Last week Bend’s Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess finished third in the classic sprint at the U.S. Cross Country Championships in Soldier Hollow, Utah.
Today, with a win in the freestyle sprint, he earned a spot the on podium’s top step.
The National Championship title is the 26-year-old Bend Endurance Academy racer’s first.

“Finally on the top step. National Championship,” Blackhorse-von Jess wrote on his Facebook page today.

• DBvJ is the guy in the middle. With the No. 1 bib.

Congrats young man. Well done.

This article appears in Jan 3-9, 2013.

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Dakota Does it Again

by James Williams, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 8, 2013

<h1>Dakota Does it Again</h1> <p class="byline">by James Williams, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 8, 2013</p> <p>Last week Bend's Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess <a href="http://www.bendsource.com/Bent/archives/2013/01/03/bend-local-crushes-at-cross-country-national-champs">finished third in the classic sprint</a> at the <a href="http://nordic.usskiteam.com/events/us-cross-country-championships" target="_blank">U.S. Cross Country Championships</a> in Soldier Hollow, Utah.<br />Today, with a win in the freestyle sprint, he earned a spot the on podium's top step.<br />The National Championship title is the 26-year-old <a href="http://www.bendenduranceacademy.org/">Bend Endurance Academy</a> racer's first.</p> <p>"Finally on the top step. National Championship," Blackhorse-von Jess wrote on his Facebook page today.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/dbvj-is-the-guy-in-the-middle-with-the-no-1-bib/u/original/2207113/1357697135-dakotawin.jpg" alt="DBvJ is the guy in the middle. With the No. 1 bib." title="DBvJ is the guy in the middle. With the No. 1 bib." width="500" height="477" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2124650" target="_blank"></a></li> <li>DBvJ is the guy in the middle. With the No. 1 bib.</li> </ul> </div> <p>Congrats young man. Well done.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/dakota-does-it-again-2207112/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=15336&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/dakota-does-it-again-2207112/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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