Here is a great group of pictures from the Fairbanks SuperTour races. These are large files, so we only recommend viewing if you have a fast internet connection. All pictures are property of Lance Parrish.
Photos from the Winterstart sprint action at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood Alaska on Saturday. All photos by Cory Smith. More photos from this race can be viewed on Torin Koos, Brent Knight, Colin Rodgers, Justin Freeman Steve Scott, Zack Violett, Chad Giese, Kris Freeman Junior winner Brittany Greer leads Amy Glen and Jaime Bronga Kikkan Randall Liz Stephen Ali Crocker
Photos from the Winterstart skate race at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood Alaska on Sunday. All photos by Cory Smith. More photos from this race can be viewed on David Chamberlain, Justin Easter Rob Whitney This is only one section of the long hill! K. Freeman and Johnson Kikkan Randall Karin Camenisch
In the early stages of this Olympic year, the cream of the American crop of ski racers is obvious. It was the same two names on the top of the results list again today, as Kris Freeman and Kikkan Randall tamed a grueling course for the second day in a row. Today was a free technique, individual start event. The women did three laps of a 1.9 kilometer loop. Like yesterday's sprint, the course consisted...
Kris Freeman and Kikkan Randall are now two for two in Sprint races this year. Both skiers repeated their Fairbanks wins today in Anchorage. Today's race was a classic sprint, held at the base of Alyeska Ski Resort on man-made snow because the Anchorage trails do not have sufficient coverage yet. Thanks go out to the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage and the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center for making these races happen at...
This weekend's races scheduled for Anchorage, Alaska will take place on artificial snow at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood. These events will not be FIS races, but they will be scored for USSA points. According to the offical race hotline at 10:00 AM on Thursday, Saturday's race will be a classic sprint and Sunday will be a free technique race, as planned. Sunday's distance will be dictated by the course that is laid out. Coaches meeting...
Photos From Sunday's SuperTour Pursuit Race In Fairbanks. It was barely warm enough to hold the race – and it sure looks cold in these pictures! Photos courtesy of Fischer. Beckie Scott Justin Freeman and Andrew Johnson battle for second place Dave Stewart
This weekend's FIS SuperTour races in Anchorage, Alaska will not happen due to lack of snow. According to a message from Matt Pauli, Chief of Competition, on the offical race hotline at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, the FIS SuperTour events scheduled for this weekend in Anchorage have been cancelled. The events can't be held as an FIS-legal event the Anchorage area due to lack of snow. Many options were examined for holding the event, but...
Kris Freeman out in front in Sunday's pursuit in Fairbanks On the women's side Kikkan Randall won the final by a whopping 3.7 seconds ahead of last year's overall SuperTour winner Karin Camenisch. Brooke Hovey (formerly Brook Baughman) who had the fastest qualifying time and Dartmouth College skier Alison Crocker were the other two women to make it all the way to the final, finishing 5.2 and 14.3 seconds behind Randall. Yesterday's winner Beckie Scott,...
Today's SuperTour Sprint Season Opener was not held due to cold temperatures. The race was originally scheduled to start at 10:30AM, but early morning temperatures were in the range of -14F to -15F/-25C to -26C. At 9:00AM the start was postponed for one hour, to 11:30AM. About one hour later the Jury once again pushed the start back one hour, to 12:30PM. Finally, at about 11:00AM, with the temperature having moved grudgingly up to -11F...
Kris Freeman Blowing the Field Away at a SuperTour Race Last Year in Presque Isle, ME Over the course of the remaining 10km skate leg, Kris opened up more and more ground behind him, all the way to the finish. It was 1 minute and 25 seconds before Justin out-sprinted Andrew Johnson for second place. Another 35 seconds and it was last year's National Champion Southam grabbing fourth just ahead of Goldsack. http://www.sportalaska.com/noramskiraces/2005-2006/index.html Saturday's missed...
The U.S. national race circuit kicks off Saturday in Fairbanks, AK with the opening SuperTour freestyle sprint. Both the women's and men's fields are stacked with a long list of heavy-hitters, promising some very exciting heats. Here are the top 20 seeded men and women (ranked according to sprint points only) who are signed up to race. (For the full list, which includes many more “big names”, click on the following link:
American top skiers are ready to duke it out with the Canadian national team in the Fairbanks season opener this weekend. We asked US head coach Trond Nystad a few questions about the team. Trond, what’s the skiing like in Fairbanks at the moment? – The conditions here are pretty good considering how little snow there is here. John Estle and his crew have done a great job in the summer to flatten all the...
The Fairbanks Youth Sports SuperTour Season Opener ski races, presented by Wedgewood Resort and organized by the Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks, will be held as scheduled at Birch Hill in Fairbanks on Saturday and Sunday, November 5th and 6th. The snowpack is thin, but is sufficient for the races. Saturday is sprint day. The qualifying round begins at 10:30AM. Women will go 975m, men will go 1375m. There will be a break of between...
The ski season is almost upon us. For those interested in the early season SuperTour races, we have provided links to race information and registration. These races will help select the US team for the 2006 Olympics. Fairbanks, Alaska Nov 4,5 2005 http://www.anchoragenordicski.com/Racing/Other/noram.htm West Yellowstone, Montana: Nov 25,26 2005
Source: ussa.org
Source: ussa.org SIMONS CLOSES THE SEASON ACHIEVING HIS SEASON GOAL Simons Wins the Capitol Square SuperTour Sprint – Madison, WI Switzerland's Karin Camenisch wrapped up the SuperTour Sprint title for the women earlier this year with her victory at the City of Lakes sprint in downtown Minneapolis.
In an extremely excited race where the top 6 teams were separated by a mere 4 seconds, the team of Martin Koukal and Ivan Babikov came out on top of the Spring Series Team Sprint relay. Team Sweden was second and the US Ski Team's Chris Cook and Andrew Newell lead late in the race, but fell to third place. The women's race was much more spread out than the men's. Sigrid Aas (Norway) and...
Race Update 2 – Sunday, March 27 6PM IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR Monday'S Sprint Relay RACE: see http://www.snowforecast.com/coloradofcst/winterpark.html
Follow Spring Series results online as they happen, thanks to Ernie Page and Summit Timing.