St. Lawrence Carnival 15/20km F
FasterSkierSeptember 22, 2009
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St. Lawrence Carnival 5/10km C
FasterSkierSeptember 22, 2009
Race time unavailable at time of publication
The Turkish Ski Federation is making great progress in the development of skiing in Turkey and hosting the 2011 FISU Winter University Games (known as the Universiade). The planned site of the competitions, Erzurum (at 1850m), is the biggest city in the Eastern Anatolian region and is also a very ancient settlement. Located at the skirts of Palandoken Mountain, the city has gained great importance in the field of winter tourism in recent years. Just 150 km from...
As a freshman at the University of Anchorage, Amy Glen skied to a fourth place finish in the skate sprint at the 2009 U.S. National Championships. She only raced two other sprint races that whole winter: one at the World Junior Championships, and the other at a local race series in Alaska. Her story is a common one at the college level—with most programs focused on the distance races that will qualify their racers for...
Funding for the University of Nevada Ski Team has been drastically cut for the 2009-2010 season, and will be completely eliminated in 2010-2011. Next season, the University will continue to cover tuition waivers for skiing student-athletes and personnel costs for the coaching staff, but operational costs will be covered by donors or other sources. All funding will be eliminated the following year. The Wolf Pack placed 10th overall at the 2009 NCAA Championships, qualifying four Nordic...
In the middle of May, the U.S. Ski Team (USST) dropped seven of the 18 skiers that were on the team. Three of those seven skiers are currently attending college: Matt Gelso and Alexa Turzian at Colorado University (CU), and Rosie Brennan at Dartmouth. Following those skiers’ dismissals, the USST released a new set of recommendations that called for elite high school skiers to take time off to train before starting college. That announcement spawned...
BURLINGTON, Vt. – University of Vermont senior Juergen Uhl
This club will help those skiers still interested in developing as XC skiers, the focus will be on training and continued focus on developing both the skiers physiology and the skiers technical skills. Athletes will have the opportunity to ski 5 months on snow and the dry land training is outstanding. Skiers can continue to pursuit their Junior Olympic goals or simply to just continue to train along with other team mates and at the...
The Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association released the 2010 schedule of its member institutions. The western schools will not have to travel east as the University of Colorado will host the 2010 NCAA Ski Championships in Steamboat Springs, Colo., on March 10-13, following four regular season invitational meets and the RMISA Championships. The season will begin January 11-12 in Park City, Utah, with the University of Utah hosting the alpine portion of its meet. Montana...
This year’s squads are led by returning veterans David Chamberlain, Russell Currier, BethAnn Chamberlain and Sarah Dominick. Promotions for young stars like Grace Boutot and Nick Michaud, continue to emphasize the importance of steady, progressive development. On the cusp of the 2010 Olympic Year, MWSC is proud to introduce its largest team to date. For more information on the Maine Winter Sports Center programs, visit: http://www.mainewsc.org/teams.html Olympic Development Team: Grace Boutot – Biathlon (Ft. Kent,...
FasterSkier Collegiate Skier of the Year The Collegiate Skier of the Year award posed the biggest challenge this year. There were no clear-cut winners who distanced themselves from the rest of the field and a strong case could be made for any number of skiers. Performance at the NCAA National Championships was a major factor in picking the winners. Collegiate Skier of the Year (women): Antje Maempel (GER). Last year the Women’s Collegiate Skier of...
PRESQUE ISLE – The University of Maine at Presque Isle announced today that it has hired a nationally recognized ski coach – whose athletes have garnered World Championship and Junior Olympics National titles and spots on prestigious national and international ski teams – to lead the development of its Nordic Ski Team as it prepares for Division I NCAA status for the 2009-2010 athletic season. Alexei Sotskov, who helped to develop the Gunstock Nordic Association...
Nordic skiers Martin Banerud and Laura DeWitt of Northern Michigan University have been named the NCAA Central Region Athletes of the Year. Banerud, a junior from Oslo, Norway, followed up his first team All-Central Collegiate Ski Association selection by placing 11th in the freestyle race at the 2009 NCAA Skiing Championships, missing another NCAA All-America selection by one spot and just 0.2 seconds. He was also 15th in the classic-technique event at NCAA’s. DeWitt, a...
Outstanding Nordic results from the University of Denver on Saturday lifted the DU Pioneers to their second consecutive NCAA Championship team title, closing out one of the tightest team competitions in memory. Going into Saturday’s freestyle mass start races, the University of Vermont, DU, and the University of New Mexico sat in a virtual three-way tie. But as the final races unfolded under sunny skies at Black Mountain in Rumford, Maine, the Denver women showed...
After a long week of racing, head coaches Christi Boggs and Rachel Watson were able to see both their men’s and women’s teams stand at the top of the podium, claiming their first ever double national championship. This was Boggs’ and Watsons’ tenth year coaching the Wyoming Club team and they have been completely volunteer for all ten years. The Wyoming team’s number one priority is to have fun and create a life long love...
Entering the final nordic events of the 2009 NCAA ski championships, the University of Vermont carries a hairline lead in what is essentially a three-way tie between UVM (484 pts), the University of Denver (482), and the University of New Mexico (481). Can UVM hold its lead through Saturday’s mass-start freestyle events, or will DU or UNM prevail over the classic-specialist Catamounts? What would Colorado (sitting in 5th with 439 team points) need to do...
As the first day of Nordic competition kicked off at the 55th annual NCAA championships, 78 of the best male and female skiers from around the country have descended upon Rumford, Maine for two days of intense racing. The day before the races, the weather didn’t look promising as it was raining and temperatures were approaching 40 degrees. The temperatures plummeted during the evening, dropping down to the teens. This in turn caused the groomers...
NCAA Previews
FasterSkierMarch 10, 2009
Two skiers from host Bates College take us on a video tour of the 5km loop at Black Mountain that will be used for the NCAA Championship 15/20km mass start event. Following the tour is a preview from the CCSAA division, the University of Colorado, and Denver University. NCAA Nordic Ski Championships — Central Region Preview by Matias Saari The NCAA Central Region will be represented by six schools from the Central Collegiate...
NCAA Ski Teams Announced
FasterSkierMarch 9, 2009
The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Skiing Committee announced the 74 men and 74 women selected to participate in the 2009 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships, to be held March 11-14 at Sunday River and Black Mountain in Bethel and Rumford, Maine. The championships will be hosted by Bates College. Participants are selected on a regional basis from two designated regions for Alpine skiing (East and West Regions) and three designated regions...
Collegiate Recap
FasterSkierMarch 3, 2009
All three NCAA divisions have completed racing for the regular season, and teams now prepare for the NCAA Championships the weekend of March 14th in Rumford, Maine. CCSA – Central Region Championships by Matias Saari Pierson, Ocariz win first Central Region ski titles At the top of the penultimate climb on Sunday in Houghton, Mich., five Nordic skiers were still grouped together and in contention for the NCAA Central Regional Championships women’s freestyle title. At...