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“You Can’t Live Nervous”

Matthew VoisinDecember 22, 2025

Finals week has a way of compressing time. Days shrink into problem sets and exams; nights stretch just long enough to make sleep negotiable. When Jack Lange logged onto Zoom from Hanover in late November, he was finishing his senior fall at Dartmouth, a mechanical engineering major balancing equations while packing for a training block at Silver Star. The snow out west wasn’t cooperating. Races were being reformatted. Nothing felt settled. That uncertainty didn’t seem...

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The Hilltop Lesson: How Second Place at the NCAA Championship Became Hagenbuch’s Guiding Philosophy

Matthew VoisinNovember 26, 2025

On a bright March afternoon at Dartmouth’s Oak Hill, with a soft and slow course under his skis and a band he himself had organized blasting in the stadium above, John Steel Hagenbuch approached the final climb where he learned something that would shape the early years of his career far more than any podium ever could. He had come into the NCAA Championships with the weight of a thousand private dreams — a home...

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Rooted in Vermont: Tabor Greenberg’s Steady Rise from the Mad River Valley to the U.S. Ski Team

Matthew VoisinNovember 4, 2025

The hills above Moretown are the kind that teach you to move without thinking about it: long grades through maple and birch, a tangle of dirt roads, a thousand sneaky rollers perfect for running shoes or a classic stride. From the valley floor, you can see Sugarbush and Mad River Glen, their lifts still in October and their trails crisscrossed by hikers who’ll be skiers in a few short weeks. This is the terrain that...

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From Grassroots to the Summit: The Mt. Greylock Hill Climb Marks a Storied Ascent

Matthew VoisinNovember 3, 2025

LANESBORO, MA — On a crisp Sunday morning, nearly a hundred rollerskiers lined up at the base of Massachusetts’ highest peak, ready to test themselves against one of New England’s classic ascents. The Mount Greylock Hill Climb has always been more than a race—it’s a rite of passage, a season-ender that blends community, endurance, and a dash of history stretching back four decades. A Long Tradition on a Steep Road The Mt. Greylock Hill Climb...

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Balancing Books, Labs, and Laps: Inside Newly Named U.S. Ski Team Member Lucas Wilmot’s Routine

Matthew VoisinOctober 22, 2025

When Lucas Wilmot sits down after morning intervals, there’s no long nap or lazy lunch ahead. “This fall, it’s kind of all back-to-back—training in the morning, then eating, then class, then trying to eat and train again, and then do homework,” he says. “It’s tight.” That understatement is classic Wilmot: composed, analytical, quietly focused. At just 19, the Jackson, Wyoming-raised skier is already juggling NCAA racing for the University of Utah, kinesiology labs that might...

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From Olympian to Coach to Mentor: Patrick Weaver, the Quiet Architect of UVM’s Ski Culture

Matthew VoisinOctober 17, 2025

The first time you meet Patrick Weaver, you might not realize you’re talking to one of the most quietly influential coaches in American skiing. There’s no bravado, no self-promotion. Just an easy Vermont calm — a man who measures his words the same way his athletes measure their training: carefully, purposefully, with feel. On a fall morning, the UVM Nordic team threads through the mist at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center, the quiet hum of rollerskis...

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USCSA Kicks Off Its Collegiate National Championship

FasterSkierMarch 12, 2025

The U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) kicked off its 5-day long annual Collegiate National Championship today with the women’s Snowboard and Freeski Rail Jam, men’s Skier and Snowboard Cross, women’s Alpine Ski Giant Slalom, and a 7.5k Freestyle Nordic race under beautiful sunny skies. Mt. Bachelor is serving as host for all events over the five days of exciting competition. A record-breaking 685 Collegiate athletes representing 75 universities across 6 regions will compete...

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The University of Utah Claims the 2025 NCAA Championship

Keely LevinsMarch 11, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more articles like this one, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. The sun came out on Saturday at Dartmouth’s Oak Hill Ski Center in Hanover, New Hampshire. The best collegiate skiers in the country gathered in Hanover, New Hampshire, for a week of racing at the NCAA Championships. The final races of the week were the...

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Bringing a Community Together Around Nordic Skiing: Oak Hill Prepares to Host NCAAs 2025

Kennedy LangeFebruary 19, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more articles like this one, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. As Dartmouth prepares to host the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Ski Championships, Oak Hill Outdoor Center in Hanover, New Hampshire, has been transformed from a rustic trail system to one of the premier cross-country ski venues in the East. As preparations for NCAAs...

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Kirkeng Tied for Most RMISA Wins, Laven Continues Her Winning Streak for Utah

FasterSkierJanuary 29, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more collegiate coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. By: Francesca Kitch Racers gathered in Bozeman, Montana, on Friday for the Bozeman Supertour and Montana State University Invitational. With a 20 k skate mass start on Friday, skate sprint Saturday, and 7.5 k classic race on Sunday, it was a full weekend of racing....

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Western Collegiate Season Off to a Speedy Start

FasterSkierJanuary 28, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more collegiate coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. By: Francesca Kitch The Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA) holds a very high standard for racing; although teams are small and the field is not more than 40 per gender, international athletes and some of the nation’s fastest skiers flock to the west to...

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Dartmouth Continues its Dominance and Crum Scores Big for Bowdoin in Lake Placid

FasterSkierJanuary 23, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more collegiate coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. By: Francesca Kitch The Saint Lawrence University Carnival was held this past weekend at Mt. Vanhoevenberg in Lake Placid, NY. Coupled with the Eastern Cup on day two of the carnival, the start list was among the largest in North America this year. Not only...

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CCSA Skiers Get Off to a Cold and Speedy Start at Arien’s Invite

FasterSkierJanuary 22, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more collegiate coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. By: Francesca Kitch UW Green Bay’s CCSA invite took place this past weekend at Ariens Nordic Center in Brillion, Wisconsin. It was a cold weekend with race delays on Sunday due to the temperatures dipping below the CCSA regulation of 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Despite the...

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CCSA Skiers Excited to Start Their Season This Weekend

FasterSkierJanuary 17, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more collegiate coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. By: Francesca Kitch The Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA) is composed of six competing schools spanning the Midwest. Each season there are four CCSA invites–weekends full of racing–and this year, these competitions are set to begin this Saturday. The first three US Nationals races...

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Lots of Wind and Laps, Can’t Deny Easterners Have Grit

FasterSkierJanuary 14, 2025

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more articles like this one, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. By: Francesca Kitch Weekend one of the EISA Winter Carnivals went off this past weekend in Rumford, Maine. Hosted by Bates College, hurricane-force winds in the days prior to the races made organizing the event an extra challenge. The original plan of a classic sprint...

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Eastern Collegiate Season Kicks Off Tomorrow with Bates Carnival

FasterSkierJanuary 9, 2025

By: Francesca Kitch In Division 1 NCAA skiing, there are 3 conferences: the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA), the Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA), and the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA). The EISA conference is made up of 11 schools throughout New England and New York. Over the course of 7 weeks and 6 race weekends starting in mid-January, teams compete for glory at “Winter Carnivals”, a Friday-Saturday event hosted by a new school...

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Weinberger and Her Defending NCAA Champion Colorado Buffaloes Prepare for a New Season

Marika Massey-BiermanDecember 17, 2024

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you would like to see more articles like this one, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. As the collegiate racing season approaches, FasterSkier chatted with Jana Weinberger, Director of Skiing and Head Nordic Coach of the Colorado University Buffaloes. The Boulder-based team returns to racing after a decisive win at NCAAs last season on their home course. FasterSkier: NCAAs...

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Juggling the Four S’s: An Interview with John Steel Hagenbuch

Luke DykowskiNovember 11, 2024

The 2023-2024 season was undeniably strong for Dartmouth College’s John Steel Hagenbuch (’25, U.S. B-Team). In December, his was the fastest leg time in the Men’s 4×7.5 k Relay in Gällivare. One week later, he secured his first top-15 finish on the World Cup circuit, taking 13th place in the Östersund 10 k Freestyle. In February, he surprised himself with a bronze medal in the U23 World Championship Sprint in Planica. Domestically, the wins came...

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CU Ski Team Visits White House For College Champions Day

Press ReleaseJuly 24, 2024

The Colorado Ski team was one of several NCAA Championship teams at the White House Monday that were celebrated at the College Champions Day. About 20 members of the 2024 NCAA Championship Ski team were in attendance for the Buffaloes along with six coaches and staff members. The day began with a tour of the White House and culminated with speeches from NCAA Senior Vice President of Championships Lynda Taeler and Vice President Kamala Harris....

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Jack Young Kicks Like a (Colby) Mule

Ben TheyerlMay 13, 2024

The story of how Colby College became the Mules traces back to years of listless play from their football team, before a season in which the team suddenly became one of the best in New England. That led the Sports Editor at the student newspaper, The Colby Echo, to remark that instead of “black horse” to win their conference, Colby was suddenly a “white mule.” A couple of creative undergrads took the cue, sourced the...

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