Bend HS skier McColgan heading to Estonia for Nations Cup
MBSEF skier and Bend High junior Annie McColgan is heading off to Otepää , Estonia for the FIS U18 Nations Cup from Jan. 25-27.
The U18 Nations Cup features skiers from nations around the world including the most powerful Nordic teams from Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The U18 Nations Cup is first level of US skiers as they progress from domestic US racing onto the international circuit.
McColgan qualified as one of 6 girls and 6 boys for the team at the US National Championships in Craftsbury Vermont. US Nationals include all the best professional, collegiate, and junior racers in the US and Canada.
In the U18 Girls division, McColgan finished 15 th is the 10 km Classic, 20 th in the 1.5 km Classic Sprint, 6 th is the 7.5 km Skate, and finally 1 st in the 1.5 km Skate Sprint.
MBSEF skiers Will Lange and Hunter Greene also competed in Craftsbury.
According to MBSEF Program Director Dan Simoneau, “Annie was as tough and determined and anyone that knows her would expect. Especially at the end of the long final hill of the 7.5 km skate she fought hard passing a bunch of skiers and putting herself on the team.”
McColgan is the first junior skier from Central Oregon to qualify for any international Competition is more than 10 years.
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