Sunday, January 25, 2009

NYSEF Harry Eldridge Freestyle Results

J2 boys results: J2 boys freestyle
J2 girls results: J2 girls freestyle

Women's 10 km freestyle: Women's freestyle
Men's 15 km freestyle: Men's freestyle

Congratulations to Carly Wynn (J1/Saratoga Biathlon/Queensbury, NY) and Doug Amos (J1/Stratton Mt School/Bondville, VT) for winning the overall junior titles for the combined classic and freestyle races. Both names will be engraved on the Harry Eldridge Memorial Cup.

BKL Kids Freestyle results: BKL results

Thanks for racing. Thanks to ORDA staff for stadium set-up and course. Thanks to all the volunteers.

Lost and found items: Swix warm-up pants and a pink polypro top. Email Margaret at margm@nysef.org to claim these items.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

NYSEF Harry Eldridge Classic Results

Men's overall results: Men's overall classic results
Men's results by class: Men's classic by class results

Women's overall results: Women's overall classic results
Women's results by class: Women's classic by class results

Email Margaret at margm@nysef.org with questions.

Friday, January 23, 2009

NYSEF Harry Eldridge Race Weekend Info

SATURDAY JAN 24 HARRY ELDRIDGE CLASSIC
USSA NRL/Mid-Atlantic JOQ/ESGQ/NYSSRA Series
All racers 7.5 km classic (2 laps)
Download course map: Classic Harry Eldridge 3.75 Km
Download stadium layout: classic stadium layout

Men's start 12:00 noon, download startlist: Mens start list
Women's start 1:00 PM, download startlist: Womens start list

Day of race registration 10-11 AM. Bib pick-up until 11:30 AM. Day of race entries will be filled in at the end of the Men's and Women's start lists respectively. Awards at approximately 3:30 PM.

THERE WILL BE NO SKATING OR SKIING BACKWARDS ALLOWED ON COURSE ON SATURDAY.

SUNDAY JAN 25 HARRY ELDRIDGE FREESTYLE
Mid-Atlantic JOQ/ESGQ/NYSSRA Series
Download course map: Freestyle Harry Eldridge 5km
Download stadium layout: freestyle stadium layout

10:00 AM J2 Boys mass start 5km (1 lap)
10:30 AM J2 Girls mass start 5km (1 lap)
11:00 AM J1/OJ/Women mass start 10km (2 laps)
12:00 NOON J1/OJ/Men mass start 15 km (3 laps)

Day of race registration from 8-9 AM. Bib pick-up available until 10:30 AM. Awards at approximately 1:30 PM.

BKL Kids Freestyle race registration 1:15-1:45 PM in the biathlon lodge. $5 entry fee. 2 PM start. Lollipop 1/2 km, J5 2km, J3 3km, J3 4km.

THERE WILL BE NO SKIING BACKWARDS ALLOWED ON COURSE ON SUNDAY.

Email Margaret at margm@nysef.org with questions.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Mid-Atlantic BKL Festival 2009

Welcome to the blog of the Mid-Atlantic BKL Festival 2009!

More details will be posted soon.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

NYSEF XC Harry Eldridge race registration

Race and volunteer registration for the NYSEF XC races Jan 24-25 available at http://nysef.org/nordic.htm
PLEASE PRE-REGISTER, THIS WILL HELP MAKE FOR FAIR SEEDING IN THE STARTS. Online registration closes Wed 1/21 at 10 PM.

BKL race to follow on Sun Jan 25 (day of race registation only)

The Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort in Lake Placid is offering a special rate of $129 per night for racers. Call (800) 582-5540 to make a reservation and ask for the NYSEF Harry Eldridge rate.
http://www.golden-arrow.com/

Thursday, January 15, 2009

NYSEF Ski Jumping Program competing in Europe


NYSEF Elite Ski Jumping Coach Casey Colby has been in Europe with NYSEF athletes Andrew Bliss and Peter Frenette.


Update from Casey...


Well, the really good news this weekend is Nick Fairall. he has found his ski flying ability very quickly. his first ski flying competition ever and he earned his first world cup points ever. it was awesome to watch. and he was so close to a top-20, just a little bobble over the knoll cost him probably 20 meters... but he got 15 world cup points this week in the hardest event i have seen a long time. the top 3 and sometimes the top 5 are so far ahead of everyone, it is awesome to watch them jump.

at the FIS cup in Harrachov things were not so celebratory, but i think the boys learned a lot of things, hopefully. this event was hard, keep in mind that alexander and mike both got COC points last week in GER, and they also had a tough time equaling those results in this FIS Cup weekend. very impressive jumps by the winners. the first day everyone jumped as if they were walking a tightrope. i don't know why they tense up so much during the comp rounds when the mood before the comp is so light and cheerful. that's a puzzle for us all to figure out.

Brian Wallace had great trial jumps, best jumps of the trip for him, both over 80 meters. but then his comp jumps weren't quite as good for timing and he landed in the 50's. he is soaking it all in and its good that he is seeing what this level of jumping is like.

Pete Frenette was getting better every session, even every jump... his official training and trial jumps were 86-88, right around the top-30 cut. but his comps jump were trying to jump so hard that his technique just collapsed on one jump and just a slight miscue in direction on the 2nd jump. he finished in the high 30's, about 5 meters from the cut.

blake hughes had a decent first comp and a bad 2nd comp, he tries to jump so fast that any break in technique is seriously magnified. he finished 30th the first day and 32nd today and his jumps have been 89.5 & 86 87.

andrew Bliss definitely tried too hard to kill the take-off on a couple of his jumps. it was easy to see how tense he was in the air... when he knows he is the top skier he is so relaxed, but when he has to work for it or depend on a really good jump just to make the top-15 then he tries too hard... 2 jumps of 89 put him in 28th the first comp and in tougher conditions today he had a good trial of 91 then a little short of K for the comp put him in 28th again. he certainly knows exactly what the answers are to gain 10-12 spots so we'll see if he relaxes for the next event.

Nick alexander is not on his game right now, even after his best COC finish ever last week. 23rd & 21st this weekend; but i don't think he is taking these events seriously because he may see it as a step down from the COC events. he jumped 91 & 92.5, 88 and 92... but he surely needs to treat these comps as the real deal...because they are. there are a lot of good jumpers here, many JWC competitors are here i think.

Mike Glasder was the best this weekend, he was 17th both days with jumps around 92 & 93. his trial jump on saturday was one of the best of the day for all the competitors. with 2 good jumps mike is a contender for top-5. just a small change in his direction in the comp and he lost 4-6 meters that cost him dearly. Mike definitely has the best attitude on the jump, most focused and relaxed approached and the most confidence of the group right now, he is a good leader this week.

but all the cheers went to Fairall this week, he did a great thing at his first ski flying event. other than his best ever result, the world cup points and the perma-grim on his face; he also made it possible for all their world cup travel to be paid for from now on for a coach and 2 athletes. so instead of spending all that money on travel, room & board from their own pocket... they get it paid for now when they are at the world cup level.

and for you parents... the boys are spending much less money than you all budgeted for. i think R&B has cost them 130 Euro total so far for Tue night thru sat afternoon.

We just arrived in Oberwiesenthal GER for some training. a couple days of jumping then we head to Lauscha for the events this weekend.
hope all is well.
casey

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

A cold classic race in Tupper Lake!

Link to results from Tupper Lake ESG:
Congrats to Elizabeth Izzo and Charlie Bencze for claiming the overall scholastic wins!

Link to Tupper Lake BKL results:
(please note the J5 times should all have 10 minutes subtracted from their time)
http://nyssranordic.com/word_press/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bkl_tupper_lake_results_11009.pdf

Ethan Wood (Saranac Lake) racing to third place in the J5 boys class.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Glens Falls JOQ recap

NYSEF XC had a strong showing in the second Mid-Atlantic Junior Olympic Qualifier on Saturday in Glens Falls. Dan Stevens (Scotia) was 3rd in the OJ class and 5th overall. Charlie Bencze (Tupper Lake) took the J2 boys win and 8th overall. Elizabeth Izzo was 3rd in the J1 class and 4th overall.

OJ boys
3. Dan Stevens (Scotia)
4. Wayne Clark (New Paltz)

J1 boys
4. Willie Bencze (Tupper Lake)
16. Doug Osborne (Peru)

J2 boys
1. Charlie Bencze (Tupper Lake)
3. Sam Cowan (Lake Placid)
5. Joey Izzo (Lake Placid)
8. Nate Capone (Vermontville)
18. Will Fieroh (Paul Smith's)

J3 boys
4. Evan Greenberg (Saranac Lake)

J1 girls
3. Elizabeth Izzo (Lake Placid)
4. Kati Christoffel (Clifton Park)
9. Danielle Lussi (Lake Placid)

J3 girls
1. Maile Sapp (Morrisonville)
4. Anna Izzo (Lake Placid)


Link to full results: http://nyssranordic.com/word_press/







Will Fieroh on the final climb.


Charlie Bencze racing to victory in the J2 boys class.