Kendall Kramer and Luke Jager secured national championships at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships held in Anchorage, Alaska.
Two Alaska ns earned national titles at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships in Anchorage over the weekend. University of Alaska Fairbanks senior Kendall Kramer won the women's 10k individual start freestyle race in 58:17.2 at Kincaid Park, narrowly beating Erica Laven of Sweden, who skis for the University of Utah, by 2.4 seconds. Kramer is on the U.S. ski team’s development squad, also called the D team.
After winning that race, she told Alaska-grown Olympic gold medalist and executive director of the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage, Kikkan Randall, that the win was a surprise. “I definitely was not predicting this, and I was kind of counting myself out today,” Kramer said. “Once I realized going into the last lap that I could have my first national championship and not settle for second, even though that would have been good, then I just tried for it. So that’s awesome.” Anchorage’s Luke Jager also earned a medal Sunday after finishing third overall in the men’s 20K race in 50:59.2. He was outpaced by Andreas Kirkeng of Norway, who skis for the University of Denver, and John Steel Hagenbuch of Idaho, who races for Dartmouth. The 2025 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships Men’s 10km Interval Start Free Technique podium for top U.S. racers: John Steel Hagenbuch (Dartmouth Ski Team, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team) won the National title in a time of 21:23.4, followed by Walker Hall (Utah Ski Team) at 21:38, and Alaska’s Luke Jager (APU Nordic Ski Team, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team) at 21:39.4. The races took place Thursday at Kincaid Park. (Scott Broadwell) Competitors from other countries are ineligible for U.S. medals, bumping Steel Hagenbuch to gold and Jager to silver. Jager’s teammate, Michael Earnhart of Anchorage finished 6th in 51:11.5 in the 20K race. Both Jager and Earnhart are on the U.S. cross country B team
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