Poor ski conditions in Europe, and the resulting uncertainty surrounding upcoming World Cup races, have forced the US Ski Team to alter their plans for the next several weeks. They will now return to race in the United States, instead of staying in Europe. The plans for next week's World Cup races in Cogne, Italy changed at least four times in the past week and the status is still unknown. In addition, the races the...
James Southam won the individual sprint SuperTour race in Bozeman today, finishing ahead of Eric Strabel, Kevin Hochtl, and Colin Mahood in the final. Full results here Today's race had a small field entered, but plenty of top skiers. Race volunteers worked very hard around the clock to get the course covered with snow, including making some snow and pulling snow from nearby areas. Conditions were cold for the race. The course was in a...
Ostersund, Sweden, December 2. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY), after a personal best 30th place finish in the Men’s Individual on Thursday, today moved up to 22nd place in the Men’s 10K Sprint. The men’s competitions, with good conditions here seem to have all of the luck, while the women have struggled through two days of soft, slow snow. Perfectly fast conditions allowed Ole Einar Bjorndalen to win his 64th World Cup competition on Thursday...
European run around comes to an end. USST comes home...
HAWYARD, Wis., November 2006 – The search for two tough cross-country skiers to re-enact the 801-year-old legend that inspired the creation of the American Birkebeiner 51-kilometer cross-country ski race from Cable to Hayward, Wis. is over. A father-son team has been selected to re-enact the legend on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007. Phillip Schaefer and son Michael will dress in authentic gear, ski on wooden skis, and depict the rescue of Prince Haakon (Hō-ken), the baby...
The Paralympic Committee, a division of the US Olympic Committee, has identified Northeast Passage as a Nordic athlete development center. Northeast Passage, program of the University of New Hampshire, is seeking a part-time Nordic Skiing Coach to assist in the development of a program to train Paralympic level athletes with physical disabilities or visual impairments. This part-time position runs from January 2, 2007 — April 15, 2007 and requires a minimum of one evening and...
Garrott Kuzzy is a member of the CXC Team (cxcskiing.org). An NCAA All-American and All-East skier and runner, Kuzzy was a staple at the top of the Eastern ranks before graduating from Middlebury College in May, 2006. Last week, he garnered some significant national results in West Yellowstone finishing fifth in the Super Tour sprint and third in the fifteen kilometer classic race. (He is sitting second overall on the Super Tour points list.) Fasterskier...