Photos from Haywood NorAm freestyle mass starts (women 10 k, men 15 k). Check out Dan Roycroft’s gallery for more photos from Sunday’s mass start.
Rossland NorAm women’s 10 k freestyle mass start podium, from left to right: Heidi Widmer (AWCA, fifth place), Alysson Marshall (AWCA, second), Jessie Diggins (CXC, first), Jennie Bender (CXC, third), Evelyn Dong (Stella, fourth)
Rossland NorAm men’s 15 k freestyle mass start podium, from left to right: Leif Zimmermann (Bridger, fifth place), Brent McMurtry (CNEPH, second), Kevin Sandau (AWCA, first), Graeme Killick (AWCA, third) and Pate Neumann (AWCA, fourth).
CXC teammates Jessie Diggins (l) and Jennie Bender (r) congratulate each other for placing first and third, respectively, in the NorAm mass start in Rossland, British Columbia.
Evelyn Dong (Stella Racing) after finishing fourth in the NorAm 10 k mass start.
Evelyn Dong (Stella Racing) crosses the finish in fourth in the NorAm mass start at Rossland.
Alysson Marshall (left, AWCA) and Jennie Bender (right, CXC) in a sprint for second at the end of the Rossland NorAm 10 k freestyle mass start.
Jessie Diggins (CXC) after winning the Rossland NorAm 10 k freestyle mass start on Dec. 18, 2011.
Jennie Bender (CXC) leads Alysson Marshall (AWCA) in the chase group of the NorAm women’s mass start in Rossland, British Columbia.
Emily Nishikawa (AWCA) followed by Evelyn Dong (Stella Racing) and Alysson Marshall (AWCA) at that start of the second of three laps in the NorAm women’s mass start in Rossland, British Columbia.
Jessie Diggins leading the Rossland NorAm women’s mass start.
Pate Neumann (AWCA) leads the Rossland NorAm men’s mass start near the end of the second of four laps.
Jessie Diggins (CXC) with a decisive lead after nearly one of three laps in the women’s NorAm 10 k freestyle mass start in Rossland, British Columbia, on Dec. 18, 2011.
Graeme Killick (AWCA) leads after nearly one of four laps in the men’s NorAm 15 k freestyle mass start in Rossland, British Columbia, on Dec. 18, 2011.
Kevin Sandau (AWCA) in the green leader’s jersey leads the NorAm men’s mass start in Rossland, British Columbia.
Just after the start of the men’s NorAm 15 k freestyle mass start in Rossland, British Columbia, on Dec. 18, 2011.
Alex Kochon (alex@fasterskier.com) is the former managing editor at FasterSkier. She spent seven years with FS from 2011-2018, and has been writing, editing, and skiing ever since. She's making a cameo in 2020.
