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Published February 23, 2013, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: 2013 American Birkebeiner


Skiers stop at the Highway OO food station for water, energy drinks, bananas or other food Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, during the 40th American Birkebeiner. The station and checkpoint is at about the halfway point of the race. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)

  • Skiers stop at the Highway OO food station for water, energy drinks, bananas or other food Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, during the 40th American Birkebeiner. The station and checkpoint is at about the halfway point of the race. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Caitlin Gregg of Minneapolis is all smiles after winning the American Birkebeiner on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Her husband, Brian Gregg (right), finished 11th in the men’s competition. (Paul Walsh / For the News Tribune)
  • American Birkebeiner skier Ian Johnson of St. Cloud (left) talks with race volunteer Carl Bruihler of St. Peter, Minn., at the Highway OO food station on Saturday. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • American Birkebeiner skier Jason Lee of Neenah, Wis., is greeted by wife Annie (holding daughter Natalie, 1) and his 6-year-old daughter Norah, holding the sign, at the Highway OO food station on Saturday. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Hayward High School students Hunter Mueller (left) and Austin Master peel and cut bananas Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, while volunteering at the Highway OO food station duirng the 40th American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race. The checkpoint, east of Seeley, is about halfway through the 50-kilometer race. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • American Birkebeiner race volunteer Donna Neuman of Hayward (center) offers energy drink to passing skiers at the Highway OO food station on Saturday. About 50 volunteers staffed the checkpoint, which is about halfway through the race from Cable to Hayward. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Skiers leave the starting line of the American Birkebeiner on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, in Cable, Wis. (Paul M. Walsh / For the News Tribune)
  • Elite men's skate skiers leave the starting line of the American Birkebeiner on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, in Cable, Wis. (Paul M. Walsh / For the News Tribune)
  • Scott Scheirbeck of Duluth gets a hug from his fiancee, Nancy Meisinger, at the finish line of Saturday's American Birkebeiner ski race in Hayward. (Paul M. Walsh / For the News Tribune)
  • Jostein Alvestad - originally from Norway, now a resident of Chicago - finishes the American Birkebeiner ski race in Hayward on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, with an ice-covered beard. For the race Alvestad dressed up as a traditional Norwegian Birkebeiner skier, with birch bark leggings. (Paul M. Walsh / For the News Tribune)
  • Paul Lehman of Rice Lake, Wis., pauses at the finish line with his nephew Michael Lehman, 1, at theAmerican Birkebeiner in Hayward on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (Paul M. Walsh / For the News Tribune)
  • Sergio Bonaldi (left) toes across the line just before Italian teammate Fabio Santus (26) on Saturday to win the 40th American Birkebeiner cross country ski marathon. Officials initially thought Santus won, but gave the title to Bonaldi after a photo review. Both skiers finished in 2:09:18.1 as Italians swept the top four spots. (Paul M. Walsh / For the News Tribune)
  • Caitlin Gregg of Minneapolis is all smiles after winning the American Birkebeiner women's skate event on Saturday. her husband, Brian Gregg (right) finished 11th in the men's competition. (Paul M. Walsh / For the News Tribune)
  • Norway's Ingrid Saupstad won the Birkie Classic women's race from Cable to Hayward on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (Paul M. Walsh / For the News Tribune)
  • Norway's Ingrid Saupstad won the Birkie Classic women's race from Cable to Hayward on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (Paul M. Walsh / For the News Tribune)
  • Allen Anway of Superior leaves the Highway OO food station during the 40th American Birkebeiner on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Bob Durband of Shoreview, Minn. (center) takes a drink at the Highway OO food station east of Seeley during the American Birkebeiner ski race on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Jacob Werner (second from left), both of Cable, pose for a photo with fellow skiers Julia Liebich and Travis Orth, both of Glen Ellyn, Ill., at the Highway OO food station during Saturday's American Birkebeiner race from Cable to Hayward. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Martin Stuge Baanerud of Marquette, Mich. (right) and Adam Swank of Duluth approach the Highway OO food station - about the halfway point of the race - during Saturday's American Birkebeiner. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • The lead group of elite men's skate skiers nears the Highway OO food station during the American Birkebeiner ski race from Cable to Hayward on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Skiers near the Highway OO food station during the American Birkebeiner ski race from Cable to Hayward on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • The lead group of elite women's skate skiers nears the Highway OO food station during the American Birkebeiner ski race from Cable to Hayward on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Skier Shawn Miller of Duluth nears the Highway OO food station during the American Birkebeiner ski race from Cable to Hayward on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Miller was competing in the 54-kilometer Birkie Classic event. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Kathy Zuelsdorff (right), Highway OO food station chief, hands a piece of banana to skier Gardar Sigurdsson of Iowa during Saturday's American Birkebeiner. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Skiers from the Birkie Skate event (left) and Birkie Classic race (right) came together where their trails met at the Highway OO food station east of Seeley on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • t022313 - kruegerBIRKIE0224c11 - Skiers from the Birkie Classic event (left) and Birkie Skate race (right) separate on to their resepective courses just after the Highway OO food station east of Seeley on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Racers using the two techniques are separated for about half of the annual American Birkebeiner from Cable to Hayward. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Race volunteers (from left) Emily Bubolz of Hayward, Victoria McCurdy of Hayward and Sarah Bruihler of Le Sueur, Minn., man one of the food and drink tables at the Highway OO food station during Saturday's American Birkebeiner. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Birkie Classic skiers Kaj Thompson of Minneapolis (left) and Joseph Morehouse of Duluth approach the Highway OO food station during Saturday's race. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Volunteers Glenda Kaiser of Springbrook (left) and Marilyn Biechler of Hayward pour drinks at the Highway OO foos station during Saturday's American Birkebeiner ski race. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Skiers re-enacting the traditional Norwegian story of the Birkebeiner cross Highway OO during Saturday's Birkie between Cable and Hayward. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • American Birkebeiner Classic skiers (from left) Luke Zupan of Minneapolis, Alexander Ostrander of Hayward and Calvin Groshek of Rosholt, Wis., approach the Highway OO food station during Saturday's race. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Skiers including Jody Zylstra of Annandale, Minn. (far right) stop at the Highway OO food station during Saturday's American Birkebeiner. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)