Cross Country Ski Racing News

Koos pulls away during men’s final leg

3/27/2009 - By Matias Saari

First there was the World Cup finale on Sunday. Then the blow-out bash in Sweden. Next came a flight across the pond only to be stranded in Seattle for 36 hours due to the Mount Redoubt eruption.

U.S. Ski Team sweeps with women’s title

3/27/2009 - By Matias Saari

“To be totally honest, I think it’s the first sprint-out I’ve ever won,” said Stephen, who teamed with Morgan Smyth to take the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships title.

Smyth, Stephen take Team Sprint Titles

3/27/2009 - By US Ski Team

Morgan Smyth , alongside teammate Liz Stephen, took her second U.S. title in as many days as the duo finished first in the team sprint at the 2009 U.S. Cross Country Championships in Fairbanks Wednesday night. Chris Cook and Torin Koos won the men's.

Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) and Dario Cologna (SUI) make history

3/26/2009 - By FIS

The overall World Cup victories for Kowalczyk and Cologna also made World Cup history since no other skier from either Poland or Switzerland has ever before clinched a Cross-Country World Cup crystal globe.

Skier takes the money, but not the title

3/26/2009 - By Matias Saari

Perhaps it’s fitting that a Swedish skier won the first event of what local organizers are calling the biggest races in Fairbanks in a quarter century...

I finally won the US Nationals race!

3/26/2009 - By Kristina Strandberg

I had a late start so I could watch the other girls leave the start gate and I was getting both nervous and anxious to get my race going. A few last thoughts popped into my mind; "do I have enough kick;" "did I warm up enough."

A few more photos of the Michigan Cup Relays

3/26/2009 - By Greg Worrel

Here are a few more photos (just a few) of the 2009 Michigan Cup Relays...

Southam, Rorabaugh pace Alaska skiers on first day of U.S. National Championship

3/25/2009 - By Matias Saari

Becca Rorabaugh used a little home-course advantage to land on the podium for the 5-kilometer classic race that opened the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships Tuesday night at Birch Hill Recreation Area.

Strandberg, Southam Take Classic Titles

3/25/2009 - By US Ski Team

Kristina Strandberg of XC Oregon and James Southam of Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Club Kicked off the 2009 U.S. Distance Cross Country Championships by grabbing U.S. Championship titles in the women's 5K and men's 10K classic races in Fairbanks.