Skiers Olympics-Bound
Marcus Nash won the men’s 10-kilometer classic cross-country race at Mount Van Hoevenberg, beating 54 opponents for the Olympic team berth. Nash edged Patrick Weaver by 8.3 seconds, finishing in 29 minutes, 25.3 seconds for the victory.
John Bauer of Champlin, Minn., was another minute behind in third.
In the women’s 5-kilometer classic, Kerrin Petty of Townshend, Vt., second in the 15-kilometer freestyle Tuesday, beat former University of Vermont teammate Laura Wilson.
Meanwhile, at Whiteface Mountain, Ann Battelle of Steamboat Springs, Colo., and Alex Wilson of Buffalo, N.Y., won freestyle moguls events and invitations to Japan.