry. The Glaciers moved to Kebearing. The team finalized their design of their artificial bobsled track and construction started in the summer. Once completed, they planned to hold a friendly round to celebrate. Unfortunately, only the Snowballs were available to contact, and they accepted. During the competition, the Gliding Glaciers set a track record of 6.588 seconds, over a second faster than the Snowballs. This was the final of the showdown, and this led to them winning the showdown 3-2.

Following their recent success, the Gliding Glaciers decided to apply for participation in the Marble League 2017 Qualifiers, and Jelle gratefully accepted. Unfortunately, the team's application was revoked by the rules committee not long after, due to their uniform being too similar to the uniform of the Jawbreakers. Their place was later given to the Quicksilvers. The Purple Stars were also to take part in the Qualifiers, but withdrew for an unrelated reason.

### 2018

The Gliding Glaciers were cleared to participate in Marble League 2018 and competed in the Qualifiers. The team were deliberately placed in a different group from the Jawbreakers to minimize confusion. Expectations were high for the Gliding Glaciers due to the winter theme of the events, giving them enough confidence to take on the competition. However, the team performed poorly and stayed in last in their Group for the entirety of the QualifiersThroughout the Qualifiers, they did not score a single top three finish out of the four events. They watched Marble League 2018 from the stands.

The Gliding Glaciers competed in two off-season events, the Marble League 2018 Consolation Race and the 100 Meter Water Race. During the Amazing Maze Marble Race, it was announced that the Gliding Glaciers had retired and would thus not participate in the Marble League 2019 Qualifiers. Reporters and sports observers attempted to contact the team, only to find out that they had disbanded.

## Career Events

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Note: Events include any kind of individual & team events (friendly events, other tournaments etc.)