Joanne Reid
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Joanne Reid is the daughter of renowned athlete Beth Heiden
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Like her mother, Reid was born in Madison, Wisconsin
. Following in her mother's footsteps, Reid began cross country skiing early on in Houghton, Michigan. Her competitive career began at the age of thirteen when she attended her first Junior National Championships. Reid has risen through the ranks of nordic skiers, securing two junior national titles, a top ten in the West Yellowstone Supertour, and several top twenties at her first US Nationals in 2010. Reid has never lost her age group in California, and is currently the highest ranked junior woman by USSA
. She has unofficially won the California State Championship three times, but was excluded from the league by her high school. She secured a top twenty at her first World Junior Championships in Hinterzarten, Germany in January 2010, and helped the US relay to its eighth place finish.
At the age of sixteen, she skied in the guest category for NCAA Western Regionals in Truckee, California, where she achieved two seventh places. In the fall of 2010 she went to ski for University of Colorado, Boulder
, switching from University of California, Berkeley. At age 17, she was arguably the youngest skier to ever ski in NCAAs, and placed tenth and fourth in the skate and classic races, respectively.
Reid won the Aspen Supertour in 2011, coming back from her second World Junior Championships, this time in Otepaa, Estonia.
Reid trains with and is coached by her mother, and they are known for being the only two successful skiers to live so far from snow (over two hundred miles away). She is also a National Ski Orienteering Champion.
Beth Heiden
Elizabeth Lee "Beth" Heiden Reid is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Her brother Eric was a five-time gold-medalist speedskater at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics...
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Like her mother, Reid was born in Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
. Following in her mother's footsteps, Reid began cross country skiing early on in Houghton, Michigan. Her competitive career began at the age of thirteen when she attended her first Junior National Championships. Reid has risen through the ranks of nordic skiers, securing two junior national titles, a top ten in the West Yellowstone Supertour, and several top twenties at her first US Nationals in 2010. Reid has never lost her age group in California, and is currently the highest ranked junior woman by USSA
United States Ski and Snowboard Association
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association is the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding. Founded in 1905, the century-old organization provides leadership and direction for tens of thousands of young skiers and snowboarders from over 400 member clubs who share an Olympic...
. She has unofficially won the California State Championship three times, but was excluded from the league by her high school. She secured a top twenty at her first World Junior Championships in Hinterzarten, Germany in January 2010, and helped the US relay to its eighth place finish.
At the age of sixteen, she skied in the guest category for NCAA Western Regionals in Truckee, California, where she achieved two seventh places. In the fall of 2010 she went to ski for University of Colorado, Boulder
Colorado Buffaloes
The University of Colorado Boulder sponsors 16 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's team are called the Buffaloes or Golden Buffaloes . "Lady Buffs" referred to the women's teams beginning in the 1970s, but was officially dropped in 1993...
, switching from University of California, Berkeley. At age 17, she was arguably the youngest skier to ever ski in NCAAs, and placed tenth and fourth in the skate and classic races, respectively.
Reid won the Aspen Supertour in 2011, coming back from her second World Junior Championships, this time in Otepaa, Estonia.
Reid trains with and is coached by her mother, and they are known for being the only two successful skiers to live so far from snow (over two hundred miles away). She is also a National Ski Orienteering Champion.