Greetings NENSA Community!

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our U.S. World Juniors mens relay team for their GOLD medal victory in Lahti Finland this past Saturday!! The relay team included our own Ben Ogden (UVM), as well as Gus Schumacher (Alaska Winter Stars), Johnny Hagenbuch (Sun Valley SEF), and Luke Jager (APUNSC). Their skis were waxed to perfection by our own New England wax techs Justin Beckwith (NENSA) and Anna Schulz (Craftsbury Nordic). Way to go team!

Great to see so many of you at our Eastern Cup/Supertour races in Lake Placid last weekend. There were also great turn outs for the Freeman Frost White Mountain Classic 30k as well as the Bretton Woods Geschmossel 15k classic races too. See boxes below for results and photos.

This weekend brings the Craftsbury DOUBLE Marathon ski festival weekend - a 33k/50k classic marathon on Saturday and a 16k/33k freestyle marathon on Sunday.

Closer to my home in Boston, the Third Annual Race for Snow is happening. Races begin at 9am on Sunday, February 3rd at the Leo J Martin Ski Track. Online Registration is open on SkiReg.com and closes at 5pm on February 1st. All proceeds from the race will be donated to 350.org, a grass-roots organization that promotes clean energy and climate change awareness. This race is run by a great group of CSU junior high school athletes, and it is a top notch race event not to be missed (unless you are at the Marathon)!

Check out all the NENSA NEWS from the Field below, and the tons of races and events coming up in the next few weeks and all of February and March on our full NENSA Calendar of Events at the bottom of this eNewsletter.

Hope to see many of you in Craftsbury this weekend, or out at another NENSA event soon!

Best,
Amie

Amie W. Smith
Executive Director
New England Nordic Ski Association
Amie@nensa.net

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Highlights and Notes from NENSA and the Nordic World
Freeman Frost White Mountain Classic 30k and NENSA One Day Club Championship a HUGE Success!
Congratulation to the individuals and club teams who made the podium this year ~ here are the results:

Top Women Overall:
1st: Elissa Bradley, Ford Sayre
2nd: Hannah Smith, CSU
3rd: Rebecca Feist, CSU

Top Men Overall:
1st: Kris Freeman, Caldwell Sport
2nd: Joel Bradley, Ford Sayre
3rd: Eli Enman, NWVE - Rossignol

One Day NENSA Club Championship.....drum roll please! It was very close in the women's category - with just one point separating 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The men's 1st and 2nd place teams were also close, just one point apart. Looks like this Stowe, CSU and NWVE club rivalry is alive and well! Nice job everyone!

Women's 2019 NENSA Club Champions:
1st: Stowe Nordic with 3 points
2nd: NWVE with 4 points
3rd: CSU with 5 points

Men's 2019 NENSA Club Champions:
1st: NWVE with 7 points
2nd: CSU with 8 points
3rd: Stowe Nordic with 17 points

For lots more great PHOTOS of the day taken by Jamie Doucett click HERE

Full race report by Damian Bolduc on NENSA.net HERE
Kris Freeman - Caldwell Sport and overall winner
Elissa Bradley - Ford Sayre and 1st place woman

Carol Van Dyke - bring in the points for the Stowe Nordic women to win the 1DCC
Hannah Smith - CSU and 2nd place woman
NWVE showing they are always a force to be reckoned with in this 1DCC
Neal Graves taking the downhill for Stowe Nordic!
46th Annual Geschmossel 15k Classic Race held at Bretton Woods this past Sunday
Congrats to all the athletes who competed in the 46th Annual Geschmossel 15k Classic race this past Sunday at Bretton Woods. Tyler Deangelis and Jessica Marion were the winners (shown right). It was a wonderful event with great snow conditions and reception with "medal" cookies for all!

Men's Podium:
1st Tyler Deangelis - Readfield ME
2nd Seth Downs - Anchorage AK
3rd Neal Graves - Stowe VT

Women's Podium:
1st Jessica Marion - (town not listed)
2nd Hannah Smith - Wellesley MA
3rd Sara Graves - Stowe VT

Full results from Bart Timing HERE
NENSA Eastern Cup/Supertour Weekend in Lake Placid
Full Results HERE
World Cup News:
U.S. Junior Men Strike World Championship Relay Gold!
Luke Jager, Ben Ogden, Johnny Hagenbuch, and Gus Schumacher won the Junior men's 4x5k relay Sunday at the FIS Junior World Cross Country Championships. (FIS)

The U.S. Men’s Junior Worlds Team took gold on Saturday in the 4x5k relay, the final event of the FIS Junior World Cross Country Championship in Lathi, Finland. The team of Luke Jager (APU/Anchorage, Alaska), Ben Ogden (UVM/Landgrove, Vt.), Johnny Hagenbuch (Sun Valley SEF/Sun Valley, Idaho) and Gus Schumacher (Alaska Winter Stars/Anchorage, Alaska) edged-out the second-place Russia by 3.8 seconds, and third-place Germany by 6.3 seconds.

This is the best Junior World Championship result of a U.S. Men’s Team, surpassing the silver medal won in Goms, Switzerland, in 2018.

Read full story HERE
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SafeSport Program

NENSA has always urged ALL New England coaches, parent volunteers, venue volunteers and anyone working with youth to take the SafeSport on-line course and get certified. NENSA has been requiring this of all our staff and volunteer coaches and wax techs at JN's and REG Camps for several years now. So please take time this season to be sure all your club volunteers and coaches are SafeSport certified. Do it today.
Renew  your NENSA Membership today, and THANK YOU!

Take pride in joining the New England Nordic community with your NENSA membership and in knowing your dues are coming right back to you in the form of NENSA programming and our ongoing support of venues, clubs, athletes and coaches across the region. 

There are more reasons than ever to re-new your NENSA Membership! We now have  NENSA Members Only Benefits & Offers  on our website ~ Check back often as we will be adding more from our wonderful sponsors as the season progresses! Go to our "NENSA Members Only Benefits and Offers" tab, under Membership, on NENSA.net to see the latest offers!

Questions about renewing your membership?? Email  preston@nensa.net  or call (207-688-6503) Preston in our NENSA office - he is there to help you! 

Upcoming Events
A Look Ahead at the NENSA Calendar
Upcoming Events:
February 9 VT Qualifier Races
February 10 Flying Moose Classic

Full NENSA.net Calendar Listing HERE
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