Skiing
Odyssey Ends Back on Slopes for Coach
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the Nordic ski team’s rise this year is that the team’s assistant coach is a former softball recruit who had never cross country skied before college.
BRIEF: Members of Ski Team Take to Slopes for Final Exhibition Race
While the weather in Cambridge took a turn for the warmer this weekend, members of the Harvard nordic ski team headed north to Rangeley, Maine for one last race in the snow—a 50k-freestyle race at TD Bank Rangeley Lake Loppet.
Sprague’s Sixth Sparks Ski Squad
It seemed impossible that a Harvard skier could have really placed sixth in the EISA Championships, hosted by Middlebury. But, in fact, Cara Sprague had, finishing less than a minute slower than overall winner Katie Bono of the Big Green.
Nordic Team Keeps Up With Top Skiers
Glancing at the whole of something doesn’t mean you understand all of its parts. Imagine this: you assume that Australia doesn’t have any decent winter athletes just because its total medal count—two—falls far behind winter powers such as the United States, Germany, and Norway, the current medal leaders.
Women’s Nordic Team Leads Crimson Effort
But at the Williams Ski Carnival, the city slickers had their way on skate skis. The Harvard women’s Nordic team topped the Middlebury Panthers in the 5k free race, as the schools went 6th and 7th, respectively.
Skiing Posts Solid Results
It may not have been home sweet home for the Dartmouth ski team, but the Big Green didn’t seem to care, as it won its relocated home carnival by over 50 points, leaving ninth-place Harvard far back in its snowy wake in Stowe, Vt.
Olympic Mishaps Don't Bode Well
Even with planning that began a decade ago, the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada have already had their fair share of mishaps before competition even began.
Skiing Propelled By Women’s Alpine Team
A lot of skiers have come through Harvard in the last 30 years, but never once in those years did the Crimson women’s alpine ski team place sixth in the giant slalom, as it did this past weekend at the University of Vermont Winter Carnival in Stowe, Vt.
Women's Nordic Sparks Crimson Skiing
With six top-40 finishers between the four Crimson teams and an impressive fifth-place finish in the women’s nordic relay, Harvard offered a strong showing at the St. Michael’s College Winter Carnival.
BRIEF: Skiing Comes Up Short at St. Lawrence Carnival
The Crimson continued its stretch of poor showings at the St. Lawrence Winter Carnival this weekend, finishing ninth.
SEASON RECAP: Injuries Undermine Struggling Squad
Coming off a year in which the alpine squad was forced to enter many early-season contests with no coach at
Harvard Finishes Season in Sugarloaf
This past season for the Harvard skiing team has illustrated just how hard it is for alpine and Nordic squads
Carnival Yields Familiar Results
The Harvard skiing team recorded its fifth consecutive tenth-place finish this past weekend at the Middlebury College Winter Carnival in
Crimson Notches Another Tenth
The Harvard skiing team is lacking some key scorers on both the Nordic and alpine squads this year, but one
