CH Robinson Article II

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CHRW Employee Officiates USA-Canada

Gold Medal Hockey Game

IT business analyst Kelli (O'Brian) Rolstad had the opportunity of a lifetime at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver this past February. She was chosen to be a linesman for the USA-Canada women's hockey gold medal game, putting her on the ice and in the middle of all the action.
For pictures from Kelli's experience, click on the image gallery above. To read the full story of Kelli's journey to Olympic ice, click here (link to Coon Rapids paper article - below in blog).
Posted on 03/17/2010

Final College Games of the Season...

01.18 Monday: Worked a 1/2 day then skated the USA team (10) vs. Men's league (2) at Schawn's in Blaine with Krissy and Candace
01.20 Wednesday: Treadmill with Eric at etrain http://www.etrainhockey.com/
THANK YOU to the GUYS at BIG Arena for putting up with me a few times a week; and NOT EVER giving me anything free!
Skating with Ava, Katie and Cory (this is only the 4th time in 11 years I have seen him skate and he's pretty good!) at the Excel Center Mom and Dad came to watch and Dad even took a few rounds on Cory's skates!
01.22 Friday WCHA: MN State (1) vs. Duluth (3) in Mankato with Digger, Blair and Coffee
http://www.msumavericks.com/documents/2010/1/22/msuwh23.htm
Got home Friday night in the rain / ice storm and pulled into the driveway around midnight after the game. The car only made it about 1/3rd of the way up then slid back into the snow; couldn't get up (ice) and couldn't get down (snow) so I left it right there blocking the sidewalk. I called Cory, in the house, and he helped me bring my bag in up the ice rink of a driveway.
01.23 Saturday WCHA: MN State (1) vs. Duluth (2) in Mankato (Just a friendly note: I have never experienced my partner falling into to the teams bench! The poor UMD team tried helping Coffee out, but couldn't push him up!
http://www.msumavericks.com/documents/2010/1/23/msuwh24.htm
01.24.10 Treadmill / stair stepper / Abs / Arms
Watched the Queen's fumble, turnover, interception fest
Vikings Lose 31-28 In Overtime Thriller
Elaine called for an interview for her website profile story
http://thewomenofhockey.com/
Cracked into the IIHF packet

Thanksgiving Week!

11.24 Tuesday.
I won 3rd place, bragging rights and a camera at work today Turkey Bowling! Thanks Coach Steve!
District 5 game at the Pond in Mound with Scott (Btm B - single)
11.26 Thursday - THANKSGIVING!

O'Brian's at 12.00 / Rolstad's at 16.00

Finally a picture of Cory and I

Halloween Week Events!

Wednesday. Celebrating Birthdays: Dad and me! Mom, Dad, KT, Ava, Cory and I celebrate by gathering at our house around Chinese takeout, Ava eating cupcakes and dressing cat up in her pig outfit...
Friday. Compass Build Wins the Painted Pumpkin Category at the C.H. Robinson IT Contest!
Why a "cash cow"? 3rd Quarter Earnings for C.H. Robinson reports that Sourcing revenue is up; we build software for this group. ...Kelli goes home and carves 4 pumpkins; this is a total of 7 (2 princess with Ava, a stray and these 4, courtsey of Dustin).
Saturday.Halloween party at our house! Celebrating Oct Birthdays; too many to list, Cory passing the 1st part of his CCIE test and Nico passed the Bar exam!!! My husband is complaining that he isn't getting enough face time on this blog! (Cory, my husband, playing guitar).
Sunday. Boys HS Hockey in Stillwater (2 games)
Monday. Suburban HS Hockey Meeting at Blaine and over to Bloomington Ice Gardens for Training on the Treadmill with Eric.

CH Robinson Article

Uncle Jim or to those at work OB talked to the Marketing Department and had an article written up; it is posted internally on one of the main pages.

Thanks Uncle OB!

Kelli Rolstad Chosen to Officiate at the Winter Olympics
Only 15 women are chosen from the entire world to officiate at the Women's Olympic Hockey Tournament. Kelli Rolstad in CHRW's IT department is one of the 15--and one of only 3 women from the U.S.--who will be officiating from February 13-25, 2010, in Vancouver, Canada.
Getting this gig is no easy feat. For the last 13 years, Rolstad has taught locally and nationally, worked games, gone to hockey camps, been evaluated, and attended national and international tournaments. She's officiated hockey for boys and girls (youth and high school), women's college (WCHA/NCHA), whitecaps, juniors, various men's and women's leagues, and women's international hockey.
That's been in her spare time, when she hasn't been working for the last two years at C.H. Robinson. She started at CPDS East Transportation Sales, and is currently a Business Analyst on the Produce Compass Build Team in IT.
Congratulations to Kelli, and to her proud uncle in the Corporate mailroom, "OB" Jim O'Brian!

Medtronic TC 5K = 3.1 miles

Friday: WCHA Minnesota State University, Mankato vs. Whitecaps
Sanya was a BRICK WALL for the Caps!
http://www.msumavericks.com/news/2009/10/13/WHOCKEY_1013092040.aspx#
http://www.wcha.com/genrel/stats.html?0910/wccompos/wchaw
http://www.minnesotawhitecaps.com/

Saturday: This is the first organized run that I have participated in.
C.H. Robinson paid the entry fee for all employees that wanted to run, we had a good turn out and the yellow shirts made it easy to spot co-workers. I didn't train and my legs were pretty sore after as it is a whole different set of muscles that you would use for skating, but it was a good hurt! Thank you to Kristi for the photos. (Hailer, Me, Driscoll, and Jim / Me and Ben)
http://www.mtcmarathon.org/FiveKAndFamilyEvents/FamilyEvents.cfm
...more on Saturday
Teaching at a clinic in Rosemount; thanks to Dist 6 for having me!

Sunday: High School Girls hockey at Blaine (3 games)