Cross Country Ski Headquarters wins another Michigan Cup! Good job getting your skiers out, Headquarters!
Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VT) finished 17th in the women's mass start 30K freestyle at the 2009 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships Saturday.
Finland with Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta Liisa Roponen and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen won the relay competition over 4 x 5 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec.
Hosted by Traverse City, Michigan's Warehouse District on February 8th, the North American VASA Sprints returned to Northwest Michigan.
Norway came from behind in the final leg of the men's cross country team event to earn a gold at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships Friday. Kris Freeman was impressive in the opening leg, skiing to fourth. The USA eventually finished 13th.
Many Nordic skiers are still in contention for the 20 NCAA Championships spots that will be awarded to the Central Region (comprised of schools from the Central Collegiate Ski Association).
The classic race on Saturday and freestyle event on in Houghton, MI, on Sunday will help determine which 20 skiers qualify for the NCAA Skiing Championships two weeks later in Rumford, Maine.
The CCSA has update the points list and named the All-CCSA team. NMU dominates by placing nine skiers on the Central Collegiate Ski Association squad.
Patterson and Baic look to have wrapped up the junior standings. But could the Strait Striders take the top two senior places this year?
Todd Vigland and Brendan Baic had the fast times at Traverse City Freestyle Sprints this week at Timber Ridge.
Finland led much of the race to take the gold Thursday in the women's team event at the 2009 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in the Czech Republic. The USA finished 14th.
The USA suffered a blow in the nordic combined team event at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships when Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) was disqualified for not having a starting bib.
On March 7th, West Yellowstone will host the 30th annual Yellowstone Rendezvous marathon race on the Rendezvous Ski Trails. The Rendezvous Ski Trails has up to three feet of groomed packed powder on the ground and more is in the forecast.