PARK CITY, Utah (Jan. 28) – Dave Chamberlain (Bethel, ME), Rebecca Dussault (Gunnison, CO) and Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) are the big winners in the 2004 cross country SuperTour and will be headed to Europe in a few weeks to race in the final World Cups. The SuperTour concluded over the weekend at Wisconsin's Telemark resort. The series included 21 races from Alaska to Maine; there were five sprint events. Dussault, who returned to racing...
CABLE, Wis. (Jan. 25) – Rebecca Dussault (Gunnison, CO), who won 10 SuperTour races in the last six weeks, and Ivan Babikov of Canada closed the inaugural Cross Country SuperTour over the weekend by capturing both ends of the chilly racing doubleheader at Telemark resort.
Canadians took the top two men's spots at the Nor Am SuperTour freestyle race held at Telemark Resort in Wisconsin on Saturday. Gord Jewett was the winner, followed by Adam Kates. The rest of the top five were Leif Zimmerman, Chad Giese, and Dave Chamberlain. In the women's race, Rebecca Dussault continued to roll with a 19 second victory over Aubrey Smith. They were followed by Kikkan Randall, Tasha Betcherman, and Madeliene Williams.
Just like the sprint two weeks ago at US Nationals, the temperature was barely high enough to be above the FIS -20 C legal limit. And just like two weeks ago at Nationals, Alaskan Kikkan Randall was the women's winner. Women's Final: 1 KIKKAN RANDALL 2 REBECCA DUSSAULT 3 AUBREY SMITH 4 SIGRID LAGERFELT In the men's David Chamberlain beat 100 Meter 'world record holder' Andrew Newell, Chris Cook, and Sprint National Champion Leif Zimmerman...
Deep River, ON – National Junior Team members Dave Nighbor and Perianne Jones finished on top of an impressive field of 347 skiers in the Haywood Canada Cup hosted by Silver Fox Nordic of Deep River, Ontario. On Saturday, Nighbor led from start to finish in the 7.5 km skate event that doubled as the Eastern Canadian Championships. Nighbor, skiing for North Bay Nordic finished 13 seconds in front of Karl Saidla of XC Ottawa in a...
COLERAINE, Minn. (Jan. 18) – Bitter, biting cold and wind (-15 F., -35 wind chill) forced a four-hour delay in SuperTour races Sunday at Mount Itasca before U.S. Development Team skier Chris Cook (Rhinelander, WI) and Norwegian college student Sigrid Aas skied off with the freestyle-technique races. Cook won the men's 10K FR in 24:11.6 with recent Canadian immigrant Ivan Babikov second in 24:31.3. Chad Giese (St. Paul, MN), an early leader in the four-lap...
COLERAINE, Minn. (Jan. 17) — The Nor Am Super Tour made its first post-Nationals stop today at Mt. Itasca, Minnesota. With the most of the US and Canadian ski teams heading to Europe for World Cup competitions, these races are likely to feature some new faces on the podium, along with some of the top names in North American skiing. A huge field of 350 races participated in various races at Mount Itasca as the...
Ivan Babikov and Milaine Theriault hold the leads in the Canadian Nor Am overall. Babikov and Theriault strengthen hold on overall Haywood NorAm Canada Cup title with strong showing at Mont Orford Trial Events thsi week. A skiers top 10 results over the season will be used to determine the overall NorAm Canada Cup Championship. To view the current standings, click here.
The ‘Moms’ Take 1-2-3 in the TAMC 10km Classic December 29 (Fort Kent, ME): Today’s TAMC Nordic Heritage Classic, a Banknorth Eastern Cup Event, drew a competitive field, despite the change in venue from Presque Isle’s Nordic Heritage Center to Fort Kent’s 10th Mountain Division Lodge. The Women’s race was highlighted with three ‘moms’ on the podium – Rebecca Dussault, Subaru Factory Team hugged her two year old son shortly after winning. Second place, former...
Twelve laps in a 2.5 k loop (6 classic and 6 skate) worked fine for the men's 15 + 15 k pursuit. TD Knut Nystad commented that some coaches had been concerned about running this long of a race on such a short course, but everything worked out fine.
The Soldier Hollow stop of the Nor Am SuperTour continues today with 5 & 10 km freestyle races. Tomorrow the Solder Hollow SuperTour wraps up with the the Women's 5 km classic and the Men's 30k pursuit. So far the women's races have been all Rebecca Dussault. Can anyone stop her?
The men's race result ended up with good mix of USSA, Marathon, College and visiting international skiers in the top 10. Even in fast conditions, the long gradual hill out of the stadium made even a few of the best skiers suffer on the last of the four lap race. Andrew Johnson came back from tooth infection to claim his first win of the year. Rebecca Dussault could control the women's race being able to...
David Chamberlain wins men’s 10-km classical technique race. Rebecca Dussault easily wins the first sanctioned USSA Double Pursuit race. Today’s SuperTour competitions at Soldier Hollow started with the 4-lap men’s 10-km interval start classical technique race. Even though the 2002 Olympic courses were not used, the new racecourse provided ample challenges for the skiers, including an almost 800m long climb right off the start. After the first two laps, David Chamberlain and Justin Freeman turned...
The Soldier Hollow stop of the Nor Am SuperTour continues today with the Men's 10 km classic and the women's 15k pursuit. Each race becomes more and more important as racers try to score valuable points prior to the National Championships in Maine in January.
Saturday Sprint Races Canadian athletes were on fire at the second stop on the Haywood NorAm Canada Cup circuit, the premier cross-country skiing development series on the continent. More than 130 athletes representing Canada, the United States, Russia and Japan were entered in the one-kilometre Madshus Sprint Series at CODA’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, presented by the Foothills Nordic Ski Club. The Madshus Sprints are designed to encourage and promote Canadian cross-country skiers as...
Smigun 1 Rebecca Dussault 24:12.0 Subaru Factory Team 0 2 Katrin Smigun 25:05.4 Subaru Factory Team +53.4 3 Kikkan Randall 25:12.0 APUNSC +1:00.0 4 Aubrey Smith 25:28.9 USSA +1:16.9 5 Irene Eder 25:51.9 Madshus/Alpina Tac. Team +1:39.9 6 Sarah Peters 25:57.7 Madshus/MWSC/TBK +1:45.7 7 Shayla Swanson 26:04.3x-c.com/BSF +1:52.3 8 Jenny Hansson 26:07.3University of Utah +1:55.3 9 Sandra Gredig 26:08.4 University of Utah +1:56.4 10 Roxanne Toly 26:11.2 +1:59.2 1 Leif Zimmermann 33:27.8 USSA 0 2...
Women Quarterfinal 3 L-R: Kelly Milligan, Linda Pettersson, Kikkan Randall Casey Ward and Andrew Newell advance. Newell on his way to a podium finish
Super Tour Classical Sprint at Soldier Hollow December 12, 2003 The Classical Sprint competitions started the five race SuperTour week at Soldier Hollow, the 2002 Olympic venue. A 1.3-km loop was used for today’s competitions. Morning snow flurries and mid-day light rain slowed the man-made snow a little, but the strong field of skiers created a great day of Cross-Country ski sprinting. The unusual classical technique format created a few interesting results, especially in the...
Kikkan Randall – is a third ski her secret weapon? Kikkan was a member of the 2002 Olympic team and is a part of the APU program from Anchorage, Alaska. She is here along with team members James Southam, Collin Quinn Hurst, Erik Flora and Coach Jim Galanes. Kikkan, you didn’t race in West Yellowstone? How are you prepared for these races and what are your plans and goals? “I decided to skip the West...
Now that the racing season is well underway, it is time to check out the standings. There was a lot of racing last week, and if you didn't catch all of it, you can get up to speed now by seeing who is on top of the points standings in the Nor Am competitions and the World Cup. As would be expected, the only skiers to score points in all Nor Am SuperTour races this...