Rebecca Dussault, who skied for Rocky Mountain Nordic as a junior, was named to the 2006 Olympic cross-country ski team late Tuesday evening.

Congratulations, Rebecca!

Race information, preliminary schedules, entry and liability forms are available for the 01.27 and 01.28.06 Junior Olympic Super Qualifier, which will be held at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah.

Click below to link to the official Web page or go to Information/Forms for downloadable files.

[Photo by Jane Gerstenberger]

Rocky Mountain Nordic officially announced its Online Auction fundraiser this weekend at Boulder's race banquet. This program is designed to raise money for RMN, the Colorado Nordic skiing association, and individual clubs. Clubs which provide items to be auctioned will split the proceeds of the sale 50-50 with RMN. The goal of the auction is to raise $50,000 for clubs and RMN.

We need your help in procurring items to auction off! If you have an item you'd like to donate, please contact your home club or Jason Cork at rmnordic@gmail.com.

For more information, click below and download the file "Online Auction."

[Photo courtesy Travis Jones]

Great races on great days at Eldora, held by the Boulder Nordic Junior Racing Team. Former Rocky Mountain Nordic/Durango skier Jamie Wienk brought Team Telluride to their first Junior Olympic Qualifier races, the weather was unusually good (“This is the best morning I’ve ever seen at Eldora” — Boulder coach Eric Pepper), the courses were tough and the banquet was outstanding.

Many thanks to race organizers and volunteers.

[All photos courtesy Jane Gerstenberger]

A short breakdown of Friday and Saturday’s events:

Results from this morning's classic, interval-start races, held at Eldora Nordic Center, are available for download.

Click below to link to Information/Forms and download the results:
(Also available in in non-downloadable form in Results.)

There's been a bit of a buzz on e-mail about prequalification of skiers for Junior Nationals. To clarify: Rocky Mountain (and every other region) may send up to 42 skiers (21 male, 21 female) to JOs not counting skiers who either a) are on the US Ski Team, b) attend World Junior Championships, c) attend J1 Scandinavian Cup, d) are the top five juniors in their NCAA region, e) are in the top 20 junior ranked at Senior Nationals, f) are Nordic Combined skiers who place in the top 10 at their World Junior trials or g) Biathlon skiers who place in the top 10 at their World Junior trials

For the official USSA rule, see the Nordic Competition Guide or click on the link below and consult rules 70.1.1-5:

Read the rule