Articles from January 2011
Jan 16, 2011
- By Aubrey Smith - Led by Caitlin Patterson, Scott Patterson, and Alex Howe, UVM takes all four individual titles as well as the top nordic team score in the first NCAA qualifiers of the eastern collegiate racing season.
Jan 16, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - The Americans were among the biggest movers in today's World Cup pursuit, with Lowell Bailey, Tim Burke, and Jeremy Teela each moving up at least 15 places.
Jan 16, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - Led by Marit Bjoergen and rounded out by Maiken Caspersen Falla, the Norwegian pair gapped the women’s field from the start and skied to a dominating, 31-second victory in ...
Jan 16, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - Ola Vigen Hattestad capped a fine weekend with his second consecutive victory, pairing with Johan Kjoelstad to win the men's classic team sprint competition in Liberec, Czech...
Jan 16, 2011
- Cross Country Canada is pleased to announce the World Senior Championship Team 2011 – selection synopsis to follow. The following athletes have been selected to the 2011 Wo...
Jan 15, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - Tracy Barnes and Annelies Cook just missed the top 20 in an IBU Cup pursuit in Altenberg, Germany, while Jay Hakkinen moved up thirteen places to 27th.
Jan 15, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - Noah Hoffman (USST) won his first major US race since 2008, skiing to a convincing 58 second victory over Brian Gregg (CXC Elite) in the men's 15km freestyle in Lake Placid. ...
Jan 15, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - Holly Brooks (APU) completed a weekend sweep of the Lake Placid SuperTour, making for a fine morning as APU teammate Kikkan Randall won the World Cup sprint less than an hour...
Jan 15, 2011
- By Inge Scheve - Todd Lodwick posted a 23rd overall after jumping to 17th, while Bryan Fletcher was the second American in 28th place in the World Cup individual competition. Fletcher was 14t...
Jan 15, 2011
- By Kieran Jones - Kikkan Randall took advantage of a "crazy turn of events" to climb to the top spot on the podium in the skate sprint, in Liberec, Czech Republic, Saturday, while two Canadian...
Jan 15, 2011
- By Kieran Jones - Norway's Ola Vigen Hattestad emerged with the win in the skate sprint in Liberec on Saturday, but two first-time trips to the podium surprised the field.
Jan 15, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - With the fastest ski time and clean shooting adding up to a victory in the 10 k sprint, Lars Berger became the fourth different Norwegian man to win a World Cup this season.
Jan 14, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - Susan Dunklee broke into the top 10 for the first time, while Jay Hakkinen led the U.S. men with a 40th-place finish in Altenberg, Germany today.
Jan 14, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - Holly Brooks (APU) led teammates Kate Fitzgerald and Morgan Smyth in an APU sweep of the podium as SuperTour action continued in Lake Placid, New York. Brooks skied to nine s...
Jan 14, 2011
- By Inge Scheve - The US Ski Team posted a solid seventh place in Seefeld (AUT) Friday, and head coach Dave Jarrett was satisfied with the overall as well as individual performance, knowing th...
Jan 14, 2011
- Lars Flora (APU) took advantage of a challenging course to ski to an 11 second victory over Noah Hoffman (USST) in the 10km classic SuperTour in Lake Placid, New York. Scott ...
Jan 14, 2011
- By Chelsea Little - Olga Zaitseva of Russia won her first World Cup of the season as the top three women shot clean and were more than a minute ahead of the rest of the field. Megan Imrie of Can...
Jan 13, 2011
- By Topher Sabot - On Wednesday the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced a squad of 14 skiers to attend World Championships in Oslo, Norway at the end of February. That ...
Jan 13, 2011
- By Nathaniel Herz - Three Americans who just missed out on the 2011 World Championships team—Brian Gregg, Caitlin Compton, and Leif Zimmermann—said that they didn’t take issue with the sel...
Jan 13, 2011
- By Inge Scheve - With Todd Lodwick and Johnny Spillane joining the US Nordic Combined team in Europe, the crew will split into two groups for the upcoming race weekend. One group will head to...