25 year old Matt Liebsch (pictured #7) won the 2009 American Birkebeiner cross country ski race. The Plymouth, Minnesota native finished the 50-kilometer race from Cable to Hayward in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 47.9 seconds.
28 year old Rebecca Dussault of Gunnison, Colorado, edged out Holly Brooks of Anchorage, Alaska in a photo finish to win the women's event.