Excellent video of the climb to the Castle Roller-ski race, featuring USST athletes. Video courtesy of the New York Ski Education Foundation. For more information about NYSEF got to http://nysefnordic.wordpress.com/
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Wilmington, NY – A very unique event took place today at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, NY. A group of 80 Cross Country skiers from around the country competed in the 2nd annual “Climb to the Castle” Rollerski Race. The event started at Santa's Workshop where athletes warmed up for the 8% climb up the Whiteface Memorial Highway. The race format, today, was a mass start with the women going out first and the men following...
NYSEF Nordic's 2nd annual Climb to the Castle Rollerski race is on for Monday October 6. Get fired up to climb to the top of Whiteface Mountain, New York’s 5th highest peak for a 360-degree panoramic view of the Adirondacks, New England and Canada. The race features a 5-mile hill climb with an average 8% grade up the Whiteface Toll Road, freestyle technique. Finish and awards at the Whiteface Castle. 9 am start in Wilmington,...
The end of the summer also signifies the end of the dry-land season and the 2008 FIS World Cup Roller Skiing. This year’s edition of the FIS World Cup concluded last weekend in an awesome atmosphere in Thessaloniki, Greece. The long summer season included events at six different World Cup venues and a total of 15 competitions in Italy, Germany, Croatia and Greece. Italians Mateja Bogatec and Emanuele Sbabo dominated the series, winning the women's...
September 23, 2008 (Anchorage, AK) – The third and final rollerski event in the Anchorage Parks and Recreation series took place this past Sunday at the city's Kincaid park – the site of the 2009 and 2010 US XC National Championships. The Alaska Pacific University Ski team continued it's domination of the series placing five women and four men in the top six spots respectively and sweeping the podium in both. Kikkan Randall and Anders...
Bessans, Haute Maurienne Vanoise, France – Competitions begin today at the 13th Annual IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships in this high-altitude location, nestled in Alps of southeastern France, on Italian Border. Six competitors from the US are among the 220 entrants from 28 nations entered in five days of running and rollerski biathlon competitions. The US Team, a mix of experienced and novice biathletes is comprised of three men and three women. Leading the US...
Ruhpolding, Germany – Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) finished 11th in the 12.5K Pursuit yesterday in the German Rollerski Biathlon Championships. Sunday was the second day of the weeklong series of competitions that visits three different venues across Germany. These annual Championships help determine spots on the German World Cup team for the coming winter. In addition to Burke, athletes from Switzerland, Canada, and Slovakia are competing this week. The series kicked off Saturday with...
Climb to the top of Whiteface, New York’s 5th highest peak for a 360-degree panoramic view of the Adirondacks, New England and Canada 5-mile hill climb with an average 8% grade up the Whiteface Toll Road, freestyle technique. Monday October 6, 2008, 9 am start in Wilmington, NY Link to great photos from last year's event http://www.teamtoday.org/Stories/tabid/391/ctl/Details/mid/763/ItemID/1002/Default.aspx A competitive field is expected including the USST XC team, NENSA Elite Junior group, Sun Valley ODT and...
Jesse Downs and Heidi Halvorsen claimed victory in a large and competitive field last weekend in Jericho, Vermont. The final event in the NENSA Summer Rollerski Series attracted nearly 70 athletes for the 12km freestyle. With 20 pairs of matched rollerskis, the series provides a leveling factor that is often missing in rollerskiing racing – though the size of this event meant that a number of top athletes raced on their own equipment. While all...
LILLEHAMMER, Norway — U.S. nordic combined athlete Todd Lodwick took another step in his comeback, winning a hill climb in front of a huge crowd on Saturday in Norway. Lodwick, who retired from the U.S. nordic combined team following the 2005-06 season, is training again in the hopes of making another Olympic team in 2010. “It was a really exciting competition with the street in Lillehammer jammed with people watching the race,” U.S. Nordic Combined...
Ostersund, Sweden, August 31. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) finished third today in the 12.5K Pursuit competition after winning the 10K Sprint on Saturday. Magnus Jonsson and Mattias Nilsson of Sweden both slipped ahead of Burke today, with Jonsson taking the victory in 1:01:07, 23 seconds ahead of Nilsson and 2:03 ahead of Burke. The Swedish teammates had three and four penalties, respectively, while Burke picked up six. Burke told US Biathlon Coach Per Nilsson...
Ostersund, Sweden, August 30. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) claimed victory today over a strong field in the 10K Sprint at the 3rd IBU International Rollerski Biathlon Cup of the summer here today. Teams competing this weekend include the USA, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, and Great Britain. Burke, with one prone penalty while shooting clean in standing, finished in 25:20.9, just 4.3 seconds ahead of Marek Matiasko of Slovakia, who shot clean. Third went to...
Ostersund, Sweden, August 29. Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) finished fourth in the 12K Rollerski race today, the first of three days of competition here for the US Biathlon Team. Bailey finished 58.2 seconds behind Mattias Nilsson of Sweden. Nilsson, one of Sweden’s top biathletes covered the rolling 12K course at the Ostersund Ski Stadium 29:34.1. Jorgen Brink and Magnus Jonsson, both of Sweden followed Nilsson, finishing 30.7 and 55.7 seconds back respectively. Top US...
The 17th annual Saku Suverull rollerski race was held on August 16th in Otepää, Estonia. The event generally attracts many of the top World Cup skiers, and this year was no different. 2008 Overall World Cup Champions Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) and Lukas Bauer (CZE) topped a start list that also included 2007 World Champions Aino Kaisa Saarinen (FIN), and Jens Arne Svartedal (NOR). All told 18 top World Cup skiers competed with Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk...
The 3rd Annual Cuddy Classic Roller Ski Race took place last weekend on Saturday August 23, in Anchorage and coincided with grand opening of the Cuddy Family Midtown Park. The park boasts a small amphitheater; approximately two kilometers of walking paths, as well as a 400-meter paved speed skating oval. It was on this oval that the start and finish of the day’s roller ski racing took place. The event was a two-stage competition consisting...
APUNSC Coach Holly Brooks and University of Alaska Fairbanks Head Coach Trond Flagstad clinched the season-long Alaska Mountain Running Grand Prix with strong performances in last week's Penguin Mountain Run. Brooks won the women's 18-29 age-group title and placed second overall in 48 minutes, 46 seconds. She claimed the Grand Prix Title with 400 points, 75 ahead of the second place finisher. Flagstad (30-39) was part of a three-way tie in Saturday's race with Barney...
Three top Junior skiers recently claimed National Titles at the National Mountain Bike Championships held at Mt. Snow in Vermont. Tad Elliott from Durango Nordic, and The U23 National Mountain Bike Team, won the U23 Mountain Bike National Championships in Mount Snow VT on Thursday July 17th. At the Junior Olympics in Anchorage AK Elliott was 2nd in the 10k skate, and 6th in 15k classic. Parker Tyler (Photo Credit: Caitlin Curran) Caitlin Curran from...
Biathletes Bill Bowler and Tracy Barnes skied to victory in the 12km Ethan Allen Range Roll – part of the NENSA summer rollerski series. Bowler edged Matt Delaney by 11 seconds – thogh Delaney and third place finisher David Macahill were not skiing on NENSA's matched skis, keeping both off the “official” podium. The women's race was extremely tight, with World Cup biathlete Barnes taking the victory by a mere 1.7 seconds over Jennifer Wygant....
Jericho, VT. – Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) scored his second victory of the week in the 12.5K Pursuit competition on Wednesday, while Sara Studebaker (Boise, ID) went 18 for 20 on the shooting range, jumping from third in the Sprint to the top spot in the 10K Pursuit. Burke won Wednesday in 36:58, 1:22 ahead of Newt Rodgers (Fort Kent, ME). The victory showed Burke’s experience and strength on the tracks as he had...