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May 18, 2008 |
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After skiing, biking, running, paddling and sprinting in temperatures that would soar into the 90s, Marshall Greene secured the elite men’s title in Saturday’s U.S. Bank Pole Pedal Paddle. Alpina/XCOregon teammate, Brayton Osgood, was 4th.
The victory was his third consecutive in the annual multisport race from Mount Bachelor to Bend.
His time was 1 hour, 45 minutes, 4 seconds.
Bend, OR
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March 30, 2008 |
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U.S. National Pursuit Championships
Morgan Arritola (Alpina boots) added to her Pursuit silver, with a silver in the U.S. Nationals Women's 30km classic. USST teammate, Liz Stephen (OneWay poles), also repeated her Friday win.
In the men's 50km classic, sprint specialist?! Torin Koos (Exel poles) closed an over-two minute gap to come within 5 seconds of a win. Koos was 2nd. Alpina skiers Colin Rodgers and Kris Freeman were 4th and 6th American respectively.
Fairbanks, AK |
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March 28, 2008 |
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U.S. National 30km & 50km Classic
Travelling USST teammates, Liz Stephen (OneWay poles) and Morgan Arritola (Alpina boots) made it 1-2 in the Women's 15km Pursuit race.
In the Men's 30km Pursuit, it was Alpina's Leif Zimmermann at the top, and Exel's Torin Koos two steps down in 3rd place.
Fairbanks, AK |
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March 16, 2008 |
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World Cup Globes for Bauer and Majdic
Alpina skiers finished victorious for the 2007/8 season.
Lukas Bauer (CZE) won Overall and Distance World Cup.
Petra Majdic (SLO)won Sprint World Cup, the first globe for the cross country team of Slovenia, and took 5th place Overall.
Astrid Jacobsen (NOR) took 2nd place Overall and Sprint and 4th in Distance overall.
Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)took 3rd place Overall and Distance.
Tord Asle Gjerdalen (NOR) took 4th place Overall.
Ville Noussiainen (FIN)took 17th, Anna Hansson (SWE)19th, Madoka Natsumi (JPN)27th, Vibeke Skofterud (NOR)29th and Boerre Naess (NOR)30th place Overall.
Bormio, ITA
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Lukas Bauer (CZE) WorldCupOverall Winner |
Petra Madjic (SLO) WorldCupSprint Winner |
Astrid Jacobsen (NOR) 2nd Overall |
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March 13, 2008 |
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U.S. Junior National Nordic Championships
Alpina's Junior Red Boot Crew members have been hitting the podium this week, at the US Junior National Championships.
New England's Tara Geraghty-Moats won the J2 girls 5km skate race.
New England's wax coach, Alpina's Jon Arne Enevoldsen, manned the klister table during the classic sprints, for 7 hours.
Anchorage, AK |
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Jon Arne Enevoldsen, Alpina/GMVS, waxes |
Tara Geraghty-Moats wins J2 girls 5km FS |
Parker Tyler, Alpina/SMS in CL sprint |
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March 9, 2008 |
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New York State 25km Champion
Battling bitter temperatures and blustery conditions, fifty-five of the best skiers in New York State faced off in the annual NYSSRA Champions Cup Race , sponsored by High Peaks Cyclery.
Robert Duncan Douglas of Honeoye Falls dominated the 25 km New York State Championship race on the Olympic trails of Mt. Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, winning by almost four minutes.
Lake Placid, NY |
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Duncan Douglas, winner of NYSSRA 25km FS |
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March 8, 2008 |
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Sugarloaf Marathon
Skiing on Alpina/Peltonen, Alex Jospe (CSU) won the rigourous, 3-lap Sugarloaf 30km freestyle Marathon.
Carrabassett Valley, ME |
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March 5, 2008 |
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NCAA Skiing Championships
Women's 5km Freestyle
WIN! Maria Grevsgaard (CU)
2nd - Lenka Palanova (CU),
4th - Alexa Turzian (Middlebury
Bozeman, MT |
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1st - Maria Grevsgaard(CU) |
2nd-Lenka Palanova (CU) |
3rd-men's 10kFS, Jespen Ostensen |
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March 3, 2008 |
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World Masters XC Ski Championships
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WIN! World Champion! Doug Gudwer (CAN) Alpina/Peltonen, men’s 30km classic
2nd- Dan Karig (USA), men’s 15km classic
WIN! World Champion! JonArne Enevoldsen (USA) men’s 10km classic
2nd – Doug Gudwer (CAN), men’s 10km classic
2nd – Michael Brothers (USA) men’s 10km
skate
McCall, ID
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McCall, ID, Day 3 |
Bill Baldus and John Lynch |
CHAMPION! Doug Gudwer (CAN) |
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February 23, 2008
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The Great Race
WIN! Marshall Greene (Alpina/XCOregon) and sets a COURSE RECORD of 1:06:51, in the 30km Tahoe City to Truckee, CA skate race.
Truckee, CA
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Marshall Greene (L) drafts teammate Z. Violet |
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February 23, 2008
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US Collegiate race circuit
WIN! Alpina’s Sylvan Ellefson (Bates College) for men
WIN! Alpina’s Susan Dunklee (Dartmouth College) each won their second straight skate
races on the EISA circuit in Friday's 5 and 10 kilometer individual start
races.
WIN! Alpina’s Maria Grevsgaard (Colorado Univ.) won the RMSI women's 15-kilometer classical race, her ninth win this season and 17th overall in her career.
Middlebury, Dartmouth and Colorado University will field full teams in the Division I NCAA Ski Championships in Bozeman, MT, March 5-8, 2008.
Middlebury, VT and Bozeman, MT
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Sylvan Ellefson, Bates College |
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February, 2008
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Biathlon World Championships
Two Gold: Kruglov, Nikolay (RUS), Birnbacher, Andreas (GER)
Two Silver: Akhatova, Albina (RUS), Yakovleva, Oksana (UKR)
Four Bronze: Akhatova, Albina (RUS), Wolf, Alexander (GER), Kruglov, Nikolay (RUS), Birnbacher, Andreas (GER)
Oestersund, SWE |
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Nikolay Kruglov (RUS) |
Albina Akhatova (RUS) |
Alexander Wolf (GER) |
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February 23-24, 2008 |
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FIS World Cup XC
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WIN! Alpina’s Lukas Bauer (CZE)
2nd Tord Asle Gjerdalen (NOR) in the men's 30 km race
WIN! Alpina’s Astrid Jakobsen (NOR) won the ladies Sprint.
Falun, SWE
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Astrid Jacobsen, in Lahti WC |
Tord Asle Gjerdalen, in Lahti WC |
Lukas Bauer (CZE) in Lahti WC |
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February 16-17, 2008 |
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FIS World Cup XC – Liberec, CZE
2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals won by Alpina racers.
Liberec, CZE |
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February 24, 2008
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World U23 XC Ski Championships
Top American - Simeon "Simi" Hamilton (Alpina/ Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club/Middlebury College) finished 20th Sunday in a 1K sprint in the Under-23 Cross Country World Championships.
Top Canadian - - Perianne Jones (Canada) took her Alpina boots and Exel poles to an 8th
place in the Under 23 World Championships skate sprint.
Malles, ITA
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Simi Hamilton, Middlebury College |
Perianne Jones, skate training |
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February 9, 2008 |
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North American Vasa
WIN! Jim Harrington, 50km men’s classic race
Traverse City, MI
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February 2, 2008 |
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Craftsbury Marathon
WIN! JonArne Enevoldsen (Alpina/GMVS) men’s 50km classic
2nd -Dorcas Wonsavage (Alpina/Ford Sayre) women’s 50km classic
Greensboro to Craftsbury Common, VT
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Enevoldsen wins Craftsbury 50km classic |
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February 2, 2008 |
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Boulder Mountain Tour
2nd – Leif Zimmerman (Alpina/USST) men’s 30km skate race
3rd – Morgan Arritola (Alpina/USST/SVSEF) women’s 30km skate race.
Sun Valley, ID
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Leif Zimmermann leads the Field at Boulder Mo |
Morgan Arritola drafts Evelyn Dong (R) |
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February 7, 2008 |
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Super Tour at Aspen, CO
2nd – Nicole DeYong (Alpina/FischerCraft) in the women’s 5km classic race.
Aspen, CO
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January 1-6, 2008 |
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U.S. Senior XC Ski Nationals
WIN! Leif Zimmermann (Alpina/USST) in the men’s 10km skate race.
2nd -Kris Freeman (Alpina/USST) in the men’s 10km skate race.
3rd – Kris Freeman (Alpina/USST) in the men’s 15km classic race.
3rd – Morgan Arritola (Alpina/USST/SVSEF) women’s 10km classic race.
3rd – Leif Zimmermann (Alpina/USST) in the men’s Team Sprint/classic event.
Houghton, MI
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Leif Zimmermann, 15km skate |
Kris Freeman, 15km skate |
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