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Sonnesyn Takes SuperTour Sprint Win on 2020 World Cup Course

By Reese Brown
February, 19 2019
Sprint Final
Alayna Sonnesyn (left) comes from behind down the stretch to win the SuperTour Freestyle Sprint on the 202 FIS Cross Country World Cup course in Minneapolis, Minn. (U.S. Ski & Snowboard - Reese Brown)

Local favorite Alayna Sonnesyn (Plymouth, Minn., SMS T2) won the Minneapolis SuperTour sprint freestyle race Friday on the test track for the FIS World Cup to be held in March 2020.

“I found myself in second place coming down the hill and was hoping to slingshot around, but everyone one else was trying to do the same,” said Sonnesyn. “I was in a good position coming up and over the bridge and I really wanted it today, so I gave it everything I had in the last 100 meters.”

Joining Sonnesyn on the podium was Becca Rorabaugh (Fairbanks, Alaska, APU Nordic Ski Center) in second and Erika Flowers (Bozeman, Mont., Salomon) in third.

The men’s race was won by Canadian Antoine Briand (CNEPH) with Fellow Alaskan’s Tyler Kornfield (Anchorage, Alaska, APU Nordic Ski Center) in second and Forrest Mahlen (Frisco, Colo., APU Nordic Ski Center) in third.

When asked about how this race course will be for the World Cup next year, Sonnesyn said, “I am really excited the World Cup is coming to my hometown and feeling like the community is here to support it.  I think it will be a tactical race next year and will require some technical work and strategy to win.”

The SuperTour continues this Saturday, February 23rd in Hayward, Wisconsin, for the American Birkebeiner.

RESULTS
Men and women’s sprint
Men and women’s classic mass start
Men and women’s freestyle interval start