CRAFTSBURY – On February 12, Sara Saligman McGill (Montpelier) pulled off a bit of an upset winning the mass start 5 km classic ski race ahead of Claire Serrano (U-32) by 0.3 seconds in 18:25.6. We’ll see if she can keep the momentum next week at the first state meet[Read More…]
Ski Report
BKL Ski Event Draws a Crowd
CRAFTSBURY – With a thriving afterschool and weekend kids program at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center, the ski center coaches put on a Bill Koch League event for all the kindergarteners to eighth-graders. Bill Koch was a U.S. silver medalist back in the early 1980s, and the youth ski programs still[Read More…]
Oakley Keeps Up His Speed in Middle School Ski Races
CRAFTSBURY – Oakley Crawford has had a really great cross country ski season for the Craftsbury Academy (CA) middle school ski season team. This past week, January 28, he placed first, seven seconds ahead of Peoples Academy’s (PA) Henry Young in 8:48 around the 2.5 km course. Phinneas Marvin[Read More…]
Marathon Weekend Hosts 450 Skiers
CRAFTSBURY – The Craftsbury Outdoor Center hosted its annual ski marathon weekend with classic races on Saturday and skate races on Sunday. Saturday began with sun and cold temps at -15 F in the valleys. Luckily, the temperature climbed quickly to single digits for the start at 9:30 a.m., and[Read More…]
Craftsbury Academy Hosts Skate Ski Races, Craftsbury Skiers Race at Sleepy Hollow
CRAFTSBURY – Skiers were out in force last Tuesday, Jan. 14, for mass start skate races at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. The middle school race was the largest with 47 racers from five schools. Isaac Nadzam (U-32) sprinted the 2 km course in 4:45 thirty seconds ahead of second place[Read More…]
Nine Schools Compete at High School Race
CRAFTSBURY – Winter has returned with cold and enough snow for skiing in the woods, while many fields have been scoured by the relentless winds of last week. Despite the cold on Wednesday, Jan. 8, nearly 200 middle school and high school skiers from nine schools braved the wind and[Read More…]
Westervelt Skis and Shoots to Top Finishes at U.S. Biathlon Trials, Craftsbury Hosts New England’s First Eastern Cup Ski Event of the Season
Westervelt Skis and Shoots to Top Finishes at U.S. Biathlon Trials CRAFTSBURY – Bjorn Westervelt dreamed of training with the Craftsbury Green Racing Project (GRP) when he was 15 years old while skiing with Craftsbury Ski Club and learning how to do the sport of biathlon. GRP biathletes, like Olympians[Read More…]
Jack Young: from NCU Football to Cross Country Skiing Places 25th on World Cup, Citizen Cross Country Ski Races
Jack Young: from NCU Football to Cross Country Skiing Places 25th on World Cup, Citizen Cross Country Ski Races JAY – Who would think a high school quarterback could be a top 30 World Cup Skier. Jack Young could. Jack grew up in Jay, Vermont and loved to do a[Read More…]
U.S. Biathlon Championships in Northern Maine
U.S. Biathlon Championships in Northern Maine FORT KENT, Maine – After all the biathlon World Cups were done for the season, the U.S. skiers returned home and had one final racing weekend with other aspiring biathletes. Jake Brown of the Craftsbury Green Racing Project (GRP) jumped to the front in[Read More…]
Local Skiers Shine at U.S. Junior Nationals
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – For junior cross country skiers who like to race, making it to the U.S. Junior National races is a pinnacle of success. Four Craftsbury Ski Club (CSC) members, Amelia Circosta, Ruth Krebs, Anika Leahy, and Sage Grossi, spent the past week racing at Mount Van Hovenberg[Read More…]
Local Skiers Lead Vermont to Under-16 Championship
GORE MOUNTAIN, N.Y. – Skiers spend the year competing for their school teams or for themselves on the Eastern Cup circuit. Once a year, however, the top 24 Under-16 (U16) Vermont skiers join as a team to compete against state teams from across the Northeast. Back in February, these 14-[Read More…]
Craftsbury Academy’s Anika Leahy Skis to 3rd and 4th at Vermont State High School Championships
Day one: Classic Races at Rikert Touring Center, Ripton, February 27. Under sunny skies and temperatures approaching 60 F, high school skiers from across the state sloshed and pushed their way through snow, ice, and mud in the 5 km individual start race in the morning followed by team relays[Read More…]
