Cross Country Ski Racing News
CXC announces inaugural TD Bank J2 Championships Team
3/9/2012 - By CXC Skiing
Fourteen young juniors who qualified from the Central Region (Midwest and Great Lakes Divisions) will compete amongst their peers in 4 competitions in Rumford, Maine on March 9-11, 2012.
NMU’s Erik Soderman wins national championship at first day of NCAAs
3/9/2012 - By CCSA
Northern Michigan’s Erik Soderman claimed the national championship with a dominant performance in the men’s 10k skate, and three CCSA skiers (all from NMU) earned All-American honors in the first day of racing at the NCAA Championships.
Bruning, Lipp, Hardin and Brown win Michigan Cup titles
3/8/2012 - By Mike Muha
Andrew Bruning and Erin Lipp take the Junior titles, and Tracy Hardin and Eli Brown are the top senior skiers in the 2012 Michigan Cup cross country ski race series.
Fischer Skis congratulates Kikkan Randall
3/8/2012 - By Holly Wolfe
Fischer Sports, the world’s leading cross country ski manufacturer, today announced that Fischer ski athlete and U.S. Ski Team member Kikkan Randall made history as the first American woman to win the FIS Cross Country World Cup sprint title.
Kikkan Randall takes World Cup Sprint Title
3/7/2012 - By USSA
Kikkan Randall clinches the FIS Cross Country World Cup sprint title while finishing 11th in a classic sprint in Drammen. It's the first U.S. World Cup title since Bill Koch won the overall in 1982.
CCSA announces all-conference teams, Coach of the Year
3/7/2012 - By CCSA
Alaska saw the most skiers honored, with eight Nanooks earning All-CCSA places, and Northern Michigan landed the most first-team awards, with four.
My Birkie Race
3/7/2012 - By Brian Gregg
It is a bit of a blur, but as we entered the rolling hills before the giant 'B' hill Tad made a move and shot off the front of the group. Shortly after Matt moved over and crashed into Lars, breaking his own pole.
Two Black Mountain Classic Rookies’ adventure from the snomageddon
3/6/2012 - By Blair Zordell
We got back on the road by 6:15, and by then the road north was a different animal! Single lane traffic, 3 slide-offs between Grayling and Indian River.
Yankus and Wagar take snowy Boyne Highlands Freestyle
3/6/2012 - By Mike Muha
Daniel Yankus skied away from the field to win the last Michigan Cup individual race of the season. Ann Wagar was the top women.
A few photos from the Black Mountain Classic
3/5/2012 - By Jim Meyer, Sr.
Five photos with captions from Jim Meyer, Sr.
Brown and Harden win Black Mountain Classic
3/5/2012 - By Mike Muha
Eli Brown and Tracy Hardin pulled away from their rivals to easily win the Black Mountain 31K Classic.
Randall ever-closer to World Cup Sprint Title
3/4/2012 - By USSA
After today's 5th place finish in the Lahti Spinrt, Randall now holds a 138 point margin over Russian Natalia Matveeva with two sprints left and a total of 150 points available.
