Articles from January 2010
Jan 19, 2010
- World Championship medalist Kikkan Randall (Anchorage), along with Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) and Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) headline a group of eight athletes announced Tuesday by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) for the 2010 Olympic Cross Country Ski Team.
Jan 19, 2010
- Photographer Ed Stockard was on the scene at last Saturday's SuperTour in the Methow Valley and he captured some great shots of the action going down.
Jan 19, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - The Canadian Olympic Team will be announced on the 22nd. Seven athletes have qualified based on World Cup results, while another six should be in based on the Qualifying resu...
Jan 19, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - Now that FIS has announced the quotas for the 2010 Olympics, focus has shifted to the potential for additional spots due to reallocation. Using a combination of FIS points,...
Jan 19, 2010
- By Dylan Dethier - The CCSA suffered a down year at the NCAA's at the end of last season, and lost several qualifying spots for this year's championships. With a strong crop of returning sk...
Jan 19, 2010
- The 2010 AXCS National Masters hosted by the Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Craftsbury, Vermont is just over a week away with strong entries reported in all events. Registrat...
Jan 18, 2010
- By Train Wreck - After it was discovered that Thomas Alsgaard had registered for Thursday's 15Km at Norwegian Nationals in Stokke, his name has also been heard in the Olympic context. Sports...
Jan 18, 2010
- The final FIS Olympic quota allocations have been computed. The US received the expected eight, and Canada eleven. These numbers could still change if large-quota nations...
Jan 18, 2010
- FasterSkier photographer Win Goodbody was on the scene in the Methow Valley for the SuperTour sprint on Saturday. Both Torin Koos and Laura Valaas were able to control the ...
Jan 18, 2010
- Norway announced that they have named seven more athletes to their Olympic Cross-Country Team, bringing the total to 11.
Jan 18, 2010
- By Aubrey Smith - Randall recently headed a Fast and Female event in Anchorage, AK . 300 girls between the ages of 9 and 19 showed up for a full afternoon of fun on skis, and Randall hopes ...
Jan 17, 2010
- Torin Koos (USST) and Caitlin Compton (GO Training) won the 10/15km Classic SuperTour today in the Methow Valley.
Jan 17, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - Hanna Falk, the 20-year-old Swede who has taken the World Cup sprint scene by storm this season won her second race of the year, edging Sprint Cup leader Petra Majdic (SLO), ...
Jan 17, 2010
- By Topher Sabot - The US skied to a strong 6th place finish in the 4x7.5km relay in Biathlon World Cup action. The race was only disappointing in light of the fact that a good portion of the...
Jan 17, 2010
- By Aubrey Smith - Dartmouth's Ida Sargent won both women's races this weekend, while Dartmouth's Nils Koons took the 10km classic race and University of New Hampshire's Dylan McGuffin won the ...
Jan 17, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - In Sunday’s World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France—his last before heading home to the U.S.—Demong finished just outside the top three, as Mario Stecher (AUS) caught and pass...
Jan 17, 2010
- Ben Koons and Heather Mooney win Saturday's classic sprint, while Kris Freeman makes a star appearance to win the men's 15km skate and Isabel Caldwell takes the women's 10k...
Jan 17, 2010
- By Train Wreck - The competitive season began today for the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA) at the MSU Invite at Bohart Ranch in Montana. After an early lead on Friday,...
Jan 17, 2010
- By Nathaniel Herz - Jesse Vaeaenaenen sure is a mouthful of a name. Apparently he’s a lot to handle in a classic sprint, too. In Otepaa, Estonia today, Vaeaenaenen (FIN) edged Andy Newell in ...
Jan 16, 2010
- Torin Koos (USST) skied to a convincing win in the freestyle sprint as the SuperTour stopped in the Methow Valley. As a member of the US World Cup Team, Koos doesn't have m...
