Bend skiers do well at American Birkebeiner

At Saturday ‘s American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race in Hayward, Wisconsin, XC Oregon racer Sarah Max (Bend) finished 8th overall in the women’s 51km skate event for a career-best finish in a race won by 2014 Olympian Holly Brooks of Anchorage.

XC Oregon’s Matt Briggs (Bend) finished 24th in the men’s 51km skate event won by Italy’s Sergio Bonaldi.

The American Birkebeiner is one of the largest cross-country ski events in the world and the largest cross-country ski event in North America with up to 10,000 total participants annually taking part over multiple race distances. The Birkebeiner is one of 16 elite Worldoppet Series of global ski marathons.

Additional Bend finishers….

Peter Vraniak (326th male in the 51kmBirkebeiner Skate)

Emily Prudhomme (371st female in the51kmBirkebeiner Skate)

Brian Smith (892nd male in the 51kmBirkebeiner Skate)

Bruce Knowlton (2273rd male in the51kmBirkebeiner Skate)

Kevin Gorman (387th malein the 55km Birkebeiner Classic)

Miles Lilly (722nd male in the51kmBirkebeinerClassic)

Hilary Garrett (94th female in the 55km Birkebeiner Classic)

Tina Pavelic(159th female in the 55km Birkebeiner Classic)

Kathleen Antolak (374th female in the 55km Birkebeiner Classic)

Britta Phillips(61st female in the 12km Prince Haakon)

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