CRAFTSBURY – Athletes from California, the Rocky Mountains, the Midwest and the Northeast convened for three days of skiing and shooting at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center to see who will receive invitations to ski on the IBU Biathlon circuit in Europe in January; IBU is the level below World Cup.[Read More…]
Ski Report
First High School Ski Race of the Season
CRAFTSBURY – Northern Vermont high schoolers had a chance to enjoy the good snow before last week’s thaw skiing around a 2.5 km course one or two times. Skiers went out in wave starts. The racers utilized the venue where the U.S. Biathlon trials were starting the following day, thus[Read More…]
Craftsbury Biathletes in Switzerland
LENXERHEIDE, Switzerland – Jake Brown (St. Paul, Minn. – Craftsbury Green Racing Project) and Bjorn Westervelt (Stowe – Craftsbury Green Racing Project) helped the U.S. Biathlon Team to a strong finish at IBU Cup 3 in Lenzerheide, SUI, posting the best mixed relay finish in over a decade finishing 5th.[Read More…]
Jack Young Fourth in Davos World Cup
DAVOS, Switzerland – On the World Cup, new GRPer Jack Young (Jay VT) has had some solid top-40 results in late November and early December sprint competitions, but did not crack the top 30 in qualifiers to make the heats. Both early sprints were classic style skiing, while Jack tends[Read More…]
Open Biathlon Ski Races
CRAFTSBURY – Skiers are raring to go and the combination of an early winter and some snowmaking made for some solid biathlon ski events the weekend of December 6-7 at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. The Harvard Ski Club hosted the first of a new Eastern Biathlon ski series with over[Read More…]
SuperTour Races in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Several Craftsbury Outdoor Center Green Racing Project (GRP) skiers headed up to Alaska to compete in the first two weekends of SuperTour events. The races were supposed to be held in Fairbanks, but cold weather (minus 20s and 30s) forced the race organizers to move the races[Read More…]
Krebs Lands a 4th at U.S. Cross Country Skiing Junior National Championships
MIDWAY, Utah — Ruth Krebs of Crafsbury skied her way to a 4th place finish in the freestyle sprint race, March 12, at the U.S. Cross Country Skiing Junior National Championships. This was one of four races over the week taking place at the Soldier Hollow Ski Center, site of[Read More…]
Young Local Skiers at BKL Ski Festival
WATERVILLE, Me. – Every year 1st to 8th graders from across the Northeast gather for two days of skiing, games, and socializing as part of Bill Koch League (BKL) Ski Festival. The event rotates between the states and this years’ event took place at the Quarry Road Trails in Waterville,[Read More…]
High School Skiers Head South for Classic Races
WOODFORD – The second day of high school cross country ski championships took place at Prospect Mountain, Tuesday, Feb. 25, under Spring-like conditions. Waxing was tricky for the classic race with skiers using warm klisters for kick. The Woodstock Union boys continued where they left off in the Division[Read More…]
Leahy 6th and Demaine 9th in Vermont State Ski Championships
CRAFTSBURY. – Skiers from over 24 Division I and Division II teams took to the freestyle portion of the Vermont State High School Championships on Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. The races involved an individual start 5 km race in the morning where skiers went out at[Read More…]
Eastern Cup Weekend Reduced to One Day Because of Storm
RIPTON – It was the final weekend of four for skiers from across the northeast to come together for ideally two days of racing. But the weather finally got the skiers when the final race was cancelled due to the extended snowstorm this past Sunday. Saturday’s 10 km individual start[Read More…]
Craftsbury Skiers at Vermont Middle School Championships
EAST MONTPELIER – One hundred twenty-six skiers from 11 schools convened at U-32 high school this past weekend to compete in the Vermont Middle School Championships. Craftsbury Academy ski coach Hallie Grossman led a large contingent in the interval start race. Oakley Crawford placed third in 7:59 and Aemilia Terrone[Read More…]
