We have an incredibly strong team as it is, but if you look at our top incoming skiers, they all have skied in high school like many of our current varsity team, and we have a good varsity team. Our women continue to develop into a more competitive team.
Michigan Tech head coach Joe Haggenmiller has announced that five student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to join the cross country, Nordic skiing and track and field teams.
The National Nordic Foundation will invest $26,000 in two Nordic Combined Pillar Projects in its summer round of NC 2012/2013 funding.
Steve Teclaw becomes head coach of the men's and women's Nordic skiing teams after four seasons as an assistant with the school. In addition, former Northern Michigan standout Tim Cook has been hired as the program's associate head coach.
The number of skier registrations coming in this week for the Birkebeiner, Kortelopet, and Prince Haakon races at the 2013 American Birkebeiner has pushed total registrations for the three events passed the 3,600 mark. We have passed the 30 percent mark.
Official Michigan Cup points Keeper Ken Dawson has just released the final standings for the 2011-2012 season. The entire results are here. Congratulations all!
Former Michigan Tech assistant Nordic ski coach Jason Cork has been named an assistant coach for the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team. Cork will work primarily with the men’s World Cup team under the leadership of cross country head coach Chris Grover.
Kikkan Randall, Rob Bradlee, Matt Whitcomb, and CXC Skiing all won awards at the annual USSA Congress at the Park City Marriott on May 11 in Park City, UT.
The U.S. Ski Team has announced its nominations for the 2012-2013 season. The nominations include those active athletes who qualified based on published selection criteria. The USSA will announce the actual team roster this fall.
Michigan Cup XC skier and competitve paddler Denny Paull and the Top of Michigan Trails Council are organizing an 18 mile Black Lake to Lake Huron Paddling Odyssey on Sunday, June 17, 2012, with proceeds to be donated to the ski trails at Black Mountain.
Two-time Olympian and longtime cross country coach Pete Vordenberg announced his resignation from the U.S. Ski Team after 10 years of coaching to spend more time with his growing family.
The American Birkebeiner is proud to announce a new charitable partnership with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) through its Birkie Skiers for Cures program. JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes research.