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March 16, 2015 (Oslo, NOR) – SkiTrax caught up with US Women’s Coach, Matt Whitcomb, following the women’s 30km FR at the famous Holmenkollen in Oslo marking the strongest distance results in history by the U.S. women’s team. Liz Stephen matched her best-ever 9th, while Jessie Diggins finished 14th and Caitlin Gregg was 19th – all personal bests. Whitcomb talks about the final World Cup race of the season, team’s evolution, the impact of Kikkan Randall, and what lies ahead…
Matt Whitcomb Interview
March 23rd, 2015 at 1:28 pm
Hello Matt—have been a quiet guy for a while—a little behind the scenes action here—-dble knee replacement taken on has left the energy reserves very low.
A very interesting season for you guys–both men and women–have a lot that I could say—more ladies on the scene—one a year would be great—but two—WOW—you might be the #2 nation in women’s rankings—but #4 is more realistic a number—-with out a fully energized Kikkan—remember that phone call. Too much going on too soon in the season—her job is professional xc skiing—not all that other stuff.
I expect some boys to really build off of this season this next year. Yes, development does take place at the WSC and Olympics—when you have a chance, squeeze as many young people on board the plane to those big sites—work with the “big guy” at the NSF—-make his job harder to raise more money—he can do it!!! Just get him those medals!!1
To the team—-you can be better—have a bigger team focus—even stronger then it is—you picked up a lot of slack this year because of it—let’s kick more ass this year. BEST TO YOU ALL!!!!