Nordic skiing stories

NORDIC SKIING

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.

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.

Photos: NANANordic

NORDIC SKIING

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.

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High-fives from a cross-country ski champion

Three-time Olympian and World Cup overall sprint champion Kikkan Randall high-fives students after the school assembly at Tyson Elementary in Mountain View on Tuesday afternoon, where she helped kick off the ARISE (Anchorage Runners Inspired to Succeed and Excel) a physical fitness program. ARISE is a partnership between Healthy Futures, the Anchorage School District and the state Department of Health and Social Services.

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.

Photos: US Cross Country Championship

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

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.

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.

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.

ALPINE SKIING

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.

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.

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.

Randall clinches World Cup sprint title in unusual fashion

Even on one ski, Kikkan Randall is the best in the world. The three-time Olympian from Anchorage clinched the World Cup cross-country sprint world championship Wednesday in Drammen, Norway, despite skiing on one ski while carrying the other for part of the race.

Photos: Kikkan Randall's World Cup season

Talbot, Muffoletto lead Alaska skiers in Utah

Silas Talbot placed fourth in the Older Junior boys sprint race and Matthew Muffoletto was sixth in the Junior 2 boys race to lead the Alaskans on Monday on the opening day of the U.S. Junior National cross-country ski championships at Utah's Soldier Hollow.

2012 TOUR OF ANCHORAGE

Iverson collects first Tour win

Twice a runner-up in the last three years, Mark Iverson of Anchorage on Sunday locked down his first victory in the biggest race in the Tour of Anchorage -- he's the 50-kilometer freestyle king.

Photos: Tour of Anchorage

NORDIC SKIING

Randall 12th in Norway race despite having stomach bug

Coming off her second illness in recent weeks, Kikkan Randall of Anchorage steadily moved up in a World Cup nordic skiathon Saturday in Lahti, Finland, and led Americans with a 12th-place finish.

West Valley, Service win state ski cross-country ski titles

The high school cross-country ski season wrapped up Saturday at Kincaid Park with a rock star leading the West Valley girls to victory, an accidental skier helping the Service boys to another state title and a Skimeister from Chugiak showing why he's a master by turning in a blazing relay leg.

Photos: State skiing mixed relays

West Valley girl, Chugiak boy win Skimeister titles

West Valley's Hannah Boyer and Chugiak's Isaac Lammers each earned Skimeister honors Friday at the state cross-country ski championships at Kincaid Park, but their path to victory differed slightly.

Photos: Alaska high school nordic skiing championships

Skier Sadie Bjornsen takes fifth in Turkey

Anchorage skier Sadie Bjornsen of the Alaska Pacific University nordic program took fifth Thursday in a Women's 10-kilometer classic race at the U23 World Championships in Erzurum, Turkey.

Iverson, Fritz triumph in 30K ski race

Mark Iverson and Lauren Fritz captured victories in Sunday's Sven Johanson 30-kilometer classic race at Kincaid Park.