Cross Country Ski Racing News

New XC ski rules for World Cup

7/6/2011 - By FIS

Several new World Cup cross country ski rules were defined and approved by the FIS Council at the recent FIS Calendar Conference in Portoroz, Italy. Here's a summary.

NMU's Banerud gets NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

7/5/2011 - By Calvin Larson

Former Northern Michigan University Nordic skier Martin Stuge Banerud has been awarded a $7,500 scholarship from the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee.

Six Athletes sign NLI's with Michigan Tech

7/1/2011 - By Michigan Tech

Michigan Tech head coach Joe Haggenmiller announced that six athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to join the cross country, Nordic skiing and track and field teams.

Farra to leave USSA Nordic Director Post

7/1/2011 - By US Ski Team

USSA Nordic Program Director, John Farra, is leaving his post in order to accept the position of Director, U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing High Performance with the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Johnson joins TUNA as new Head Ski Coach

6/27/2011 - By Chris Magerl

TUNA, The Utah Nordic Alliance, is excited to announce the hiring of Matthew Johnson as the new Program Director and Head Coach.

2011 Nordic World Championships earn $7.1 million profit

6/23/2011 - By FIS

"The main reason for the good result was the higher than expected ticket income. We maintained good control over our costs until the end, which helped deliver this successful financial result," said Oslo 2011 Chairman of the Board Svein Aaser

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Vasa Ski Club doublepole time trial results

6/21/2011 - By Eli Brown

Here are the results from last Thursday's (June 17, 2011) rollerski double pole time trial...

T-Rex Tri Series: 2011 Triceratops Tri ranked results

6/16/2011 - By MIke Muha

The official T-Rex Triathlon results page doesn't provide rankings for each leg of the triathlon, so I've done the sorting for last nights 2011 Triceratops Tri.

FIS Congress makes World Cup changes

6/14/2011 - By USSA

Decisions of interest from the FIS Congress meetings held during the FIS meetings that took place in Portoroz, Slovenia June 1-4, 2011. Here is a summary of the most important approved items affecting cross country skiing.

Nordic updates from the USSA & FIS Congress

6/13/2011 - By USSA

At the USSA Congress in May, the Cross Country Sport Committee approved the following changes

Too late to enter the 2012 Vasaloppet...

6/7/2011 - By FIS

This week the number of entries for the 2012 Vasaloppet reached the registration ceiling, set at 15,800 participants. This means that Vasaloppet is once again fully booked and perhaps more popular than ever.

Ahmed, Dubay, lead incoming St. Scholastica skiers in 2012

6/7/2011 - By St. Scholastica Nordic Skiing

The St. Scholastica Nordic Skiing team goes into its sixth season with some impressive new fire power on both the women's and men's sides.