The junior skiers from Great Lakes were on the podium at this year's J2 National Championships in New Hampshire!
2013 Muffin Races at the Cross Country Ski Headquarters in Roscommon, MI. There are two videos, one for the Pursuit Race, one for the 1km kids race.
Vasa Ski Club's Eli Brown jumped the top of the Michigan Cup standings by winning the Black Mountain Classic race last weekend. Amy Powell held onto to her lead to take the Women's Title
UPDATED: Eventually where there is a tie, head to head competition will apply. Lots of close results so grab as many points this last weekend as possible.
Erin Lipp took another win this weekend, finishing first in the Cross Country Ski Headquarter's Muffin Pursuit Race. In the boys race, Andrew Bruning had the fastest legs of the day to finish in 25:04.
It was a family celebration as Erica and John O'Hearn crossed the finish line as the top women and man at the Boyne Mountain Grinder cross country ski race.
Official points keeper Ken Dawson has released the latest standings for the 2013 Michigan Cup Series. Vasa leads! Eivnd Kragebakk and Erin Lipp lead they junior standings, with Amy Powell and Ryan Harris (barely) on top of the senior standings.
UPDATE 2: Wax recommendations for this weekend's Michigan races. Fast Wax, Solda, Swix, Toko... Check for additions and updates later.
Many skiers in the Great Lakes Division of CXC Skiing are getting ready to head off to either the TD Bank J2 Championships in Plymouth, NH on March 8-10, 2013, or to the 2013 USSA Marriott Junior National Cross Country Ski Championships in Alaska.
Quick links to the 2013 North American Vasa results.
Ross Williams and Erin Lipp were the fastest Junior racers at the Michigan Cup Sprints on Sunday. The top prize for the seniors went to Ross Williams and Erice O'Hearn.
UPDATED: Cross Country Ski Headquarters' Alex Vanias and Vasa Ski Club's Amy Powell took top honors in today's White Pine Stampede 40K Freestyle..