Juniors

All photos taken by Sun Valley junior ski racer Scott Krankkala. Full size full resolution prints and original files can be purchased by contacting scandoscott@gmail.com

From the race organizers in Italy: —————— The FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships and U23 Cross-Country in Tarvisio (ITA), 29.01.-04.02.2007 are cancelled and will be rescheduled in Tarvisio (ITA), mid March 2007. It was scheduled from 29th January to 4th February 2007. The dates will be confirmed in a few days. —————— This is all the information we have at this time, please stay tuned for rescheduled dates, etc. Website: http://www.jwsc2007.com

Due only to the fact that the US Nationals race organizers won tremendous battle over mother nature this week in Houghton, Michigan, the US Ski Team is both able and pleased to announce the athletes for the following teams. On behalf of the National Team and its pipeline U23, World Junior, and J1 teams, we would like to extend a well-deserved thank you to all of the volunteers at Nationals. We look forward to returning...

The US Ski Team is pleased to announce the coaching squads for World Junior / U23 Championships, and J1 Scandinavian Championships. The USST received a record number of applicants for the trips and are encouraged to see the community support for these young international teams. J1 Scandinavian Championships Örnsköldsvik, Sweden January 25 — February 5, 2007 (approximate trip dates) For developing event details see: http://www.jwsc2007.com/ Matt Whitcomb – Continental Cup Pat Casey – Continental Cup...

Continental Cup Team coaches Pat Casey, Matt Whitcomb, and wax technician Randy Gibbs will remain in Europe following Junior World and U23 World Championships for two weekends of OPA Cup racing in central Europe. The races will be in Oberstdorf, Germany (Feb 10-11) and Medvode, Slovenia (Feb 17-18). Research them in detail at pcasey@ussa.org ) to express interest. Selections will be made immediately following US Nationals in January.

Rocky Mountain Nordic is pleased to announce our Select and Development Teams for the 2006-07 season. Selection criteria for this team is posted at Forms/Information under “RMN Information.” Select Team: Haleigh Armstrong, Hannah Hausman, Sarah MacCarthey, Karlie Moore, Molly Newman, Brittany Perkins, Jamie Woelk Rogan Brown, Calvin Delamere, Evan Elliott, Tad Elliott, John Gerstenberger, Ian Havlick, Noah Hoffman, Scott Lacy, Colin Struthers Development Team: Paige Elliott, Katherine Ingals, Shana Kielson, Missy Krause, Briana Perkins, Mary...

The second annual Therapeutic Associates Youth XC Ski Festival, March 25th and 26th, will take place on the Mt. Bachelor trail system near Bend, OR and will include a Skiathlon, Sprint, Terrain Park Demos, Awards, and Raffles for cross country skiers age 13 and under. Races are scheduled as follows: · Saturday, March 25, 2006 Skiathlon (Classic & Skate) 11:30 am · Sunday, March 26, 2006 Skate Sprint! 11:30am Saturday’s Skiathlon will present a fun...

The National Cross-Country Ski Education Foundation awarded the Roger Weston National High School championship cups to Truckee High and Bozeman High at the conclusion of the 2006 Junior Olympics March 12, 2006 in Houghton, Michigan. The Truckee Boys team avenged their second place finish to Aspen Valley H.S., CO in the High School standings in 2005 behind senior Matt Gelso who won gold medals in both the classic and the skate races. After the first...

Team Maine Wins Overall TDBanknorth J2 Nordic Ski Championships March 12 (Rumford, ME): Yesterday, the 37 truckloads of snow from Roxbury Pond were melting fast, running rivers off the freestyle course at Black Mountain. Today, the course was firm, almost fast, for the final, deciding event of the TD Banknorth Eastern J2 Championships – the 4×2.1km freestyle relay. Going into this event, for J2 skiers age 14 and 15, Vermont's team of 20 girls and...

Team New England had been the strongest team all week, and they showed it again on Saturday by winning four of the six relay races on the last day of the 2006 Junior Nationals. The two relay races that New England didn't win, they came in second. New England won every day of races this week to wrap up their third consecutive Alaska Cup trophy, given to the top region at Junior Nationals. New England...

Friday was the last individual race of the 2006 Junior Nationals. New England had a commanding lead in the overall Alaska Cup competition after the first two races, and they looked to have at least maintained their lead after today's race. Alaska had a strong showing in the boys J2 5K race, with 4 of the top five skiers. Alaskan Lex Treinen was the winner, ahead of Scott Lacy of Rocky Mountain. The next three...

The wealth of victories was spread around today at the US Junior National Championships, with skiers from six different regions posting victories in the 6 races. In the J2 boys 5K classic race, Erik Bjornsen, a first year J2 of Pacific Northwest, earned a five second victory over Lex Treinen (Alaska). Chase Marsten (New England) was third. Amy Glen (Alaska), also a first year J2, put on a dominating performance in the girls J2 race,...

Junior Nationals got off to an exciting start in Houghton, Michigan on Monday with the classic sprint races. New England and Pacific Northwest skiers each earned two victories for thier regions in the pursuit of the Alaska Cup, given to the top overall region at Junior Nationals. New England skier Jennie Bender won the J1 girls and Morgan Smyth won the OJ girls. For PNSA, Dakota Blackhorse von Jess won the OJ boys and Casey...

Cross Country Alaska is pleased to announce the Alaskan Junior National Ski Team which will be competing this week in Houghton Michigan at the 2006 Junior Nationals. The team includes five World Junior Championships team members: Mike Hinckley, Matthew Johnson, Nate Berry, Max Trienen and Tazlina Mannix. Also on the Alaska JN team is Patrick Johnson who recently participated in the J1 trip to Scandanavian Cup races. J2 Girls Amy Glen J2 Caitlin Patterson J2...

Rocky Mountain Nordic has named its team for the 2006 Junior Olympics, which will be held March 6-11 in Houghton, Mich. Since the naming of the team on 02.18, some collegiate athletes gained pre-qualification status through their NCAA regions, while other athletes had to decline attendance due to previous obligations. Thus, some team alternates will be heading to the UP as well. Congratulations to all of the team members are in order. For a full...