NYSEF Season Opener 2014 results

NYSEF Season Opener 2014 results

NYSEF Season Opener (updated 12/13/14)

NYSEF Season Opener kicks off the race season! (updated 12/10/14)

DATE: Sunday, December 14, 2014

RACE LOCATION: Mt. Van Hoevenberg

START TIME: 10:30 AM mass start by race distance/gender

DISTANCE:
Ladies 5 km Course
5km (1 lap) U16 boys/girls
10 km (2 laps) U18/U20/U23/Senior/Master men/women

TECHNIQUE: freestyle

BIB PICK-UP: 8:30-9:30 AM

AWARDS: following the race

LINK TO RACE REGISTRATION: AlpineReg
Online registration closes Friday, December 12 at 6 PM

Sign-up to volunteer here

QUESTIONS? email Margaret at margm (at) nysef.org

Think snow!

NYSEF XC Winter High School Camp

NYSEF XC Winter High School Camp

December 26-30, 2014

Lake Placid, NY

Get ready for the race season!

NYSEF is excited to host the 2nd annual XC Winter High School Camp. The goal is to bring skiers and coaches together for quality training before the race season really takes off. Get ready for the race season!

Camp details and registration here:

http://www.nysef.org/xc-winter-high-school-camp/

Questions?

email Margaret at margm (at) nysef.org

Climb to the Castle Results 2014

Women's Results
Men's Results

 Thanks to Mt. Borah for sponsoring the awards ceremony and providing the overall and age group winners with the 2014 C2C limited edition shirt! Check them out at: http://mtborah.com/

Many thanks to the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) and the volunteers for their help and support!

NYSEF C2C Friday update

WHITEFACE TOLL ROAD CONSTRUCTION UPDATE 

New pavement was being put down this afternoon on the final mile climb to the Whiteface Mountain summit. We are hopeful that it will harden overnight and be ready to go in the morning. We anticipate being able to finish at the castle. The back-up plan is to finish at the “Lake Placid Turn” at mile 4. Start and warm-up area are at the Whiteface Toll Booth. Please read race details here

Please note: We ask athletes to organize themselves for carpooling back down the mountain after the race. We will have 1-2 NYSEF vehicles available for transportation as well. Be sure to pack a set of dry/warm clothes as the weather at the Whiteface summit can be completely different from the start area. Clothing bags can go up in the NYSEF van if needed. Please follow warm-up area instructions (volunteers wearing orange vests) – this is for your safety. Please use the porta potties at the Whiteface Toll House.

Questions? email Margaret Maher margm (at) nysef.org

NYSEF Climb to the Castle update

The countdown to the NYSEF Climb to the Castle has started! click here for race details

WHITEFACE TOLL ROAD CONSTRUCTION UPDATE 

Road construction is being done this week on the final mile climb to the Whiteface Mountain summit. While the goal is to finish at the castle, the finish line may have to be moved down the mountain. The back-up plan is to finish at the “Lake Placid Turn” at mile 4. Start and warm-up area would stay at the Whiteface Toll Booth. More details available Friday afternoon after we do another check with road construction.  

Please note: We ask athletes to organize themselves for carpooling back down the mountain after the race. We will have 1-2 NYSEF vehicles available for transportation as well. Be sure to pack a set of dry/warm clothes as the weather at the Whiteface summit can be completely different from the start area. Clothing bags can go up in the NYSEF van if needed.

US Ski Team and US Biathlon National Team are racing...add your name to the list:

click here to register and see the athlete roster

Online registration closes Thursday, September 4 at 12 noon

Day-of-race registration is from 6:30 – 7:00 AM at the Whiteface Toll Booth

Questions? email Margaret Maher margm (at) nysef.org

  

Mini-camp #3 adventure with a goat named Lucy

Mini-camp #3 might just be the highlight of summer 2014 training. A 20 mile rollerski from Jay to Keene and back turned into an adventure with a goat. The goat casually skied along with the boys but then Scott skied ahead and the goat went with him. Next thing you know, someone stops and gives the boys a leash for the goat and they try to return it to the owner at the farm stand. Eric got pulled on rollerskis by the goat. A totally ridiculous sight...couldn't have made up the story if we tried! And to top things off, the goat is named Lucy.

Scott gets chased by the goat

 Evan, Eric, Royal, Scott and Bryce working on returning the goat

note: Eric has the goat on a leash

 good work Eric

 post 4x6 minute L3 ski walking/bounding intervals at Whiteface with Scott, Lucy, Evan, Bryce, Coach Marge, Patrick, Eric and Royal

getting ready to do the 1 km double pole test...Gabby is super excited in the background

skiing up to Heaven Hill Farm to check out the "shindig" set-up

OK easy boys!

 all done with mini-camp #3

NYSEF Summer "Shindig" Benefit with Coach Dave, Glenice, Karl, Coach Marge, Trent, Beckett, Royal, Henry, Scott and Bryce

Boys Speed Camp in Lake Placid!

USST athlete Andy Newell is hosting a free clinic for boys on September 5 from 4:30 – 6 PM. All ages and abilities welcome, but participants should at least have been on roller skis once or twice before.

Fast and Female CHAMP CHAT in Lake Placid!

Details and registration here

Where: Olympic Training Center, Lake Placid, NY

When: Friday, September 5th from 4:00-6:30pm

What: Join the women of the US Ski Team and the US Biathlon team for an afternoon of fun! Learn from these International stars through games, athletic activities, and inspirational stories. You’ll have a chance to hang out with your heroes, meet other girls interested in sports, and learn about life as a professional athlete! Fast and Female CHAMP CHAT is the day before the NYSEF Climb to the Castle Rollerski Race….stay in town to race yourself or watch the F&F ambassadors race!

CHECK-IN is from 4:00-4:15 pm

Schedule of the Day

4:00 Registration & Check-In Games
4:15 Welcome & Ambassador Introductions
4:30 Stations/Games 
5:30 Snack & Ambassador Stories
6:00 Poster Signing
6:30 End of Event

Who: Girls ages 9-19, all levels of skill and ability welcome, young athletes from all sports welcome! 

Hosts: Athletes from the US Ski Team and US Biathlon Team!  

What to bring? Participants should wear comfortable athletic clothes and bring a water bottle. 

Cost: $25 in advance or $30 at the door. The online registration closes September 4th at noon.       
       

Participation includes a Fast and Female Technical T-Shirt (value of $25).

Parents are invited too! Join us for a special PARENT SEMINAR on topics related to coaching female athletes, healthy competition, and ways to keep your daughters in sports! More details including specific presenters and topics coming soon. Parents are also welcome to come to the Snack and Ambassador stories part of the event. Cost is $15, please register online.

NYSEF Climb to the Castle Registration

Link to race details: 2014 Climb to the Castle

Link to race registration: AlpineReg

Online registration closes Thursday, September 4 at 9 AM

Questions? email Margaret Maher margm (at) nysef.org

NYSEF Climb to the Castle Rollerski Race 2014

Saturday, September 6, 2014

WILMINGTON, NY -- The New York Ski Educational Foundation and the Olympic Regional Development Authority invite athletes to the 8th annual NYSEF Whiteface Climb to the Castle Rollerski Race on Saturday, September 6 at 8:00 am. The course starts at the Whiteface Toll Booth, climbing for 5 miles with an average 8% grade up the Whiteface Memorial Highway to the castle on the summit of Whiteface Mountain, New York's 5th highest peak with an elevation of 4,867 ft. The race is freestyle technique and athletes will be greeted at the finish with a 360-degree panoramic view of the Adirondacks, New England and Canada. Participation is expected from the US Ski Team, the US Biathlon Team, the National Elite Group and many top senior and junior racers from around the country.

Link to race details: 2014 Climb to the Castle

Link to race registration: AlpineReg

Online registration closes Thursday, September 4 at 9 AM

Looking to help out at the awesome C2C race? 
sign up to volunteer here

Questions? email Margaret Maher margm (at) nysef.org

NYSEF Nordic Summer Programs

Link to Junior Race Team program details:
Nordic Summer 2014

XC Mini-Camps: $150 per camp
July 9-11, July 30-August 1, August 20-22
Includes 5 sessions (2 full days, 1 half day). There will be a break in the middle of the full days, allowing time for video review, stretching and lunch.

Email Margaret at margm (at) nysef.org with questions

March Ski Adventures

Final practice...game day

 Ski to Avalanche Lake with Coach Sophie, Coach Marge, Gabby, Royal, Coach Dave, Maile, Everett, Lucy and Nina

Marcy Dam

Coach Marge and Maisie at the Olympic Athlete Parade in Lake Placid

 

Evan with Olympians and NYSEF alumni Tim and Lowell

Ellie and Maisie with Olympic cupcakes after skiing

 Lake Placid Ski Club Awards 2014

NYSEF NORDIC KIDS FESTIVAL RESULTS 2014

Thanks to ORDA for a great venue and grooming for the 5th annual NYSEF NORDIC KIDS FESTIVAL! Many thanks to all the volunteers and High Peaks Cyclery for the prizes!

INDIVIDUAL SKATE RACE

SPRINT QUALIFIER RESULTS

PAINTBALL BIATHLON

ADK PAINTBALL BIATHLON SERIES POINTS 2014

Ellie 

 Van

Anya 

 Chris

Range Official Gabby watches over Conor (Mansfield Nordic Club) and Jesse (NYSEF)

Championships Recap 2014

NYSEF Nordic Team has been skiing fast in AK, NY and VT over the past 3 weeks. Read on for the 2014 championships recap:

Stop #1: Karl Eid Jumps and Kincaid Park, Anchorage, AK for the 2014 USSA Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined Junior National Championships. Gabby Armstrong topped the podium to become the U17 Girls National Champion! Karl Schulz skied up from 15th place after the jumping portion to 6th in the Nordic Combined race, posting the fastest XC time for the 2nd year in a row. Karl teamed up with Miles Lussi in the team sprint and the boys hammered to earn 2nd place in the U17 class. Check out the NYSEF SJ & NC blog for a full trip report: http://www.nysef.org/ski-jumping/

Stop #2: Harriet Hollister State Park, Canandaigua, NY for the 2014 NYS Public High School State Meet. NYSEF athletes were competing for the Lake Placid High School and had solid results. Nina earned 2nd place in the 7.5 km freestyle race. Speedy 8th grader Scott Schulz cranked into 6th place in the boys 10 km skate race, with teammates Beckett Ledger in 29th place and Henry McGrew in 32nd.

Stop #3: Rikert Nordic Center,  Ripton, VT for the NENSA J2 (U16) Championships. Karl joined Team NY and grabbed 2 gold medals in the 5 km freestyle race and the sprint. Karl finished 2nd overall after 3 races. Results here: http://www.barttiming.com/XCski/j2f2014.htm

Stop #4: Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT for the 2014 USSA XC Junior National Championships. Result highlight of the week was Everett Sapp placing 5th in the U16 classic sprint, earning All-American status! Everett also finished 16th in the 5 km classic race. Royal McDonnell started off the week in 40th place in the U16 5 km classic race. He kept improving as the week went on to finish 22nd in the classic sprint and 17th in the mass start skate race. Nina Armstrong lead the Mid-Atlantic U18 girls in the 5 km classic race with a 20th place finish. She just missed the heats in the classic sprint, finishing 1.8 seconds out in 36th place. Lucy Hochschartner skied strong in her first Junior National appearance, placing 65th in the classic race, 54th in the classic sprint and working her way up from the back of the pack in the mass start freestyle race to place 55th. Anna Izzo skied consistent all week by placing 76th in the classic race, 73rd in the classic sprint and 68th in the freestyle mass start race. NYSEF alumni Maile Sapp (freshman at Harvard University) qualified 9th in the classic sprint and finished 17th after the heats were done. She missed moving on to the semifinals by a boot lunge with the girl in her quarterfinal who moved on by the lucky loser spot. Maile finished 21st in the U20 5 km classic race. Coach Marge skied roughly 20 km hard on classic race Monday testing kick wax for the kids throughout the day. Lowlight of the week was when Everett and Nina came down with the JN virus on Thursday...6 hours of throwing up and too many hours of being totally exhausted meant no mass start freestyle race on Friday. Particularly a huge bummer for Nina as the distance skate race is her premier event, but that's how ski racing goes and totally out of the athletes' control. All Mid-Atlantic athletes who got the sickness bug (9 in total) were able to rally and at least ski themselves around the relay course on Saturday. It may not have been a fast performance but at least they were back out on the trails. A beautiful week of skiing in Stowe and everyone is looking forward to Truckee, California in 2015! Results here: http://jn2014stowe.com/results

JN parade and opening ceremonies in Stowe

Lucy starting off the week in the classic race

Everett in the sprint qualifier 

(Fasterskier.com photo)

 Everett's semifinal heat

(Fasterskier.com photo)

 Everett's semifinal heat

(Fasterskier.com photo)

Maybe it was from the cheering squad...

(Fasterskier.com photo)

Or maybe just that Everett can stride up a hill like a speedy champ...watch out when he makes his move! 

(Fasterskier.com photo)

Boom...top 10 for Everett and All-American!

 Nina in the sprint qualifier

(Fasterskier.com photo)

Anna in the sprint qualifier

(Fasterskier.com photo)

Maile in the sprint qualifier

(Fasterskier.com photo)

Royal in the sprint qualifier

(Fasterskier.com photo)

Lucy and Coach Marge after the mass start skate race

Glenice and Maeve came over to Stowe to cheer on the team

Girls selfie (with Gavin who secretly wants to ditch the UNH ski team and come ski with NYSEF)

See athletes...coaches meetings are a real thing!

Mid-A wax trailer got a little decorating...rumor says it was from the High Plains Division...coincidence that NYSEF alumni/coach Pete Freire transferred to High Plains?

Mid-Atlantic Head Coaches Marge and Jason

Mid-AAllDayEveryDay 2014

(All Fasterskier.com photos used with permission - do not copy)

Stop #5: Mountain Top Inn & Resort, Chittenden, VT for the 2014 Eastern High School Championships. This event is a great way to finish out the race season. Top 20 boys and girls in grades 9-12 from Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and New York compete in 4 races in 3 days! There are no U-age groups and everyone racing falls on the same set of results. NYSEF athletes really impressed all weekend. Nina kicked things off for the girls finishing in 9th place in the 5 km freestyle race on Friday afternoon. Gabby followed in 13th, Lucy in 30th and Anna in 45th. The boys were up next and Karl lead the way in 3rd place, followed by Royal in 36th, Everett in 51st, Henry McGrew in 88th and Beckett Ledger in 102nd. Saranac Lake Nordic athletes Bryce Hartman and Ethan Wood joined Team NYSEF for the weekend and finished 28th and 90th, respectively.

 Nina

Royal

Saturday brought the 7.5 km mass start classic race. NYSEF girls were seeded towards the front of the arrow and cranked the start position. It was awesome to see Nina cruise up the hill 20 feet in front of the field of 100+ girls with beautiful classic striding. Nina skied strong for a 6th place finish, with Anna improving to 22nd, Gabby in 23rd and Lucy in 39th. Everett got the random draw of the top seeded boys to lead out the mass start. Problem was, when the gun went off, Everett took a slip on the skis and went to the ground. With a quick rebound, he quickly got up and didn't cause a pile-up for the boys field (must have been the speedy skis from Coach Marge). But about a kilometer into the race, Karl got in a pile up, leaving him with a broken pole. Coach Marge got him a new pole (although still too short) and Karl worked his way back up through the field to place 63rd. Everett skied a strong race into 15th place with Royal following close in 27th. Henry finished in 80th, Ethan in 81st, Bryce in 86th, and Beckett in 101th.

 Girls mass start

Simply amazing!

Go Nina...out in the lead

Boys mass start

Everett (left row, 3rd skier back) and Royal (middle, making a move out of the track)

Karl

Everett

 Royal

 Henry

 

Beckett 

Karl getting a new pole mid-race

Broken boys post-race

Karl with his snapped pole and Everett with a bleeding chin from a fall

The afternoon race was a 1.2 km skate sprint on a hilly and twisty course. Nina hammered the course to finish 4th with sister Gabby in hot pursuit in 6th. Lucy (the surprise skate sprinter) landed in 19th place. Anna rounded out the girls in 48th place. Boys were up next and they decided they needed to put on a good show like the girls. Karl posted the top NY result of the weekend in 2nd, with Everett in 19th and Royal in 20th. Ethan moved up to 68th, Henry to 73rd, Bryce in 80th, and Beckett in 101th.

Highlight of the weekend was definitely the mixed gender, mixed technique relay on Sunday. NY Team #1 was fast with NYSEF skiers Nina (classic), Everett (classic), Gabby (skate) and Karl (skate) skiing on to the podium in 3rd! NY Team #2 was strong with Anna (classic), Royal (classic), Lucy (skate) and Liam (skate) from Queensbury High School finishing in 17th place out of 49 teams. Overall, an awesome weekend of racing for the team! Results here: http://www.barttiming.com/XCski/ehsc14.htm

Everett and Gabby relay tag

Royal and Anna relay tag 

 Karl skis the anchor leg into 3rd

Podium for Team NYSEF!

3rd place relay team

NYSEF girls Gabby, Anna, Nina and Lucy 

Mountain Top Inn & Resort

Coach Marge's home course