Cross Country Ski Racing News

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.

2012 A Race Odyssey: Black Mountain Classic survives Snowmageddon

3/4/2012 - By Denny Paull

It started with a 6:00 AM phone call from Jim Meyer, who with his partner Nick Johnson, had started at 1:00 AM and had just then completed one full loop of the race course...without pulling a grooming device!