Friday, February 12, 2010 at Northstar at Tahoe 9:00am to 12:30pm
Auburn Ski Club and Northstar at Tahoe present their first Introduction to Biathlon Clinic.
The clinic will be led by Glenn Jobe, who has been involved with Biathlons for many years. He was a team member of the US Biathlon World Championship Team in 1978 and 1979, a US Biathlon Olympic Team member at Lake Placid in 1980 and won the 1981 National Biathlon 20km. He has been a Far West junior cross-country ski coach from 1977 through present day and was inducted into the UNR Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.
Visit Northstar at Tahoe for details.

photo by Tim Dunn/Reno Gazette Journal

ALPENGLOW 20K
January 31, 2010 at Tahoe XC
A crisp cold morning yielded to bright sunshine and a beautiful day for the 20k Alpenglow freestyle at Tahoe XC. The overall winner was OJ Adam Wright with a time of 52:32.00. Rick Reynolds and Danny Buchanon took 2nd and 3rd. The women's wave was won by Debbie Hakansson at 1:01:20.00 with Julie Young and Susan Reynolds in 2nd and 3rd.

Complete results.

Saturday January 30, 2010 was distance classic day.

In the 15k men's classic Russell Kennedy was 1st MOJ with a time of 43:00.8... Great job Russell!!

Other highlights include Bria Riggs (6th FJ3), Stefan Benier (8th MOJ), Austin Meng (9th MJ1), and , Annika Taylor (9th FJ1)
Far West results: Men's 15k MOJ: Russell Kennedy (1st), Stefan Benier (8th), Bryce Tiernan (18th)
Men's 15k MJ1 : Austin Meng (9th), Alex Hamilton (17th), Carson Lindsay (30th), Justin Ondry (34th), David Wise (55th).
Men's 5k MJ2: Joe Piercy (39th), Rohlf Jackson (44th)
Women's 10k FJ1: Annika Taylor (9th), Erica Larusson (33rd)
Women's 5k FJ2: Laurel Fiddler (20th), Katrin Larusson (22nd), Cassidy Cichowitz (36th), Raylene Chew (46th), Erica Klenk (50th), Kelly Habibi (61st), Savannah Meng (67th), Allie McDaniel (79th)
Women's 3k FJ3: Bria Riggs (6th)
Complete results.

FrIday, January 29, 2010
An amazing day of racing on Soldier Hollow’s Olympic Trails for the Intermountain/Rocky Mountain Super JOQ races. Greeted by near-zero temperatures and fog, and ending the day in bright sunshine and Utah warmth made for a surreal first competition for 21 Far West Nordic junior athletes.

The Sprint Competitions were the event for Friday, and the Far West athletes were ready. 6 were able to advance to the Quarterfinal heats, with a few near misses.

The highlight results of the day included an overall win by Bria Riggs in the J3 Girls competition (a wave start 2.6 distance), a 2nd place by Russell Kennedy in the very competitive OJ/J1 division, and a 9th place by Annika Taylor (3rd place in the “B” final) in the J1 Girls division. Others advancing to the quarterfinals, but not moving on to the later heats, included Alex Hamilton (29th), Katrin Larusson (20th), Laurel Fiddler (21st), and Jackson Rohlf (26th).

Rounding out the Far West were Raylene Chew (35), Erika Klenk (38), Cassidy Cichowitz (44), Allie McDaniel (47), Kelly Habibi (60), and Savannah Meng (63) in the J2 girls, Joe Piercy (46) in the J2 Boys, Austin Meng (34), Bryce Tiernan (37), Stefan Benier (41), Justin Ondry (53), Carson Lindsay (54), and David Wise (75) in the J1/OJ Boys, and Erica Larusson (30) in the J1 Girls division. Sprint results and Wave Start results.

Tomorrow is the distance Classic day, so stay tuned....

January 24, 2010
Biggest Rim Tour yet!
237 racers enjoyed the break in the storms and pristine conditions for an epic point to point 26 kilometer race from Tahoe XC to Northstar XC.

Congratulations to striders Phillip Violett and Beth Reid, skaters Todd Craig and Beth Thomas, and snowshoers Peter Fain and Marianne Chandler for their 1st place finishes. Complete results

In a very exciting classic race finish Phillip Violett edged out Russell Kennedy by 1 second (photo).

Thanks to Tahoe XC and Northstar XC for outstanding grooming and a wonderful day!

Sunday, January 24, 2010
Conditions were wet and slushy for today's 15k mass start classic.
Ian Case finished 6th despite a broken pole in the first 1k.
Ian finished 12th in the 10k interval start skate race yesterday which was held in freezing rain.

Read Ian's recap in our Senior Blog.

CONGRATULATIONS RUSSELL KENNEDY & DAVID WISE
The Far West Nordic Ski Education Association is proud to announce the winners of the annual Ted Beauchamp Scholarship fund, awarded each year to a young cross country ski racer who is an avid participant of the sport, and who shows a dedication and character that serves as a positive example to all of those involved in Nordic competition. This year two winners will each receive a $300 Scholarship Award, Russell Kennedy and David Wise.
Details on our Ted Beauchamp Scholarship page.