U.S. Snowboard Team riders Jamie Anderson and Red Gerard showed up big time for the final Olympic qualifying event of the season at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain, earning the top slopestyle podium spots. The defending Olympic Gold Medalists gave us a preview of what we can hope to see in Beijing, with both riding at the top of their games.

The meteoric progression in the women’s field continued as Anderson and New Zealand’s Zoe Sadowski-Synnott went head-to-head for the top position.

While Jamie had already achieved the criteria needed for her U.S. Team nomination to compete in her third Olympics, the fire was still lit for a win. “It feels good,” said Anderson of her win “Competing is really hard, it’s such a mind game. I haven’t competed much this year, so it feels good to have fallen on my first run, clear that, and pull it together for my last run. And I’ve never done a Cab 1080 in a slopestyle, so I’m really stoked on that.”

Jamie put down a full pull run on her second attempt, styling through the rails with a backside blunt to fakie, into a switch up on the flat down, lipslide 270 on the pink rainbow. In the jump section she went backside rodeo 540 melon into that massive Cab double cork 1080 weddle, marking the first time Anderson has landed this trick in slopestyle, although she has wielded it in Big Air.

The main threat to Anderson was Sadowski-Synnott, who scrubbed on her front 1080, which kept her in second place with a score of 82.50, followed by Japan’s Kokomo Murase, with a score of 77.94.

“I’m hyped all the girls are sending it, after 15 years on tour I couldn’t be more impressed with women’s riding,” shared Anderson. Looking ahead to her third Olympics, the defending gold medalist said, “I’m excited for the opportunity to represent the U.S. on such a big stage. I’m also excited to motivate young girls to follow their dreams.”

U.S. Teammate Hailey Langland earned fifth place, which sealed her Olympic team nomination, followed by Courtney Rummel in ninth.

Men’s Slopestyle Results

Red Gerard pulled the old ‘show up and blow up’ to clench the slopestyle win on Saturday—a repeat of his top podium finish at the Dew Tour.

Gerard was really happy with the course here at Mammoth both for the speed and the accessibility, “Mammoth is like the best place ever because it’s just a two-minute chairlift lap—in three hours you can get 50 laps and it’s just so much practice and it’s a blast,” said Gerard.

Gerard’s second run started off with a backside 270 boardslide 270 out, into a gap switch backside 270 to switch, going Cab 270 lipslide 270 melon out to close out the upper rail section. He launched into the pair of jumps, starting off with a backside 1260 melon, finishing with a switch backside triple cork 1620 bringing the spectators to their knees I tell you. He earned a top score of 82.88.

Gerard shared that he had even more in the tank, during practice he put down back-to-back 1620s in the jump section. Look for him to continue to raise the bar.

Gerard made a name for himself at the 2018 Olympic Games as the youngest gold medalist, seventeen-years-old at the time. This time around, Gerard says, “I’m grown up a little more and I have my mind set on different things—as you grow up you get different goals. This time around it’s just a lot more about snowboarding—landing runs and trying to prepare yourself the best you can for Beijing.”

The U.S.Team finishes included Brock Crouch in sixth, followed by Chris Corning in eighth, Dusty Henricksen in 10th and Kyle Mack in 11th.

Netherland’s Niek van der Velden earned second place with a score of 76.56, followed by New Zealand’s Tiarn Collins with a score of 73.44.  

To date, the U.S. Slopestyle snowboard athletes who have achieved criteria to be nominated to Team USA include Anderson, Gerard, Henricksen, Corning, and Langland.

Women’s Final Results

Men’s Final Results

Olympic qualification for the U.S. Alpine Ski Team isn't as clear-cut as other sports. There are no specific Olympic Trial events, but rather a "selection period" for FIS Ski World Cup events from October 23, 2021 through January 16, 2022, with a set of Olympic qualification criteria athletes must achieve in order to qualify. 

Thanks to U.S. Ski Team alumna and former downhill skier Edie Thys and Ski Racing Media, it's gotten a pinch easier to understand as she spent time dissecting the Olympic selection quotas in her latest piece. The Olympic selection quotas are created by the International Ski Federation (FIS) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and restrict both the total number of athletes and the composition of each team. 

As the piece notes, 

It’s crunch time — the final stretch of competitions before 2022 Olympic teams are named. According to the criteria set by the IOC and FIS, only races from July 1, 2019 through January 16 will be considered for Olympic qualification. For the women, that leaves two slaloms, one GS, one super G, and one downhill (through Zauchensee). For the men, it’s two slaloms, two downhills, one GS, and one super G (through Wengen). The qualification period closes before the marquee speed events for women and men, at Cortina and Kitzbühel respectively. The cancellation of the men’s slalom in Zagreb further reduced the shots on goal for tech skiers. 

This is always a stressful time for athletes still looking to qualify for the opportunity to represent their countries at the Olympics. There’s not only the pressure of competition but the added drama of lifetime expectations and extra media attention. Then, there’s the controversy surrounding each country’s objective and discretionary selections. 

This year, those domestic dramas are taking a back seat as nations cope with Olympic selection quotas — created by the FIS and the IOC — that restrict both the total number of athletes and the composition of each team. As of now, for the U.S. Alpine team, that means 15 athletes — nine women and six men — will be making the trip to Beijing. As shown on this table from the FIS, only Switzerland has so far earned the maximum team roster quota of 22. 

The difference in team size comes from two things: first, a total reduction in athletes, from 320 in PyeongChang to 306 in Beijing, and second, a mandated gender equity. A maximum of 153 men and 153 women can compete in Beijing. Each team can have a maximum of 11 athletes per gender, down from 14 in previous Olympics. 

As we head into the final qualification period, we recommend diving into this piece if there's any question about the ins and outs of Olympic qualification criteria for alpine. 

Read the full story at SkiRacing.com.

The U.S. Freeski Team earned three podium finishes at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth, to finish the event on Sunday.  Alex Hall took first place, followed by Nick Goepper in second. Maggie Voisin earned third in the women’s slopestyle.

Alex Hall and Maggie Voisin both earned the podium finishes they needed to be nominated to the U.S. Olympic Slopestyle Team. They join teammates Mac Forehand and Colby Stevenson.

Sunday’s slopestyle event included both qualifiers and finals for the men, the qualifying having been postponed from earlier in the week due to wind. This made for a long day of competition, but none of the athletes showed any signs of fatigue as the competitors battled it out for podium spots.

Two-time Olympic Medalist Nick Goepper put on a demo today earning two of the top scores of the day. He was looking good to take the W, until Alex Hall dropped in for the last run of the event. Under immense pressure, Hall was able to put down a precision run, nailing the rails and the jumps to overtake Goepper and earn the top score of 95.5. This first-place finish sealed Hall’s place nomination to the U.S. Olympic Team.  

Hall’s run included a switch right 270 nose tap on to pretzel 450 out over the chain and onto the down rail, and then left 270 front swap to pretzel 270 out on the dip rail, into a switch left 270 front swap to 630 out on the rainbow.

He followed the rail section with a right dub 1080 double Japan and then a switch left dub 1440 mute with a shifty for extra style points.   

Hall had this to say, “I’m stoked, I had that rail run in mind. I didn’t really know if it was going to work, it was pretty tech—I think my best rail run I’ve done so far.”

Goepper set the tone for the event holding down the top spot on the podium, even one-upping himself on his second run to further try to hold that spot, which had he held it, would have secured his team nomination. In the end, he earned an admirable second-place finish and a score of 94.75 in a run that included a switch right 270 on to pretzel 450 off, then a left 450 gap on to continuing 270 off on the dip rail, to a right 450 on pretzel 270 off on the rainbow in the upper rail section, ending with a switch right dub bio 1260 mute on the first jump and a massive left dub 1620 tail on the final jump for a score of 94.75.

Goepper said “I love Mammoth, I feel super good, I’ve been coming here for over a decade. I was super focused today, I really needed to get on that podium, I was really trying to get that top spot, but Alex skied super well. It feels really good for my hard work to pay off, but I definitely am looking for another chance.” 

Canada's Evan McEachran took the third spot with a score of 93.

In the women’s field, rather than being fatigued, the athletes were coming off a two-day hiatus from competition having qualified on Thursday. Voisin said she took a down day, and then spent Saturday skiing the resort to stay on top of it for Sunday's main event. Voisin's strategy worked, she was able to up her rails from qualifiers adding in a switch 270 disaster on the second rail and increased her difficulty in the jumps stomping a right 900 tail into a switch left 720 safety.

Voisin said, “I really don’t have words, to say that I’m going to my third Olympic Games is a dream come true. It took a lot to get here to this moment. The last couple years I’ve gone through a lot personally and with injuries. To come back and put down a good run is really a dream come true.”

Estonia’s Kelly Sildaru took first with a score of 93.5, followed by Eileen Gu, competing for China, earning a score of 91.  

Men’s Slopestyle Results

Women’s Slopestyle Results

Lucas Foster and Joey Okesson were the top U.S. Snowboard team finishers in Saturday night’s final halfpipe event at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain, California. This event marked the final Olympic qualifying event ahead of the Winter Olympics Beijing 2022.

Foster earned fourth place, with a score of 69.40, followed by Joey Okesson in seventh place with a score of 57.40. The men's U.S. Halfpipe team is still coming together with Taylor Gold the lone men's rider  to have achieved criteria to be nominated to the halfpipe team to date. 

The top American finisher of the night, Foster was hyped on his fourth-place run, “That’s one of my better runs, I have more in the tank, but I feel like I did my best. I was just happy I was able to do tricks again and land runs, so it felt good to just be back,” said Foster, referring to a fall he took at the Dew Tour that set back his training leading up to this event.

Foster fired up the crowd, putting down a frontside 1080, into a Cab doublecork 1080, ending with back-to-back 1260s.  

“Joey and Lukas are the heartbeat of our team, they have so much energy and enthusiasm,” shared Head Halfpipe Coach JJ Thomas. “Last night was the first time they’ve ever been able to perform in front of a huge crowd and it made my whole season watching them enjoy themselves, it was just so sick. They’re the future of our team right now without a doubt and it’s safe to say they’re inspiring a lot of kids, too.”

Shaun White entered Saturday night’s contest with a strong performance, qualifying in third place in heat two. During his qualifying run he landed his double McTwist perfectly, but low on the transition absorbing the landing. He did not start on this second run, then came back during the training window ahead of finals, but chose to make the difficult decision not to compete in finals after that hard landing.

Japan had a strong showing, with Ayumu Hirano earning first place with a score of 95.80 and Ruka Hirano taking second with a 93.40 . Germany's Andre Hoeflich took third with a score of 90.

In the women’s field, Chloe Kim and Maddie Mastro have already achieved criteria to be nominated to Team U.S.A. and chose not to compete this weekend in Mammoth. Japan’s Ruki Tomita took first, followed by China’s Cai Xuetong in second and Japan’s Seno Tomita in third.

While this is the final Olympic Qualifying event of the season, the U.S. Halfpipe Team still has the opportunity to chase World Snowboarding Points at the Laax Open, FIS World Cup Jan. 13-15.

Full Results

Women’s Halfpipe Finals

Men’s Halfpipe Finals

The Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Freeski halfpipe finals went off Saturday in the most prime conditions of the season at Mammoth Mountain. Defending two-time Olympic Gold Medalist David Wise earned a second-place finish, to lock in his criteria to be named to the U.S. Olympic Team. U.S. Team athletes Aaron Blunck and Olympic Bronze medalist Brita Sigourney both finished third.

Wise described his top-scoring run as a bit of a throwback for himself, noting that he still struggles on his switch right doublecork 1080 since breaking his femur in 2019.

Wise’s run featured five different directions of spinning in a run that offered a balance of style and progression, starting off with a switch right 900 tail grab, into a switch left dub 1080 Japan, to a left alley-oop flat spin 540 tail, a left dub 1260 mute, into a right dub 1260 mute.

As for locking in his team nomination, Wise said, “I never doubted I was going to make the Olympic team, but then there were moments along the way where I couldn’t help by be like, well, things aren’t going the way I want them to, he said .”It was kind of a fight, so today was really satisfying. Coming out of the gate first run and landing my best run of the season in the last qualifiers for the Olympics knowing before I even dropped in for my second run that I was on the Olympic team was so satisfying.”

Having already earned a team nomination, Aaron Blunck's third-place finish was the icing on the cake to a great qualifying season.

Blunck shared his optimism following the event, “I’m super stoked on podiuming today, I already had a spot locked in for the Olympics, but it just gives me that confidence for moving forward into the next events and keep the good times rolling. It’s always a pleasure to be out here in Mammoth.”

Great Britain’s Nico Porteous took the win, with a score of 97.

Rounding out the U.S. Team, Birk Irving finished in fourth, Sammy Schuiling in 11th and Lyman Currier in 12th.

In the women’s field, 2018 Olympic Bronze medalist Brita Sigourney earned third place, which solidified her criteria standings to earn an Olympic team nomination. This will be the third Olympics for Sigourney.

Her top-scoring run included a left 900 tail, into an absolutely massive alley-oop tailgrab, a left 720 mute, into a switch alley-oop 360 Japan grab, into a left 540 mute, finishing off with a right 720 to earn a score of 87.75.

Sigourney said, “I’m really happy to just lock it in today with my family here in California where I grew up skiing. I’m beyond elated just to be able to put down some runs today and ski with an amazing field of women.”
Teammate Hanna Faulhaber finished in fourth place with a score of 87.25. Faulhaber has also already earned her U.S. team nomination.

Eileen Gu, competing for China, continued her sweep to earn first place with a massive score of 97.50, followed by Estonia’s Kelly Sildaru earning second place with a score of 92.50.

This marks the final qualifying event for the Freeski halfpipe team ahead of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022

RESULTS

Men’s Halfpipe Final

Women’s Halfpipe Final

Lindsey Jacobellis took back-to-back third-place finishes at the World Cup Snowboardcross events in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Competitors faced bitterly cold conditions in the Siberian north, coming in at -24 degrees, but Jacobellis persisted and landed on the podium not once, but twice over the two-day event. These results earned Jacobellis the criteria needed to be nominated for a spot to compete at the Olympic Winter Games. This will be the 2006 Olympic silver medalist’s fifth Olympics.

After the race Jacobelllis shared how it felt to be on the podium after all the adversity she has been through with her recent injury. “It was definitely frustrating to have a setback with my elbow surgery,” she said. “All I could do was trust the team doctors. It felt great to be battling all day. I never thought about my arm once on course. It is always a win to make it into the finals and to get onto the podium is amazing.”

With these results, Jacobellis joins teammate Faye Gulini on the women’s team. On the men’s side, Nick Baumgartner and Hagen Kearney both achieved criteria to earn a nomination to compete at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

Paula Moltzan led three U.S. skiers into the points in the FIS World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, finishing 13th. Mikaela Shiffrin did not finish—her first DNF in the discipline in four years.

Dealing with more tough conditions on the Podkoren slope, Petra Vlhova of Slovakia won the race with Wendy Holdener of Switzerland in second and Anna Swenn Larsson of Sweden in third. Vlhova has won all but one slalom in the 2021-22 season—which was won by Shiffrin at the HomeLight Killington Cup in Vermont.

Moltzan skied two solid runs of slalom to finish in the top 15 for the third time this season—an impressive feat given her massive crash in Saturday’s giant slalom, on top of a fractured wrist and skiing with her pole duct-taped to her hand. “It was a very challenging day,” she said. “Conditions were less than ideal for first run, but second run was a little bit smoother. Happy to find the finish line after a huge crash yesterday, especially when I didn’t know if I would be able to race today going to bed. Also very happy to see two teammates grab some slalom points!”

Nina O’Brien and Katie Hensien also finished in the points, taking 25th and 28th. It was both O’Brien and Hensien’s best slalom finishes of the season.

Shiffrin was only .25 seconds off the pace after the first run, despite a couple of mistakes in the top section, putting her in striking distance to the win. She attacked on her second run, skiing aggressively and cleanly with splits that might have landed her on top, but straddled a gate about 15 gates to the finish. Former teammate and Olympic champion Ted Ligety said on the NBC broadcast, "This was some of the best skiing I've seen out of her. It's the best skiing I've seen out of her so far this year, she should get the video of this run and watch it...and then press control alt delete on that hairpin and just think about the skiing and just some confidence out of that and not worry about that, because slalom is a game of hundredths...so she should just think about the great skiing before that." 

It was her first DNF in a race since 2018, when she skied out at the final slalom World Cup before the PyeongChang Olympics in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. To put this rarity even more into perspective, of Shiffrin's 207 World Cup starts across six disciplines, 115 are podiums (55%), 72 of them are victories (35%), and a mere 15 (7.25%) are DNFs. It is so rare that in the last 100 starts, she's had just five DNFs.  

"I’ll be honest, I’m not feeling great about it," Shiffrin shared following the race. "Straddling is just…it’s twisting the knife when it’s stuck in your heart, except you’re the one who stuck it in and you’re also the one doing the twisting." She added, "Yes, it happens, but it shouldn’t. It’s a very slight silver lining that my skiing up to that point felt very good, but that doesn’t take away any of the frustration, especially after a challenging day yesterday too. But it happened and I can’t change it, I can just try harder next time. Congratulations to all of the women who did their job all the way to the finish today, especially my teammates, Paula, Nina, and Katie."
 

 

 

 

 

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The race was littered with DNFs from top racers, including Michelle Gisin of Switzerland and Katharina Liensberger of Austria. Racers criticized the Kranjska Gora course preparation, which was given the race after the Maribor World Cup was canceled due to lack of snow.

Rounding out the U.S. athletes, Allie Resnick did not finish first run and Zoe Zimmerman did not qualify for second run. Each of these up-and-comers showed promise for the future. 

Vlhova continues to lead the slalom standings with 580 points to Shiffrin’s 340 points, but Shiffrin maintains a slight lead over Vlhova in the overall standings by 35 points.

Next up, the women head to Schladming, Austria—a race moved from Flachau, Austria due to rising COVID cases—where they will race the last slalom before the Olympics Winter Games Beijing 2022.  

RESULTS
Women’s slalom

STANDINGS
Overall
Slalom

HOW TO WATCH
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Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022
12:00 pm - FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Schladming, AUT, Streaming Peacock
2:45 pm - FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 2 – LIVE, Schladming, AUT, Streaming Peacock

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On the notorious terrain of Adelboden, Switerzland's classic slalom, in front of thousands of screaming Swiss fans, Luke Winters put together two fast, solid runs to land him in the top 10 for the first time in his World Cup slalom career. The 24-year-old has shown speed on the World Cup before but has struggled to break into the top 15. His best finish in a World Cup slalom had been 19th until Sunday. 

"It feels good to put two together, I haven't done that much in my career so far, especially here," said Winters. "I've qualified three out of the four times, but I've had two bad second runs both years."

Wearing bib 43, Winters came into second run sitting in 18th. He charged down the course, leading the field by three-tenths of a second in the third split, but lost a bit of time the last few gates, sliding behind proceeding athletes Loic Meillard and Alex Vinazter in third, enough to hang on to 10th overall.

"This year, before second, I just said I wanted to push it and ski hard and ski fast," reflected Winters. "I wasn't too worried about the result and I wasn't too worried about my execution out of the gate. Coming through and seeing that third place felt good."

Sunday's final podium nearly saw an Austrian sweep, with Johannes Strolz in first, and Manuel Feller in second. Germany's Linus Strasser was able to hang on to a third-place podium when Austria's Fabio Gstrien straddled early on in his second run.

Fellow U.S. athletes Jett Seymour and George Steffey did not qualify for a second run. Alex Leever did not finish the first run.

Next, the men head to Wengen on Jan. 16 for a full week of racing at a classic stop on the World Cup tour, featuring a pair of downhills, a super-G (rescheduled from Bormio), and a slalom. 

RESULTS
Men's slalom

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.

Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022
12:00 pm - FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Schladming, AUT, Streaming Peacock
2:45 pm - FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Slalom, run 2 – LIVE, Schladming, AUT, Streaming Peacock

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Nick Page led the Americans in Saturday’s FIS Moguls World Cup in Tremblant, Canada, finishing fourth. This was Page’s second Super Final appearance, a strong result heading into next week’s Deer Valley events.

“Today, I was able to come out and stick to the three things I knew I needed to do: attacking out of the gate, being narrow through the middle, and showing the bottom air off,” explained Page. “It felt good to be back in the super final; I know that's where I can ski and compete. I was so close yesterday with the seventh. Being the first person out [from Supers] makes you mad, but you can take all that and do well the next day.”

Olivia Giaccio started a new chapter in women’s mogul skiing history when she successfully landed a cork 10 in her bottom air during her first finals run and again in Supers, becoming the first woman to do so in a World Cup competition. She first attempted the trick in competition during the 2019 Almaty World Cup but did not land it. Giaccio finished the day in fifth.

“It was awesome,” said Giaccio about the feat. “It’s something that’s been on my mind ever since Kazakhstan. It was a matter of time [this season] since I trained it all summer—just a question of when. The venue was awesome today, it was perfect for it. To compete it and make history was pretty incredible. Sweet to check off that goal. I’m excited to see tons of little girls go do 10s in the future.”

"I'm proud of Olivia for stepping up and doing [the cork 10]; she's been training it for years and now owns it," said Mogul World Cup Coach Bryon Wilson. "To step up and do that big of a trick was impressive."

Giaccio and Wilson discussed the cork 10 as part of today's plan after yesterday's event and decided to train a few to see if it was in the cards. "In training, she stomped two. So it was just, 'let's go, let's do this.' It was something she's wanted to do for a long time. It's hers now. To compete it twice, land it, and ski out...well done."

Conditions were frigid, measuring negative nine degrees Fahrenheit at the opening of training. As the sun warmed the course and the snow turned sticky, it was important for athletes to carry speed to avoid getting caught up on the terrain. It was a beautiful,  slightly warmer than freezing bluebird day when finals rolled around. 

Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury won the men’s event, Sweden’s Walter Wallberg came in second, and Japan’s Ikuma Horishima just edged Page out to claim third. Perrine Laffont won for the women, Australia’s Jakara Anthony finished second, and Japan’s Anri Kawamura finished third. 

Elizabeth Lemley let the field know she means business in only her second World Cup start, qualifying for finals in a solid seventh position. Lemley missed Supers by just 0.09 points and finished the day in seventh. Coming off of yesterday’s third, Tess Johnson was hungry for another podium but finished ninth. Avital Carroll finished 16th and Madison Hogg 28th. 

Dylan Walczyk finished seventh, George McQuinn 18th, Cole McDonald 21st, Brad Wilson 24th, and Jesse Andringa 52nd. 

Moguls competes at Deer Valley Resort for two World Cups on Jan. 13 and 14 at the 2022 Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International. These events will serve as the final two Olympic tryout events for American mogul skiers in their journey to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing in February. 

"Overall, we have some good momentum going, great skiing from our whole team," said Wilson. "We're looking forward to taking that into Deer Valley." 

“It's going to be so nice to be back home,” said Page. “Deer Valley does such a good job to make this big event so special.”

RESULTS

Women’s Moguls
Men’s Moguls

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Rosie Brennan wrapped up her holiday break from the FIS World Cup Tour with a victory in the 20k freestyle at the L.L.Bean U.S. Cross Country Championships at Soldier Hollow.

“It was so great to race at home and have my family and friends cheering me on the whole way,” Brennan said. “With COVID, even my Mom has been unable to watch me race for years, so it felt really special to be able to race with a hometown crowd before heading to Bejing.”

Brennan led at every interval in the 20k race, followed by Rosie Frankowski in second and Caitlin Patterson in third. However, Caitlin Patterson found the most success at the three-race championships, arguing for nomination to Team USA for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Caitlin Patterson surprised the freestyle sprint field with the victory, followed by another win in the 10k classic interval start. Katharine Ogden, who left the FIS Tour de Ski following the fifth stage to return to Utah and race, was second, followed by Mariah Bredal in third.

Caitlin’s brother Scott Patterson, who spent Period 1 of the World Cup Tour searching for form after recovering from wrist surgery this past fall, took the men’s 30k freestyle win, with David Norris in second and Hunter Wonders in third. 

JC Schoonmaker took home his first national title in the men's freestyle sprint, followed by Logan Diekman in second and Noel Keeffe in third. In the men’s 15k classic start, Adam Martin took the win, with Scott Patterson in second and Schoonmaker in third.

RESULTS
Jan. 2: Women’s freestyle sprint
Jan. 2: Men’s freestyle sprint
Jan. 4: Women’s 20k freestyle mass start
Jan. 4: Men’s 30k freestyle mass start
Jan. 6: Women’s 10k classic individual start
Jan. 6: Men’s 15k classic individual start