January 08, 2015 (Houghton, Michigan) – Kris Freeman (Freebird) stamped his authority on the men’s 30km CL race outpacing all challengers for the victory on Day three of the 2015 U.S. Cross Country Championships.

Men's 30km podium © Peter Graves

At just 3.5s behind APU’s Alexander Treinen battled with local star, Kyle Bratrud (Northern Michigan University), winner of the 15km FR on Day 1, for the silver as Bratrud settled for the bronze at a mere 0.4s back.

APU’s Eric Packer and David Norris finished 4th and 5th respectively as the top 5 were just over 11s apart. Reese Hanneman (APU) in 6th and Matthew Gelso (Sun Valley SEF) in 7th were just behind making for a close race.

Women's 20km podium © Peter Graves

Rosie Brennan delivered more gold for APU nailing her second title at these championships in the women’s 20km CL with a 5.5s margin over Caitlin Patterson (Craftsbury Green Racing Project) in second and Eliska Hajkova (Boulder Nordic Junior Racing Team) in third.

Top Juniors today were Ian Torchia (Northern Michigan University) in the men’s 10km CL race and Katharine Ogden (Stratton Mountain School) in the junior women’s 5km CL race.

Results (links below)

Women

1. Rosie Brennan (APU Nordic Ski Center) 1:10:42.4
2. Caitlin Patterson (Craftsbury Green Racing Project) 1:10:47.9
3. Eliska Hajkova (Boulder Nordic Junior Racing Team) 1:10:50.9
4. Chelsea Holmes (APU Nordic Ski Center) 1:10:56.2
5. Becca Rorabaugh (APU Nordic Ski Center) 1:11:21.3
6. Liz Guiney (Craftsbury Green Racing Project) 1:11:51.6

Men

1. Kris Freeman (Freebird) 1:31:14.8
2. Alexander Treinen (APU Nordic Ski Center) 1:31:18.5
3. Kyle Bratrud (Northern Michigan University) 1:31:18.9
4. Eric Packer (APU Nordic Ski Center) 1:31:19.7
5. David Norris (APU Nordic Ski Center) 1:31:26.0

Open men’s results here
Open women’s results here
Junior men’s results here
Junior women’s results here