Midway, UT – Torin Koos, of Wenatchee, Wash. and the Bridger Ski Foundation, and APU Nordic’s Sadie Bjornsen, from Winthrop, Wash., were winners Sunday on day three of the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships at Soldier Hollow under overcast skies with temperatures in the 20s in Midway, Utah.

Koos won the men’s 30k classic with a final sprint to breakaway from the field in the last kilometer for his eighth career U.S. title. APU Nordic’s Erik Bjornsen, also of Winthrop, Wash., was second and Fairbanks, Alaska’s David Norris, of Montana State University, took bronze.

“I put in a huge move with about 500 meters to go and tried to blow up the race. There was probably about eight or 10 of us. And I just thought ‘OK, I’ve got to go,'” said Koos. “So I just put everything into the move and was hanging on a little bit and fortunately I had enough to do that. It’s an amazing feeling to come down the finish line and realize I’m going to do it.”

Sadie Bjornsen won her first gold after a pair of silvers this week, taking the win over APU Nordic’s Kate Fitzgerald, of Palmer, Alaska, and Sophie Caldwell of Stratton Mountain,Vt.

“I have been looking forward to trying to get a win this week so I’m happy to get to stand on the top,” said Sadie Bjornsen. “Today my goal was to do my best out there and not walk away from the day feeling like I could have made improvements. Every race you go into it with the goal of winning. The last two races it’s been a small margin, so I knew today it was my opportunity since classic is a strength of mine. I knew the key was to go out there and relax and go for it when I could.”

The Championships wrap up Tuesday with freestyle sprints.