Students from North Country School and the Lake Placid Central School District run the torch for the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games up Main Street with Adirondack Mac, the mascot of the Games, on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 12, prior to the opening ceremony. (News photo — Lauren Yates)

Students from North Country School pose at the Olympic Jumping Complex before the torch relay for the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Thursday, Jan. 12. (News photo — Andy Flynn)

Members of the Lake Placid Central School District cross country team pose at the Olympic Jumping Complex before the torch relay for the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Thursday, Jan. 12. From left are Coach Fremante, Andrew Scanio, Kenny Lawrence, Sean Roth, Maya Marshall, Lilly Rother, Jenna Fey, Colin Francis, Aiden Fay, Ethan Cash, Harley Cohen, Holly Erenstone and Coach Frazier. (News photo — Andy Flynn)

Lake Placid Central School District students — a male and a female representative each from grades 5 through 8 — pose at Man and Beast on Main Street before the torch relay for the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Thursday, Jan. 12. (News photo — Andy Flynn)

Lake Placid Central School District fifth-grade teacher Jon Fremante instructs his students at Man and Beast on Main Street before the torch relay for the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Thursday, Jan. 12. (News photo — Andy Flynn)

Lake Placid Central School District students from grades 5 through 8 run up Main Street from Man and Beast to begin their leg of the torch relay for the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Thursday, Jan. 12. (News photo — Andy Flynn)

North Country School runners are seen at the corner of Main Street and Mill Hill during the torch relay for the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Thursday, Jan. 12, prior to the opening ceremony. (News photo — Andy Flynn)

Students from North Country School run up Mill Hill during the torch relay for the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Thursday, Jan. 12, prior to the opening ceremony. (News photo — Andy Flynn)

North Country School runners pose after the torch relay for the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Thursday, Jan. 12, prior to the opening ceremony. (News photo — Lauren Yates)