January 09, 2011 (Rumford, ME) – We caught up with Tad Elliott (CXC) who claimed the men’s 30km skate race title and Liz Stephen, the winner of Thursday’s 20km women’s freestyle race at Black Mountain, Maine, site of the 2011 US XC Nationals.

Elliott talks about being the U23 National Champion in both mountain biking and cross country skiing. He plans to remain on the East Coast before traveling with the US Ski Team to compete in the U23 Worlds in Estonia.

Stephen, a member of the 2010 Olympic team in Vancouver, talks about that experience compared to her welcome result at the US Nationals and her future plans for the winter racing at WCups in Europe and later in Sun Valley.