Nordic Team at Historic Nationals

David Sinclair GMVS '10 (US J1 Team), Peter Kling GMVS PG '07 (US U-23 Team) and Adam Verrier GMVS '87 (US Olympian 1994 and announcer for Senior Nationals)

January 7, 2010- Today was the third day of competition at the 2010 US Senior Nationals in
Anchorage, AK. The events today were classic distances races (which we
now affectionately call "the old fashioned" way), with the Open
Men/Women completing 30km/20km and the Juniors 10km and 5km.
Waxing was rather difficult as we received nearly six inches of snow and a
little freezing rain during the course of the races--oh yeah and it was
hovering right at the magical zero degree mark.

Athletes who had soft skis, big engines and tough attitudes rose to the top
today. At the completion of the races the US Ski Team announced the World
Junior, J1, and Under 23 Championship Teams. GMVS placed two athletes
on these teams! David Sinclair ‘10 is proving that he is one of the very best
juniors in the country, placing fifth overall for Juniors (2nd J1) and taking
the third spot on the Junior 1 Scandinavian Team that will compete in
Kuopio, Finland at the end of the month. GMVS coach Tim Weston will
serve as the Team Leader for this trip. Peter Kling, GMVS alumnus, was
named to the U-23 Team after his incredible 7th place finish in the skate
sprint on the first day of Nationals. Peter is now training right here in
Anchorage with the Alaska Pacific University team. This (to my knowledge)
is a first -- two GMVS Nordic athletes representing the US Ski Team in
international competition…a very cool moment for our program.