January 6, 2010 News Release

Anchorage is Golden: Local Skiers Randall and Southam
Claim National Titles at U.S. XC Championships

ANCHORAGE – On the third day of the 2010 ConocoPhillips U.S. Cross Country Championships in Anchorage, local Kikkan Randall won her third national title in as many races. Another Anchorage skier, James Southam, won the 30-kilometer men’s classic race.
 
Randall, racing the 20-K women’s classic race finished in 1 hour, 14 minutes and 19 seconds and was followed by Holly Brooks, also of Anchorage, ten seconds behind with a time of 1:14:29.2. Caitlin Compton of Minneapolis finished third in 1:15:04.7.
 
Southam finished the men’s race in 1:32:08.3 to beat U.S. Ski Team member Kris Freeman of Andover, N.H., 1:33:18.2, helping his case as he chases an Olympic team selection. Bryan Cook of Rhinelander, Wis., finished third in 1:33:43.
 
Alaska women finishing in the top 10 included:
1st Kikkan Randall, 1:14:19
2nd Holly Brooks, 1:14:29.2
6th Laura Valaas, 1:15:49.3
 
Alaska men finishing in the top 10 included:
1st James Southam, 1:32:08.3
4th David Norris, 1:33:57.9
8th Dylan Watts, 1:36:01.5
9th Reese Hanneman, 1:36:21. 7
 
Full results from today’s races including the Junior women’s 5-K, Junior men’s 10-K and Adaptive races are available online at: http://www.anchoragenordicski.com/nationals10/results.html
 
The 2010 ConocoPhillips U.S. Cross Country Championships will conclude with the men’s 1.5-K and women’s 1.4-K classic sprint races on Friday beginning at 10 a.m. Sprint quarterfinals will begin at 12:30 p.m. followed immediately by semifinals and finals.
 
Race schedules and event details are available at: http://www.anchoragenordicski.com/nationals10/index.html