SNOWMAKERS KEEP U.S. RACE IN THE STATES.(Sports)

Byline: Buzz Gray

Thanks to a lot of hard work, the U.S. Cross-Country Championships at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid have been salvaged. They'll go on as planned this weekend at the famous nordic center in the Adirondack Mountains.

"Crews from the Olympic Regional Development Authority have been making snow around the clock and laying it on a five-kilometer loop at Mount Van Hoevenberg," said Tom Kelly of U.S. Skiing. "They've done a heck of a job, too. We owe it all to them."

The decision to retain the championships at Placid wasn't made until Monday night. Mont St. Anne in Quebec was being eyed as the backup site.

Unseasonably warm rains and a lack …