GREENSBORO – The Caspian Challenge run is scheduled for July 26, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.. beginning at the ball-field. The run includes a 6.8 mile loop around Caspian Lake and a 5K out-and-back race-walk loop. The race is sponsored by the Greensboro Association and all proceeds go to support the[Read More…]
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Racers take on slush, muck in triathlon
CRAFTSBURY – It was the final ski for most, and maybe the first bicycle ride and run for many more as nearly 150 people took part in the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s Mud ‘N Ice triathlon. Race organizer, Keith Woodward, was able to keep the 1.8 km Lemons Haunt ski trail[Read More…]
Olympic Medalists Ogden, Schumacher take wins at Craftsbury SuperTour Finals
CRAFTSBURY – Olympic medalists, youth skiers, and nearly 80-year-old veterans took part in the three-day SuperTour and U.S. National races at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center this past weekend. Sprinters took to the 1.5 km course on day one with double silver medalist, Ben Ogden (Landgrove) taking top honors for the[Read More…]
Craftsbury Ski Club’s Tillie Lange Second at NENSA Eastern High School Championships
North Creek, N.Y. – Tillie Lange, an 11th grader at St. Johnsbury Academy, has been skiing with the Craftsbury Ski Club (CSC) since before middle school. The CSC provides extra coaching and training for skiers both during the snow season and the rest of the year. Many students from around[Read More…]
Craftsbury Skiers at IBU Biathlon Races
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – A handful of Craftsbury Green Racing Project (GRP) biathletes competed the past two weekends in the international IBU races at Mount Hovenberg. These races are a level below World Cup but athletes from across Europe made the journey to the U.S. to participate. Jake Brown had[Read More…]
Two top 15s for Jack Young on the World Cup
LAHTI, FINLAND – Craftsbury Green Racing Project (GRP) skier, Jack Young, had the chance to compete in two freestyle cross country sprint competitions these past two weekends for the U.S. Ski Team. He’s showing continued improvement by first making it through the qualifier racers into the heats. But then he’s[Read More…]
Day-one of Vermont High School Ski Championships
RIPTON – Division 1 and 2 Vermont high school cross country ski teams gathered at the Rikert Touring Center for the freestyle individual and relay races on February 19. From December into February, most schools compete in weekly races within their region of the state, thus the state meet is[Read More…]
Freed 21st in 15 km Olympic Biathlon Race
ANHOLTZ, Italy – Margie Freed of the Craftsbury Green Racing Project (GRP) saved her best biathlon race for the big time at the Cortina/Milan Winter Olympics. Earlier this season, she finished 31st in a World Cup race, but last week she hit 19 of 20 targets (another best) and skied[Read More…]
Two Craftsbury Junior Skiers Qualify for U.S. Junior Nationals
HANOVER, N.H. – The fourth and final Eastern Cup race weekend took place at Oak Hill Ski Center this past Saturday and Sunday. Craftsbury Ski Club’s Isaac Nadzam placed 3rd in the sprint and 4th in the mass start races to solidify his spot on the New England team headed[Read More…]
Speed, cold at the UVM College Cross Country Ski Carnival
CRAFTSBURY – The northeast college ski circuit came to the Craftsbury Outdoor Center this past weekend, along with the New England Nordic Ski Association’s Eastern Cup series. Friday was college skiers only in classic sprint races for the UVM Ski Carnival. In this new event, the top 50 skiers move[Read More…]
Skiers brave the cold for Marathon Weekend
CRAFTSBURY – A diverse mix of athletes braved the 0-degree start lines for two days of skiing action with over 500 middle schoolers, ski veterans in their 80s, new racers and Olympic veterans having their day. In the 46 km classic race, Finn Sweet, a Craftsbury Academy and recent UVM[Read More…]
BFA Fairfax hosts ski race at the Outdoor Center
CRAFTSBURY – It takes a lot of hours and equipment to maintain ski trails. High school cross country ski teams often have a few volunteers and/or a dedicated coach who will drag some packer with a snowmobile around the soccer fields and school grounds to create a place for students[Read More…]
