Cross Country Ski Racing News
Bratrud and Gregg take 15K/10K Freestyle titles
1/5/2015 - By USSA
With temperatures in the single digits, fresh snow and blowing winds, the conditions at the Michigan Tech Trails in Houghton, Michigan played a big role in sorting out the first winners of the week long U.S. Cross Country Championships.
Bjornsen and Stephen finish 14th and 15th in 10k classic pursuit
1/4/2015 - By USSA
Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, WA) and Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VT) finished 14th and 15th respectively, just two seconds from each other and fifty seconds away from the podium in a 10k classic pursuit.
Sadie Bjornsen takes 7th in Tour de Ski prologue
1/3/2015 - By USSA
Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, WA) kicked off the seven stage Tour de Ski with a strong 3 kilometer prologue Saturday in Obersdorf
Five Things to Know About US National Championships
1/3/2015 - By USSA
Cross country ski racers from across America will be vying for titles and team spots this week as the U.S. Cross Country Championships come to Houghton at the Michigan Tech Nordic Training Center with several hundred skiers expected for the Jan. 4-10 even
White Pine Stampede Chief of Course passes away
12/31/2014 - By Mike Muha
I am sad to report that a fixture of the White Pine Stampede has passed away. Bill Fleet, Chief of Course for the White Pine, died of cancer on December 30, 2015. His obituray from Mortensen Funeral Home is below. We will miss Bill...
Tricky conditions in Davos freestyle sprint
12/21/2014 - By USSA
Kikkan Randall finished 9th in the Davos sprint, even after losing it on some ice. Sophie Caldwell slipped climbing the sprint course uphill, landing briefly on her knees, finishing 11th.
Liz Stephen skis to 12th in Davos 10K freestyle
12/20/2014 - By USSA
Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VT) skied a strong 10k effort to finish a minute back from dominant Norwegian Marit Bjoergen in Saturday’s freestyle event in Davos – a big confidence booster.
Four US skiers qualify for sprint
12/14/2014 - By USSA
Ida Sargent, Sophie Caldwell, Kikkan Randall and Andy Newell all qualified for the freestyle sprint in Davos, Switzerland.
US women 21, 22, and 23 at Davos 10k classic
12/14/2014 - By USSA
The U.S. women demonstrated their collective potential finishing together with Liz Stephen (E. Montpelier, VT) in 20th, Jessie Diggins (Afton, MN) in 21st and Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, WA) in 22nd, just six seconds apart from each other and forty seconds.
Shake it off
12/11/2014 - By Anja Gruber
Friday's sprint qualifier felt like your typical first race: Too short, too fast and all over the place. At least, I thought, it was only going to get better from there...
Sadie Bjornsen 18th overall in Lillehammer mini-tour
12/8/2014 - By USSA
Sadie Bjornsen skied strong to finish 18th overall in Sunday’s 10k pursuit race, the last of the Lillehammer World Cup mini tour, and 18th overall for the tour.
Jessie Diggins gets 15th in Lillehammer 5K
12/7/2014 - By USSA
Jessie Diggins (Afton, MN) led the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team with a gutsy 15th place finish in the 5k freestyle second stage of the three-day Lillehammer World Cup mini tour.
