LNR High-Performance and Collegiate Teams

Elite-Level Cross-country ski training
for 18+ year olds

Loppet Nordic Racing has long been associated with high-caliber racing in the cross-country ski world for juniors. With elite-level training now available to skiers post high school, the Midwest is set to become one of the best training areas for the nation’s top athletes.

LNR Collegiate Team

The LNR Collegiate Team is a summer training group for top NCAA cross-country skiers, meant to complement collegiate training programs during students’ time off from school.

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Due to the extremely physically demanding nature of these programs, they are not open to the public. Participants in these elite-level training groups are offered invitation based on superior results in popular ski races during previous season. Contact Caitlin Gregg at caitlincgregg@gmail.com if you would like to apply to train with one of these teams.

Program Successes

2020-21 Season Highlights:

• Renae Anderson (High Performance Team member) qualified for 10K freestyle event in the U23 and Junior FIS Cross Country World Championships in Vuokatti, Finland.
• Caitlin Gregg (High Performance Team coach) qualified for 10K freestyle event in the FIS World Cup in Nové Mesto, Czech Republic.
• Four High Performance Team members finished in the Top 10 of the Elite Skate Race of the American Birkebeiner.

Coaching

Head Coach – Caitlin Compton Gregg
 
Caitlin Compton Gregg (caitlincgregg@gmail.com) is a 2015 World Championship Bronze Medalist from Falun, Sweden and was a member of the 2010 Winter Olympic Team in Vancouver, Canada. She has also competed at 5 World Championships – four times for Cross Country Skiing and once for Biathlon. Caitlin has also won the American Birkebeiner more times than any other athlete, and has many City of Lakes Loppet wins under her belt as well. A US Ski Team Alum and an 8-time National Champion, Caitlin has been living and training in the Minneapolis area for over 15 years and knows how to maximize every inch of terrain in our urban playground. She has used her creativity to compete and succeed at the highest level in the sport of cross-country skiing. She and her husband Brian Gregg, also a 2014 Olympian, started Team Gregg in 2013 and have enjoyed pushing their limits to succeed in results and marketing on the World Stage. When not training and racing or taking care of young daughter Heidi, Caitlin enjoys sharing her passion for health and the outdoors with the youth in her North Minneapolis community and coaching the LNR High Performance Team and LNR Collegiate Team.