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Continental Cups are one step below the World Cup. Each year the top ranked male and female skiers in each Continental Cup series qualify to race on the World Cup. The use Continental Cup series is the SuperTour. The Canadian series is the Nor-Am.
McMurtry, Greer ‘Fine’ After Car Accident
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McMurtry, Greer ‘Fine’ After Car Accident

Alex KochonDecember 14, 2011

Brent McMurtry of the Pierre-Harvey National Training Centre and Foothills Nordic Ski Club said he and teammate David Greer were unhurt after his car slid off the road while driving from Silver Star to Rossland, British Columbia. The accident happened near the town of Midway, slightly more than halfway into the 370-kilometer (230-mile) trip. Several cross-country skiers and teams traveled the same route to prepare for the second set of NorAm races in Rossland this...

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NorAm Notes and Quotes: Sovereign Lake (with videos)

Alex KochonDecember 12, 20111

With the first two NorAm races of the season over and done, here are a few tidbits that didn’t make it into the recaps of the classic sprints and distance races from Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre in British Columbia: On coming back to Canada after racing overseas in the World Cup: “Jet lag seemed to take a big grip on me for the first couple (days),” said Kevin Sandau, who returned about two weeks ago....

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Sovereign Lake Organizers Celebrate Solid Weekend

Alex KochonDecember 12, 2011

VERNON, British Columbia — In the tech center high above the stadium at the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre, several race organizers looked outside at the Alaska Pacific University (APU) skiers. They were doing it again. At the end of the NorAm Cup competition Sunday — after the men’s and women’s distance races, and the boys’ and girls’ junior and juvenile races — those wearing the black APU jackets went to work. According to Chief of...

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Weekend Recap: December 9 – 11

Audrey ManganDecember 12, 2011

  In case you weren’t glued to your computer screen this weekend, here are links to our coverage of elite racing that’s happened around the world over the past few days, all in one place.   Cross Country World Cup | Davos, Switzerland Saturday 15/30 k Freestyle Men: Canadian Report | Results Women: American Report | Race Report | Results Women: North American Report | International and Race Report | Photo Gallery Women: Results | Race Report...

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Sandau Chases, Wins for First Time

Alex KochonDecember 12, 2011

VERNON, British Columbia — After five years on the NorAm Cup circuit, all Kevin Sandau needed was a little verification. Seeded first and the last to start in the men’s 15 k classic individual start on Sunday at Sovereign Lake, that meant something. The 23-year-old, who recently returned from several weeks of racing in World Cup and FIS races, had never started last in a Continental Cup race before. He had also never won one....

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APU Women Uphold Winning Ways; Diggins Sweeps NorAm Opener

Alex KochonDecember 12, 20111

VERNON, British Columbia — Before the Alaska Pacific University racers stepped onto the course at Sovereign Lake, many of them sensed what it felt like to win. Their teammate and winner of Sunday’s World Cup freestyle sprint, Kikkan Randall gave them that feeling. While she won in Davos, Switzerland, the associated emotions resonated several thousands of miles to her APU counterparts in Silver Star, British Columbia. Upon hearing the news that Randall and another teammate,...

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Diggins Drives to NorAm Sprint Victory

Alex KochonDecember 11, 20112

VERNON, British Columbia — Throughout Saturday’s NorAm Cup Teck Sprints, Jessie Diggins made a point to look back. There were a lot of things the current SuperTour leader and Central Cross Country (CXC) skier was working on, but keeping her distance ranked near the top. “I’ve had problems where I’ll get stepped on or pushed over or something,” said Diggins, who claimed her second classic sprint victory in the 1.2 k event in as many...

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Sinnott Wins NorAm Classic Sprint
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Sinnott Wins NorAm Classic Sprint

Alex KochonDecember 10, 2011

VERNON, British Columbia — As six men threaded the underpass and burst into the stadium at Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre, Canadian Brent McMurtry and American Mike Sinnott sent spectators running toward the finish. The men’s ‘A’ final of the 1.4-k classic Teck Sprints at the NorAm Cup opener Saturday was shaping up to be a close one, and who wanted to miss that? As he crossed the line just ahead of McMurtry, Sinnott knew he...

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Notes and Quotes from the Bozeman SuperTour

Audrey ManganDecember 5, 2011

Though we didn’t have a staff reporter on-site at the Bozeman, MT SuperTour this weekend, there were still plenty of interesting anecdotes to take away from the accounts athletes gave of their races. Most significantly, Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation’s (SVSEF) Mike Sinnott will be headed to Europe in January for his first World Cups that side of the Atlantic. FIS awards World Cup starts to Continental Cup leaders at the end of Period 1,...

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Ellefson Wins 15 k Classic in Bozeman; Sinnott Clinches World Cup Spot
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Ellefson Wins 15 k Classic in Bozeman; Sinnott Clinches World Cup Spot

Audrey ManganDecember 4, 2011

Sylvan Ellefson (SSCV/Team Homegrown) took home his second winner’s check of the weekend with his victory on Sunday in the Bozeman, MT 15 k classic. He bested the rest of the field by a significant margin; Erik Bjornsen (APU/USST) was his closest competitor at 30.8 seconds back. Montana State University’s David Norris rounded out the men’s podium in third (+40.6). Asked if he could sense a win as he warmed up on Sunday morning before...

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Diggins, Gregg Go 1-2 In Both Bozeman SuperTours

Audrey ManganDecember 3, 2011

It seems that Central Cross Country (CXC) is the team to bet on this year; at least one woman from the Midwestern squad has been in the top two in every race on the SuperTour thus far. Together, Jessie Diggins and Caitlin Gregg have taken up half of the podium spots available in the past six races, and on Saturday they continued their dominance by going 1-2 in both the morning skate sprint prologue and...

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Sinnott Takes Victory in Bozeman Sprint; Ellefson Climbs to Top of Podium in 10 k
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Sinnott Takes Victory in Bozeman Sprint; Ellefson Climbs to Top of Podium in 10 k

Audrey ManganDecember 3, 2011

The second stop on the SuperTour featured another exhasting double-header—a skate sprint prologue in the morning followed by a 5/10 k freestyle at noon. Mike Sinnott (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation) had another strong sprint day with a win in the prologue, and was followed by Torin Koos (BSF/Rossignol) and Leif Zimmermann (BSF) in second and third, respectively. Sinnott’s win—his second so far this season—puts him in a nearly-untouchable 28-point lead in the overall SuperTour...

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