WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. — A look at the top 10 and some others in the men’s 15-kilometer freestyle individual start on Saturday — the second and last race of the West Yellowstone SuperTour. Read more.
Mads Strøm (University of Colorado) starting his first of three times up Tele Hill in the SuperTour 15 k freestyle individual start on Saturday in West Yellowstone, Mont. Strøm won the race by more than 14 seconds.
Sylvan Ellefson (SSCV/Team HomeGrown) leads Kevin Bolger (Utah) up Tele Hill in the West Yellowstone 15 k skate. Ellefson went on to place third.
Pierre Guedon (DU) on his way to placing ninth in the West Yellowstone 15 k skate.
Matt Liebsch (XC United/Team StrongHeart), who placed fourth in the West Yellowstone 15 k skate.
Miles Havlik (SVSEF), sixth
Erik Bjornsen (APU/USST), 11th
Sawyer Kesselheim (Montana State University) en route to 10th in the West Yellowstone 15 k skate.
Tyler Reinking (Bridger Ski Foundation), who placed seventh in the West Yellowstone 15 k skate.
Niklas Persson (University of Utah), eighth
Brian Gregg (Madshus/Team Gregg) en route to second in the West Yellowstone SuperTour 15 k skate.
Rune Ødegård (University of Colorado), fifth
Tad Elliott (SSCV/Team HomeGrown), 15th
Matt Liebsch (XC United/Team StrongHeart) on his way to fourth in the 15 k skate at the West Yellowstone SuperTour.
Syvlan Ellefson (SSCV/Team HomeGrown) leading a train his second time up Tele Hill in Saturday’s 15 k skate at the West Yellowstone SuperTour.
Mads Strøm, a Norwegian freshman at the University of Colorado (r), passes Moritz Madlener (University of Denver) on Tele Hill during Saturday’s SuperTour 15 k freestyle individual start in West Yellowstone, Mont. Strøm won the race by more than 14 seconds.
Erik Bjornsen (APU/USST) leads Peter Hegman (CGRP) up Tele Hill. Erik Bjornsen (APU/USST), 11th
Erik Bjornsen (APU/USST), 11th
Brian Gregg (Madshus/Team Gregg), second
Niklas Persson (University of Utah), eighth
Miles Havlik (SVSEF), sixth
Tucker McCrerey (Utah) takes the outside corner at the top of Tele Hill. McCrerey went on to place 19th in the 15 k skate at the 2013/2014 West Yellowstone SuperTour opener.
Racers going down and up Tele Hill in Saturday’s SuperTour 15 k freestyle race at the Rendezvous Ski Trails in West Yellowstone, Mont.
Tele Hill
Matt Liebsch (XC United/Team StrongHeart), fourth
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Ryan Scott (SSCV/Team HomeGrown) looks back to see his teammate Sylvan Ellefson at the top of Tele Hill
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