McSorley Hill
| McSorley Hill Bush Street Ski Jump | |
|---|---|
| Location | Red Wing, Minnesota, US |
| Coordinates | 44°33′38″N 92°31′19″W / 44.56056°N 92.52194°W |
| Opened | 8 February 1887 |
| Size | |
| K–point | K30 |
| Hill record | 31.4 m (103 ft) Torjus Hemmestveit(15 January 1893) |
McSorley Hill (also: Bush Street Ski Jump) was a K30 ski jumping hill located in Red Wing, Minnesota, United States, opened in 1887.
History
[edit]On 8 February 1887, a ski jumping hill owned by the Aurora Ski Club opened with a ski jumping competition[1] often cited as first ever on US soil.[2] Mikkjel Hemmestveit set the first ever American record at 37 feet (11.3 metres).
Two official world records in ski jumping were set on this hill. In 1891 Mikkjel Hemmestveit set a record at 102 feet (31.1 metres) and two years later was improved by Torjus Hemmestveit to 102.5 feet (31.4 metres).[3][4]
On 17 February 1894, Torjus Hemmestveit made a world record distance jump at 120 feet (36.6 metres), but he fell and it didn't count as a record.[5][6][7]
Ski jumping world records
[edit]| No. | Date | Name | Country | Metres | Feet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6 | 9 March 1891 | Mikkjel Hemmestveit |  Norway |
31.1 | 102 |
| #7 | 15 January 1893 | Torjus Hemmestveit | Norway |
31.4 | 103 |
| F | 17 February 1894 | Torjus Hemmestveit | Norway |
36.6 | 120 |
Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.
References
[edit]- ^ The Ski Tournament St Paul Daily Globe, 1887-02-09
- ^ Johnson, Frederick L. (2003) Sky Crashers: A History of the Aurora Ski Club Red Wing: Goodhue County Historical Society Press ISBN 9780961719753
- ^ "On Monday, Hemmestveit broke world record at 102 feet (column 1)". Little Falls Transcript. 13 March 1891.
- ^ "A remarkable Feet (page 3, column 5)". Public Ledger. 16 January 1893.
- ^ "A jump of 120 feet (page 2, column 6)". The Weekly Register. 21 February 1894.
- ^ "page 5". Nordisk Tidende. 23 February 1894.
- ^ "page 100" (in Norwegian). Norsk idrætsblad. 21 March 1894.
External links
[edit]- McSorley Hill skisprungschanzen.com