Cross Country Ski Headquarters wins another Michigan Cup! Good job getting your skiers out, Headquarters!
Northern Michigan picked up exactly where they left off last season, as the Wildcats’ Soderman and Frankowski claimed the conference’s top finishes of the men’s 15K and women’s 10K interval start freestyle races at U.S. Nationals at Soldier Hollow.
The snow was quite abrasive and a 30k classic race including climbing up Hermod's Hill 6 times meant that maintaining kick was critical. Green klister covered by Base Green binder offered the best kick and the best glide and was clearly the most durable.
It was an impressive performance by Liz Stephen, who was second fastest up the climb, and jumped from 22nd to 15th for a career best Tour finish.
Torin Koos and Sadie Bjornsen were winners Sunday on day three of the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships at Soldier Hollow.
The first day of the Junior National Qualifier race at the Boyne Valley Lodge in Walloon Lake is over. The day started with freestyle sprint prelims: a 1km freestyle loop with the top 24 males and females moving on to the elimination rounds.
Seventeen coed teams, 17 male teams and 3 all-women teams competed in the 2013 Six Hour Team Relay at Hanson Hills Recreation Area.
It's down to just one stage, the final climb up Alpe Cermis, with Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) of the U.S. Ski Team standing seventh behind runaway leader Justyna Kowalczyk.
Toblach, Italy, FIS Tour de Ski, Stage 5 Women's 3.3km Individual, Kikkan Randall (USA) finishes the day in 7th place, and is 7th in the Tour as well, 34.9 seconds off the podium with two stages left.
This video shows Kikkan Randall skiingto a DOMINATING victory for her second stage in the Tour de Ski.
APU Nordic had a strong day at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships with Erik Bjornsen and Rosie Brennan taking their first U.S. titles in the 15k Freestyle and 10k Freestyle.
American Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) moved up one spot to seventh and remained in close striking distance to fourth as the Tour heads into its final two days in Val di Fiemme.
Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk remained in the Tour de Ski lead with a comfortable win in the 15k freestyle pursuit, but the field closed the gap with Sweden's Charlotte Kalla 23.3 back and Therese Haug of Norway 28.7 back.