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Crystal Relays Results
February 16, 2003
Seventeen teams brave the cold... Also, photos from the Crystal Relays: Race
start, Tag Zone, and in
the woods.
Crystal Highlander Race Fast & Furious!
February 15, 2003- By Ernie Brumbaugh
Sun, blue skies, rock-hard classic tracks and temperatures in
the mid teens. Such was the setting for the first Crystal Highlander. Story and Results! And Photos from the Crystal Highlander 22K: Freestyle
& Cruiser start, Classic
Finish, & Freestyle
Finish.
Grand
Travers Classic Results
February 1, 2003
Age class results from the Grand Traverse. It was a very cold
race, in sunny conditions, on the most perfect set of doubletrack you've ever seen!
Subaru
North American Vasa Results
February 8, 2003
Age class results from the Vasa: 12K,
27K Classic, 27K
Freestyle, 50K Classic, and 50K
Freestyle race results.
White Pine Stampede Results
February 1, 2003
Age class results from the Stampede: 10K, 20K, and 50K race results.
Muffin Race: Brrrrr!
January 26, 2003- By Bill Gulledge
The 10th annual
Junior "Muffin Race" was held here today under less than ideal conditions. At the
start the temperature was 4 degrees above zero with snow and gusty winds. Seventy-four skiers
answered the starter's call to go to the line in 4 different age categories for both boys and
girls.
In the nick of time
Hanson Hills 20K Freestyle Results
January 18, 2003 - By Sara Cockrell
The Garland races get cancelled because of poor snow conditions, so Hanson
Hills volunteers to put on a race at the last moment... Along with photos of the Hanson Hills 20K
Freestyle in Grayling, MI.
Boyne Highlands Classic
January 5, 2003 - By Sara Corkrell
The twin sisters from Traverse City, Julie and Anna Coulter, win their second race of the
weekend. Tim Triebold and Wendy Anderson took the adult honors. Results &
Photos.
Chestnut Valley Freestyle
January 4, 2003 - By Mike Muha
The junior girls kick butt, Milan and Wendy prove they are again forces to be
reckoned with, and everyone else gets great skiing conditions during a snow drought in the
rest of Michigan.
Results, videos, and photos.
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Boyne Highlands Michigan Cup
Festival
Sat & Sun, March 1-2, 2003 - By Mike
Muha
It was the warmest race of the season, and it was the
coldest race of the season. But great tracks for a classic race, brave souls for a freezing
freestyle, and hot juniors in the Sprint Relays made for a great weekend of racings. Also,
Photos from the Boyne Highlands Michigan Cup Festival 10K Classic (photo
sets 1 & 2),
13K
Freestyle Race and Junior
Sprint Relay.
Otsego Ski Club
2003 Holly Cup Classic Results
January 25, 2003
The rescheduled Holly Cup has snow this time!
Tuesday Night Sprints, Race #6 at Hickory Hills
February 23, 2003 - By Sara Cockrell
The final freestyle XC ski sprints took place on Tuesday night
at Hickory Hills, with only one surprise from the winners.
Tuesday Night Sprints, Race #5 at Timber Ridge
February 11, 2003 - By Sara Cockrell
The Traverse City High School XC ski team held their Tuesday
night sprints at Timber Ridge once again in spite of the windy, cold conditions.
Another Cold Night at the
Tuesday Night Sprints, Race #4
February 4, 2003 - By Sara Cockrell
Thirty-six racers braved the cold this week...
Pre-White Pine Warm Up at the
Tuesday Night Sprints, Race #3
January 28, 2003 - By Sara Cockrell
Thirty-two skiers came back from a busy race
weekend to participate in the sprints, hoping to hone up their speed for this coming weekend's
White Pine ski race.
Zero Wind Chill Doesn't Stop
Tuesday Night Sprints, Race #2
January 21, 2003 - By Sara Cockrell
Fifty cross country skiers braved the zero wind chill to
participate in Tuesday's Sprints at Hickory Hills...
Snow Comes!
First TC Tuesday Night Sprints Held
January 14, 2003 - By Sara Cockrell
53 racers to advantage of the new snow to race
the first freestyle XC ski sprints Tuesday night at Timber Ridge in Traverse City. Results.
Junior Olympics, Fairbanks, Alaska
Ronsse
Edges Out Coulter for Gold
March 16, 2003 - By Matias Saari for the News-Miner
"The home-state hero and an upstart from the Great Lakes skied
an epic Junior 1 final relay leg decided by an all-out 100-meter dash on Saturday at Birch
Hill."
- Coverage of the relay race by the Anchorage paper, News-Miner.
Junior Olympics, Fairbanks, Alaska
Edwards
Takes First Great Lakes Gold
March 15, 2003 - By Matias Saari for the News-Miner
"The Great Lakes District may have the smallest team, but it
lived up to its name with a classic performance by Cassidy Edwards on Friday at Birch Hill
Recreation Area. Edwards, one of just 16 Great
Lakes skiers, became her team's first-ever national champion by striding to Junior 1 gold on
another chilly day at the Chevy Trucks Junior Olympics National Cross Country Ski
Championships."
- Coverage of the J1 Classic Race from the Anchorage
paper, News-Miner.
Junior Olympics, Fairbanks, Alaska
Edwards & Coulters Winners at National Junior
Olympic
March 15, 2003 - By Sara Cockrell
 Glen Lake's Cassidy Edwards won the Junior Olympics Cross
Country Skiing 2003 National Championships classic race on Wednesday, as part of the event being
held March 10-15 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Traverse City's Coulter
twin sisters placed second and third in the 10km race, and the girls relay was a heartbreaker...
2003 Michigan High School Championships
TC Trojan and Titan Combined
High School
Skiers Defend State Title
February 16, 2003 - John Kostrzewa
The Traverse City Trojan & Titan Combined Nordic Ski Team
came back on the second day of the State Championship Ski event in Walloon Lake, MI to defend
the State title. The Traverse City Gold Team was led by Anna Coulter, who won the girls Classic
race on Saturday, and by Cameron Ross who came in 2 seconds behind Jared Craig of Marquette on
Saturday.
2003 Michigan High School Championships
Copper Country Girls First,
Boys Second at State High School
Championships
February 16, 2003 - Dean Woodbeck
The Copper Country girls team placed first and the
boys placed second at the Michigan State High School Cross-Country Ski Championships over the
weekend. Combined, the Copper Country teams placed second, by just eight points out of 241, to
Traverse City.
2003 Michigan High School Championships
Traverse City Gold Take High School
Championships Results
February 16, 2003- By
Nick Baic
The 2003 Michigan High School Championships held at the Boyne Valley Lodge in Walloon Lake.
The format was a pursuit with the Classic leg held on Saturday, 2/15 and the Freestyle leg held
on Sunday, 2/16. The skiers were treated to sunny skies, cold temps and hard tracks.
Junior Time Trial
January 11, 2003
Four High School teams duke it out on a 6K freestyle time trial at Nubs Nob.
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Another Cold Race...
The 2003 Great Bearchase
March 9, 2003 - By Jon Neufeld
 547 skiers braved 0 degrees and 20-30 mph winds in the coldest
and slowest Great Bear Chase last Sunday. The suffered from frostbite to cold toes, but had a
huge pile of pastries and pasties waiting for them at the high school.
Up in the UP
Young Skiers Brave Cold at
Junior Bear Chase
March 8, 2003
More than 90 young skiers braved 20-below wind
chills at the Swedetown Cross-Country Ski Trails Saturday, proving that "cold" is
just a state of mind.
Copper Country Ski Tigers Clean Up at Junior
Birkie-Central Cross Country J4 and J3 Championships.
February 24, 2003- By Shawn Oppliger
The young Ski Tigers accepted the challenge and took most of
the top spots in the competition.
Canadian Racing
Michigan
Cup Skiers Dominate Hiawatha Invitational
January 20, 2003 - By Mike Muha
 It was a good weekend for Michigan Cup skiers who choose to race in the 47th
Annual Hiawatha Invitational in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Of the 14 age groups with Michigan
Cup skiers racing in Saturday's classic events, a full half of the winners came from south of
the border. Sunday was even better, when an additional contingent - fresh from the Hanson
Hills 20K Freestyle - drove north. With the added presence, MI Cup skiers captured 12 of the
15 age group wins in which they participated.
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