Saturday, April 2, 2011

grand finale ski for NYSEF!

Gumby stopped by the Nordic office before heading to Mt. Van Hoevenberg for the final team ski of the winter!

Team NYSEF Nordic 2011! Thanks to all for a great winter season!

Lake Placid Ski Club Awards

Lake Placid Ski Club has a longstanding tradition dating back to it's start up in 1921 - before the Olympics even came to town! We hosted our annual awards ceremony on Tuesday and presented the following honors:

Skier of the Month
Janaury - Maeve Peabody
February - Evan Greenberg
March - Will Fieroh

Elite Team - must compete at Junior Nationals and finish within 15% back of the winner
Elizabeth Izzo

Jaycee Award - most improved XC skier
Glenice Gallagher

Brad Streeter Award - best Nordic skiing attitude
Nina Armstrong

Adirondack Mountain Club - for the Nordic skier who shows the greatest proficiency in the most nordic disciplines: track skiing, telemark, ski jumping and back country skiing
Nate Capone

Biathlon Achievement Award
Will Fieroh

All competitive LPSC XC members were recognized:
Nina Armstrong
Gabby Armstrong
Aiden Daniels
Will Fieroh
Glenice Gallagher
Evan Greenberg
Anna Izzo
Joey Izzo
Elizabeth Izzo
Jesse Izzo
Maeve Peabody
Asa Peabody

Trophies galore!

Eastern High School Championships in Rumford, ME!

Spencer climbing up High School Hill for 24th place in the 5km freestyle race!

Will working his way up through the field in the classic mass start race

Anna fighting hard to the finish of classic race

NYSEF's top result was from Joey Izzo in 20th place in the 7.5 km classic race!

Team New York's top 10 finishers!
Will Frielinghaus (Quennsbury), Kevin Hoose (HFL) and Ashley Forshey (Scotia-Glenville)

includes a photo of the boys classic mass start wipeout - take a look!

USSA Junior Olympics in Minneapolis, MN!

Big city racing!

Elizabeth in prep for the first round of sprint heats!

Quarterfinal heat

Moving on! Lizzo put up an awesome fight to finish in 12th for OJ girls!

Maile hammering the relay finish for a fast split

Team Mid-Atlantic! On the upswing - great week to all athletes and coaches!