All 2012 Cross Country Junior Nationals coverage is brought to you through the generous support of J2 boys sprint brackets Overall results Kern Claims Championship Upon Return Just over a week ago, Julia Kern was racing in Estonia at the J1 Scando Cup and led the American women in the 5 k classic, placing 14th. If that wasn’t impressive enough, consider she’s a J2. The Cambridge Sports Union skier from Massachusetts returned to the states...
All 2012 Cross Country Junior Nationals coverage is brought to you through the generous support of OJ girls heats results Overall results (scroll for J1 girls) Lustgarten Leads New England In a 1.3 k sprint, there isn’t much time for decisions. So when Eric Lustgarten, a sophomore at St. Lawrence University, forged ahead on the second and final significant climb at Soldier Hollow, he knew there was no turning back. Previously hanging behind his New...
MIDWAY, Utah —Sun? Check. Snow? Check. Parking-lot dance party? Check. After a long winter of focusing on training, battling uncooperative weather and fighting to the top of divisional qualifying races, the wait is over for junior skiers from across the country: the 2012 edition of the U.S. Cross Country Junior National Championships kick off on Monday at 9:00 am MST at Soldier Hollow. Ten years after Norwegian superstar Thomas Alsgaard brought this stadium to its...
MIDWAY, Utah — FasterSkier was on-site the day before the 2012 Cross Country Junior Nationals nordic races start and snapped a few photos from the trails, which include a 1.3 k sprint loop (for Monday’s classic sprints) and a 5 k course (for freestyle mass starts and individual classic races on Wednesday and Friday, respectively).