Nordic skiing stories

APU's Brooks gets spot on US Ski Team

Late bloomer that she is, Holly Brooks' latest great news arrived this week, about a month after she turned 30 -- she's on the U.S. Ski Team for the 2012-13 season.

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NORDIC SKIING STORIES

Alaska Olympian uses clinics to teach village kids how to ski

Two-time Olympian Lars Flora led a group of accomplished cross-country skiers into Northwest Alaska for week-long clinics at four schools, where the visitors taught kids how to ski and showed them, by example, how elite athletes keep their edge.
NORDIC SKIING STORIES

USSA hires Caterinichio to manage its program

A lifetime involvement in nordic skiing reached new heights this week for Anchorage’s Joey Caterinichio, who was named the nordic program manager for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association on Thursday.
NORDIC SKIING STORIES

Norris finishes 6th in 50-K championship

David Norris of Fairbanks led Alaska's nordic skiers Saturday in Craftsbury, Vt., taking sixth place, five seconds and two spots ahead of Anchorage's Eric Packer, in the men's 50-kilometer national championship race.
KIKKAN RANDALL

Randall ends 2012 season with another nordic victory

Kikkan Randall, the World Cup's reigning sprint champion, used her strength and fast-twitch muscles to reap a reward in the longest of women's races by capturing the 30-kilometer freestyle national championship Friday in Craftsbury, Vt
NORDIC SKIING STORIES

Holmes claims 3rd in SuperTour climb

Chelsea Holmes of Girdwood led Alaska nordic skiers in Wednesday's last event of the SuperTour Finals in Craftsbury, Vt., bagging a third-place finish in the women's 1.8-kilometer hill climb.
SKIING

A great season on snow for Alaskans

From Kikkan Randall's historic World Cup title to Amy Glen's photo-finish NCAA championship to Jay Hakkinen's age-defying biathlon results to Tyler Kornfield's delayed glory, Alaskans set the world of snow sports on fire this winter.
NORDIC SKIING STORIES

APU women ski to sweep

The women from the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center owned the podium Sunday at the Super Tour Finals in Craftsbury, Vt.
NORDIC SKIING STORIES

Alyeska's Erickson 13th in slalom

Alexander Erickson of the Alyeska Ski Club grabbed 13th place Sunday in the last slalom of the Western Region Championships at Idaho's Schweitzer Mountain.
NORDIC SKIING STORIES

Patterson claims silver at NCAA nordic championships

Vermont senior Caitlin Patterson of Anchorage finished second and UAA senior Jaime Bronga of Anchorage seized fifth Wednesday to lead a parade of five Alaska nordic skiers to All-America honors on the first day of racing in the NCAA Championships in Bozeman, Mont.
NORDIC SKIING STORIES

Alaska skiers clean up

Lydia Blanchet, skiing for APU's Nordic Ski Center, on Wednesday grabbed her first national title by winning the girls J2 freestyle event at the Junior Nationals at Utah's Soldier Hollow.