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In the J2 category, Alaska's Lydia Blanchet and Intermountain's Karsten Hokanson took home the gold in Wednesday's 5 k freestyle mass starts. Conditions were fast and icy at Soldier Hollow for the morning races, and for the first time this week skiers had to contend with the grueling Hermod's Hill.

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 - Corey Stock and Paddy Caldwell nabbed Junior Nationals J1 victories for New England, holding off the pack in their respective 10 k freestyle mass starts at Soldier Hollow in ...

 - Paige Schember (Midwest/F.A.S.T.) and Eric Lustgarten (New England/St. Lawrence University) claimed the gold medals in the OJ category in Monday's classic sprints. The girls'...

 - The J1 classic sprint action on Monday featured a close finish on the boys side between Eli Hoenig (NE/CSU) and Paddy Caldwell (NE/SMS), while the girls' race was almost no c...

 - Monday's J2 classic sprints at Soldier Hollow featured plenty of excitement. Henry Harmeyer (NE/Mansfield Nordic) and Julia Kern (NE/Cambridge Sports Union) cleaned up the go...

 - Looking for a particular racer at Junior Nationals? Want to check their form in the 1.3 k classic sprint? Check out the following galleries from Monday's sprint qualifier to ... Comments Off

 - New England swept the gold medals in the J1 category of the classic sprint at Soldier Hollow. CSU's Eli Hoenig won his first national title while teammate Corey Stock was onc...

 - Henry Harmeyer led a 1-2 finish for Mansfield Nordic and New England in the J2 classic sprint at Junior Nationals on Monday. Julia Kern proved she can race just fine at eleva... 1 Comment

 - Paige Schember was the only winner that didn't hail from New England on the first day of the 2012 Cross Country Junior Nationals on Monday. She took the OJ sprint championshi...

 - After a year of focused training and chasing down scant snow, the wait is over: Junior Nationals kick off on Monday at Soldier Hollow with the 1.3 k classic sprint. Check out...

 - A look at the course and trails at the 2012 Cross Country Junior Nationals, which kick off Monday, March 5 at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah.

 - Julia Ransom capped off an extremely successful World Youth and Junior Championships campaign with second place in the youth women's pursuit; teammates Stuart Harden and Kurt...

 - More photos from the 2012 World Junior/U23 Championships in Erzurum, Turkey. This set is from the U23 women's 15km skiathlon. 2 Comments

 - Once again with the help of Reese Hanneman, FasterSkier's Audrey Mangan captured some of the action during the World Junior Championship 10/20km Skiathlon in Erzurum, Turkey.

 - At 5,700 feet above sea level, the Kandilli Nordic Ski Center in Erzurum, Turkey presents World Junior competitors with the most painful racing they’ve ever experienced. Se... 12 Comments

 - Holly Brooks and Tad Elliott took home North America's biggest marathon titles in the Birkie; Canada's Kurtis Wenzel flew home from Finland with World Juniors gold, while tea...

 - The Russian Junior women's team completed a successful Championships by winning the 4x3.3km relay over Sweden and Slovenia. The Swedes took silver with a lunge at that line. ...

 - As was to be expected given their performances the rest of this week, Russia was in control of the 4 x 5 k relay at World Juniors on Sunday from start to finish. Sergey Ustiu...

 - In the final races of biathlon World Youth and Junior Championships, Norway's Johannes Thingnes Bø and Russia's Maxim Tsvetkov turned in thoroughly dominating performances t...

 - Two very young World Cup veterans led the women in Kontiolahti on Sunday: Estonia's Grete Gaim, who won her first international race, and Dutch biathlete Chardine Sloof, who ...