Koos, Diggins Repeat U.S. Sprint Titles

Rumford, ME – Torin Koos of Wenatchee, Wash., skiing out of the Bridger Ski Foundation, and Jessie Diggins, of Afton, Minn., picked up opening day freestyle sprint titles as the U.S. Cross Country Championships opened Tuesday at Rumford’s Black Mountain after warm weather delayed the event by a day.

Racers compete on Tuesday in the U.S. Cross Country Championships at Black Mountain in Rumford, Maine. (photo: Bryan Fish, U.S. Ski Team)
Racers compete on Tuesday in the U.S. Cross Country Championships at Black Mountain in Rumford, Maine. (photo: Bryan Fish, U.S. Ski Team)

The duo both repeated their freestyle titles from 2011 at Rumford. It was the sixth career U.S. title for Koos, who swept both sprints at Rumford in 2011, and second for Diggins, who will join the U.S. World Cup team next week in Milan, Italy. Dartmouth grad Dakota Blackhorse von Jess took silver and Tyler Kornfield, the 2010 classic sprint champ, bronze in men’s, with Caitlin Compton Gregg (Minneapolis, Minn.) second and Jennie Bender (Johnson, Vt.), a World Junior and U23 Team member, third as Central Cross Country (CXC) swept the women’s podium.

Organizers at Black Mountain have done an amazing job in making snow and preparing courses for the U.S. Championships after warm and snowless weather plagued the region throughout December.

Action at the U.S. Cross Country Championships continues Thursday under the revised schedule with men’s 15k and women’s 10k freestyle.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
U.S. Cross Country Championships
Black Mountain – Rumford, Maine – Jan. 3, 2012
Freestyle Sprints

Women:

 PL BIB  FIS #  NAME              CLS AFFILIATION           TIME   BEHIND  PTS
  1   2 3535410 DIGGINS, Jessica   U23 CXC/USST           : 2:58.84    : 0.0
  2   4 3535021 GREGG, Caitlin     M1  CXC TEAM           : 3:01.37    : 2.5
  3   3 3535124 SARGENT, Ida       SR  USST / GRP         : 3:03.81    : 4.9
  4  22 3535184 STUBER, Maria      SR  CRAFTSBUTY GREEN   : 3:03.90    : 5.0
  5   7 3535304 CALDWELL, Sophie   U23 DARTMOUTH SKI TEAM : 3:07.40    : 8.5
  6  18 3535554 MILLER, Anika      J1  STRATTON MOUNTAIN  : 3:08.51    : 9.6
  7  19 3155073 HAJKOVA, Eliska    SR  UNIVERSITY OF      : 3:08.70    : 9.8
  8  16 3535136 DREISSIGACKER,     SR  CRAFTSBURY GREEN   : 3:08.74    : 9.9
                Hanna
  9  23 3535204 FRITZ, Lauren      SR  APU NORDIC SKI     : 3:09.03    :10.1
 10  20 3535514 HANNAH, Emily      J1  STEAMBOAT SPRINGS  : 3:09.11    :10.2

Men:

 PL BIB  FIS #  NAME              CLS AFFILIATION           TIME   BEHIND  PTS
  1 206 3530100 BLACKHORSE–VON     SR  BEND ENDURANCE     : 3:07.27    : 0.0
                JESS,
  2 202 3530280 SINNOTT, Michael   SR  SUN VALLEY SKI     : 3:08.11    : 0.8
  3 211 3530411 ELLEFSON, Sylvan G SR  SKI & SNOWBOARD    : 3:08.18    : 0.9
  4 220 3530496 NORRIS, David      U23 ALASKA WINTER      : 3:08.21    : 0.9
  5 217 3530409 NANEY, Samuel      SR  MADSHUS            : 3:09.05    : 1.7
  6 201 1365954 KOOS, Torin        M1  BRIDGER SKI        : 3:09.65    : 2.3
  7 212 3530303 REYNOLDS, Tim      SR  CRAFTSBURY GREEN   : 3:10.71    : 3.4
  8 222 3530551 SCOTT, Ryan F      U23 MONTANA STATE      : 3:10.87    : 3.6
  9 204 1335011 RODGERS, Colin D   M1  SUN VALLEY SKI     : 3:10.99    : 3.7
 10 225 3530101 FLAHARTY, Tyson    SR  TOKO/ MADSHUS      : 3:11.00    : 3.7


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