The last junior race still needs to be run, but the top junior and senior champions for the year are ready to call...and there was a tie!
(UPDATED) Things were a little better day two of the Michigan Cup Championships. The weather warmed up to 23! The sun was out! It was (slightly) less windy!
Brutal winds! Cold! Slow! Dry snow, wind and cold made everyone suffer. Everyone was cooked by the end. But Jorden Wakeley and Jordyn Ross were crowned Michigan Cup Freestyle Champions!
The course for the Michigan Cup Freestyle Championships is attached. Note that the race does the West Trail System in reverse!
Due too poor snow levels and unsafe trail conditions at Hanson Hills, we have decided to move the location of our race to our neighbors to the north (Forbush Corner). Forbush has plenty of snow on their trails suitable for our Classic event.
It's the Michigan Cup Freestyle Championships and the Michigan Cup Classic Championships!
Hanson Hills / Cross Country Ski Shop continues to fend off all comers in the Brumbaugh Cup competition. Team NordicSkiRacer remains in second place; Vasa holds third place.
Samuel Shaheen and Jamie Chapman owned this weekend's North American Vasa, winning both Saturday's 27k Freestyle and Sunday's 15k Classic.
UPDATED Feb 19. At the end of two days of racing, the Copper County Ski Tigers claimed victory in the overall 2022 Michigan High School Cross Country Ski Championships.
Five Brumbaugh-series races down and three to go: Hanson Hills / Cross Country Ski Shop and Team NordicSkiRacer remain in first and second place. The Grand Rapids Nordic stole third place back from the Vasa Ski Club.
NordicSkiRacer narrowly leads MI Cup; Rebecca Davis, Jorden Wakeley, Olin Kasperowicz, and Arianne Olson currently rank as the top skiers.
Jorden Wakeley and Jordyn Race crushed everyone in Sunday's Michael Seaman Memorial Classic race at Forbush Corner.