Under two years apart in age, Sadie and Erik Bjornsen have always been competitive siblings. But as two of the newest members of the U.S. Ski Team (USST), they don’t seem too worried about upstaging each other. On the contrary, Erik made the decision to join his older sister at Alaska Pacific University (APU) this May at his sister’s encouragement. The Winthrop, WA natives have cut strikingly similar career paths so far. Both dominated the...
Myself and a couple of friends/ex-teammates decided to drive up to Fairbanks for the weekend and enjoy some of the early snow. Today was our first day here and we are very impressed with the conditions. Just got back from a 2 and a half hour classic sk...
Training yesterday, i'm the guy on the left in the orange shirt.Photo credit:Reese Hanneman20 times all-out 15 seconds.Take one minute rest between fast period.Do once a week for entire summer.get faster.....Possibly going up to Fairbanks, Alaska next ...
Well.... It's been a sweet camp down here in Park City, Utah. There has been lots of snow flying witch always gets us skiers pretty pumped. I woke up to this view a couple of days ago. Pretty unexpected!Me enjoying the fresh powder on a run.I leave tom...
The U.S. Ski Team (USST) wrapped up its first full week of a 14-day training camp in Park City, UT on Friday with an individual start classic rollerski time trial at Soldier Hollow. In the crisp Utah air at just under 6,000 feet, 16 men and 11 women completed the 16.5 k and 12.3 k courses, respectively. Noah Hoffman (USST/Team Homegrown), skiing on a pair of Swenors, bested the men’s field by over two minutes...
Here is a video of myself and a couple other US Ski Team athletes. We are doing a "training challenge week" where we post a video from out workout everyday for one week. The idea is to get more kids in the US out the door and training hard.
The last couple of days I've been in Park City, Utah. The US Ski Team is hosting a two week camp starting the 1st of October. A couple of us met up a little early to get some testing done. The first day I was here we were suppose to just get use to mov...
The APU team and a couple of guys from UAA raced a time trial this morning. It was a classic race around 10 kilometers. Here is a picture from last years race.This year the trails weren't quite as nice. The trails were covered with leaves, wet in some ...
They may not be getting much more than a black shirt and a pair of tights, but two young sprinters have secured one of cross-country skiing’s most coveted prizes: a nomination to the U.S. Ski Team (USST). On Thursday, the USST announced that Erik Bjornsen and Skyler Davis, both 19, had been offered spots as the first-ever members of its “D-team.” According to Head Coach Chris Grover, the D-team is a new development squad intended...
The following is the USSA’s list of nominations for the 2012 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team. The nominations include those athletes who qualified based on published selection criteria. The USSA will announce the actual team roster later this spring, naming those athletes who accept the responsibilities of being a part of the U.S. Ski Team and who are planning to compete in the 2012 season. Athletes nominated to the 2012 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team...
Russia’s Sergey Ustiugov was 100 yards away and three minutes from the start of his own classic sprint final when his teammate Elena Soboleva crashed out of the front of the women’s race. Rather than collecting a medal, Soboleva was last in the heat, leaving it up to Ustiugov to cash in. And cash in he did, overpowering Norway’s Sondre Fossli and his own teammate Gleb Retivykh on the homestretch to take World Junior Championships...
For the North Americans, Thursday morning’s classic sprint qualifier was a day of inches and almosts. Out of 15 U.S. and Canadian starters at the World Junior Championships in Estonia, just three cracked the top 30 and qualified for the afternoon heats: Erik Bjornsen (USA) in an impressive 10th, and Canada’s Janelle Greer and Heidi Widmer in 20th and 27th, respectively. But two more were painfully close, and ended up occupying the dreaded 31st position:...
Twelve athletes were named to the US Junior World Championships team Friday. They all bring experience and ambition to the races in Otepää, Estonia, January 25-31.
The last-year junior from the Methow Valley is using US Nationals as an opportunity to secure his ticket to the Junior World Championships in Estonia. Only the top five juniors in the country are named to the team.
It’s hard to fly under the radar when you’re 6’2” and one of the best sprinters in the world. But Torin Koos is giving it his best shot. Koos, who was dropped from the U.S. Ski Team (USST) this spring, has been quietly reloading for the upcoming season with the Methow Olympic Development Project (MODP), a two-person team based in central Washington. He has been off the grid, living in a cabin 15 miles from...
Different race, different Northug, same result. With a finishing kick eerily similar to the one his brother has made famous, Norway’s Tomas Northug won the championship in the World Junior Sprint today in dominating fashion. The resemblance between the two brothers is striking, and beyond their facial features, Tomas also has the same blazing speed and Casco headwear made famous by Petter. Their attitudes are similar, too. When asked if he had stepped out of...