Coming off her European World Cup debut, Craftsbury's Caitlin Patterson reflects on her races and experience in Finland and Norway, her 2014/2015 season in general, and what she's aiming for next year.
In the two days leading up to U.S. nationals, we caught up with several podium contenders for the races in Houghton, Mich., which start this Sunday and last through next Saturday.
It was yet another men's SuperTour race that was undecided until the finish line. This time, Mads Strøm came from behind and outsprinted Miles Havlick to win by 0.7 seconds in the Bozeman 15 k classic mass start. Matt Gelso took third for his second podium of the weekend.
APU teammates Rosie Brennan and Chelsea Holmes put more than a minute into the rest of the women's field in the Bozeman SuperTour 10 k classic mass start, giving Brennan her third-straight SuperTour win. Katharine Ogden placed third to earn her second-straight SuperTour distance podium.
Rosie Brennan dominated the women's 1.5 k classic-sprint qualifier through the final on Saturday to pick up her second SuperTour win in since owning last weekend's distance race in West Yellowstone. In the Bozeman classic sprint, Brennan outlasted Jennie Bender and Caitlin Patterson for the win.
Highly anticipated SuperTour racing kicked off Friday in West Yellowstone, Mont. with a weekend of freestyle races and FasterSkier was on-site to document it all! Check out our photo gallery of the weekend, and if you haven't already, make sure to read our SuperTour preview and recaps of each race.