McSorley Hill
McSorley Hill Bush Street Ski Jump | |
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Location |
Red Wing, Minnesota United States |
Opened | 1887 |
Size | |
Kâpoint | K-30 |
Official hill record |
31.4 m (103 ft) Torjus Hemmestveit (1893) |
McSorley Hill (also: Bush Street Ski Jump) was a ski jumping hill located in Red Wing, Minnesota. Owned by the Aurora Ski Club, it had a K-point at 30 m (98 ft). The hill was opened in 1887 and was in use until the late 1920s. The hill is no longer in use. One world record in ski jumping was set at McSorley Hill.
World record
Date | Ski Jumper | Country | Meters | Yards | Feet |
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1891 | Mikkjel Hemmestveit | Norway | 31.1 | 34.0 | 102 |
1893 | Torjus Hemmestveit | Norway | 31.4 | 34.3 | 103 |
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