Cross Country Ski Racing News
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.
NMU sweeps women's podium in CCSA classic race
2/23/2010 - By Dylan Dethier
A sweep of the women’s podium put NMU leaps and bounds ahead of its competition Saturday. Laura DeWitt, Christina Gillis, and Monica Markvardsen took places 1-3, respectively, for the Wildcats.
Straits Striders sweep top spots at Hanson Hills Classic
2/22/2010 - By Mike Muha
Two Straits Striders topped the standings. Tracy Hardin finished over 2 minutes head of Ann Wagar. In the men's race, Denny Paull's powerful doublepole propelled him to the top spot.
Baic wins first medal for US at World Masters
2/22/2010 - By Randy Bladel
Milan Baic has won the first medal for the United States, a bronze in the 30 K freestyle, M5 class. Conditions were "brutal", according to Milan, worse than the cold White Pine of the past.
Men push through tough pursuit
2/22/2010 - By US Ski Team
Freeman saw his hopes come to an end when the longtime diabetes sufferer miscalculated his blood sugar and hit the snow on the fourth lap of the classic race.
Maclean and Vigland take Cote Dame Marie
2/21/2010 - By Mike Muha
Maybe it was the wax, but more likely it was the fitness and technique of Dave Maclean and Susan Vigland that made them the the Champions of the first Cote Dame Mare.
Barnes finishes 23rd in Women's 15k Individual
2/21/2010 - By Viktoria Franke
With clean shooting and a finish time of 43:31.8 minutes, sLanny Barnes posted the best Olympic result of the US women's biathlon team since Joan Smith and Joan Guetschow back in Lillehammer 1994.
