NYSEF Nordic Team competes in Eastern Cup Opener Race Weekend

Craftsbury, VT – The New York Ski Education (NYSEF) Nordic Team traveled to Craftsbury, Vermont for the opening weekend of the New England Nordic Ski Association’s Eastern Cup and Junior National Qualifier Race Series. The event took place over two days and featured a classic sprint race on Saturday and distance skate races on Sunday. Over 500 skiers from New England and New York participated in these races, ranging from citizen to elite racers.

On Saturday skiers raced one lap around a 1.4 kilometer loop, made of entirely manmade snow for the sprint event. NYSEF’s team was led by Maile Sapp (Morrisonville, NY), who finished 49th overall and 10th in the J1 age group (ages 16-17). Nina Armstrong (Lake Placid, NY) also had a solid performance finishing 13th in the J2 age group (ages 14-15). Gabriella Armstrong (Lake Placid, NY) and Amelia McDonnell (Paul Smiths, NY) raced into 26th and 35th positions respectively in the J2 class. On the boy’s side, Karl Schultz (Lake Placid, NY) finished 16th in the J2 age category with teammate Everett Sapp (Morrisonville, NY) close behind in 20th place.

Sunday’s racing featured a 5.1 kilometer skate technique for the J2 Girls and Boys and an 8.75 kilometer race for the Woman’s event. Karl Shultz improved upon from the previous day and finished with a notable 9th place finish. The girl’s J2 field was again led by Nina Armstrong, who continued to impress as she finished 7th. Gabriella Armstrong and Amelia McDonnell also had strong races, finishing 13th and 27th. Maile Sapp earned herself a 15th place finish in the J1 girls’ class in the highly competitive Women’s race.

Link to results

The NENSA Eastern Cup Series continues January 12-13 at the Mountain Top Inn & Resort in Chittenden, VT.

Miss A with her pre-race breakfast of pizza

coach wax station for speedy and kicking skis

Gabby in the zone

 

Nina working hard for 7th place in the J2 girls race

Maile ready to rock the skate race

"There was a wall we had to climb up...you had to do the bird thing" - quote from Gabby

(it's also called herringbone...we are still trying to make the connection?!?)

team NYSEF Nordic!