The age-group winners of the Junior Nationals classic sprints chat on camera about their races and how they topped the competition on Wednesday in Stowe, Vt.
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Fifty-four heats and nine hours after the 1.4-kilometer classic sprint qualifier kicked off on Day 2 of U.S. Junior Nationals, six national champions were crowned throughout Wednesday afternoon. Here's who also made All-American status.
A second-place finish in the 3 x 3 k relay in Trondheim, Norway, by Julia Kern, Katharine Ogden and Heidi Halvorsen topped the American performances over the weekend at the J1 Scando Cup.
In Bozeman earlier this season, bibs had to be redistributed for SuperTour sprint heats once starters were already on lining up. More recently and catastrophically in Craftsbury, an Eastern Cup had to cancel its sprint heats and hold a second qualifier after cascading hardware failures wreaked havoc on results. Here's why we can't expect these problems to go away.
USST Puts National Training Group Through the Paces
Audrey ManganAugust 29, 2012
Members of the U.S. Ski Team’s National Training Group (NTG) spent last week in Park City, Utah, for a training camp centered on group training and exposure to the resources at the Center of Excellence. Athletes joined interval sessions with the national team on the rollerski track at Soldier Hollow and underwent a series of physiological tests for assessment and feedback on their development. The camp was a new addition over last year’s schedule; the...
David Sinclair and Heidi Halvorsen were the men’s and women’s winners of the 4th App Gap Challenge, a roller ski duathlon from Waitsfield to the top of Appalachian Gap in northern VT. The race was the final event of a week-long training camp for 16-18 year old skiers at Green Mountain Valley School in Waitsfield. Men skied 7 k and women skied 5 k. Sinclair’s winning time of 30:34 set a new course record by...