Canada's Alex Harvey and American Jessie Diggins take the honor of FasterSkier's Cross-Country Skiers of 2016. Both are all-arounders encroaching on Norwegian-dominated territory and the overall World Cup podium.
It was a good year for North American skiers on the World Cup. Boiling down the choices for best North American cross-country performance of 2016 was no easy task. That's our disclaimer; now the drum roll ... our top awards go to Jessie Diggins and Sophie Caldwell (a tie for the women) and Alex Harvey.
Looking back on 2015/2016, there were a long list of biathlon results for the U.S. and Canada to be excited about. Here are a few of the best, three of which included medals.
In one tidy article, FasterSkier reveals two awards. First up, the International Skiers of 2016: Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Therese Johaug. International Performances of 2016 goes to Federico Pellegrino's skate sprint streak and Ingvild Flugstad Østberg's blistering 10 k free win at the Ski Tour Canada.
After notching national titles on the same day and leading Period 1 of the SuperTour, the Patterson siblings continued their season dominance, taking both the men's and women's 2016 Continental Skiers of the Year award. Honorable mention goes to the men's SuperTour winner Eric Packer and Chelsea Holmes, one of the circuit's most consistent female skiers.
It was a tight race for Canada's Continental Skier of the Year, with Andy Shields edging out Kevin Sandau by a single point in the overall NorAm standings. Dahria Beatty took her second win of the 2016 FS awards after topping both the NorAm overall and sprint standings.
Cami Thompson-Graves and Ruff Patterson, the coaches of the Dartmouth nordic teams, are FasterSkier's Coaches of the Year. Dartmouth ended UVM's nearly four-year college win streak in the East, and eight alums raced in nordic World Cup competition this season, including three who stood on podiums.
Canada had several breakthrough skiers of 2016, but FS had to decide on just a few. The awards go to two athletes who scored their first World Cup points, and honorable mentions to two more breakout skiers at the Ski Tour Canada.
The FS awards continue this week with domestic Breakthrough Skiers of the Year, starting with two winners and two honorable mentions from the U.S., several of which surprised themselves.
Biathlon Canada is seeking an employee in the role of Head Ski Technician with the National Team (NT). This position is the lead role in a dynamic high performance team committed to developing and sustaining Canada’s international excellence in biathlon.
With the conclusion of the IPC World Cup season, FasterSkier presents its nominations for the Para-Nordic skiers of the year. Oksana Masters was undefeated in cross-country races to win her second-straight overall World Cup, while her veteran teammate Andy Soule, placed fourth overall in the Cross-Country World Cup.
This year's nordic-combined award winners are Bryan Fletcher, who led the U.S. in 20th overall on the World Cup, and U.S. development-team member Jasper Good, who notched 11th and 12th at Junior World Championships in Romania.
The Strafford Nordic Center in Vermont is establishing a senior training groups on a summer (3-month) and year-round basis in central Vermont. The program is now accepting applications for up to eight athletes and a coach.
Landing 14th and 15th in biathlon's World Cup Total Score, Americans Susan Dunklee and Tim Burke are FasterSkier's 2016 Biathletes of the Year. Dunklee placed second in the Presque Isle World Cup sprint on home soil, while each also collected two sixth-place finishes this season.
Looking back at the 2016 college season in review, we couldn't ignore two standouts and NCAA championships: Mads Strøm of the University of Colorado-Boulder and the University of Denver's Linn Eriksen, both originally from Oslo, Norway.
Doherty became the winningest youth and junior biathlete of all time, from any country, after picking up one last gold at Junior World Champs -- and also tallied three World Cup top 20s. Ogden secured her place on the U.S. cross-country scene by winning a SuperTour and notching third- and fourth-place finishes in the senior division at U.S. nationals.
Durango Nordic Ski Club (DNSC) in Durango, Colorado, has an opening for a Nordic Program Director (NPD) / Head Coach (HC) for cross country skiing. The position is a year-round position with April and May off from training.
US Biathlon is looking for "talented endurance athletes who are interested in becoming world-class competitors" to attend its third-annual talent identification camp June 19-23 in Lake Placid, N.Y.
The Race to the Outhouse #2 is a funny name for an excuse to ski up a big hill, according to author and racer Jeff Kase. This year's overall runner-up describes his experience on April 2 (and in the months leading up to it) and why it's much more than an late-season 7.5 k race.
Dartmouth College seeks a full-time, Head Coach for its Men’s Nordic program.