The NorAm opened with three races in four days in Canmore, Alberta, with two distance races on short loops -- one of which the men double poled. Kevin Sandau won the first two men's races, and another Alberta World Cup Academy skier, Dahria Beatty won the women's skate mass start and classic sprint on days 2 and 3.
A look at the action that took place last Friday at U.S. Junior Nationals in the 15-, 10- and 5-kilometer freestyle mass starts in Stowe, Vt.
Race highlights, the effects of a major crash, top results, and interesting facts about some of the winners in Friday's freestyle mass starts -- the last individual races of U.S. Junior Nationals.