Here are the results of the 1st annual Hanson Hills/XC Ski Headquarters Paintball Biathlon Series last weekend, plus some photos. It was a lot of fun!
Racing around the picturesque Royal Palace, Andy Newell placed 11th and took the top finish for the USA in the Royal Palace Classic Sprint. In the women’s race, Ida Sargent placed 20th while World Champion Kikkan Randall was 22nd.
A recap of the 2013 Nordic National Championship races...on video.
The CCSA skiers ended the 2013 season on a positive note, capturing three All-American spots and placing five student-athletes in the top 15 (and seven in the top 25) at the final day of the NCAA Championships at Middlebury College.
Northern Michigan’s Erik Soderman grabbed his second All-American honor in as many years in the men’s 10K interval start classic at the NCAA Championships in Middlebury, Vt.
Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) finished fifth in the women’s classic sprint, keeping up with the fast heat and crushing the brutal uphill finish. Justyna Kowalczyk from Poland took the top spot for women.
We had a team of six (three women, three men) representing the USA in six different races. In ski-orienteering, the distances aren't set because the courses are different each time.
The junior skiers from Great Lakes were on the podium at this year's J2 National Championships in New Hampshire!
It was a near-record year for the Portage Health Great Bear Chase Ski Marathon in Calumet, Michigan, with 493 skiers participating in Saturday's ski race.
2013 Muffin Races at the Cross Country Ski Headquarters in Roscommon, MI. There are two videos, one for the Pursuit Race, one for the 1km kids race.
As we turned off the highway to the Cross Country Ski Headquarters, the rain magically stopped. Maybe the Michigan Cup Relays would be dry after all.
Photos from the 2013 Michigan Cup Relays at the Cross Country Ski Headquarters in Higgins Lake, MI.