NYSEF Nordic

Nina Lussi, Matt Cook, and Danielle Lussi take a break from waxing XC skis yesterday.

The Lussi Ladies went 1-2 in the Nordic Combined Event. Danielle Lussi passed Nita Englund from the Central Division with only 300 meters to the finish line.

Today Peter Frenette took 2nd place in the Target jump Event. Nina Lussi (competing in the Men’s Class) took 8th place.

The Junior Olympics wrap up tomorrow with the Team Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Events.

Andrew Bliss scored his first ever FIS Cup points on Thursday on the brand new 2010 Olympic Jumps at the Whistler Olympic Park.  Weather forced the 2-days of competition to be squeezed into one single day, making for a very long day.  Andrew stayed focused allowing 3 of his 4 competitive jumps to be as good, or better, than his training jumps.  Against many top European jumpers from Austria, Sweden and Switzerland Andrew finished as the top American, on the K-95 meter jump, in 13th place in the morning event and 18th place in the 2nd event held in the afternoon. 

His excellent results have qualified him for this weekends Continental Cup events, another step-up from the FIS Cup event and the 2nd highest level in the world.  Only 4 Americans qualified for this event to be held on the larger K-125 and Andrew was 2nd only to his older brother Even, another former NYSEF athlete.

Peter Frenette (above) of Saranac Lake, NY flies high over Suicide Hill in Ishpeming, Michigan on the first day of Junior Olympics Competition. Peter jumped 60 and 64 meters for a 5th place finish in a field of over 30 athletes in the Special Ski Jumping Comp. Zach Daniels (Andover, NH) currently an athlete at Northwood School in Lake Placid had a great showing and was just over 5 points behind Peter in 6th place.

In the Women’s Competition Nina Lussi took gold with older sister Danielle edging the field with a great second jump for Bronze.  

Brattleboro’s Spencer Knickerbocker had a solid race in the NC event, finishing 9th. He had the 5th fastest time.

Lake Placid US Biathlete SuperStar Lowell Bailey skied to an 11th place this morning in Pyeong Chang, Korea. Lowell started the 12.5K Pursuit in 29th, with only 0ne miss in the first standing Lowell had quite an impressive day on the range. He was 1:07 back from winner Micheal Greis of Germany. Norway went 2-3, Halvard Hanevold and Alexander Os taking silver and bronze. Timmy Burke skied to 38th place.     B8!!

Costume Race Sunday 3/2 at Mt. Van Hoevenberg — be creative!!
Freestyle Technique!

2 PM start (start in the xc stadium, sign up in the lodge)
$5 entry fee if you wear a costume or $10 entry fee if you are not in costume

Hope everyone can make it out there!

A 3-way NYSEF tie for 1st in the boys Scholastic Freestyle race between Charlie Bencze (Tupper Lake), Willie Bencze (Tupper Lake) and Dan Stevens (Scotia) kicked off the ESG race weekend. On day two, Willie took home gold in the pursuit and classic leg. Charlie was second in the pursuit, 4th in classic.

Elizabeth Izzo (Lake Placid) led the NYSEF girls with a silver in the Freestyle race, gold in the pursuit and gold in the classic leg.

Link to full ESG results http://www.empirestategames.org/winter/results.htm 

NYSEF and Lake Placid area athletes at ESGs

Great turnout for the BKL Kids Race, results here:
ESG BKL Kids race results

start of the BKL Kids race

NYSEF alum Billy Demong jumped to 21st place in yesterday’s Sprint event in Zakopane, Poland and finished the day in 3rd place. Billy had the fastest XC time over the entire WC field. Austria’s Bernhard Gruber took the win with Tommy Schmid of Switzerland in 2nd.

11 -11:45 am registration at the biathlon lodge at MVH
12 noon race start, biathlon range
Entry fee: $5.00
The races will be CLASSIC Technique
Classes: Lollipop under 8 yrs, J5 – 8-9 yrs, J4 – 10-11 yrs, J3 – 12-13 yrs

Hope to see all the Snowcats, Trailblazers and Little Vikings out there!!

Ethan Wood, Dieter Hohmeyer, Harley Stankus, Yurgen Hohmeyer, Coach Matt Cook and Annie Frenette getting ready to ski in Lebanon on Sunday after training. The entire team was focused on square balanced in-runs, long clean aggressive take-offs, dynamic flights and perfect telemark landings. Great job…..

 Good luck in the Empire State Games on Saturday!

Alex Madden, NYSEF Nordic Combiner in the shooting range at Saturday’s NorAm event.

Junior World Championships are fast approaching. The Men’s Ski Jumping Team has just been named and NSA Grads and NYSEF/ Eastern skiers take 3 of 5 team positions.

 Nick Fairall (above) from Andover, NH and formally out of the NYSEF training camp is named to the team along with National Sports Academy (NSA) graduates Chris Lamb and Nick Alexander.

 The FIS Nordic Junior World Championships will be in Zakopane, Poland February 21-28th.

NYSEF’s Andrew Bliss takes home the Satre Cup for the 2nd year in a row. Andrew finished the comp with 231.5 points over Colin Delaney in 2nd and Alex Madden in 3rd. Jonathon Kling took the Master’s Win with 223.1 points.

 Naming of the 2008 Junior Olympic Team. L-R: Tara Geraghty-Moats, Nina Lussi, Danielle Lussi, Spencer Knickerbocker, Peter Frenette and Zach Daniels.

Timmy Burke outsprints Polish skier in Ostersund, Sweden World Championship’s 12.5K Pursuit for 10th place yesterday! T started the Championship’s with a 9th place in the 10K Sprint on Saturday.

 Lake Placid’s other superstar, Haley Johnson skied to a 53rd and 52nd place finish, her first races at World Cup A level, none the less World Champs! Bailey misses cut by less than 2 seconds for Sunday’s Pursuit with a 61st.

 

Congratulations to NYSEF Athletes named to the Mid-Atlantic Junior Olympic Team traveling to Anchorage, Alaska in early March:

Peter Morehouse (Johnsburg HS/North Creek, NY), Willie Bencze (TL/SLHS/Tupper Lake, NY), Dan Stevens (Scotia-Glenville HS/Scotia, NY), Charlie Bencze (TL/SLHS/Tupper Lake, NY), Sam Cowan (North Country School/Lake Placid, NY), Elizabeth Izzo (homeschooled/Lake Placid, NY), Holly Osoweicki (Johnsburg HS/North Creek, NY), Emily Burns (Johnsburg HS/North River, NY), Kati Christoffel (Shen HS/Clifton Park, NY), Bridget O’Leary (TL/SLHS/Tupper Lake, NY)

NYSEF coaches going to the Junior Olympics: Margaret Maher and Sean Burke

Link to full team listing:
2008-mid-atlantic-team-list

Miles Lussi, NYSEF Nordic Program, tosses that V Style on the K18.

 Andrew Bliss takes double GOLD in K48 and K90 Ski Jumping Comps!

 For complete results check www.skijumpeast.com