Bozeman SuperTour Photo Update
It’s been a little while since the Bozeman SuperTour races wrapped up last weekend, but I have a bunch of good pictures from the races that I wanted to share, so I figured it’s never too late for a post!
The GRP skiers raced a classic sprint and a 10k/15k mass start in Bozeman. Conditions on the course slightly resembled an ice rink: warm temperatures during the day and freezing overnight made for some scary downhills on the twisty-turn-y course. Luckily, it also made for really nice klister skiing, and our 3 wax techs for the weekend, Nick Brown, Bryan Cook, and Brayton Osgood gave us fantastic skis for both days. Thanks guys! It was great to be skiing in the sunshine and mountains, even if we did have to practice our best alpine turning techniques.
Check out our website for full race reports and results from the weekend, but highlights were Caitlin Patterson’s 3rd place in the classic sprint (and her first SuperTour podium of the year!), Kaitlynn Miller’s 5th place sprint qualifier, Caitlin P’s 4th place in the 10k, and the fact that the GRP women were all in the top 10 both days! The top men’s result of the weekend was Gordon Vermeer’s 15th in the sprint.
The skiers are now back in Craftsbury and enjoying the new snow, but also have been without power for a while due to the crazy storm and downed trees! Next up on the race docket: the opening Eastern Cup at Rikert in Middlebury. Thanks for reading, and enjoy the pictures!
Showing off our green post-classic sprint
Mass start mayhem (Photo Anya Bean)
Cresting the hill in the 10k classic (Photo Anya Bean)
Kaitlynn Miller putting the hammer down on her 9th place finish (photo Anya Bean)
Caitlin, me, and Kaitlynn getting ready to cheer on the guys in the 15k
Gordon heading up the first hill with Alex Howe hot in pursuit (photo Anya Bean)
Andrew Dougherty on his last lap. It got a little slick for the guys near the end, and most of them were herring-boning on this hill (photo Anya Bean)
Gordon again, must have been having a photogenic day! (Photo Anya Bean)