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Biathlon Collegiate Juniors NewsSoldier Hollow Collegiate/PG Biathlon and XC Summer Training Group

FasterSkierMarch 29, 2021

Team Soldier Hollow is looking for ambitious skiers and biathletes who want to train and race at a high level collegiately or professionally and who will contribute to our growing club and vision of “Developing Champions in Sport and Life.” We invite you to spend your summer training at Soldier Hollow, the 2002 Olympic venue for XC skiing and Biathlon and more recently, host of the 2017 XC World Junior Championships and 2019 BMW...

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General Juniors NewsMultiple American Women Held Out of World Juniors Races After Positive Covid Test or Contacts

Gavin KentchFebruary 12, 2021

Three American junior women have been held out of competing at 2021 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Vuokatti, Finland, following a positive Covid test or potential exposure to a positive case, Skinnyski.com has reported. Yesterday, American skier Michaela Keller-Miller wrote on SkinnySki, “Unfortunately, three members of the women’s US Junior team are in quarantine after one positive Covid-19 test and two possible exposures after contact tracing. As a result, American medal contenders Novie McCabe,...

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Juniors RacingAmerican Teams Announced for 2021 World Juniors/U23s in Vuokatti

Gavin KentchJanuary 19, 2021

Last week, U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced team nominations for 2021 FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships, which will be held in Vuokatti, Finland, in early February. The athletes selected were as follows: U23 World Championships Team Women: Hailey Swirbul (APU Nordic Ski Center/El Jebel, Colo.) Sophia Laukli (Middlebury College/Yarmouth, Maine) Alex Lawson (Middlebury College/West Burke, Vt.) Hannah Halvorsen (APU/Anchorage, Alaska) Renae Anderson (Loppet Nordic Racing/Golden Valley, Minn.) Alternate 1: Leah Lange (University...

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General Juniors News RacingA Postmortem on the Junior Worlds Women’s Relay: John Estle on Lessons for Organizers, Officials, Coaches, and Skiers

FasterSkierMay 7, 2020

Editor’s note: FasterSkier’s initial coverage of the women’s relay at this year’s FIS Nordic Junior World Championships in Oberwiesenthal, Germany, gave just the facts: The American women, fourth in this event a year before, skied their way up to second this year. This was entirely true, but didn’t get at the whole story. FasterSkier analyst Devon Kershaw, in a podcast shared later that day, hinted at some of the madness behind these facts, proclaiming early in...

Juniors News RacingU23 World’s Mixed Relay Rundown

Jason AlbertMarch 7, 2020

U23 World’s closed out today in Oberwiesenthal, Germany with the 4 x 5 k mixed relay. Norway, which had struggled in both the junior women’s and junior men’s relay won in 54:40.5 minutes. Russia followed in second (+26.7), and Italy third (+40.2). The U.S. placed fifth (+54.6) of the 15 teams finishing the event. Canada’s foursome of U23 skiers finished in 14th (+4:00.6). Results buy chantix online, buy ventolin inhaler buy albuterol inhaler,buy combigan online,buy...

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Juniors News RacingJunior World’s Relay: U.S. Women 2nd, U.S Men 1st, Canada 2nd

Jason AlbertMarch 6, 2020

Friday was a much anticipated day across the Atlantic from the Oberwiesenthal, Germany: Junior World’s relay day. Junior Women’s 4 x 3.3 k Relay For the U.S. junior 4 x 3.3 k relay, oh-so-close was last year’s World’s just off the podium fourth place performance. Twelve months later and a loaded team featuring (in this order) Sydney Palmer-Leger, Kendall Kramer, Sophia Laukli, and Novie McCabe, the group skied themselves into second overall, 4.9 seconds off...

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Juniors RacingU23 World’s 15 k / 30 k Mass Start Rundown

Jason AlbertMarch 5, 2020

U23 Women’s 15 k Mass Start Sweden-Sweden-Sweden: Ebba Andersson, Moa Lundgren, and Emma Ribom went 1-2-3 for the all Sweden podium. If one thing is certain from our race coverage this season, we know Sweden is ready for World Cup podiums now. The U23 sweep in Oberwiesenthal, Germany at these U23 World Championships likely means more to come. Andersson crossed the finish line alone in 35:44.4. Lundgren came across 37.1 seconds back, Ribom 45.2 seconds...

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Juniors News RacingMass Start day at World Juniors: Remi Drolet 4th, Schumacher 5th…Laukli 5th, McCabe 9th (Includes Audio Interview with USST Coach Bernie Nelson)

Jason AlbertMarch 4, 2020

Wednesday in Oberwiesenthal, Germany World Juniors continued with a 15 k mass start skate for the women. Junior Women’s 15 k Mass Start Skate Norway’s Helene Marie Fossesholm (18) won her second race of these championships by taking the mass start skate in 35:55.6 minutes. Fossesholm also won the 5 k interval start classic race on Monday. Poland’s Izabela Marcisz placed second 1:09.3 back. Marcisz also won a bronze in the 5 k classic. Switzerland’s...

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Juniors RacingU23 World’s U23 10 k / 15 k Classic Rundown

Jason AlbertMarch 3, 2020

Doubling up in this U23 World’s 10 kilometer and 15 k interval start classic rundown. U23 Women’s 10 k Classic Yes, Sweden’s Ebba Andersson remains a U23 despite her clutch fourth overall in the SkiTour 2020. The force that is Andersson took her talents to Oberwiesenthal, Germany where she tapped out the 10 k classic win in 28:28.7 minutes. This was a race, beyond the likes of Andersson, where some shifting occurred after the race’s...

Juniors RacingNorway’s Helene Marie Fossesholm Wins World Junior’s 5 k Classic; Laukli 13th, Kramer 22nd

Jason AlbertMarch 2, 2020

Monday’s World Junior’s 5 k classic in Oberwiesenthal, Germany was won by Norway’s Helene Marie Fossesholm in 13:49.1 minutes. Germany’s Lisa Lohmann placed second (+15.7), and Izabela Marcisz of Poland was third (+28.1). Fossesholm was the top qualifier in Saturday’s skate sprint. She finished fifth overall in the sprint. Sophia Laukli (Middlebury) was the top North American in 13th (+51.6). She was followed by teammates Kendall Kramer (Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks) in 22nd (+58.4),...

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Juniors RacingSchumacher Wins World Junior’s 10 k Classic; Ogden 9th, Jager 10th (With Audio Interview)

Jason AlbertMarch 2, 2020

The weight is heavy. Pressure from expectations that can cripple or tap into even more primal motivation. Gus Schumacher (U.S./AWS), after qualifying first, and bowing out on Saturday’s World Junior’s skate sprint in the semifinals, placed seventh overall. That is stout. But so is the person behind the results who possesses a killer instinct on the race course but by all accounts projects humility in the rest of his life. The impression is that this...

Juniors News RacingU23 World’s Men’s Skate Sprint: Three North Americans in Top-30

Rachel PerkinsMarch 1, 2020

For the men, Zak Ketterson (USST/NMU) was the only American qualifier in 15th (+5.65) in the U23 World Championship men’s skate sprint in Oberwiesenthal, Germany. Logan Diekmann (Univ. of Utah) was the next American finisher in 44th (+12.36) followed by Zane Fields (Ford Sayre) in 45th (+12.82) and Hunter Wonders (APU) in 52nd (+14.03). On the Canadian side, Graham Ritchie (Big Thunder Nordic) was the top qualifier in 6th (+3.37), followed by Antoine Cyr (Skinouk)...

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Juniors News Racing US Ski TeamJulia Kern Third in World U23 Skate Sprint (With Audio Interview)

Rachel PerkinsMarch 1, 2020

Racing continued amidst a snowstorm in Oberwiesenthal, Germany in today’s U23 1.2-kilometer freestyle sprint event. Coming down lightly at some times and in heavy bursts at others, the precipitation accumulated on the tracks creating some excitement in the form of repeated starts and untimely crashes. Two Americans qualified on the women’s side, with Julia Kern (USST/SMST2) near the top in third, exactly 1 second behind the top racer, Sweden’s Johanna Hagström. Hailey Swirbul (USST/SMST2) was...

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Juniors RacingOgden Sixth, Schumacher Seventh, Schoonmaker 13th for U.S. in Junior World’s Sprint

Jason AlbertFebruary 29, 2020

The monochromatic backdrop during the junior women’s sprint was the persistent theme in Oberwiesenthal, Germany — it bled right into the World Junior men’s 1.3 k freestyle sprint. For U.S. fans, in particular, this first event of four for the junior men possessed an element of tension. The tension, for those that follow, was seeded last year with an unequivocal success story that was the U.S. junior men’s run at the 2019 Junior Worlds in...

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Juniors RacingWorld Juniors: 1.2 k Skate Sprint with Three North Americans in top-30, Sweden with the Win (Updated)

Jason AlbertFebruary 29, 2020

Calling it like it was: fir trees draped in fog and the colorful hues of Junior Worlds Lycra a deep contrast to the pervasive monochromatic snow and forest. This was the backdrop for World Junior’s freestyle sprint day in Oberwiesenthal, Germany. Keeping things real for several North Americans, expectations were high as the core, for example, of the U.S. team is riddled with potential podiums. For the North American women, three skiers qualified for the heats...

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Juniors NewsSchedule for the Oberwiesenthal, Germany Junior / U23 Worlds

FasterSkierFebruary 27, 2020

Schedule and Course Maps for the Oberwiesenthal, Germany Junior / U23 Worlds According to the FIS Website, a live stream of the events will be available at www.jwm2020.de. Sprints Date/Time (All Times in Pacific Standard Time) 2-29 5A (PST) Junior Women’s 1.2 k Freestyle Sprint Heats 2-29 5A (PST) Junior Men’s 1.3 k Freestyle Sprint Heats 3-1 5A (PST) U23 Women’s 1.2 k Freestyle Sprint Heats 3-1 5A (PST) U23 Men’s 1.3 k ...

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Continental Cup Juniors RacingMSA Trials Wrap-up: Tactics, Selections, Photos, and Videos

Gerry FursethFebruary 3, 2020

Mont Sainte-Anne brought great ski conditions on a weekend where the best in Canada fought to qualify for four different race trips: U20/U23 World Championships in Oberwiesenthal, Germany; Falun and the Scando Tour; the sprint tour of Québec and Minnesota; and World Cup finals in Canmore. Combine this with the usual NorAm action and COC leader competition and you have all the ingredients for a great weekend. Over 400 athletes raced in five age groups...

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Continental Cup Juniors RacingMSA Trials Rundown: Classic Interval Starts

Gerry FursethFebruary 1, 2020

Fresh snow greeted day two of the Mont Sainte-Anne Trials for the interval start classic. With athletes battling to qualify for U20/U23 World Championships in Oberwiesenthal, Germany and three separate World Cup trips (Falun/Scando Tour, Sprint Tour, Canmore), it was never going to be a simple matter of skier against the clock. Racing started with the open men’s 15km on a 5km loop that was shared by all the elite categories. Early on, it looked...

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Continental Cup Juniors RacingMSA Trials Rundown: Qualifying for U23, U20 and More

Gerry FursethJanuary 31, 2020

In Canadian domestic ski racing, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. Mont Sainte-Anne (MSA) is hosting the NorAm weekend that also serves as U23/U20 World Championships qualification and has special significance in selection for World Cup starts. Any skier who hasn’t already qualified for National Team selection for next season start with top 30 results on either the World Cup or U20 World Championships. Most of these paths start at MSA Trials. For U20...

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Juniors News RacingCovering Juniors and Some Fine Youth Olympic Games Performances

FasterSkierJanuary 24, 2020

The news coming out of Lausanne, Switzerland this week was reaffirming for competitive U.S. skiing: at the Winter Youth Olympics two American junior skiers podiumed and one had a near miss in fourth. Kendall Kramer, out of Fairbanks, Alaska placed third (+20.6) in the 5 k individual classic while Sydney Palmer-Leger of Sun Valley, Idaho was fourth (+27.6). Will Koch of Peru, Vermont placed third in the 10 k individual classic. The results speak of...

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