Kristen Bourne US Ski Team Cross Country D-Team Coach…Ep142

Kristen Bourne has coached cross country skiing at the collegiate and professional level for the past three years. She was the assistant coach at The College of Saint Scholastica for two years where she was a 2021 Women’s Sports Foundation Tara VanDerveer Fellow. During the summer, she was an assistant coach with the Craftsbury Green Racing Project professional team in Vermont. Prior to coaching, she skied for Northern Michigan University for five years, qualifying for the NCAA Championships three-times and representing the United States at the World Junior Championships and U23 World Championships in 2015 and 2016. After college, she moved to Oslo, Norway where she skied full-time and was an intern at the Norwegian School of Sports Science. Currently, Kristen is the US Ski Cross Country D-Team coach at US Ski and Snowboard, overseeing the top junior and U23 athletes in the US as well as traveling full-time on the World Cup supporting all national team athletes. She is also a graduate student at the College of Saint Scholastica studying Exercise Physiology. When Kristen is not working or studying, she can be found hanging out with her dogs and spending time outdoors with her friends and family.Join Hear Her Sports Patreon https://www.patreon.com/hearhersportsFind all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersportsFind Kristen Bourne on IG at https://www.instagram.com/kristenmbourne/Find US Ski & Snowboard at https://usskiandsnowboard.orgFind US Ski Team on IG at https://www.instagram.com/usskiteam/