Canadian Cross Country Ski Championships

DAILY REPORT

Day4
Wednesday, March 5

We had 12 centimetres of snow last night and it is still snowing lightly. The trails are now groomed for classic in preparation for tomorrow's race.

The race office is working to solve the timing problems from yesterday. Results were delayed until 5 pm yesterday and medals ceremonies were postponed until thursday.

OFFICIAL RESULTS AND THURSDAY START LISTS ARE NOW POSTED ON THE SITE.

RACERS GO OUT AT 10AM

It is 9:30 at night and the wax trailers are buzzing.

Erika Langman (Junior Girls) reflects on her race

Congratulations to the winners of yesterdays races: Senior men William Fitzgerald, Senior Women Tasha Betcherman, Junior Women Colleen Mortimer, Junior men Sean Crooks, Junior Boys Jesse Heckrodt, Junior girls Viktoria Koskenoja, Juvenile Boys, Frederic Touchette, Juvenile Girls Kate Brennan.

We have been out on the trails talking to the skiers. Many of them have given me messages to send home to their families.

Click here to read the messages

I spoke with Leanna Mitchell from the BC Team today before her race. Leanne tells me that the course is very different from courses out west. She finds the trail flatter than those in BC and is used to skiing through conifers instead of our deciduous trees.

Alan Whitten from the Edmonton team had a good race. He reported that the first half of the course was a lot of climbing, but the second half went by fast. The finish in the stadium area was very fast

Dave Nighbor said it was a great skating day. He feels he has been a bit tired since his return from Europe and is not quite on form.

Carl Skinstad said he felt good but is still tired from the Canada Winter Games

SEND A MESSAGE OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOUR FAVOURITE ATHLETE

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND A GOOD LUCK WISH TO YOUR ATHLETE, PLEASE E MAIL IT TO THE WEBMASTER AT barker9802@rogers.com . WE WILL PRINT THEM OUT DAILY AND POST THEM IN THE LODGE.

We have had a lot of messages in already. Keep those e-mails coming

MADSHUS SPRINT SERIES CONTINUES

The third event of the Madshus Sprint Series will take place at the Canadian Cross Country Ski Championships here at Highlands Nordic.

A skier's best two of their three results will be used to determine their final rank of the sprint series.