News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer
Northern Michigan in control at NCAA Central Region Championships
The Northern Michigan Nordic ski teams used dominating performances on the men’s and women’s sides to take home top honors at the NCAA Central Regional Championship on Sunday.
By Dylan Dethier
Feb 24, 2010
U.S. Nordic Combined Team grabs Silver Medal
The U.S. won its first ever medal in the nordic combined team event, taking silver after losing a close final-lap battle between Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) and Austria's Mario Stecher for the gold on Tuesday.
By US Ski Team
Feb 24, 2010
Strap on your skis for the Black Mountain Nordic Classic
The course should be especially great this year with the recent efforts of the MSEA Union, DNRE , TBTA and Senator Jason Allen to allow grooming of the entire outside perimeter of the course for the remainder of the winter.
By Denny Paull
Feb 24, 2010
Photos Galore: Cote Dame Marie!
Photos from Justin Andre, Charlie Lannen, and Kelly Mikolajczyk of the 2010 Cote Dame Marie cross country ski race.
By Mike Muha
Feb 24, 2010
Photos from the 2010 Hanson Hills Classic
Photos by Mike Muha of the 2010 Hanson Hills Classic cross country ski race.
By Mike Muha
Feb 24, 2010
Huron Meadows gets new rental skis
Huron Meadows has finally received their shipment of new Fischer rental skis and boots, and Swix poles!
By Mike Muha
Feb 24, 2010
Michigan skiers get Bronze in World Masters Relay
Today the USA M5 relay team took bronze at the World Masters Cup in Falun, Sweden. The team consists of three Michigan Cup skiers; Milan Baic, Randy Bladel, and Cliff Onthank, plus Del Pletcher from Sun Valley.
By Randy Bladel
Feb 24, 2010
NMU sweeps women's podium in CCSA classic race
A sweep of the women’s podium put NMU leaps and bounds ahead of its competition Saturday. Laura DeWitt, Christina Gillis, and Monica Markvardsen took places 1-3, respectively, for the Wildcats.
By Dylan Dethier
Feb 23, 2010
Men sprint to 9th in team final
Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) and Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA) wound up ninth in Monday's team sprint competition.
By US Ski Team
Feb 23, 2010
Women take 6th in team sprint
Caitlin Compton (Minneapolis) and Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) joined forces for a strong performance in Monday's team sprint, finishing sixth – up four spots from 10th in Torino.
By US Ski Team
Feb 23, 2010
Burke 18th in men’s 15k mass start
Burke was up front within the group of leaders until the third shooting. But after missing three targets at the third shooting stage, he fell back.
By Viktoria Franke
Feb 23, 2010
30km awards ceremony, 10k races
Today the 10K races at the World Masters Cup in Falun were delayed an hour due to a temperature at the track of -25C, or -13F. At least it was sunny with no wind. The snow was still cold and rather slow, though not as bad as yesterday.
By Randy Bladel
Feb 23, 2010
