On Sunday after almost 70K of racing in one week for the woman and over 100K for the men at the Birch Hill Cross Country Ski Trails in Fairbanks, AK the 2008/2009 competitive ski season came to an end. A lull in Mt. Redoubt’s volcanic activity on Mon...
On Sunday after almost 70K of racing in one week for the woman and over 100K for the men at the Birch Hill Cross Country Ski Trails in Fairbanks, AK the 2008/2009 competitive ski season came to an end. A lull in Mt. Redoubt’s volcanic activity on Mon...
On Sunday after almost 70K of racing in one week for the woman and over 100K for the men at the Birch Hill Cross Country Ski Trails in Fairbanks, AK the 2008/2009 competitive ski season came to an end. A lull in Mt. Redoubt’s volcanic activity on Mon...
On Sunday after almost 70K of racing in one week for the woman and over 100K for the men at the Birch Hill Cross Country Ski Trails in Fairbanks, AK the 2008/2009 competitive ski season came to an end. A lull in Mt. Redoubt’s volcanic activity on Mon...
In my Rogers Park Elementary School class the students were working on statistics this winter. I was away racing, but I keep in touch with Ms. Price & suggested that they do a project looking at the statistics section of the FIS website. FIS does a gre...
In my Rogers Park Elementary School class the students were working on statistics this winter. I was away racing, but I keep in touch with Ms. Price & suggested that they do a project looking at the statistics section of the FIS website. FIS does a gre...
In my Rogers Park Elementary School class the students were working on statistics this winter. I was away racing, but I keep in touch with Ms. Price & suggested that they do a project looking at the statistics section of the FIS website. FIS does a gre...
In my Rogers Park Elementary School class the students were working on statistics this winter. I was away racing, but I keep in touch with Ms. Price & suggested that they do a project looking at the statistics section of the FIS website. FIS does a gre...
Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, March 28. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) finished 8th in today’s 12.5K Pursuit competition at the Biathlon World Cup here, moving up from 25th position at the start. Burke moved steadily with each shooting stage and each loop today finishing with a single penalty, finished 1:05.6 behind Emile Hegle Svendsen of Norway. He recorded the fourth fastest ski time of the day. He was happy to be moving forward for the whole...
Liz Stephen and Ivan Babikov won the pursuit races at Birch Hill on Friday. Full results can be found HERE. The CXC Elite team had an excellent day with Caitlin Compton placing 9th, Kristina Owen 10th, Maria Stuber in 13th, Johanna Winters in 17th, Heather Zimmerman in 29th, Garrott Kuzzy in 5th, Bryan Cook in [...]
I made it through the second surgery, and after spending the night in the hospital I was released this afternoon. I’m very thankful I just have 2 legs, and that was the last leg! No more surgeries, thank you! Now I can concentrate on healing and getting back on my feet. The doctor is very optimistic. Things [...]
The Red Group consists of the top 30 distance and sprint racers in the world. It is based on World Cup points from the previous four World Cup periods. The Red Group rankings are extremely important, in that the race organizer must pay the travel and living costs (accommodation, food, etc) for every athlete in the Red Group. Expenses must also be covered for a maximum of one coach per nation and sex, if there...
A stronger USA racing program 4 USST athletes: Torin Koos, Chris Cook, Liz Stephen, and one female Collegiate Athlete. 5 of 7 US Biathlon A Team athletes: Tim Burke, Jay Hakkinen, Lowell Bailey, Russell Courrier, Haley Johnson Rossignol USA’s Amateur athletes are having a great year so far as well: • Podium finish at the USSA XC Nationals in Anchorage, AK. • Podium finish in the World Junior Biathlon Championships in Canmore, Alta. Canada. •...
In a move to stimulate attendance at the Cross Country Ski Areas Association’s annual Convention April 15-17 hosted by Whistler Olympic Park, BC, SkiTrax magazine is sponsoring a prize drawing on the final night of the convention during the closing banquet at Fairmont Chateau Whistler. A prize consisting of a 2-night lodging package at Fairmont Chateau Whistler with extras from Tourism Whistler will be awarded to one lucky registered convention delegate. The CCSAA Annual Convention...
span style="font-size:85%;"Final week of the ski season this week. It is nice to be back to full on winter. Anne and Owen family organized home stays for the entire CXC team which is really nice. I am staying ...
Brent Knight, James Southam, and Becca Rorabaugh each metaled in the 5k classic race. Results can be found here. Kikkan Randall (APU) tags Katie Ronsse (APU), while Maria Stuber (CXC) tags off to Caitlin Compton (CXC) in the 6x1.5k Sprint Relay event at the 2009 US National Championships. (Photo credit: Sam Harrel of the Fairbanks Daily News Miner). The team sprint was one of the hardest