Sadie Bjornsen

Canadian National Ski Team Continental Cup General News Racing

Bjornsen Gets First Win in Rossland; Brooks and Jones in Dead Heat Behind

Nathaniel HerzDecember 18, 2010

With Friday’s skate sprint opener at the Rossland mini-tour serving as a winner-takes-all qualifying race for the Canadian World Championships team, smart money said that the Canucks would come out swinging. And they did—at least one of them. After sneaking through her quarter- and semi-final heats, Perianne Jones (Canadian National B-Team) roared out of the start in the finals, intent on staying out of trouble and keeping her Oslo dreams from sliding away in a...

Canadian National Ski Team Continental Cup General News Racing

Jones Tops Sovereign Lake Classic Sprint Over Bjornsen, Bender

Nathaniel HerzDecember 11, 2010

After struggling to crack the top-30 on the World Cup last season, Canadian Perianne Jones knew she needed some time on the domestic circuit this year to get her feet back under her. “I’ve raced on the World Cup the last two seasons before Christmas—especially last season, I didn’t feel like I belonged,” she said. “I want to feel like I’m ready to race the World Cup when I’m on the World Cup.” If Jones...

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NTG Camp Fires Up Developing Athletes

FasterSkierJune 22, 2010

Sadie Bjornsen, a new member of Alaska Pacific University’s ski team, gave this firsthand account towards the end of the recently-completed National Training Group camp in Utah. This post originally appeared on her blog,

Camps Training

USSA Names NTG Participants

Topher SabotJune 8, 20109

With just several days before the first-ever National Training Group camp in Park City, USSA has released a list of participants, including many of the top young skiers in the country. The group is led by Ida Sargent, currently attending Dartmouth College and a member of the Craftsbury Green Racing Project. With a strong season, Sargent established herself as arguably the second-best female sprinter in the US behind only Kikkan Randall. She placed an impressive...

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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...

Bios Continental Cup

FasterSkierDecember 2, 2008

Birthdate: 11-21-89 Hometown: Winthrop, Washington Current Residence: Anchorage, Alaska (University of Alaska, Anchorage) Ski Club: Methow Valley Ski Team, UAA Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Best Results: Junior Worlds- 15th Skate Sprint (2005). US Nationals- 5th Skate Sprint. Top Junior in every race (2007) Sponsors: Fischer Skis. Swix Poles. Salomon Boots Full Interview When did you start ski racing, and what were some highlights of your young skiing career? I started ski racing at a very...

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