Cross Country Ski Racing News
Michigan skiers get Bronze in World Masters Relay
2/24/2010 - By Randy Bladel
Today the USA M5 relay team took bronze at the World Masters Cup in Falun, Sweden. The team consists of three Michigan Cup skiers; Milan Baic, Randy Bladel, and Cliff Onthank, plus Del Pletcher from Sun Valley.
Photos from the 2010 Hanson Hills Classic
2/24/2010 - By Mike Muha
Photos by Mike Muha of the 2010 Hanson Hills Classic cross country ski race.
Photos Galore: Cote Dame Marie!
2/24/2010 - By Mike Muha
Photos from Justin Andre, Charlie Lannen, and Kelly Mikolajczyk of the 2010 Cote Dame Marie cross country ski race.
Strap on your skis for the Black Mountain Nordic Classic
2/24/2010 - By Denny Paull
The course should be especially great this year with the recent efforts of the MSEA Union, DNRE , TBTA and Senator Jason Allen to allow grooming of the entire outside perimeter of the course for the remainder of the winter.
U.S. Nordic Combined Team grabs Silver Medal
2/24/2010 - By US Ski Team
The U.S. won its first ever medal in the nordic combined team event, taking silver after losing a close final-lap battle between Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) and Austria's Mario Stecher for the gold on Tuesday.
Northern Michigan in control at NCAA Central Region Championships
2/24/2010 - By Dylan Dethier
The Northern Michigan Nordic ski teams used dominating performances on the men’s and women’s sides to take home top honors at the NCAA Central Regional Championship on Sunday.
Ski Tigers win HS State Championships
2/23/2010 - By Mike Muha
The Copper Country Ski Tigers won the Michigan State Championships, having both the best girls and best boys team. The Traverse City Central Trojans were second, followed by the Marquette Senior High School Varsity team.
Photos: Michigan High School Championships
2/23/2010 - By Maureen Perkins
Photos from the 2010 Michigan High School Championships in Marquette...
30km awards ceremony, 10k races
2/23/2010 - By Randy Bladel
Today the 10K races at the World Masters Cup in Falun were delayed an hour due to a temperature at the track of -25C, or -13F. At least it was sunny with no wind. The snow was still cold and rather slow, though not as bad as yesterday.
Burke 18th in men’s 15k mass start
2/23/2010 - By Viktoria Franke
Burke was up front within the group of leaders until the third shooting. But after missing three targets at the third shooting stage, he fell back.
Women take 6th in team sprint
2/23/2010 - By US Ski Team
Caitlin Compton (Minneapolis) and Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) joined forces for a strong performance in Monday's team sprint, finishing sixth – up four spots from 10th in Torino.
Men sprint to 9th in team final
2/23/2010 - By US Ski Team
Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) and Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA) wound up ninth in Monday's team sprint competition.
