United States Snowshoe Association, Inc.
2007 United States National Snowshoe Championship Series

Winter endurance athletes from across the Country will have the opportunity to qualify to participate in the U.S. Snowshoe Association’s Seventh Annual National Snowshoe Championships this season. The National Snowshoe Championships are slated for Minneapolis Minnesota on March 9th-10th, 2007. Athletes must join the USSSA and participate in and meet qualifying standards in one of the following Regional Qualifying events. NOTE: Qualifying standards can be found by going to www.snowshoeracing.com.

Calendar of Events

January 7th, 2007: Jazz Trax Snowshoe Stomp in Tahoe City, CA. Contact Patty Jo Struve at (Phone) 530-546-2786, Email – patty_jostruve@hotmail.com, Web: www.jazztrax.com. (Western Regional #1)

January 13th, 2007: Rail Trail Snowshoe Stomp in Park City, UT. Contact James Zwick of Sports-Am at (Phone) 801-583-6381, Email – Sports-am@abac.com, Web: www.sports-am.com. (Rocky Mountain Regional #1)

January 13th, 2007: Grand Teton Snowshoe Race in Idaho Falls, ID. Contact Michael Hays of Personal Best Performance at (Phone) 208-521-2243, Email – info@pb-performance.com, Web: www.pb-performance.com/pb/usssa.htm. (Western Regional #2)

January 20th, 2007: Mendon Ponds Winterfest Snowshoe Race in Mendon, NY. Contact Mort Nace and/or Tim Ratowski at (Phone) 585-271-7045, Email – goose@roadsarepoison.com, Web: www.roadsarepoison.com. (Northeastern Regional #1)

January 20th, 2007: Swift Skedaddle Snowshoe Race in Breckenridge, CO. Contact Jim Sanders or Diane McBride at (Phone) 970-547-7889, Email – dianem@townofbreckenridge.com, Web: www.townofbreckenridge.com. (Rocky Mountain Regional #2)

January 21st, 2007: Western Regional Qualifier Snowshoe Race in Flagstaff, AZ. Contact Wendell Johnson at (Phone) 928-220-0550, Email – Wendell@FlagstaffNordicCenter.com, Web: www.FlagstaffNordicCenter.com. (Western Regional #3)

January 21st, 2007: White River Snowshoe Race on Mount Hood, Lake Oswego, OR. Contact Kevin Foreman of X Dog Events at (Phone) 971-223-2825, Eamil – events@xdogevents.com, xdog@xdogevents.com, Web: www.xdevents.com. (Western Regional #4)

January 27th, 2007: Bigfoot Boogie in Traverse City, MI. Contact Jeff Gaft and Daniel Siderman of Running fit at (OPhone) 231-933-9242, Email – Runfittc@aol.com, Web: www.runsnow.com, www.runningfit.com. (North Central Regional #1)

January 28th, 2007: Gallatin Gallop Snowshoe Race in Bozeman, MT. contact Gary Hellenga at (Phone) 406-587-9271, Email – Hellenga_gary@bah.com, Web: www.gallatingallop.com. (Rocky Mountain Regional #3)

February 3rd, 2007: Northfield Mountain Snowshoe Race in Northfield, MA. Contact David Dunham at (Phone) 978-691-6727, email – dave.dunham@comcast.net, Web: www.runwmac.org. (Northeastern Regional #2)

February 3rd, 2007: Tartan Terrific Snowshoe Race in Stillwater, MN. Contact Jim McDonnell at (Phone) 651-735-6945, Email –jimmcdonnell@comcast.net, Web: www.homestead.com/tartanterrific (North Central Regional #2)

February 3rd, 2007: Iowa State Snowshoe Championships in Cedar Falls, IA. Contact Scott Gall at (Phone) 319-266-4727, Email – gallscott@hotmail.com, (North Central Regional #3)

February 10th, 2007: New World Snowshoe Championships in Luck, WI. Contact Larry Linder at (Phone) 715-472-8231, Email – newworld@lakeland.ws. (North Central Regional #4)

February 11th, 2007: Northern Vermont Snowshoe Challenge in Smuggler’s notch, VT. Contact Zeke Zucker at (Phone) 802-644-8282, Email – zeke555@verizon.net, Web: www.smuggs.com. (Northeastern Regional #3)

February 11th, 2007: Screamin Snowman in Nederland, CO. contact Darrin Eisman at (Phone) 303-642-3409, Email – darrin@racingunderground.com, Web: www.racingunderground.com. (Rocky Mountain Regional #3)

February 17th, 2007: Pennsylvania State Snowshoe Championships in Drums, PA. Contact Frank Gaval at (Phone) 570-788-4219, Email – barbara@ccomm.com. (Northeastern Regional #4).

February 17th, 2007: Camp Saratoga Snowshoe Race in Wilton, NY. Contact Jeff and Laura Clark at (Phone) 518-584-1198, Email – lclark@sals.edu, Web: www.runwmac.org. (Northeastern Regional #5)

February 18th, 2007: Auburn Snowshoe Challenge in Donner Summit, CA. Contact John Stauffer at (Phone) 415-385-0065 Email – johnjstauffer@cs.com, Web: www.auburnskiclub.org, (Western Regional #5)

February 24th, 2007: Twin Cities Snowshoe Shuffle in Minneapolis, MN. Contact Kathy Jurichko or RuthAnn Weiss at (Phone) 612-787-4030, Email – JURIKA@esns.org, campbovey@esns.org, Web: www.esns.org. (North Central Regional #5)

February 4th, 2007: Fairbanks Snowshoe Classic in Fairbanks, AK. Contact Chad Carroll at (Phone) 907-458-7173, Email – Carroll_chad@hotmail.com, Web: www.runningclubnorth.org. (Alaskan Regional #1)

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March 9th-10th, 2007: Seventh Annual United States National Snowshoe Championships. Elm Creek Park Preserve in Maple Grove, MN just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Saturday March 10th, 2007 – Junior National Boy’s and Girl’s 5km Championships, - Senior National Men’s and Women’s 10km Championships, - Citizen’s 5km Race & Kid’s Kilo event, 4 x 2.5km Snowshoe Team Relay event (under the lights!). Demos, Displays and other activities and fun! Contact: Local Organizing Committee Chairperson – Cindy Brochman at (Phone) 651-773-2136, Cell; 612-825-1983, Email – usssa_membership@msn.com, and www.snowshoeracing.com.