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    We have wrapped up US national championships. All in all it was a very good competition from all points for myself. I came into competition very happy with my level of training and knew that I could produce a good event. Jumping has been getting better and better all summer long and I felt very comfortable in producing jumps that would put me in a good spot for the race.    I was happy with most of my jumps, [...]

The weekend is upon us finally and everyone is gearing up for national championships for Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined in Park City. Many athletes have traveled from across the country to come to these competitions that highlight the summer for us winter athletes. I have been looking forward to this for the last couple weeks coming off my performa [...]

I just wrapped up the World Cup in Klingenthal! I was very excited coming into this past weekend because of my success in the Continental Cup. Right away the weather was challenging and made for some hard conditions to jump in. I made the best of it, and tried my bes [...]

I am now in park city after our team elected to skip Almaty, KAZ world cup in order to rest and gear up for the 5 week trip to end the season. I am glad to be back and happy to report that my last two week trip was a very successful trip. I was in Klingenthal, Germany first for a couple Continental Cu [...]

I am back in Europe after my short stay in Park City. I am now in Klingenthal, Germany for a Continental Cup. We will have two individual competitions here, before we head back to Munich to meet the rest of the team. From there we will have a couple days of training in Germany, before we all head to Predazzo/Val Di Fiemme, Italy for another super-weekend of racing. [...]

So I am finally getting recovered from a weak of racing. It is now time for the holiday break and I couldn't be more excited with my results for the first period of competitions.With not the best jumping this last week, I proved you don't you don't have to jump amazing to get podiums. I am very happy with my form in the cross [...]

After some solid racing in Norway and Finland, I came back to Park city for the first continental cups of the year. I was very confident coming into these races, as Last year I went 3/3 on podiums on the COC level. This year with the x-c form and the altitude, I knew I had a very good chance of continuing my streak of COC podiums. Going into the first competition jumps, I was happy with my level during t [...]

Coming off Kuusamo, I was very excited to try and score some points in Norway. I have spent a lot of time in Norway since skiing internationally, in a way its a home to me, and I feel very comfortable there. Once again the weather was challenging in Lillehammer. Luckily the crews at the "Lysgardbakken arena" worked very hard and had the k90 ready when we arrived to jump on Monday. After some better jumps on th [...]

Kuusamo:Our first competitions were in Kuusamo/Ruka, Finland. Coming from last years comps there, I was super excited knowing I have been jumping better with time. Also knowing I was in good form on the cross country side, I thought I had a solid chance for some top 30.Due to the weather, the competitions were a challenge to get off. I was there for a whole week and only got three jumps. [...]