UPDTATED: Veteran Kris Freeman capped off the season with his 15th career U.S. title, winning the 50k mass start in Craftsbury. Freeman battled teammate Tad Elliott the entire distance with a mind boggling 32 laps on the 1.5k Craftsbury course.
Overall World Cup sprint champion Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) proved dominance in her repertoire of disciplines as she won the 30k U.S. Championship in Craftsbury, VT. The win marks Randall's 17th U.S. Championship title.
The weather had been sunny, dry and cold, with slow, abrasive snow in the days leading up to the race, but clouds rolled in the evening before, bringing preservation of warmth, humidity, and a bit of fresh snow.
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Men's 50km finish at the 2012 Canadian Cross Country Skiing Nationals held at Mont Ste Anne, QC. Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey finish together to an absolute tie so both win the Gold medal.
The U.S. Women’s Cross Country Ski Team wrapped up the season with a strong pursuit finale in Falun.
American Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) validated another major milestone in her career, collecting a hard-earned Joska crystal globe as the FIS Cross Country World Cup sprint champion at the season finale in Sweden.
Photos from the 2012 Michigan Cup Relays at the Cross Country Ski Headquarters by Bob Frye, Jim Pryor, and Mike Muha,
Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk took a decisive win in the women's 10k mass start in Falun as Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) led the USA in 14th, dropping one spot to Charlotte Kalla in the battle for fourth overall in the FIS Cross Country World Cup.
Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) led a strong U.S. women's push in the 2.2k prologue event in Falun at World Cup Finals. Randall was seventh with Jessie Diggins (Afton, MN) eighth and Liz Stephen 13th.
Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) wrapped up an historic FIS World Cup title season in Stockholm's historic old city finishing eighth in the classic sprint finale. Teammate Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) matched his season best seventh.