NorAm Photos: Rossland Sprints
Alex KochonDecember 23, 2011
Photos from the NorAm Teck freestyle sprints in Rossland, British Columbia, on Dec. 17, 2011. Special thanks to Dan Roycroft (AWCA).
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Cockney Keeps Momentum Going, Wins NorAm Sprint in Rossland
Alex KochonDecember 17, 2011
ROSSLAND, British Columbia — Anyone who caught a glimpse of Jesse Cockney on Saturday probably saw him smiling — except for when he was racing, in which case he was concentrating. The first day of NorAm freestyle competition at Black Jack Ski Club started out well enough for the 22-year-old Alberta World Cup Academy skier, as Cockney won a sprint qualifier for the first time in his life. The fifth to start on a 1.6...
VERNON, British Columbia — As six men threaded the underpass and burst into the stadium at Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre, Canadian Brent McMurtry and American Mike Sinnott sent spectators running toward the finish. The men’s ‘A’ final of the 1.4-k classic Teck Sprints at the NorAm Cup opener Saturday was shaping up to be a close one, and who wanted to miss that? As he crossed the line just ahead of McMurtry, Sinnott knew he...