February 4, 2007 (Davos, Switzerland) – U.S. women finished 11th today behind Sweden in a 4x5K World Cup relay race while the U.S. men’s team was 12th behind Russia in the 4x10K race.

Sweden won in 53:51.6 with the four Americans 11th with a time of 58:15.7. Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) and Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VT), who made her World Cup debut Saturday, were joined by two others skiing in their first World Cup race: Morgan Arritola (Fairfield, ID) and Taz Mannix (Anchorage, AK).

In the men’s race, Russia led a four-nation sprint to the finish before winning in 1:35.42.6, four-tenths of a second ahead of Italy. The U.S. foursome – Kris Freeman (Andover, NH), Chris Cook (Rhinelander, WI), James Southam (Anchorage, AK) and Andrew Johnson (Greensboro, VT) – was 12th in 1:39.17.1.

Results

Women

1. Sweden 53:51.6
2. Norway I 53:52.6
3. Finland 54:20.2
4. Italy I 54:32.8
5. Germany 54:50.7
6. Russia 55:05.1
7. Italy Ii 55:12.9
8. Norway Ii 55:13.7
9. Switzerland I 56:48.8
10. France 57:21.8
11. USA 58:15.7
12. Switzerland Ii 59:09.0

Men

1. Russia 1:35:42.6
2. Italy 1:35:43.0
3. France 1:35:43.1
4. Czech Republic 1:35:43.3
5. Norway I 1:36:34.2
6. Norway Ii 1:36:35.0
7. Austria 1:37:27.4
8. Switzerland I 1:37:28.6
9. Sweden 1:37:30.5
10. Switzerland Ii 1:37:37.3
11. Germany 1:38:18.2
12. USA 1:39:17.1
13. Slovakia 1:40:38.0