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Tony Percha (lead) and Cyril Grum getting in an early morning rollerski at Kensington Metropark on Island Drive. (Yes, besides a nice bike path, Kensington has a couple quieter roads...)

MI Cup individual standings through Champion Hill

1/17/2009 - By Ken Dawson

Here are the current results for individual Michigan Cup scoring (PDF) as of the Grand Rapids Langlauf 15km at Champion Hill. Team results will be posted on next report.

Team Champion results for Champion Hill

1/17/2009 - By Ed Anderson

Team results were calculated for the Champion Hill freestyle race this past weekend. The overall Team Champion for the race was Hanson Hills/Cross Country Ski Shop.

Americans Finish 5th in Relay World Cup Ruhpolding

1/16/2009 - By US Biathlon Association

The US Relay team of Lowell Bailey, Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), Tim Burke, and Jeremy Teela posted the best US relay result in 20 years tonight with a 5th place finish in the 4 x 7.5K Relay

XC Ready to Test Out Whistler

1/16/2009 - By US Ski Team

The cross country action kicks off today with a classic sprint and runs through the weekend with pursuits on Saturday and the team sprint event Sunday.

2009 US Nationals and Swix LF3 Cold Powder

1/16/2009 - By Swix Technical Team

2009 US Nationals proved to be some of the coldest racing we have experienced in a long time. The race organizers did a great job, but the weather just did not cooperate. The result was two of four events were cancelled due to cold temperatures.

Traverse City Sprint results for Jan 13

1/16/2009 - By Mark Esper

These are the results from the Nordic sprint races at Hickory Hills on Tuesday the 13th. The format that we use at Hickory Hills has racers ski at least separate 3 one kilometer sprints.

www.northboundoutfittersmi.com/xc-ski.html

Video from the Grand Rapids Langlauf at Champion Hill

1/16/2009 - By Ken Lake

Video pre-start, start and finish of the 2009 Grand Rapids Langlauf 15 Km at Champion Hill.

More photos from the Champion Hill 15 Km

1/16/2009 - By John Howe

Champion Hill Nordic Ski Trails, Beulah, Michigan, 1-11-09 - “Langlauf“ is German for “cross-country ski run”. Top Nordic Ski racers from the state and region converged here to compete in this challenging 15 kilometer freestyle event.

US Nationals Waxing Commentary

1/16/2009 - By Bryan Fish

Head Coach Bryan Fish of CXC Team talks about his waxing experience at US Nationals. CXC member Caitlin Compton won the women's 5k skate and Matt Liebsch finished 3rd in the men's 10k skate, and were observed as having had extremely fast skis.

Weekend wax recommendations

1/15/2009 - By Mike Muha

Wax recommendations from Fast Wax, Solda, Swix and Toko for the Garland Gripper and Garland Glide. Check back for updates!

CBC TV Coverage of Whistler Races

1/15/2009 - By Mike Balduf

According to Cross Country Canada, CBC Television will broadcast this weekend's Whistler BC World Cup races. The main broadcast channel will carry the individual sprint finals at 12 noon on Saturday, Jan. 17, and team sprint finals at 2 p.m. on Saturday,

2009 Central Collegiate Ski Association preview, Part IV

1/15/2009 - By Matias Saari

We finish the review of the CCSA schools by examing the two Michigan schools, NMU, and Michigan Tech, and one the Alaskan school, U of Alaska, Fairbanks.