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Kaysha Love earns two golds in NAC Cup

LAKE PLACID — With the final IBSF World Cup of the season less than one week away, Team USA’s Kaysha Love returned home this past weekend to compete in the five-day long North American Cup at Mount Van Hoevenberg. Love, a 2022 Olympian, dominated the final two days of the NAC Cup, ...

NYSEF athletes sweep podium at junior nationals

LAKE PLACID — Local New York State Educational Foundation ski jumpers and Nordic combined athletes rose to the top of the eastern team at the Junior National Championships in Anchorage, Alaska from Feb. 27 to March 1. Each year, at the end of the competition season, some of the best ...

Ninth Running of the Balls set for early April

LAKE PLACID — The ninth USA Luge Running of the Balls is set for April 6, where more than 1,000 lacrosse balls will race down the Mount Van Hoevenberg sliding track to support USA Luge athletes and programs. The fundraiser is the brainchild of Olympic luge silver medalist Gordy Sheer, ...

NYSEF athletes compete in junior nationals

Local athletes competing for the New York State Ski Educational Foundation’s men’s ski jumping and Nordic combined team traveled to Anchorage, Alaska from Feb. 27 to March 2 to compete at the Junior National Championships this past week and earned a double podium sweep in ski ...

Lake Placid hosts North American aerials event

LAKE PLACID — For the first time since 2019, Lake Placid hosted an aerials competition at the Olympic Jumping Complex. The venue hosted the FIS Freestyle North American Cup on March 1 and 2, which was part of a NorAm Cup tour that spanned from February to the first week of ...

NYSEF skiers compete in multiple events

Local New York Ski Educational Foundation athletes competed in various Alpine ski races at Whiteface, Gore Mountain and in New Jersey on Feb. 24 and 25. In New Jersey, the FIS teams competed in the Winter for Kids Slalom races where NYSEF and Northwood athlete Julianne Brochu took the ...