ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A look back at the men’s 50-kilometer classic mass start at U.S. Distance Nationals last Friday, March 28, with the focus on the frontrunners of the five-lap race.
Erik Bjornsen (APU/USST) leads the pack early in the men’s 50 k classic mass start at U.S. Distance Nationals at Hillside in Anchorage, Alaska.
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
Skiers tackle a hill on the Spencer Loop in the men’s 50 k classic at U.S. Distance Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska.
(Photo: Erik Hill/Anchorage Daily News)
Lukas Ebner (University of Alaska-Anchorage)
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
Four APU juniors in the men’s 30 k classic race at U.S. Distance Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska.
Christian Otto gulps down a feed while Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess (142) and Adam Martin (128) follow in the men’s 50 k classic at U.S. Distance Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska.
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
Teammates on the U.S. Ski Team and Stratton Mountain School T2 Team, Andy Newell leads Simi Hamilton on one of several hills on the Spencer Loop in the 50 k classic at U.S. Distance Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska.
Finland’s Aku Nikander (r) of the University of New Mexico leads Noah Hoffman of the U.S. Ski Team around a corner on the Spencer Loop during the final lap of the men’s 50 k classic race at the U.S. Distance Nationals at Hillside in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2014.
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
Finland’s Aku Nikander (r) of the University of New Mexico leads Noah Hoffman of the U.S. Ski Team around a corner on the Spencer Loop during the final lap of the men’s 50 k classic race at the U.S. Distance Nationals at Hillside in Anchorage, Alaska.
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
Finland’s Aku Nikander (University of New Mexico) celebrates his win in the 50 k classic mass start at U.S. Distance Nationals on Friday in Anchorage, Alaska. He beat Noah Hoffman (SSCV/Team HomeGrown/USST) by 9 seconds after the two skied together for essentially the entire race.
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
Simi Hamilton racing to seventh
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
2014 U.S. Distance Nationals 50 k classic mass start at Hillside trails in Anchorage, Alaska
Winner Aku Nikander of the University of New Mexico (l) and runner-up and first American Noah Hoffman of the U.S. Ski Team congratulate each other after finishing the men’s 50 k classic race at U.S. Distance Nationals on Friday.
