Michael Sinnott (SVSEF ODT) won the men’s 10K classic at Michigan Tech by a good second to Adam Katey (Big Thunder), while Maria Stuber (CXC) won the women’s 5K classic by almost 5 seconds over Carolyn Freeman (UWGB).
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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.
Nishikawa Takes Prologue Win, Workun-Hill Surprises With First NorAm Victory
Kieran JonesJanuary 28, 2011
One name you should recognize; the other may be new to you. Alberta World Cup Academy’s Graham Nishikawa, who has been a fixture on the North American domestic racing scene for several years, collected another win for his trophy case Friday, winning the 4 k classic prologue. While you may be familiar with Nishikawa, the winner of the women’s 2.5 k classic prologue may be slightly less prominent – that’s because Michelle Workun-Hill of the...
Sinnott Pulls Perfect Race at the SuperTour in Michigan
Inge ScheveJanuary 28, 2011
Michael Sinnott of the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation Olympic Development Team won the men’s USSA SuperTour classic sprint in 3 minutes and 20 seconds even, leaving three-tenths of a second down to Garrott Kuzzy of CXC in second place.
The USSA SuperTour stays in the Midwest this weekend, moving from Minneapolis to Houghton, Michigan, and the fields are huge, deep and competitive: this is a battle of collegiate, Junior Olympics Qualifiers as well as FIS SuperTour racers.
Haywood NorAm Multi-stage Eastern Canadian Championships Will Be Hosted By Club Skinouk of Gatineau
Ben TheyerlJanuary 27, 2011
Gatineau’s Club Skinouk will host the Haywood NorAm Multi-stage Eastern Canadian Championships on February 11-12-13, 2011. Races will be held on Nakkertok-South trails, in Cantley, Quebec. Club Skinouk will be hosting its fourth Eastern Canadian Championships since 2005. The Championships take on a new format this year by spanning over three days in a mini tour de ski series. The Event winners will be crowned at the conclusion of the three races as they cross...
Lake Placid SuperTour Classic – A Picture’s Worth…
FasterSkierJanuary 23, 2011
Just over a week ago, FasterSkier traveled to Lake Placid for two days of SuperTour action. The events doubled as an EISA college carnival. Saturday featured a 6/10km classic individual start race held at the Lake Placid Jumping Complex. A midweek storm earlier in the week dumped plenty of snow on the trails at the planned venue – the Olympic trails of Mt. Van Hovenberg. But organizers chose to keep the races at the foot...
Compton and Kuzzy Complete Weekend SuperTour Sweep
Topher SabotJanuary 23, 2011
Different day, different distance and different technique, but the results were the same. CXC Elite teammates Caitlin Compton and Garrott Kuzzy won the 10/15km classic mass start events on the second day of the SuperTour Mayor’s Cup. The duo also took top honors in Saturday’s 5/10km freestyle race. Compton skied to a solid 20 second victory over UAF’s Raphaela Sieber in the women’s race. The weekend was also a CCSA collegiate event and midwest junior...
Kuzzy, Compton Lead CXC in SuperTour Domination
Topher SabotJanuary 22, 2011
Whether or not home-course advantage has much impact in cross-country skiing, the CXC Elite Team had no problem defending their local snow. SuperTour racing moved to the Midwest for the Mayor’s Challenge – two days of racing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Last week combined an EISA collegiate carnival with the Lake Placid SuperTour, and this week was similar, swapping out the Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA) for the EISA. The races are also Junior Olympic Qualifiers...
When U.S. biathletes left Altenberg, Germany after the pursuit race on Saturday, they were saying goodbye not only to the venue, but to the entire IBU Cup circuit. While the U.S. Biathlon Association is supporting the World Cup team for the rest of the year, no more Continental Cup races will be funded. Luckily, the team had plenty of satisfying results while in Europe, so the trip ended on a positive note. “I’m proud of...
Noah Hoffman hadn’t won a major domestic race in…well even he wasn’t sure…maybe the Owl Creek Chase two or three years ago, Junior Nationals…? But the youngest member of the US Ski Team, who has had considerable success racing in Europe, left no doubt about who would stand on the top of the podium on a cold snowy day in Lake Placid. This was in fact his first significant US victory since the Owl Creek...
Not a Bad Morning: Brooks Makes APU Women Two for Two
Nathaniel HerzJanuary 15, 2011
Saturday morning wasn’t a bad one for APU Head Coach Erik Flora. Just before 9:30 a.m., his athlete Kikkan Randall won a World Cup sprint race in the Czech Republic. And by 10:30, his team had already racked up win number two, as Holly Brooks skied to a dominating victory in the 10 k freestyle SuperTour in Lake Placid. Brooks said she learned of Randall’s victory moments before starting her own race, and harnessed that...
U.S. Women Continue Hot Streak in IBU Cup Competition
Chelsea LittleJanuary 14, 2011
After last week’s success at the IBU Cup races in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, U.S. biathlete and 2010 Olympian Haley Johnson was promoted to the World Cup. You might think that sending the top finisher off to Rupholding would slow down the American women racing on biathlon’s second-most prestigious circuit. But you’d be wrong. Susan Dunklee, Tracy Barnes, and Annelies Cook – who all missed qualifying for the Olympics last year – didn’t need Johnson...
Brooks Leads APU Sweep in Lake Placid SuperTour
Nathaniel HerzJanuary 14, 2011
APU’s Holly Brooks began her 2011 domestic campaign 50 days ago, with a pair of sprint qualifier wins in West Yellowstone, MT. One day before that campaign concludes, not much has changed. In Friday’s SuperTour in Lake Placid, a 6 k classic, Brooks led an APU sweep, with an eight-second victory over her teammate Kate Fitzgerald. Morgan Smyth was third, another five seconds behind. It was Brooks’s sixth win of the season, and with another...
Flora Flies to SuperTour Win in Lake Placid
Nathaniel HerzJanuary 14, 2011
Lars Flora finally got the hard course he was looking for. After the two distance races at last week’s U.S. national championship were held on relatively pedestrian courses—to Flora’s disappointment—Friday’s SuperTour race in Lake Placid, a 10 k classic, featured five trips up an unrelenting, steep climb: a full kilometer from the landing of the town’s Olympic ski jumps, all the way up to the take-off point. Flora (APU) made the most of the challenge,...
APU, USST Members Headline Lake Placid SuperTour Races
Nathaniel HerzJanuary 12, 2011
SuperTour action continues this weekend, as the domestic circuit moves from Rumford, ME, to Lake Placid for races on Friday and Saturday. Organizers are expecting between 325 and 350 athletes competing in a 10 k/6 k classic and a 15 k/10 k freestyle, headlined by competitors from the U.S. Ski Team and the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Club. With two hours until entries closed at noon on Wednesday, Noah Hoffman (USST), Lars Flora (APU),...
Another Successful IBU Cup Weekend for U.S.
Chelsea LittleJanuary 11, 2011
In the fourth of eight weekends of IBU Cup racing in Europe, the U.S. biathlon team proved that their successful pre-Christmas campaign was no fluke. No, the Americans are there to stay. They aren’t going anywhere…. except maybe up. Haley Johnson and Jeremy Teela were added to the World Cup roster after their performances in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic this weekend, and will race at the next three stops on biathlon’s biggest stage: Rupholding, Germany...
Grey, Jones Win Skate Distance at Nor-Ams in Thunder Bay
Inge ScheveJanuary 10, 2011
Sunday marked the final day for the Nor-Am races at Thunder Bay, Ontario, which also doubled as Canadian World trials for Junior Worlds, U23 Worlds and the 2011 World Championships in Oslo. However, both the men’s and the women’s winners had already secured their tickets earlier in the week.
Canadians Distribute Tickets to World Champs
Inge ScheveJanuary 9, 2011
Winners of the NorAm sprints in Thunder Bay also secured tickets to the World Championships. The weekend series serves as World trials for U23, World Juniors and the 2011 World Championships in Oslo.
Dumped from the U.S. Ski Team (USST) after a sub-par 2010, Torin Koos (Methow ODT) clearly had something to prove coming into the 2011 U.S. National Championships—and he didn’t disappoint. With a victory in Saturday’s skate sprint, Koos collected his second title of the week, coming out on top in a frantic dash to the line with Simi Hamilton (USST) and Lars Flora (APU). Koos’s two victories in Rumford could easily serve as the opening...