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The Craftsbury Outdoor Center is proud to announce the 2010 additions to the Green Racing Project. After the GRP’s successful inaugural season, we received a lot of applications. After a written and personal interview process with the many highly qualified applicants, we would like to welcome the following athletes to the Green Racing Project for 2010. Dylan McGuffin joins us from the University of New Hampshire where he led the Wildcats with nine top 20...

FAIRBANKS, AK – Alaska Nanooks skiing head coach Scott Jerome announced the signing of two in-state talents, as David Norris and Eric Ryan have autographed National Letters of Intent. Norris, a native of Fairbanks, and Ryan, of Anchorage, will join the Blue and Gold in the fall and both will train for their first collegiate ski season by running on the trails with the cross country team. The 19 year-old Norris skied the past six...

Foothills Nordic Ski Club (FNSC) is seeking to fill the role of Cross Country Head Coach. This is a contract position with a renewable term. FNSC is an active full service Nordic ski club based in Calgary, Alberta. Incorporated in 1964, the club has a long history of organizing and delivering programs geared towards cross-country skiers and biathletes of all ages and performance levels. The club offers programming from Jackrabbits through to Masters training groups....

Canmore, AB – The Alberta World Cup Academy is pleased to welcome Chris Jeffries to the coaching team as the 2010/2011 season begins. Chris will join Racing Director Mike Cavaliere and assistant coach Eric Groeneveld to provide the highest level of support to the team. Chris replaces Christian Flury, who is returning to his native Switzerland to take up the position of Head Coach of the Swiss national women’s team following a highly successful one-year...

After enjoying a relaxing April, I am now back to my normal training routine.  Unlike the previous few Aprils, this year I decided not to travel anywhere and instead I stayed right here in Lake Placid.  I spent more than six months on the road last year so I was really content to just relax [...]

You're invited to the APU Nordic Ski Center Celebration & Fundraiser benefitting the Competition Fund May 4th, 2010 7-9p.m. APU Atwood Center Hors d’oeuvres, desserts, drinks will be provided. If possible, please RSVP to Phyllis Gross at pgross@alaskapacific.edu or at (907) 564.8250.This is a free event. Your donations are tax exempt and we hope you'll consider joining us and contributing to

The day after the last classic race at Supertour Finals, my parents drove me to the Montreal Airport and I boarded a plane headed for Toulouse France.  The city in the southwest of France is my home for spring. I’m studying in a Dartmouth foreign language problem, taking classes in French and living with a [...]

Matt needs to come back to Craftsbury soon, because it’s obvious based on his previous post that his tastes have been seriously compromised after his short stint in San Francisco. Matt, there is hope. Just come home, sit down at the kitchen table, eat some oven bread, and listen to some Taylor Swift [...]

It's been a month now since the final races in Ft. Kent and Madawaska. Since then, the Team headed out in a variety of directions, some heading back home, some to school, some on a much anticipated vacation.br /br /The Biathlon Team has seen some turn...

The inaugural National J2 Talent Camp will be conducted this July 31- August 8, 2010 on the campus of Michigan Technological University in Houghton Michigan. The camp will provide a great opportunity for many of the top young cross country skiers in the US to train together, learn from USST staff and top club coaches. The camp will be the first step along the US development pipeline for promising young skiers. The location of the camp will rotate around the US to other great training venues, with...

New Head Coach of the US Ski Team, Chris Grover, has outlined a vision for the 2011 US Ski Team. Writes Grover, Every since the 2010 season came to an end, we have been hard at work creating our annual strategic plan and detailed plans regarding competition calendars, training camps, Team nominations, etc, as well as having discussions with coaches and athletes around the country.   I thought it would be appropriate to share the vision the...