From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.
Brian Gregg leads out Reese Hanneman (second from l) and Andy Newell (r) from the start of Tuesday’s 4 x 5 k mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
Brian Gregg (1) and Reese Hanneman
(Photo: Rob Whitney)
(Photo: Chris Hodel)
(Photo: Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News)
Sadie Bjornsen holds the lead for APU 1 halfway through her classic leg.
Rosie Brennan (APU 2) leads Sophie Caldwell (SMS 1) halfway through the second leg of Tuesday’s 4 x 5 k mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
Third legs Erik Bjornsen (2), Simi Hamilton (l) and Noah Hoffman (1) wait in the exchange zone of the 4 x 5 k mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
Erik Bjornsen gets the tag in first for APU 1 from sister Sadie Bjornsen.
(Photo: Chris Hodel)
Rosie Brennan (4) tags David Norris in second for APU 2, and Sophie Caldwell keep Simi Hamilton (second from r) close in third for SMS 1.
(Photo: Chris Hodel)
(Photo: Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News)
Max Olex (University of Alaska Fairbanks) awaiting the tag as the third leg of Team Ils Maglia Chognas in the 4 x 5 k mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska.
Norway’s Astrid Bruland tags Max Olex (University of Alaska-Fairbanks) in Tuesday’s 4 x 5 k mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
Erik Bjornsen tags anchor Kikkan Randall in first for APU 1 in Tuesday’s 4 x 5 k mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska.
Erik Bjornsen tags anchor Kikkan Randall in first for APU 1 in Tuesday’s 4 x 5 k mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska.
Holly Brooks of APU 2 (l) and Jessie Diggins (SMS 1) await the tag as the anchors for their respective teams in Tuesday’s 4 x 5 k mixed relay.
Simi Hamilton (r) tags SMS 1 anchor Jessie Diggins in second.
Holly Brooks awaits the tag from APU 2 teammate David Norris.
David Norris tags anchor Holly Brooks in third for APU 2.
Caitlin Gregg (in a bathing suit) awaits the tag from Noah Hoffman (in underwear) as the anchor leg of Fastest of the Fast Twitch, an unofficial assorted team in Tuesday’s 4 x 5 k mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
One of many local fans at the 2014 U.S. Distance Nationals mixed relay.
(Photo: Rob Whitney)
Kikkan Randall anchors APU 1 to a team national title in the U.S. Distance Nationals mixed relay.
Erik Bjornsen hugs Kikkan Randall at the finish after Randall anchored APU’s first team to a victory in the first mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
A Kikkan sandwich: Erik and Sadie Bjornsen congratulate their teammate Kikkan Randall after she anchored them to a team national title in the first mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
(Photo: Rob Whitney)
Jessie Diggins takes a bow after anchoring Stratton to second place in the 4 x 5 k relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
(Photo: Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News)
Brooks racing to third for APU’s second team in the 4 x 5 k mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals in late March in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo: Rob Whitney)
Rosie Brennan (APU 2) greets Holly Brooks (l) at the finish after Brooks anchored them to third place in the 4 x 5 k mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
Stratton teammates Sophie Caldwell (c) and Simi Hamilton (r) congratulate Jessie Diggins (l) after she anchored them to second in the mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
Stratton teammates congratulate Jessie Diggins after she anchored them to second in the mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
(Photo: Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News)
(Photo: Rob Whitney)
Annie Pokorny (l), Jessie Diggins and Sophie Caldwell congratulate Erika Flowers (second from l), who anchored Stratton’s second team to fourth in the mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
A Flowers sandwich: Stratton’s Annie Pokorny (l), Sophie Caldwell (second from r) and Ben Saxton (r) congratulate Erika Flowers, who anchored their second team to fourth in the mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals.
(Photo: Rob Whitney)
(Photo: Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News)
APU’s first and second teams placed first and third in the 4 x 5 k mixed relay at U.S. Distance Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska.
The University of Vermont skier’s Jorgen Grav, Anja Gruber, Linda Danvind Malm, and Scott Patterson won the collegiate category and placed ninth overall in the mixed relay at 2014 U.S. Distance Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo: Chris Hodel)
(Photo: Chris Hodel)
(Photo: Rob Whitney)
Anchorage’s volunteer crew at 2014 Spring Series, which included SuperTour Finals and U.S. Distance Nationals.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Ask anyone who attended Tuesday’s 4 x 5-kilometer mixed relays at U.S. Distance Nationals and you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who didn’t think it was a good idea for future races and a fun event in general. Here are some photos from the evening race at Kincaid Park.
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