Time to look at the two Wisconson schools racing as part of the Central Collegiate Ski Association.
Milan Baic and Suan Vigland claimed victory in a 15km course that featured 1,000 feet of climbing. Kaitlyn Patterson and Raymond Innis were the fastest juniors in the 6km event.
The Alaska Nanooks finished as the top team from the Central Collegiate Ski Association in the College Cup competition that was part of the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships.
Yesterday we covered two Minnesota schools. Today we finish with the rest of the schools from Minnesota.
The U.S. Ski Team named 33 athletes (including 11 Alaskans) to the World Junior Championships, Under-23 Championships and Scandinavian Cup teams Wednesday night.
It’s too bad NCAA skiing doesn’t include a championship sprint race. That’s because many racers from the Central Collegiate Ski Association fared well on Thursday in the classical sprint that concluded the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships.
The most important regular-season events this year are the four sets of NCAA qualifying races that will determine which 11 women and nine men will participate in the NCAA Championships March 11-14 in Rumford, Maine.
The Americans struggled on the jumps Sunday in a DKB FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Val di Fiemme.
The White Pine Stampede invested in a new groomer, has online registration, and a big party on Saturday night for skiers and volunteers.
Hanson Hills/Cross Country Ski Shop put it all all down on the snow, walking away with six out of nine podium finishes at the Michigan Cup Team Time Trial at Hanson Hills.
Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) just missed the podium finishing fourth in a mass start Saturday as the DKB FIS Nordic Combined World Cup opened a two-event weekend in Val di Fiemme.
Yeah, it is cold. Yeah, the races are postponed, cancelled, held in chilly conditons. Yeah, it isn't perfect. But when the gun goes off all that doesn't matter. Someone will win the race no matter how crazy the lead up or how strange the circumstance.
CXC Jr. Cup / Midwest Division - Classic Sprint
Cable, WI - American Birkebeiner Trailhead
CXC Jr. Cup / Midwest Division - Freestyle Individual Start
Cable, WI - American Birkebeiner Trailhead
Forbush Corner Time Trial
Forbush Corner, 4971 W Co Rd 612, Frederic, MI 49733