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What a great day at Mt. Van Hovenberg and the Olympic Sports Complex! The weather was excellent, the snow was fast and almost 50 athletes showed up to race in these perfect conditions. Races for everyone were held, 2.5km, 5km and 15km, and all were exciting to watch.
Cogratulations to Everyone and Thank You for racing in support of, and in memory of, Dr. Dave
Thank You to the ORDA Course Crew and all the staff for making the event so positive.
Thank You to Casey Colby, NYSEF Elite Ski Jumping Coach for taking on the Registration and Results!
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Lowell Bailey and Matt Cook watch as a Bloomingdale skier gets air! The program was funded by Eat Well Play Hard and coached by NYSEF Nordic staff Sean Burke and Matt Cook.
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The Cross-Country skiing at Mt. Van Hoevenberg couldn’t get much better.
NYSEF Nordic and ORDA are hosting the Season Finale Dr. Dave Memorial this Sunday, March 30th.
Come on over and rub shoulders at the starting line with NYSEF Nordic alumni and 06′ Olympian Lowell Bailey!
Day of Registration Only, 8:30-9:30 Baselodge, $10 to race.
10:00am 5K Mass Start Freestyle.
10:05am 15K Mass Start Freestyle. Porter/ Big Rock Loop it is!
Start/ Finish will be in the XC Stadium.
Come enjoy the snow and get those skis race waxed!
Download race flyer here: season-finalexcrace2008.pdf
Sam and Willie with the moose in Alaska!
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The Lake Placid Ski Club hosted their annual awards banquet. Named to this year’s Elite Team are (pictured below, left to right): Nina Lussi, Danielle Lussi, Pete Frenette, Alex Madden, Elizabeth Izzo, Andrew Bliss and Colin Delaney.
A huge Thank you goes out to our Elite Team Sponsor FlyLow Gear. Great jackets Abrams!
XC Awards 2008
Anna Izzo: Jaycee Award, most improved cross-country skier
Dieter Hohmeyer: Most Improved Ski Jumper
Annie Frenette: Most Improved Nordic Combiner.
Elizabeth Izzo: Brad Streeter Award, best Nordic skiing attitude.
Andrew Bliss: Most Points in all Eastern Ski Jumping Competitions combined.
Nate Capone: Adirondack Mountain Club Trophy, for the Nordic skier who shows the greatest profieciency in the Nordic disciplines of classic/skate skiing, telemark, ski jumping and backcountry skiing
Ethan Wood: Rookie Jumper of the Year
Nina Lussi: Top Female Ski Jumper of the Year.
Colin Delaney: Top Nordic Combiner of the Year.
Congratulations to all Nordic athletes that won an Award!
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The NYSEF contingent of Elizabeth Izzo, Sam Cowan, Charlie Bencze, Willie Bencze, Dan Stevens, Kati Christoffel, Peter Morehouse, Emily Burns and Holly Osoweicki returned on Sunday from the 2008 USSA Junior Olympics held at Kincaid Park. Coaches Marge and Sean also went with the Mid-Atlantic team.
NYSEF XC’s top results came from Charlie Bencze, where he placed 29th in the freestyle race and 24th in the classic race. He was the 6th first year J2 boy in both races and 1:16 out of the win in the classic race.
Top Mid-Atlantic Division results came from Steve Mangan. He killed it in the sprints and qualified 6th, skied the heats smart and claimed the J2 boys victory in the A final! Congrats to NY’s Junior National Champion Steve Mangan! Carly Wynn was also impressive in the sprints, qualifying 18th and working her way up to 6th place. Both Steve and Carly earned All-American status. Steve collected 2 more medals over the week with a 7th place in the freestyle race and 5th place in the classic race.
Tara Geraghty-Moats, one of the NYSEF Nordic combined girls, racing for the New England Division won the J2 girls freestyle race.
Charlie Bencze (Tupper Lake, NY) hammering his relay leg at JO’s.
Check out the video on YouTube of the Mass Start J2 boys classic race. When in slow motion you can see Charlie sneak by the mess of boys and stay on his feet! Look for Charlie on the left side in the Mid-Atlantic red, white and blue suit and white race cap.
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Matt Delaney (Lake Placid, NY), skiing for Clarkson University, finished 1st for the second year in a row at the US Collegiate Ski Association National Champsionships held at Black Mountain in Runford, Maine. Matt also finished 1st in the 8.5 km freestyle race and 6th in the 15 km classic race. Congrats Matt!
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With only one ski in the track for both Skiers, Don West and John Farnham are airborne on Lebanon’s K25.
NYSEF had a great crew with Zach Daniels, Nat Capone, Harley Stankus, Dieter Hohmeyer, Yurgen Hohmeyer, Ethan Wood, and Henry and Gracie McGrew.
Great Skiing, Congrats also to Nate, Dieter and Harley for skiing LP’s K48 for the first time just after the Mud Meet!
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Skiing the 2nd fastest time among close to 30 competitors (field is capped at 30 for Mass Starts) Tim finished his season with an 8th place today. Tim had four misses.
For complete results go to www.biathlonworld.com
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Anders Johnson, Member of Project X, grabs his first National Title on Park City, Utah’s Large Hill.
Nick Alexander, NSA graduate and NYSEF alumni finished with Bronze, Billy Demong was 5th and our other NSA grad and NYSEF alum Chris Lamb was 5th. Andrew Bliss was 12th.
Demong continued his reign of terror in the Nordic Combined event, with yet another National Title in the sprint event. He hunted Johnny Spillane down like a wounded animal for NC Gold.
Lake Placid’s very own, Colin Delaney skied an impressive 6th fastest XC time to move from 18th to 8th overall, this is Colin’s first top ten at US Nationals
go to www.usskiteam.com for complete results.
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NYSEF Nordic, host to last week’s Lion’s Club competitions, will be travelling to New Hampshire to cash in on their similiar styled event.
The day’s schedule includes Ski Jumping on a K10, K25 and K50 size hills followed by a slalom event at their Storrs Hill alpine area and a XC sprint event on complex.
NYSEF Nordic athletes have had several specific training camps in preparation for the events, with last week’s screaming Chinese down hill at the LP ski jumps on XC a big one.
Go NYSEF!
For pictures from the Adirondack Daily Enterprise on the Lion’s Club NYSEF Nordic event, click on
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Yurgen Hohmeyer screamin’ down the K6 In-Run! Yurgen went on to win the K6 competition over close to 30 other athletes.
More to come…..
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Billy Demong has made history once again!! He is the first ever American to finish a World Cup season on the podium, capturing 3rd place in the overall rankings. He also earned 6th place in the World Cup Overall sprint discipline.
| 1 | Ronny Ackermann |  |
1174 |
| 2 | Petter Tande |  |
978 |
| 3 | Bill Demong |  |
902 |
| 4 | Bernhard Gruber |  |
894 |
| 5 | Jason Lamy Chappuis |  |
776 |
| 6 | Christoph Bieler | |
766 |
| 7 | Eric Frenzel | |
752 |
| 8 | Björn Kircheisen | |
676 |
| 9 | Magnus Moan | |
667 |
| 10 | David Kreiner | |
622 |
Billy finished on the podium an impressive, and record breaking, 6 times this season; including a Win in Trondheim, NOR in December. Proving that he is always a contender in every competition, Billy had podium finishes during all 3 periods of the winter season, and had the fastest cross country time more often than not.
CONGRATULATIONS BILLY.
You have certainly earned it.
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Save the date for the Lion’s Club NYSEF Nordic Festival, March 8 at the Olympic Ski Jumps in Lake Placid. It will be a fun-filled and excited day! A great way for kids to finish off the season! This event is for athletes aged J5 – J2.
The competitions are shaping up to be really exciting with Ski Jumping (including an event on our new K6 ski jump!), Cross-Country ski racing, Team and Individual Events on Obstacle Courses, Biathlon with targets and air-rifles from the Lake Placid Biathlon Association and finishing the day will be a top to bottom Slalom event down the Mackenzie Intervale Venue! Compete to be crowned King and Queen of the Hill!
There is only day-of-event registration, but if you know you have a group of 8 or more coming, please email Matt Cook at mattcoock99@hotmail to give him a heads up on numbers.
Revised Schedule 3/6, download here: Lion’s Club NYSEF Nordic Festival
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NYSEF and NY athletes had a strong showing at this year’s BKL Festival
INDIVIDUAL FREESTYLE RESULTS
J3 Boys (4.6 km)
2. Joey Izzo (NYSEF/Lake Placid)
3. Nate Capone (NYSEFVermontville)
19. Brian Halligan (Gansevoort)
29. Will Fieroh (NYSEF/Paul Smiths)
56. Evan Greenberg (NYSEF/Saranac Lake)
J3 Girls (4.6 km)
11. Maile Sapp (NYSEF/Beekmantown)
15. Emma Underwood (Queensbury)
16. Maddie Phanuef (Old Forge)
J4 Girls (3.2 km)
4. Anna Izzo (NYSEF/Lake Placid)
J5 Boys (1.6 km)
15. Henry McGrew (NYSEF/Lake Placid)
17. Everett Sapp (NYSEF/Beekmantown)
28. MIkey Halligan (Gansevoort)
41. Lauchie Cheney-Seymour (NYSEF/Saranac Lake)
48. Cougar Smith (NYSEF/Keene Valley)
J5 Girls (1.6 km)
4. Tyra Wynn (Queensbury)
9. Olivia Phanuef (Old Forge)
CLASSIC SPRINT RELAY RESULTS
J3 Boys
6. Nate Capone, Joey Izzo
13. Will Fieroh, Brian Halligan, Evan Greenberg
J3 Girls
5. Maile Sapp, Emma Underwood
12. Maddie Phanuef, Annie Frenette, Anna Izzo
J5 Boys
6. Everett Sapp (won his qualifying heat leg!), Mikey Halligan
15. Cougar Smith, Henry McGrew
J5 Girls
8. Olivia Phaneuf, Tyra Wynn
Link to full results http://bklfestival.nensa.net/docs/BKL08.pdf
Link to relay results
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=prtJY2K4_FUkhMcg9dOBcLQ&gid=1
Link to pictures from the weekend http://krisdobie.smugmug.com/Action/278524
Opening Ceremonies
Anna Izzo in the start tent
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Day 3 of the Ski Jumping/ Nordic Combined Junior Olympics brought the Team Events.
Peter Frenette saved the best for last and was the top individual ski jumper bringing the East to Ski Jumping Bronze in the Team Event. Zach Daniels skied consistently well and Spencer Knickerbocker had a huge last jump to wrap up his JO’s. Peter and Zach went on to take bronze in the Nordic Combined Team Event. Steamboat (RMD) took Gold, with Park City (IMD) grabbing Silver.
In the Women’s Event the Lussi’s swept for gold in both the Special Jumping and Nordic Combined Team Events. Bravo!
