Michael Earnhart, an APU elite team skier, wins the men's freestyle sprint event at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Super Tour in Anchorage, Alaska. Despite rainy weather and challenging course conditions, Earnhart secured a victory, boosting his confidence after competing on the World Cup circuit.
Former UAF skier Mariel Merlii Pulles won the women’s race as ski conditions were good despite rain in Anchorage early this week.APU’s Michael Earnhart skis toward a first place finish. Cross-country ski racers competed in the freestyle sprint event as part of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Super Tour on January 7, 2025. The Super Tour race was held in conjunction with the U.S Cross Country Ski Championship races, which concluded Sunday.
(Marc Lester / ADN)And who could blame him? Rain poured down on Anchorage as roads and sidewalks turned glossy and slick with ice — hardly ideal skiing weather. But Earnhart, an APU elite team skier, found his groove by the time he took the starting line at Tuesday’s Super Tour sprint races. Earnhart took the top spot on the podium on the 1.4K course with a time of 2 minutes, 51.9 seconds, edging out a tight group of racers in the six-skier final. “I was hoping the race was going to be canceled,” Earnhart said. “I was feeling a little checked out yesterday. I think it showed today in the qualifier, I wasn’t quite in it yet. I kind of had to work into the day. But once we got into the heats, skiing next to people, then the competitive(ness) kind of came out again. All right, I’m racing.”Earnhart said he would have been happy to reach the finals. After starting the season on the World Cup circuit, finishing a week of racing with his best performance was a major confidence boost. “Getting (places) like 50s and 60s (in World Cup racing) doesn’t feel that good, so to come back here and having to win a race (was affirming),” he said. “OK, I still know how to race.” The stadium at Kincaid Park was dotted with puddles as skiers, coaches and race officials delicately tiptoed over icy patches that just two days earlier were snowy for the final day of the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships. Racers in a men’s quarterfinal race pass a soggy portion of the stadium at Kincaid Par
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