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Hall and Studebaker-Hall Take Reins with Team SoHo
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Hall and Studebaker-Hall Take Reins with Team SoHo

Gabby NaranjaOctober 30, 2017

Last September, amidst the chatter of others gathered for the 11th annual U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Assembly in Colorado Springs, Colo., Sara Studebaker-Hall and the CEO of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation (UOLF), Colin Hilton, shook hands. Studebaker-Hall, a two-time Olympic biathlete, was attending the meeting as an athlete rep for the US Biathlon Board of Directors and was introduced to Hilton by US Biathlon Association (USBA) President and CEOthe future of the UAA Ski...

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Team Soldier Hollow Seeks Devo Coach
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Team Soldier Hollow Seeks Devo Coach

BrainspiralSeptember 10, 2013

Team Soldier Hollow, located at the 2002 Olympic venue in Midway, UT, is looking for an enthusiastic and energetic coach to work with our Devo Team skiers (ages 10 to 13). Ideal candidates will have experience cross country ski racing and/or coaching and waxing. Current USSA Coaches License is required.

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Marathons Are Front and Center for New All-Female Stella Racing Team
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Marathons Are Front and Center for New All-Female Stella Racing Team

Chelsea LittleNovember 11, 20115

When the parade of brightly-colored spandex suits heats up the domestic circuit this year, competitors and spectators will see a new squad: Stella Racing. And while America’s first elite women-only team in more than a decade might be small, it will definitely be fast. Morgan Smyth, Evelyn Dong, and Zoe Roy decided to start a team based out of Salt Lake City, Utah, and have spent the spring and summer making it happen. Their rationale...

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Gundersen, Compton Win the Birkebeiner; Uhl, Bender are tops at Classic Birkie
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Gundersen, Compton Win the Birkebeiner; Uhl, Bender are tops at Classic Birkie

February 26, 2011

The 38th annual American Birkebeiner, held in sub-zero and single-digit temperatures with record particpation, saw two sprint finishes to crown the men’s and women’s Birkie freestyle champions and a pair of UVM alums ski to sizable victories in the Birkie Classic on Saturday. Norwegian Tore Martin Gundersen won the 50K Birkie Freestyle race with a time of 2:00:32.8, furiously outsprinting his nearest opponent, Benoit Chauvet of France, by less than a second.  Twenty seconds later,...

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Brooks Leads APU Sweep in Lake Placid SuperTour
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Brooks Leads APU Sweep in Lake Placid SuperTour

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 14, 2011

APU’s Holly Brooks began her 2011 domestic campaign 50 days ago, with a pair of sprint qualifier wins in West Yellowstone, MT. One day before that campaign concludes, not much has changed. In Friday’s SuperTour in Lake Placid, a 6 k classic, Brooks led an APU sweep, with an eight-second victory over her teammate Kate Fitzgerald. Morgan Smyth was third, another five seconds behind. It was Brooks’s sixth win of the season, and with another...

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APU, USST Members Headline Lake Placid SuperTour Races

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 12, 2011

SuperTour action continues this weekend, as the domestic circuit moves from Rumford, ME, to Lake Placid for races on Friday and Saturday. Organizers are expecting between 325 and 350 athletes competing in a 10 k/6 k classic and a 15 k/10 k freestyle, headlined by competitors from the U.S. Ski Team and the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Club. With two hours until entries closed at noon on Wednesday, Noah Hoffman (USST), Lars Flora (APU),...

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Bjornsen Blasts to Surprise Win in Rumford Classic
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Bjornsen Blasts to Surprise Win in Rumford Classic

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 5, 2011

In the women’s 10 k classic in Rumford on Wednesday, it was an athlete in the familiar blue, white and black of Alaska Pacific University to climb to the top step of the podium. It just wasn’t the one you’d expect. After Holly Brooks’s win in Sunday’s classic sprint, she was a clear favorite coming into the first distance race of the 2011 U.S. National Championships. But instead of Brooks coming out on top, it...

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In Dominating Fashion, Brooks Blazes to Classic Victory
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In Dominating Fashion, Brooks Blazes to Classic Victory

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 2, 20112

In her unlikely path from APU coach to elite ski racer, Holly Brooks’s career has taken her to some amazing places, namely the 2010 Olympics. But for all her success over the past two years, there was one spot she still hadn’t set foot until this weekend: the top step of the podium at the U.S. National Championships. In Sunday’s classic sprint in Rumford, Brooks checked another achievement off her list with an emphatic display...

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US Nationals Sprint Qualification, ‘It’s a Real Race’
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US Nationals Sprint Qualification, ‘It’s a Real Race’

FasterSkierJanuary 2, 2011

APU’s Holly Brooks has been waiting all year to test herself against the eastern women—at least one of whom, Ida Sargent, raced on the World Cup this fall. If Sunday’s classic sprint qualifier results at nationals are the first measure, Brooks is on her way to acing that test. At Rumford’s Black Mountain, she skied to a three-second victory in the preliminary round over her teammate Sadie Bjornsen. Dartmouth’s Sophie Caldwell was third, with Morgan...

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New Additions Strengthen Already Strong APU Team
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New Additions Strengthen Already Strong APU Team

Topher SabotMay 14, 2010

If skiing were baseball, APU would be early winners in the 2010 free-agent class.  Two-time National Champion, and former NMU standout, Morgan Smyth, and 20-year-old Sadie Bjornsen, a veteran of four World Junior Championships, have joined the Anchorage-based squad. Smyth was not re-nominated for a fifth year on the US Ski Team after struggling through a challenging 2010 season, undergoing surgery for compartment syndrome and battling mono. Still only 24, Smyth won a National Title...

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Koos, Elliott, Others to Fall Back on Clubs
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Koos, Elliott, Others to Fall Back on Clubs

Nathaniel HerzApril 26, 201013

Athletically, Tad Elliott and Torin Koos don’t have much in common. At 21, Elliott is a distance specialist, and still developing. Koos is a sprinter, and at 29, he’s in the latter half of his career. The two things they do share? Both had hopes of making the 2010-2011 U.S. Ski Team—and both were left off the roster. As part of a shift in strategy under new Head Coach Chris Grover, the team announced last...

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Bigger is Not Always Better; USST XC Nominations Consistent With Goals
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Bigger is Not Always Better; USST XC Nominations Consistent With Goals

Topher SabotApril 22, 201041

With Thursday’s announcement of team nominations, seven skiers are in line for spots on the 2011 US Cross-Country Ski Team. This number is down from the 11 last year, and 18 in 2009.  One rookie was nominated, and five athletes were not invited back, accounting for the decline. According to USSA Nordic Director John Farra, the decrease in team size was not due to budget cuts.  While the there was belt-tightening across the board when...

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Morgan Smyth
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Morgan Smyth

FasterSkierDecember 8, 2008

Birthdate: 2/10/86 Hometown: Vernon, VT Current Residence: depends on the day! I have an apartment in Marquette, MI but at the moment I am in Park City, UT at a camp. Ski Club: NENSA/NMU Status on U.S. Ski Team: 3rd year on Continental Cup team Height: 5’4 Weight: 120 Best Results: 8th Classic Sprint 2007 U23 Championships 2nd and 3rd 2007 NCAA Championships 7th Freestyle Sprint 2006 World Junior Championships Sponsors: Salomon Boots and Bindings...

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