August 26, 2013 (NZ) – Check out this great pic of Alaskan APU skier Lauren Fritz on the podium at the 23rd Annual Kangaroo Hoppet, 42km FR, with winner Marina Chernousov, who was 16th overall and Japan’s Chisa Obayashi in 3rd. Fritz is no stranger to the podium having won the 2013 Boulder Mountain Tour and she recently took the top step on the women’s Sprint podium at the FIS Australia/New Zealand Cup in Perisher Valley. The USA’s Jessica Yeaton, also from Alaska and currently skiing for Montana State University, was 5th… read more about Lauren Fritz here

Thanks to Kangaroo Hoppet race organizer Allan Marsland for sending us the podium photo.