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Summer Training with Stratton’s T2 Team (Videos)

Alex KochonAugust 24, 2012

Since its six-skier strong elite club based in the resort town of Stratton, Vt. Stratton Mountain School (SMS) graduates Andy Newell and Skyler Davis were originally part of the program. This year, the two U.S. Ski Team (USST) members are joined by three Dartmouth graduates — Eric Packer, Sophie Caldwell and Erika Flowers — and USST member Jessie Diggins, formerly of Central Cross Country (CXC). Head coach Gus Kaeding also came from CXC, where he was an...

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Elite Team Preview: Stratton Mountain School

Alex KochonJuly 9, 2012

Note: This one of several previews in a quick-and-dirty series on U.S. elite teams. We asked coaches to send their 2012/2013 rosters and tell us what’s new for the coming season. We will be publishing additional reports over the next few weeks. Teams are presented in no particular order. Team: Stratton Mountain School T2 Team (SMST2) Coaches: Gus Kaeding (first year; former assistant at Central Cross Country, or CXC) Roster: Andy Newell (U.S. Ski Team),...

General News

With Elite Team, Stratton Aims To Create “Hotbed of Skiing” in Southern Vermont

Audrey ManganMay 1, 2012

Back in early February, Stratton Mountain School (SMS), one of the country’s most successful ski academies, announced that it would be starting a new elite professional ski team in the 2012-2013 season. Gus Kaeding, who most recently coached at CXC, signed on as the head coach to join longtime Stratton nordic director Sverre Caldwell at the southern Vermont program. The announcement was subsequently buried by a busy period of domestic and international racing, but the...

Collegiate Racing

NCAA Classic Mass Start Photos and Video

FasterSkierMarch 13, 2012

Photographer Stuart Jennings shares his perspective from Saturday’s closely-contested NCAA Championships classical mass start races at Bohart Ranch, Montana. Holly Hart also captured video (above) of the nail-biter photo finish between Amy Glen (UVM) and Sophie Caldwell (Dartmouth). Full Race Report: All 2012 NCAA Championship Results NCAA Freestyle Race Galleries: 2012 NCAA Championship Women’s Freestyle Gallery, by: Stuart Jennings

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Havlick and Glen take NCAA classic titles in closely contested races

March 11, 2012

The second and final nordic race of the 2012 NCAA’s was held on a blue-bird Bozeman day which reached 60 degrees by race’s end. Spectators who witnessed the 15 and 20 kilometer mass start classic races on Friday were treated to non-stop action and nail-biting finishes in both the men’s and women’s events, as the title for both races ended in a two-way sprint to the finish line. In the men’s 20k it was a...

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Alaska Camp Fueled By Push To Promote Women’s Skiing

Audrey ManganAugust 6, 2011

About 15 women and their coaches from the U.S. Ski Team (USST), the Canadian National Ski Team (CNST), Alaska Pacific University (APU), and select elite juniors and U23s recently finished up two weeks of training in Anchorage, AK for the first ever “North American Women’s Training Alliance” camp. FasterSkier caught up with former Dartmouth College teammates Rosie Brennan, now at APU, and Sophie Caldwell, a U23 in her senior year, in the days following their...

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Diggins Wins Drag Race for Rumford Skate Sprint Title

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 8, 2011

At 19 years old and 5’4”, CXC’s Jessie Diggins isn’t all that big. But her performance at the 2011 U.S. National Championships this week has a lot of people expecting big things—and that was before Saturday. Diggins closed out an impressive week in Rumford, ME with a storybook finish in the women’s skate sprint, coming from behind after a fall on the last rise to top Dartmouth’s Sophie Caldwell in a lunge, with APU’s Sadie...

Racing US Nationals

Photos from US Nationals Sprint Heats

January 8, 2011

Photos from Saturday afternoon's sprint heats at US Nationals.

Racing US Nationals

Diggins Takes Women’s Freestyle Sprint Qualifier at US Nationals – UPDATED

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 8, 2011

At last season’s U.S. national championships in Anchorage, Jessie Diggins was a very strong junior skier, but not a whole lot more than that. Fast forward 12 months, and she’s transformed herself into a legitimate title threat through a post-grad year with Central Cross-Country’s Team Vertical Limit. After popping a couple podiums in domestic races in the fall, Diggins put the country’s elite women on notice in Saturday’s skate sprint qualifier at the U.S. championships...

Racing US Nationals

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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TD Bank Eastern Cup Series Opens in Craftsbury, Vermont; Reynolds and Caldwell Victorious

FasterSkierDecember 19, 2010

Craftsbury, VT – While much of New England waits for skiable snow, over 300 of the fastest cross-country ski racers took to the 1.3K sprint course at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center today to contest the first TD Bank Eastern Cup of the season. A member of Craftsbury’s own team, the Green Racing Project’s Tim Reynolds and junior skier Skyler Davis from Stratton Mountain School were the men’s favorites heading into the day’s sprint. On the...

General Juniors News Racing US Ski Team

Norway Tops Women’s Relay in Thrilling Finale; U.S. Team Eighth, 15 Seconds From Fourth

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 31, 2010

With pursuit champion Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg and sprint champion Hanna Brodin anchoring their respective teams, today’s women’s relay race was primed for a showdown. Oestberg, a Norwegian, had proven to be one of the strongest distance skiers here at the World Junior Championships after winning the pursuit, while Brodin, a Swede had dominated the sprint. The 3.3k distance was right in between the two disciplines. They received the tag ten seconds apart, with Oestberg in...

Juniors News Racing

U.S. Women Out in WJ Sprint Quarters; Swede Takes the Win

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 25, 2010

One misstep and one mistake, and it was all over for the American women in Hinterzarten. 50 meters into her quarterfinal here, Jessie Diggins found herself on the ground, seeing stars. Sophie Caldwell lasted longer, and was in contention to advance, but she lost crucial ground coming into the final turn that she could not make up in the finishing sprint. Sitting in third on the final downhill, Caldwell swung to the outside of the...

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