McSorley Hill

McSorley Hill (also: Bush Street Ski Jump) was a K30 ski jumping hill located in Red Wing, Minnesota, United States, opened in 1887.

McSorley Hill
Bush Street Ski Jump
LocationRed Wing, Minnesota, US
Coordinates44°33′38″N 92°31′19″W
Opened8 February 1887
Size
K–pointK30
Hill record31.4 m (103 ft)
Norway Torjus Hemmestveit
(15 January 1893)

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
No. Date Name Country Metres Feet
#69 March 1891  Mikkjel Hemmestveit Norway31.1102
#715 January 1893  Torjus Hemmestveit Norway31.4103
F17 February 1894  Torjus Hemmestveit Norway36.6120

  Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

References
  1. The Ski Tournament St Paul Daily Globe, 1887-02-09
  2. Johnson, Frederick L. (2003) Sky Crashers: A History of the Aurora Ski Club Red Wing: Goodhue County Historical Society Press ISBN 9780961719753
  3. "On Monday, Hemmestveit broke world record at 102 feet (column 1)". Little Falls Transcript. 13 March 1891.
  4. "A remarkable Feet (page 3, column 5)". Public Ledger. 16 January 1893.
  5. "A jump of 120 feet (page 2, column 6)". The Weekly Register. 21 February 1894.
  6. "page 5". Nordisk Tidende. 23 February 1894.
  7. "page 100" (in Norwegian). Norsk idrætsblad. 21 March 1894.
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