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Not great results today, but no confidence lost.  We know were fit and fast and there are many chances ahead to show it.  Keep yelling.

Not great results today, but no confidence lost.  We know were fit and fast and there are many chances ahead to show it.  Keep yelling.

Sorry, no time for notes or photos just yet.  But the Games are on.  We race the day after tomorrow and things are already cranked up on the testing and training side of things.  We are doing really well.  Everyone is healthy, the attitude within the team is positive and focused.  We are prepared.  Stay tuned.

Reports from Kikkan, Morgan Arritola and Liz Stephen… photos from Utah, Alaska, a word on Olympics…

No full report ready yet.  Many pictures on deck for posting.  Good weekend with 4th, 7th, 18th and also signs of good things to come.  Keep checking in.  Dont forget:  www.nccsef.org and certainly video posted to dartfish.tv (ussa nordic) soon.  Train hard.  Rest well.  Race as fast as you can.

Matt Whitcomb has the ball rolling.  The most-asked-for programming from the USST has been coaches education… it is here.  Click it.

http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/607.html?sector=CClistid=300068
From here type in Nation: USA and Order By: distance or sprint… You can also just enter the skiers name… the site is slow so just wait a sec
 

http://www.ussa.org/magnoliaPublic/ussa/en/sports/crosscountry/rankings.html
And from here look down to where it says “Check your national ranking… click here”

WWW.TEAMTODAY.NING.COM
click it, sign up, participate, own it.
Updates, final shots, etc to come in due time.

Andy Newell – after a long frustrating stretch wins the prelim by a good margin and then takes his second podium result ever with a second place.  Kikkan Randall had a good day as well finishing 5th.  Great, great work Andy and Kikkan.   Chandra Crawford won the thing (congrats) and Devon Kershaw was 5th.

In her first year at U-23 Liz Stephen (USST) scored a 38.6 point FIS race and a podium result.  Not far back Tazlina Mannix (APU/USST) finished 8th with a 45 point race and Morgan Arritola (SVSEF/USST) finished 11th with a 54 point race.  Great skiing all!

Not the best day for US Skiing.  Newell fell in the the prelim (still almost qualified), Koos who did qualify strongly was eliminated in the first round (a fast round granted), no one else qualified.  In Italy at JWC Hoffman broke a ski early in the race went to the back of the field, got a new ski, hammerd through the whole field back up to 6th place and then finished 23rd.  Rough – but we have the talent, the work ethic and the will so while rough days and weeks will make us scratch our heads it will not make us hang our heads.

Starting with Bib (rank) 10 the Mens team finished 11th.  Freeman had the 9th best time in his leg and was just under 30seconds out.  Kuzzy had the 9th best time and was 50 seconds out which is a very good race.  Zimmermann and Newell fought all out in their legs.  Much more racing to come.  One thing you can count on – we will fight hard.

Be heard at www.teamtoday.ning.com see the box on the left… thats the place, click it!  Article here as well.

The point list had some errors in the WJC Women List… Please review again for JO Pre-Qualification reasons.  Thanks.

Leader list: http://www.ussa.org/magnoliaPublic/ussa/en/news/crosscountry/bulletin12.html
Criteria:  http://www.ussa.org/magnoliaPublic/ussa/en/sports/crosscountry/advancement.html
WWW.USSA.ORG

KNOW so you can GO.
Qualification criteria:  www.ussa.org go to “sport” then to “cross country” then “advancement” and you will see all qualification criteria including 2008 WC with a special section on Jan 22-26 World Cup.
Any staff from any US program that would like to attend please contact pvordenberg@ussa.org as all US staff will work together with the USST staff on all aspects of waxing.

Kikkan wins.  Newell 7th. 
Hearty congratulations to Alaska Pacific University Coaches, Athletes and Support Crew!   Great work Erik Flora, Frode Lillefjell, Holly Brooks and the whole APU staff. Congratulations to Chris Grover, the USST staff and to the USST wax team and Justin Wadworth that are in Russia right now.
And of course GREAT JOB KIKKAN!

How do I qualify for the races I want to do this season?  How do I stay healthy while traveling?  What does the latest study out of Sweden say about double pole technique?  What is my current USSA ranking?  How do I reach my dreams…

Check this out – you guided by Smigun in Estonia and Ulvang in Norway on the World Cup with the US Ski Team…