Clare Egan races the second leg of the women's relay on Jan. 17 in Ruhpolding, Germany (photo by NordicFocus)
RUHPOLDING, Germany (Jan. 17, 2020) – The U.S. women's relay team posted its second top-10 finish of the season in Friday's 4x6-kilometer race at the BMW IBU World Cup in Ruhpolding. The quartet of Susan Dunklee (Barton, Vt.), Clare Egan (Cape Elizabeth, Maine), Joanne Reid (Grand Junction, Colo.) and Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, Wis.) finished 2 minutes, 32.9 seconds off the winning pace set by Norway. The American team had one penalty and used nine spares over the four legs of the relay.
"This was another great effort from our whole team, including really fast skis from our wax techs," said Egan. "Our previous goal was to finish in the top 10, but we're setting our sights even higher for World Championships. I know this team can do it."
1. |
Norway (Knotten, Tandrevold, Eckhoff, Roeiseland) |
1:08:46.4/0+9 |
2. |
France (Simon, Bescond, Aymonier, Braisaz) |
+10.7/0+8 |
3. |
Switzerland (E. Gasparin, S. Gasparin, A. Gasparin, Haeki) |
+20.7/0+4 |
10. |
USA (Dunklee, Egan, Reid, Irwin) |
+2:32.9/1+9 |