Meet The Coaches
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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
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