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Meet The Coaches
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janburon@gmail.com

907-360-2510

Jan Buron

Founder & Head Coach

 

Jan has over 30 years of experience in competitive cross country skiing beginning with his time as a member of the Polish National Team. He was a World Cup Competitor, Polish National Champion, Medalist in U.S Masters Cross-Country Championships (1997,2007,2014) and was voted "Coach of the Year" by the US Cross Country Ski Association in the 1998-1999 and 2009-2010, and International Coach the year in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons. He is a lifelong athlete with a passion for cross country skiing and has dedicated the past 3 decades to coaching future generations of athletes.

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Karina Packer

Assistant Coach

 

Karina started skiing with Alaska Winter Stars as an athlete in 2005, training with Jan all the way through college. She began coaching for AWS after graduating from Dartmouth College in 2015 and is passionate about following developing research on endurance sports and female athletes.  On the side, Karina is a registered professional engineer and trains for triathlon, skiing, and running. 

Finn Oestgaard

Assistant Coach

 

Coming Soon!

Morgan Hartley

Assistant Coach

 

Coming Soon!

Jenny Kimball

Assistant Coach

 

Coming Soon!

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