Michigan Tech's Luke Gesior took 12 overall in the Men's JO 15km classic yesterday; Superiorland's Ellen Wiitala placed 14th in the Women's J2 5km classic. The race was changed to an individual start after bad crashes on Monday.
Gary at Boyne Highlands said they would be making a call about this weekend's freestyle and classic races on Friday. The course may be altered but right now they still have good coverage.
The Europa Cup is the level of competition just under the World Cup. Our version is the Super Tour. This is the European version and often has skiers who race world cup sometimes and are just starting their senior years as racers...
Northern Maine Community College is bringing live coverage of the 2010 USSA Cross Country Junior Olympic Championships using four video cameras.
Karmen Whitham of Superiorland and Luke Gesior from Michigan Tech were the top Great Lakes finishers in JO Sprints.
There was a brief moment at Black Mountain on Saturday where I too took the liberty to get a little over zealous in my classic technique and someone brought it to my attention. As it was a violation of the rules, I am going to disqualify myself.
The Cross-Country queen from the 2010 Olympics, Marit Bjoergen from Norway pulled away from rival Justyna Kowalczyk to win the women's pursuit race while Maurice Manificat from France took his first ever World Cup victory in Saturday's pursuit.
More photos of the Black Mountain 31K Classic cross country ski race, out on the course.
Photos from the last kilometer of the Black Mountain 31K Classic on March 6, 2010.
The Norway team of Marthe Kristoffersen, Therese Johaug, Kristin Steira and Marit Bjoergen had a great performance and finished in a time of 52:48.9min, just 0,7 seconds ahead of Germany.
Video of the start of the 2010 Black Mountain 10K Freestyle race.
Waxing and ski selection played its roll in Saturday's Black Mountain 31K Classic. With day temperatures well above freezing most of the preceding week, everyone expected klister conditions.