Lindsey Dehlin is the youngest American skier to ever go to the Olympics. She has been a junior national champion, USSA Senior National Champion, NCAA National Champion, NCAA all American and Lindsey has represented the US at the Nordic World Championships and two Olympics. A Northern Michigan University Alumnus, Lindsey was part of the team that took first, second and third for all the women’s Nordic events at the 2007 NCAA Championships. She now resides in Marquette, MI with her husband Dan and is finishing her Bachelor’s degree from NMU. Lindsey switched to Atomic for this coming year.
Rick Halling: Hi Lindsey, how has your summer and fall been?
Lindsey Dehlin: Really great, my training has been going well. I spent two weeks in Park City with the US Ski Team working with Pat Casey and Matt Whitcomb. I had encouraging results with the treadmill and strength testing. The rest of the time I was in Marquette. I trained a lot with Lindsay Williams and the other girls from NMU. I am still training with the NMU team this fall. It’s been a lot of fun to still be able to train with them. It’s great to have them around to push me.
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<p><b>Rick Halling:</b><i> That was an amazing performance put on by Northern Michigan at last year’s NCAA National Championships. First, second and third in all of the Women’s Nordic events. You and the other NMU girls did not seem the least bit surprised when you pulled it off. Were you pretty confident going into the events?</p>
<p></i><b>Lindsey Dehlin:</b> We went into it figuring we could all have really great races. We went into it relaxed and prepared. It was exciting to have the top three spots in the skate race and even more exciting for the classic race because a double sweep hasn’t been done (I don’t think…)</p>
<p><b>Rick Halling:</b><i> Here is an interesting statistic. In the last 15 years there have only been four Americans who have managed first place finishes in the Nordic events at the NCAA Nationals. All four of those skiers have been NMU athletes. What does Northern’s coach, Sten Fjeldheim, do differently from other coaches to get results like that?</p>
<p></i><b>Lindsey Dehlin:</b><i> I think a big part of it is Sten’s experience, he has been doing it for years. He is really good at figuring out what each individual athlete needs to work on. He knows how to put together workouts that make us better. Sten does a good job of motivating his athletes, he gets us to want to work hard.</p>
<p><b>Rick Halling:</b><i> Who will be your coach of record this winter now that you have graduated?</p>
<p></i><b>Lindsey Dehlin:</b><i> Sten and Jenny will be my coaches in the fall. The US Ski Team coaches Matt Whitcomb and Pat Casey will be my main coaches once I start traveling and racing with the US Ski Team. </p>
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