Welcome to the 2013 Junior National Championships
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The US Ski Team Shout-out to JN2013 Fairbanks! |
Welcome to the 2013 USSA Marriott Junior National Cross Country Ski Championships in Fairbanks, presented by ConocoPhillips. It is our goal to organize and conduct an outstanding event that will prove enjoyable and rewarding for all athletes, coaches, spectators, volunteers and officials. Our Organizing Committee (OC) headed by President Jim Gillis, and our Competition Committee (CC), headed by Chief of Competition John Estle, have been working already for many months to achieve our goal. We hope you enjoy a great week of events here in Fairbanks, the Golden Heart of Alaska. For many who live in Fairbanks, March is a favorite month! |
JN2013 Merchandise
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To all of you who ordered JN 2013 merchandise: we are still awaiting arrival of the materials we had to re-order. We will start shipping materials upon their arrival in Fairbanks. We still have all records of sales for mail-order, but simply don't yet have anything to ship. Thanks for your patience.
More Photos of Junior National Races
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Bert Boyer of Fairbanks did an amazing job of capturing and sharing nearly 3800 photographs of the action at all of the Junior National Races. Mark Nadell of Far West Nordic has also shared his great photos of Junior National races. Both photographers' galleries are linked from the "Photo Galleries" feature on the right side of the front page. Photos are available for purchase for a small fee. Both Bert and Mark have generously offered to donate all proceeds from the online sales of their photos to the National Nordic Foundation (NNF), which supports the athlete development pipeline of US Cross Country and Nordic Combined skiing. (Photo by Bert Boyer)
Bert Boyer's Zenfolio GalleriesMark Nadell's SmugMug Galleries
Alaska Cup and other awards
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By Eric Troyer
FAIRBANKS, AK -- Several awards were given out during the Closing Ceremonies of the 2013 Cross Country Junior Nationals. Alaska won the Alaska Cup and, not surprisingly, many of the team awards went to Alaskan teams.
ALASKA CUP
Alaska won the Alaska Cup after a four-year drought. New England, which has won the cup the last four years, came in second and Midwest third. For a complete listing of the Alaska Cup results and point totals see this page.
The following awards were also given out at the Closing Ceremony:
ADDITIONAL MEDIA SUMMARY FROM SATURDAY, MARCH 16, RACES
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By Eric Troyer
FAIRBANKS, AK -- Below are a few more stories, videos, and photos of Saturday’s classic distance races as well others from the 2013 Cross Country Junior Nationals.
Classic Mass Start Slide Show
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Bert Boyer has done an amazing job of sharing photos from the week of competition at Junior Nationals 2013 at Birch Hill in Fairbanks.Over 1000 new photos of Saturday's Mass Start Classic Technique races are now available in his Zenfolio albums from "Photo Galleries" on the right sidebar. You can view the slideshow below.
Photos are available for purchase for a small fee. ALL proceeds from the sale of photos will be donated to the National Nordic Foundation (NNF) which supports the athlete development pipeline of US Cross Country and Nordic Combined skiing.
Relatives of racers keep themselves busy besides watching races
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By Eric Troyer
FAIRBANKS, AK -- The 2013 Cross Country Junior Nationals drew young racers from across the nation to Fairbanks. And many of those kids drew parents, non-racing siblings, and even grandparents along with them.
While no official statistics are kept on the relatives who travel to watch the racers, event officials estimate that more than 100 are attending these Junior Nationals.
Those relatives spent part of their time cheering on the racers, but that still leaves a lot of time to do other things. They have been taking advantage of their time in Fairbanks by seeing more of what the city and surrounding area has to offer, including Chena Hot Springs, the World Ice Art sculptures, and the University of Alaska Museum, and dog sled races.
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Photo Galleries
Junior National Photo Galleries
Photographer Bert Boyer captured nearly 3800 images of the action from all of the Junior Nationals 2013 races. His Zenfolio photo galleries can be viewed at the link below. Mark Nadell of Far West Nordic has also shared his SmugMug photo galleries of the races. Photos are available for purchase from both sites for a small fee. Both Bert and Mark have said that ALL proceeds from the sale of photos from their sites will be donated to the National Nordic Foundation (NNF) which supports the athlete development pipeline of US Cross Country and Nordic Combined skiing.
View Bert Boyer's Zenfolio Photo Galleries...
View Mark Nadell's SmugMug Photo Galleries...
Major Sponsors
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REAL-TIME COVERAGE
If you are at the Birch Hill venue, live results will be available on your smartphone, so you can be on top of the action while you watch. You will also be able to see real-time results on your tablet, laptop or desktop computer. Click on the "Results" link above and then go to the race you're looking for.
If we are able to get some fiber-optic connections made we plan to live-stream video from at least one camera at Birch Hill. If we have enough bandwidth, we will have two cameras streaming video during the competition. We'll place obvious links on this page so you can make that connection.
During the Junior Nationals we plan to publish event coverage content and action photos throughout the day on competition days, and will be posting more content and photos in the evening after competition. Click on the appropriate links to view photos.
Weather Data
Current Conditions at Birch Hill
24.7 °F at 01:15 AM
High 25.8 °F at 12:00 AM
Low 24.6 °F at 1:14 AM
Wind WSW 7.1 mph
Windchill 16.6 °F
Barometer 29.746 in. rising
Sunrise 4:15 AM
Sunset 11:17 PM
Daylight 19:02
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Climate Data
Weather (averages for March 10)
- Average Temperature: +7F / -14C
- Average High Temperature: +20F / -7C
- Average Low Temperature: -6F / -21C
- Average Relative Humidity: 53% (mid-afternoon average)
- Average Precipitation: 6.6" for the month of March
Daylight (on March 10)
- With the flat arc at this latitude daylight extends well past sundown
- The time between sunup and sundown increases by six to seven minutes per day - 45+ minutes per week.
- Actual Time: Sunrise 8:26 AM - Sundown 7:37 PM (11 hours 11 minutes)
- Civil Twilight: 7:38 AM - 8:26 PM (12 hours 48 minutes)
- Nautical Twilight: 6:40 AM - 9:24 PM (14 hours 44 minutes)
- Astronomical Twilight: 5:39 - 10:26 PM (16 hours 47 minutes)
Birch Hill Weather
Gold Sponsors
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Bronze Sponsors
A&K Cupcakes :: Alaska Feed Company :: Alaska Communications :: Alaska IBEW Local 1547 :: Doyon Utilities
ERA Alaska :: Great Harvest Bread Company :: H&S Warehouse :: Honeystinger :: HooDoo Brewing Company :: In My Element
Kinross Fort Knox :: Lu Lu's Bread & Bagels :: Tower Hill Mines - Livengood Gold Project :: PDC Inc. Engineers :: Princess Lodges
Radiology Consultants :: Safeway :: Silver Gulch :: Ski Erg / Concept2 :: Spirit of Alaska FCU :: Wendy & Judy Shiffler
101 Wilderness Drive
Fairbanks, AK, USA 99712
Winter Hours:
Mon. to Fri. Noon to 9pm
Saturday 8am to 6pm
Sunday 10am to 6pm
How To Get To Birch Hill
Getting to Birch Hill is simple:
Wherever you are in Fairbanks, make your way to the Steese Highway on the east side of town. Drive north on the Steese to the traffic light at the Farmers' Loop intersection. Turn right (east) at the light, then immediately left on Birch Hill Road. Follow Birch Hill Road parallel to the Steese Highway for about a mile, at which point Birch Hill Road turns right and uphill. Birch Hill Road ends in a "T", at which point you turn right (SW) go about 50m, and go to the right of an island of trees. That will put you at a yellow gate that marks the entrance to the Birch Hill Recreation Area. More details on spectator parking will be available as we get closer to March.
