NYSEF Nordic

Lowell Bailey, (photo from Ruhpolding WC) Tim Burke and Hailey Johnson are in Sweden preparing for World Championships.

See Lowell’s updates at www.lowellbailey.com

Chicago

NYSEF Ski Jumpers Andrew Bliss and Peter Frenette went 5th and 6th in Chicago’s Annual K70 SuperTour Event. Johnny Lyon’s of St. Paul, Minnesota won with 238 points. Johnny jumped 73 and 73.5 meters.

Nina Lussi took the win in the Women’s class with jumps of 70 and 68 meters for 210.7 points

“Iron Bill” threw down in a Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld, Austria. Demong jumped to 13th place in the sprint event, 74 seconds back at the start of the 7.5K. Demong used the first two laps to ski up to the lead back of competitiors. He out-sprinted Eric Frenzel for the 6th place finish. Billy was only 9 seconds off the winner (Christoph Bieler) at the finish. Billy had the 2nd fastest XC time.

1 PM Sunday, before the Wood and Wool Classic Race at MVH.
Entry fee: $3.00 and you can register Sunday around 11:30-12:30. 
The races will be CLASSIC Technique.

Classes: Lollipop under 8 yrs, J5 – 8-9 yrs, J4 – 10-11 yrs, J3 – 12-13 yrs

All the races will run out of the XC Stadium. 
Hope to see all the Snowcats, Trailblazers and Little Vikings out there!!

For NYSEF Nordic athletes

Biathlon Clinic today: 3:15-4:30, Biathlon Side!

Mid-A JOQ/Harry Eldridge Memorial Classic Race results:
nysef-joq-cl-results-2008.doc

USSA NRL/Mid-A JOQ/Harry Eldridge Memorial Freestyle Race results:
http://www.barttiming.com/XCski/nysef08-1.htm

Thanks to all the volunteers and the ORDA Mt. Van Hoevenberg crew!

Congratulations to Nick Mancuso (New Paltz, NY) and Caitlin Curran (Burke, VT) for taking top juniors honors this weekend. The Harry Eldridge Memorial Cup is awarded to the top J1/OJ junior from both the classic and freestyle races.

NYSEF’s Miles Lussi snatches up GOLD in the J4 Ski Jumping competition on Lebanon’s K25.

For complete results go to www.skijumpeast.com

Billy finished 4th in Klingenthal, Germany this weekend. Iron Bill had the 3rd fastest XC time in the 10K Mass Start. Germany’s Eric Frenzel won the Event.

And in Antholz, Italy……  Tim Burke skied to a 16th place finish in the Pursuit. Tim was 1;57.2 behind winner Bjorn Ferry of Sweden. Tim had the 13th fastest time. Tim’s brother Sean and parents were in attendance.

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to let you all know that I have qualified for the US Biathlon World Championship Team, and will compete in Ostersund, Sweden February 8th-17th.

Thank you all for your support, advice, encouragement, love and motivation!!

I hope this finds you all well and I look forwarded to keeping you updated.

-haley

NYSEF Bill Koch Kids race at Mt. Van Hoevenberg has been canceled Sunday January 20 due to weather forecast of bitter cold. Plese help spread the word.

T in Antholz action today

Norwegian Open

Register by clicking on the Norwegian Open file above.

Call the NYSEF Nordic Office at 518-523-1900 with questions.  

Race Update: please note changes to technique and start times.

Please pre-register.
$25 pre-registration at Active.com closes at 8 PM on Wednesday 1/16 (registration links below). Day of race registration $30.

Saturday 1/19 CLASSIC
Mid-A JOQ/ESGQ/NYSSRA Series
2 PM start   individual interval start
5km Classic for all J2s , 10km Classic for J1/OJ/Open/Master Women, 15km Classic for J1/OJ/Open/Master Men
** classic race distances may change depending on what course we can use 

Link to Saturday’s CLASSIC race registration:
http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1522594

Sunday 1/20 FREESTYLE
USSA NRL/Mid-A JOQ/New England Out-of-region JOQ
ESGQ/NYSSRA Series
10 AM start   individual interval start
7.5 km Freestyle for all age classes
BKL Kids Freestyle Race to follow (day of race registration only, $5 entry fee)

All New England athletes using this an an out-of-region JOQ must have a USSA license prior to Sunday’s race.

Link to Sunday’s FREESTYLE race registration:
http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1522583

Questions? Want to volunteer? Email Margaret at margm@nysef.org

Photo provided by Dave Jarrett from yesterday’s Award Ceremony with Demong grabbing Silver.

NYSEF Nordic boys do it again. Billy Demong finishes 2nd in Val  Di Fiemme today sandwiched between Germans Ackerman and Haseney. Bill edged Haseney for the silver by two-tenths of a second.

While Demong tore it up in Italy, NYSEF’s Lowell Bailey scored World Cup points in Ruhpolding, Germany with a 28th place. Timmy “T” Burke finished in 36th place. T is working his way back to World Cup ability from December sickness.