NYSEF's Lowell Bailey grabs a top 20 at World Championships in Korea!

Congratulations to Lowell and Tim on their World Champ results!

For complete results go to www.fasterskier.com!

Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Empire State Games a Success!

All Podium Athletes: Point to the Hill that made you a Champion!

Empire State Games GLORY! K48 Gold

For Complete SJ/ NC Results go to http://www.skijumpeast.com/

BKL KIDS Classic Results

Download BKL Kids Classic Results, Sunday 2/22:
BKL KIDS CLASSIC RACE


start of the J5 boys and girls race!

NYSEF Ski Jumping Program returns to Historic Brattleboro, VT Competition!

Our weekend of Ski Jumping in Brattleboro, VT was full of firsts. But before we could even start jumping on the brand new jump, the hill crew had to make a huge effort to fight back against the warm weather of the days prior to the event. Dan "Mouse" Warner led a crew that bagged tons of snow, actually carried bags of snow, all day Thursday to make sure that we had our event. Not to mention all the efforts, for the months and years prior, to build this new jump.

The honor of taking the first jump went to local boy Spencer Knickerbocker on Friday morning. With the chants from many school children at the base of the jump, "Spencer, Spencer, Spencer..." He climbed out on the start and prepared himself for his biggest jump yet. The story of the first jump ever on a new ski j ump is always an interesting one. Spencer chose a high start and launched himself off the jump as many dozens of onlookers celebrated for him and with him. Spencer is the youngest person that i have known to ever "christen" a new Olympic size hill, so congrats Spency.

The events on both Saturday and Sunday were accompanied by near perfect weather...and a bunch of new hill records. The first official athlete was Jon Farnham and he set a record of 50 meters. Next up was Danielle Lussi and she set a mark of 60 meters before Tara Geraghty-Moats managed to jump in the high 80's. As the Jr. boys flung off the jump AJ Brown set a mark of 96.5 meters before Alex Madden, in the Sr. class, topped him with a 97.5 meter jump. By the end of the first trial jump the hill record was set at 98 meters and was claimed by Andrew Bliss and 2 of the visiting skiers from Slovenia and Austria.
After the competition was officially concluded the hill record was set and owned by the days winner from Austria Christian Reiter at 100.5 meters.
Andrew Bliss showed the best NYSEF performance and finished in 4th place with a long jump of 98.5 meters and a mere 1.5 points off the podium. USST member Davis Miller was 5th and Cooper Dodds finished 6th.
other NYSEF Athletes and alums: Willy Graves 9th, Alex Madden 11th, Pete Frenette 12th, colin Delaney 15th and Pete Freire 16th.

For the ladies...Tara Geraghty-Moats dominated the field on Saturday and won by 16 points over Karin Friberg 2nd, Nita Englund 3rd, Nina Lussi 4th and Danielle Lussi 5th

The Jr. boys class saw Zach Daniels from NYSEF and Northwood school finish 3rd while Brattleboro native Spencer Knickerbocker finished in 4th position.

On Sunday we had another perfect day for jumping and another record crowd came to watch the boys and girls jump far. In the Sr. class the same winner prevailed but the rest of the field was much more competitive. USST members Alex Miller and Willy Graves, and NYSEF skier Andrew Bliss were finished 3rd, 5th & 6th respectively. Alex Madden finishing in 8th and Cooper Dodds rounded out the top 10. The distances were for most of the athletes were longer today but the scores were tighter; Between Willy in 5th and Cooper in 10th the point spread was only 5.5 points.

Definitely a tougher challenge for the Girls and Jr. boys on Sunday as the podium shuffled around a little bit. Karin Friberg brought her A-game and finished on top today. Tara Geraghty-Moats finished 2nd, Nita Englund 3rd and the Nina and Danielle Lussi were 4th & 5th.
For the Jr. boys the young Slovenian managed to take home the win on both days but he was definitely pushed by Will Schott on Sunday who switched classes to try and take the title, but he came up just shy
and finished a couple meters behind in 2nd place. AJ Brown finished in 3rd place but had a hard time holding off NYSEF's Zach Daniels in 4th place who may have had his best ever K90 competition to date. Close behind was Spencer Knickerbocker who managed his longest jump of the weekend of 83.5 to finish in 5th.

The longest jumps of the weekend were definitely had by the crowd of athletes that participated in the target jump after the official competitions. On Day 1 we saw a memorable jump from Karin Friberg as she sailed way over the target to about 98 meters. During Sunday's Target Jump the mark was set farther down the hill at 97 meters. this made things much more exciting and we saw much longer jumps. Due to a 5-way tie there had to be an extra jump, and it was a great round. the winner of the target jump was the only guy that didn't out-jump the mark. Willy Graves soared down to about 100 meters and still celebrated for the crowd even though he knew he couldn't win. Alex Miller had the longest jump of the weekend when he went flying over the mark and landed a jump at 102 meters. These boys and girls really proved to the crowd, and to everyone else, that Harris Hill was a great new jump, it was in great shape and was set for a lot of years of long and exciting jumps.

Casey Colby

Trailblazer trip to Marcy Dam!

NYSEF XC's Trailblazer team loves to ski so much they spent Valentine's Day morning skiing into Marcy Dam! Great weather, good snow and smiles all around!




Grace, Georgia, Nina, Glenice, Anna and Margaret

Lodging Deals for the Mid-Atlantic BKL Festival

Special rates offered by the following lodging locations:

Spruce Lodge
6034 Sentinel Rd, Lake Placid
http://www.sprucelodgebnb.com/townhouses.htm
townhouses are available at $20/person per night (plus tax) with a minimum of 4 people per townhouse and a minimum of 2 nights stay (3 of the townhouses can sleep 6 people, 1 of the townhouses can sleep 8)
call (518) 523-9350 and ask for the special Mid-Atlantic BKL rate
thanks to Carol of the Lake Placid Ski Club for this great deal!

Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort
2559 Main St, Lake Placid
http://www.golden-arrow.com/
$129/night
call (800) 582-5540 and ask for the special Mid-Atlantic BKL rate

Wildwood on the Lake
2135 Saranac Ave, Lake Placid
http://www.wildwoodmotel.com/
2 night lodging packages tax inclusive 2 queen beds at $199, 2 double beds at $180
some single nights would be available at rates of $88/night or $98/night plus tax
amenities are indoor heated pool, whirlpool and sauna, waxing area, all units equipped with a fridge, coffeemaker and microwave
call (518) 523-2624 for reservations and ask for Petra Weber, Property Manager

Charlie Bencze gets on the podium at USSA Super Tour in Stowe

Charlie Bencze (Tupper Lake, NY) skied into 3rd place in the J2 boys USSA SuperTour/NE Eastern Cup frestyle race in Stowe, VT on Feb 7. Sam Cowan was 8th and Will Fieroh 18th in the J2 boys. Elizabeth Izzo finished a solid 10th and Kati Christoffel finished 27th in the J1 girls race. Willie Bencze was 39th in the J1 boys race. Maile Sapp (Morrisonville, NY) finished 16th in the J2 girls classic race.

Full results from the weekend at http://www.nensa.net/results/index.php?io_view=events&top_event_id=189&season=

Joey Izzo wins 25km Lake Placid Loppet!

Joey Izzo (Lake Placid, NY) had an impressive day winning the overall 25-kilmoter freestyle Lake Placid Loppet in 1:16:28.6. Teammates Douglas Osborne (Peru, NY) finished 2nd in 1:29:38.3 and Evan Greenberg (Saranac Lake, NY) finished 4th in 1:39:28.6 in the 13-17 year old category. Link to article http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/504903.html?nav=5010

With these results, NYSEF Nordic continues to sit in 1st place in the NYSSRA Nordic Club standing with 3,867 points. Peru Nordic Masters are in 2nd with 2,506 points and Shenendehowa is in 3rd with 2,452 points.

Joey cruising at the NYSEF JOQ

NYSEF XC athletes named to Championship Teams

Charlie leads the pack of J2 boys at the NYSEF Harry Eldridge JOQ, with teammate Sam in 3rd


Nate Capone racing in the Lake Placid JOQ

The Mid-Atlantic XC division concluded their Junior Olympic qualifying series in Old Forge, NY. 25 athletes were named to the 2009 Junior Olympic team traveling to sunny Truckee, CA March 7-15, the following 8 NYSEF athletes qualified:
J2 boys
Charlie Bencze (Tupper Lake, NY)
Sam Cowan (Lake Placid, NY)
Joey Izzo (Lake Placid, NY / qualified but declined spot for the Eastern J2 Championships)

J1 Girls
Elizabeth Izzo (Lake Placid, NY)
Kati Christoffel (Clifton Park, NY)

J1/OJ Boys
Dan Stevens (Scotia, NY)
Wayne Clark (New Paltz, NY)
Willie Bencze (Tupper Lake, NY)

NYSEF athletes qualified for the Eastern J2 Championships in Plymouth, NH
Charlie Bencze
Sam Cowan
Joey Izzo
Nate Capone (Vermontville, NY)
Will Fieroh (Paul Smith's, NY)

NYSEF athletes qualified for Eastern High School Championships in Rangeley, ME
Dan Stevens
Wayne Clark
Willie Bencze
Charlie Bencze
Sam Cowan
Joey Izzo
Nate Capone
Elizabeth Izzo
Kati Christoffel

Thanks to our Nordic sponsors

Tri-Lakes Credit Union
http://www.trilakesfcu.com/

Contact Becky at beckyg@nysef.org for sponsor opportunities