In the finals, Kowalczyk beat Randall across the line for third, relegating the American to a spot just off the podium. Kowalczyk, though, drew an immediate penalty, relegating her back into sixth.
"He was having a good race for about 11k and then didn't have a good last 4k, he didn't pace quite right," said Head Coach Chris Grover.
The first Junior Olympic Qualifier is coming up in Ironwood, MI this weekend. There will be an opportunity to try your hand at biathlon at this event.
As a part of the collaboration between Fischer and the notable event, 25 sets of junior equipment will go to the City of Lakes Loppet Foundation.
As of Monday, December 6 there are 7411 skiers registered for the 2011 American Birkbeiner and Kortelopet. This means that there are less than 1000 positions remain in these events.
Olympic silver medalist Todd Lodwick completed a sweep of the weekend Continental Cup in Steamboat with another convincing win on Sunday. Lodwick will now head for the World Cup in Austria after the pair of tuneups in his hometown.
"It was a little bit better but definitely not up to our expectations," said Nordic Combined Coach Chris Gilbertson. "Bryan jumped OK, Billy jumped better, but not where we expect him to be."
Mich. - Northern Michigan University swept the top spots in Sunday's Husky Challenge, winning both the men's 10k Classic and the women's 5k Classic, taking 7 of the top ten spots.
The powerful Norwegian men’s team of Ola Vigen Hattestad and Anders Gloeersenn won the 6x1.6k free technique sprint Sunday over rival Sweden in a hard won fight. The U.S. Ski Team fielded two squads, finishing 21st and 23rd.
The best US man of the day was once again Tim Burke who finished 18th with two misses at the standing stage.
Several waves are already closed and several others are about to close. Only 1,500 registrations are available before the race is totally closed.
The Northern Michigan Nordic Ski team got off to a hot start at the Husky Challenge on the campus of Michigan Technological University, while the Michigan Tech Nordic ski team struggled to find their stride.