McSorley Hill explained

Hill Name:	McSorley Hill Bush Street Ski Jump
City:	Red Wing, Minnesota, US
Opened:	8 February 1887
K-Spot:	K30
Hill Record:	31.4m (103feet) 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

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

	Date	Name	Country	Metres	Feet
bgcolor=gainsboro align=center	6	9 March 1891			31.1	102
bgcolor=gainsboro align=center	7	15 January 1893			31.4	103
bgcolor=gainsboro align=center	F	17 February 1894			36.6	120

Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

External links

• McSorley Hill skisprungschanzen.com

Notes and References

1. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1887-02-09/ed-1/seq-1/ The Ski Tournament
2. Johnson, Frederick L. (2003) Sky Crashers: A History of the Aurora Ski Club Red Wing: Goodhue County Historical Society Press ISBN 9780961719753
3. Web site: On Monday, Hemmestveit broke world record at 102 feet (column 1). Little Falls Transcript. 13 March 1891.
4. Web site: A remarkable Feet (page 3, column 5). Public Ledger. 16 January 1893.
5. Web site: A jump of 120 feet (page 2, column 6). The Weekly Register. 21 February 1894.
6. Web site: page 5. Nordisk Tidende. 23 February 1894.
7. Web site: page 100. Norsk idrætsblad. 21 March 1894. no.