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KINCAID PARK, Anchorage — There was a race today, a classic sprint at a brutally windy Kincaid Park, and lest I bury the lede I should be sure to tell you who won it: Lauren Jortberg, currently representing Centre National d’Entraînement Pierre-Harvey, going away. Hailey Swirbul, long of APU but only recently returned to professional skiing, was second, over 4.5 seconds back. Third went to Nina Schamberger, previously with the University of Utah, now of the University of Colorado, roughly four seconds yet further in arrears.
Schamberger was around a second up on Emma Albrecht, of BSF, in fourth. Fifth went to Renae Anderson, of APU, and sixth to Elena Grissom, also of Colorado…