The most exciting finish of the first day of racing at the 2013 U.S. Nationals was without-a-doubt the Senior Women's A-Final. Check out how the rounds played out for the women.
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U.S. Nationals Classic Sprint Video – Junior Women
FasterSkierJanuary 3, 2013
With many of the top junior women advancing from the qualification into senior women's heats the rest of the juniors battled to be crowned best of the rest. Check out how the A and B Finals played out.
U.S. Nationals Classic Sprint Video – Junior Men
FasterSkierJanuary 3, 2013
As the shadows grew long and temperatures fell, the junior heats intensified yesterday afternoon. In the men's race it was Sun Valley's Kevin Bolger that gapped the rest of the A-Final to earn top honors. Here is a look at the action in the finals.
The women's classic sprint at Soldier Hollow was a nail-biter of a race, decided in the final meters of the A-final when Jennie Bender eked ahead of Sadie Bjornsen to take her first U.S. Nationals title. Click through our photos to relive the excitement.
Torin Koos, back to full health, lived up to his sprint reputation at Soldier Hollow and added another national title to his resume on Wednesday. See how the race unfolded, heat by heat.
Still craving more details from Wednesday's classic sprint at U.S. nationals in Soldier Hollow? We've got the extras right here.
Despite illness, disrupted training and frustration with her early season, Jennie Bender (Central Cross Country) will not quit. A mere month after disappointing results in Bozeman, she came from behind on Wednesday to win the classic sprint at U.S. Nationals. Sadie Bjornsen was second and Rosie Brennan third.
A year after initially winning the classic sprint at U.S. nationals, then being disqualified from it, Torin Koos proved he was back and in good health Wednesday as he secured his fourth national sprint title.
While we wait for results to start coming in this morning, here's a snapshot of the scene in the stadium. Qualification begins at 10:00 am and heats start at 1:00 pm MST.
It’s been exactly one month since the domestic field last met. With mere hours to go before the first contest, tension is running high as everyone waits to see who will draw first blood at Soldier Hollow.
Wondering how Soldier Hollow is looking? Let our slideshow from New Year's Day do the talking.
The curse may be broken; U.S. Nationals could take place on natural snow yet. Ten inches of new-fallen powder accumulated at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah, over Tuesday and Wednesday, creating an additional three to four inches of packed corduroy on top of the artificial snow the venue began blowing last week.
The dearth of snow that characterized the 2011-2012 season continues. Barring a surprise snowstorm in Midway, Utah, in the next 12 days, U.S. Nationals will take place once again on a modified loop of artificial snow.
After London Paralympics, Dana Could Aim for Sochi
Alex KochonAugust 14, 2012
Like most athletic children of a certain era in Putney, Vt., Alicia Dana grew up cross-country skiing. She learned the ropes from the legendary John Caldwell, a Putney School coach who went on to lead the U.S. Ski Team, and took up racing at an early age. It wasn’t long until Dana, formerly Brelsford, developed an affinity for other sports as well. By the time she was 16, she had competed at two cycling nationals...
For the fifth-straight year, the U.S. Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships are about to take place in the middle of summer with events Saturday and Sunday in Park City, Utah. The nation’s best, including defending champions Billy Demong and Jessica Jerome, will descend on the Utah Olympic Park ski jumps in Park City and Soldier Hollow ski area in Midway for two days of dryland competition, according to the Nordic combined (via USSA)
One of the most controversial ski-related narratives to come out of the U.S. in 2012 was Torin Koos’ disqualification from the classic sprint at U.S. Nationals in Rumford, Maine. It’s not every day that a race unfolds the way
Koos Hitting the Books, Logging the Hours
Alex KochonJune 7, 2012
It’s easy to get caught up in busy work. Torin Koos has plenty between taking two summer courses toward his master’s at Westminster College, fitting in workouts and writing features for a ski website he and seven others took over June 1. The three-time Olympian has website-usability tests to prepare for, professional and technical writing work to do. His site, his blog, Koos reflected on two notable races at Norwegian nationals in March. First, he...
Trailer: Is it fact or is it fiction? Wait it is both. These two polar extremes outline the heart of nordic skiing. Working hard and beating fast, the heart of our community expands. Our sport, while misunderstood by some, is truly extraordinary. Revived Films has pledged to document and expand the heart of nordic skiing for the past two years. This year we bring to you our newest installment, Fact or Fiction. From the thin...
CRAFTSBURY, Vermont — Presenting footage from the final race of the year, which conveniently was also the most spectator-friendly. Thirty-three laps was one heck of a way to finish off the season. Thanks for watching! (results).
U.S. Distance Nationals: Mass Start Photos
Alex KochonApril 2, 2012
CRAFTSBURY, Vt. — The women endured 20 laps and the men rounded the 1.5-kilometer loop 33 times in their respective 30- and 50-kilometer freestyle mass starts at U.S. Distance Nationals last weekend. Wondering how it played out with up to 90 racers on course at once? Take a look at our Women’s 30 k Women’s 30 k | Women’s |