West Yellowstone SuperTour

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Wednesday Workout: Journaling and Time Trials with Anne Hart

FasterSkierDecember 13, 2017

Coming off ajetted to a victory in the first SuperTour race of 2017/2018 — the freestyle sprint in West Yellowstone, Montana. “I haven’t straight out won a highly competitive race in two years, so winning on my arch nemesis course of West Yellowstone was huge,” Hart, 25, wrote in an email last week about her Dec. 2 sprint win. “I know that the period one altitude is not my best friend, and am really working...

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Saturday Rundown: Lillehammer; Östersund; West Yellowstone (Updated)

FasterSkierDecember 2, 2017

US SuperTour (West Yellowstone, Montana): Freestyle sprints Anne Hart and Nick Michaud were the big winners on opening day of the US SuperTour season at the Rendezvous Ski Trails on Saturday, taking individual victories in the women’s and men’s freestyle sprint finals, respectively. Hart led into the finishing straight to take the win in 2:52.49 minutes, 0.88 seconds ahead of Erika Flowers, her teammate on the Stratton Mountain School (SMS) Elite Team, who placed second, and...

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Gelso Wins Back-to-Back in West; Guiney Garners First SuperTour Title

Gabby NaranjaDecember 5, 2016

The second day of SuperTour racing in West Yellowstone came to a close on Sunday with the men's and women's distance classic events. Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation skier, Matt Gelso took his second win in a row, claiming the men's 15-kilometer classic race title, while the Craftsbury Green Racing Project's Liz Guiney garnered her first ever SuperTour win.

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Sunday Rundown: Lillehammer, Östersund & West Yellowstone (Updated x6)

FasterSkierDecember 4, 2016

Welcome to The Rundown, your quick primer of need-to-know information about the day’s racing. We’ll be updating this digest as the day goes on with additional results, photos and quotes. The Rundown is NOT a race report; stay tuned for complete race reports later today with interviews from the day’s top racers. (Note: This Rundown has been updated to include comments from U.S. Nordic Combined’s Bryan Fletcher, who placed ninth on Sunday at the World...

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Gelso Wins First SuperTour Sprint; ‘Big Win’ for Bender in West

Gabby NaranjaDecember 3, 2016

The 2016/2017 SuperTour race series opened on Saturday with a men's and women's 1.3-kilometer freestyle sprint. Taking his first ever SuperTour sprint victory was Matt Gelso of the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. In a photo finish, Jennie Bender of the Bridger Ski Foundation bested SMST2 skier Erika Flowers for the women's win.

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Liebsch Earns Final Spot for U.S. at Ski Tour Canada

Jason AlbertFebruary 27, 2016

A 32-year-old father of three who works full time at Gear West, Matt Liebsch learned Thursday that he earned the final start for the U.S. at the Ski Tour Canada, which starts on Tuesday. "I’m super pumped to get an opportunity to score some World Cup points again," Liebsch said. "I think I've got a legit chance."

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Twin Cities Training Partners, Gregg and Liebsch Take First and Second in SuperTour 15 k

Gabby NaranjaNovember 29, 2015

Longtime friends Brian Gregg and Matt Liebsch took the top-two SuperTour podium spots in Saturday's 15 k freestyle, while Scott Patterson (APU) finished third his first time racing in West Yellowstone.

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Ogden Pulls the Upset, Edges Holmes in West Yellowstone 10 k

BrainspiralNovember 29, 2015

Katharine Ogden didn't realize what kind of race she was having, or how close she was to winning, until she saw her coach at the bottom of the last climb in Saturday's SuperTour 10 k skate. There, she kept Chelsea Holmes in her sight and beat the veteran skier by 1.8 seconds.

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Hanneman Brothers Go 1-2, Logan Edges Reese in West Yellowstone Sprint

BrainspiralNovember 28, 2015

Logan Hanneman, 22, pulled off an upset at West Yellowstone for his first SuperTour victory in the first race of the season, beating his older brother Reese Hanneman and defending sprint national champion Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess in Friday's skate sprint.

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West Yellowstone SuperTour Women’s 10 k (Photo Gallery)

BrainspiralDecember 3, 2013

Tele Hill is tough, especially in above-freezing temperatures when 130 men have skied it before you (three times apiece). Here's a look at the women's SuperTour top 10 in the 10-kilometer freestyle individual start on Nov. 30 — the final race of the West Yellowstone SuperTour.

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Weekend Roundup: And So It Begins

BrainspiralDecember 2, 2013

The official beginning to the 2014 racing season didn't disappoint with tons of exciting nordic action taking place across the globe. FasterSkier was on-site in West Yellowstone to cover the SuperTour opener, Kikkan Randall opened with her best classic-sprint finish of second in Kuusamo, Noah Hoffman notched the fastest men's time in Sunday's 15 k pursuit to end the Kuusamo Ruka Triple, and Tim Burke had his first podium of the biathlon season.

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Strøm Overcomes Fatigue for West Yellowstone SuperTour Win; Gregg Second in 15 k Skate

Alex KochonDecember 1, 2013

Mads Strøm of the University of Colorado and Norwegian club, Bærums Verk IF, put down a ferocious last lap to win Saturday's 15 k freestyle, the last race of the West Yellowstone SuperTour weekend. Brian Gregg hung tough for second and Sylvan Ellefson edged Matt Liebsch for third.

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West Yellowstone SuperTour Men’s 15 k (Photo Gallery)

Alex KochonDecember 1, 2013

A look at the top 10 and some other men in Saturday's 15-kilometer freestyle individual start -- the second and last race of the West Yellowstone SuperTour.

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Gregg Makes It a Double at West Yellowstone SuperTour, Wins 10 k Skate

Alex KochonNovember 30, 2013

Watching her husband in the West Yellowstone SuperTour 15 k skate on Saturday, Caitlin Gregg (Madshus/Team Gregg) had a sense it was going to be another good day. Brian Gregg placed second and Caitlin went on to win the women's 10 k individual race by more than a minute and 20 seconds. “It's incredible,” she said. “It’s so fun when this stuff happens.”

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A Crowd Favorite, Gregg Cruises to Women’s SuperTour Sprint Victory in West Yellowstone

Alex KochonNovember 29, 2013

The highlight of Caitlin Gregg’s day was seeing all her Midwest fans, her Loppet Nordic Racing buddies, at the finish of each heat on Friday during the first SuperTour sprint of the season. That gave her reason to celebrate and smile every time she won, which Gregg did all morning and early afternoon in the West Yellowstone 1.3 k skate sprint.

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Johansson Surprises in Yellowstone SuperTour Sprint; Hanneman Outlunges Scott for Second

Mark VosburghNovember 29, 2013

A lot of people might not know who Emil Johansson is. To SuperTour spectators and most of the 200-plus racers in West Yellowstone on Friday, he was an unknown: a Swede racing in the green suit of his home club IK Jarl Rättvik. An exchange student at the University of Colorado in Boulder, he's not part of the team. It was hard to know what he was capable of.

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Yellowstone SuperTour Distance Skate: Who Will Win?

BrainspiralNovember 29, 2013

While Caitlin Gregg and Sweden's Emil Johansson took the cake in Friday's West Yellowstone SuperTour freestyle sprint, who you is up for a victory in the women's and men's 10- and 15-kilometer freestyle individual starts on Saturday? Vote now!

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Yellowstone SuperTour Sprint Start Lists Posted: Who Will Win?

BrainspiralNovember 28, 2013

Now's your chance to make predictions! Who do you think will win Friday's SuperTour opener, a 1.3 k skate sprint on the Rendezvous Ski Trails? Last year, West Yellowstone held a point-to-point prologue; Friday's race will be all-out rounds.

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West Yellowstone Prologue, In Photos

BrainspiralNovember 26, 2012

Images from Saturday’s 1.6 k freestyle prologue on the Whisky Trail. Though it wasn’t a full sprint, it sure didn’t look like anyone pushed themselves less.

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West Yellowstone 9k, In Photos

BrainspiralNovember 26, 2012

FasterSkier had two cameras on location at the South Plateau to take in all the 9 k freestyle action.

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