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DECEMBER
1, 2006
P A G E 17
LAKE PLACID NEWS
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Kriwox has bright future in TL program
NOELLE SHORT
As a result, Kriwox had the
chance to train with Pavlus, the
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league's top-runner. Since the
TUPPER LAKE - In her
union, she has set herself up for
first season at the varsity level,
similar feats in the future.
Tupper Lake's Emily Kriwox
"I think that I really wanted
has set a strong pace for the rest
her to benefit from having
of her cross country career.
Athlete of the Week Wendy on the team," Farrell
As an eighth grader, Kriwox
has already competed at the by earning a third-place finish said. "Just seeing how Wendy
• highest levels possible, includ- among the Section X, Class D prepares for meets and how she
ing the Section X Champion- runners - behind teammate works throughout practice is a
ships, the New York State Wendy Pavlus and Norwood- nice way for Emily to start her
r Public High School Athletic Norfolk's Emily Pierce - she varsity career. We had a lot of
f
fun together — they made us
n Association Cross Country qualified for the Federation
» Championships and the New Meet, which was held on laugh a lot."
J York State Federation Cross Saturday, Nov. 18. There she
"It was a great inspiration for
t Country Meet.
me,
she's really nice," Kriwox
turned in a time of 22:12
• After earning a sixth place against the state's best runners. said of training with her senior
NOELLE SHORT/
. finish at the Section X Champ"At sectionals it felt like a teammate. "It was a lot easier
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• ionships on Nov. 3, with a time regular meet and it didn't hit for me since I had someone to
' of 21:09, Kriwox qualified for me that I had qualified for focus on and someone who
Emily Kriwox
the state meet on Nov. 11, states until a little later on," pushed me to keep getting betlete and she is really talented
where she ran to an 18th-place Kriwox said of what it was like ter."
overall in a personal record competing in the post-season
According to Farrell, Kriwox and driven."
As a three-sport athlete, partime of 20:26.
did
push herself and improved
for the first time. "I was pretty
ticipating
in cross-country,
"The way she handled states nervous for states, because it in each meet she competed in,
•
hockey
and
track and field,
was impressive," said Tupper was all of Class D. It was hard finishing in the top-three runLake coach Amy Farrell. "She and it was a lot of work, but it ners in the Northern Athletic Kriwox said the thing she likes
the most about running is that
• ran the race perfectly. She was felt good in the end."
Conference.
it's all up to her.
in the top 50 after the first mile
"She
has
a
high
aerobic
Farrell said that after Kriwox
"I don't have to depend on
and she passed people the dominated the modified races capacity, and if not, she wills
anyone
and it's for myself," she
• entire way."
throughout the 2005 season, it herself through any workout — said of why she enjoys running.
she's
really
tough,"
Farrell
, But it wasn't over for Kri- was automatic that she move up
like the feeling when I'm
wox at the state meet. In fact, to the varsity level this season. said. "She's an aggressive ath- "I
done with a race."
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How to build a strong and healthy family
Telling your kids that fitness is important
is not enough: you need to show them.
Perhaps you've signed them up for soccer, swimming lessons and gymnastics
classes. Maybe you've told them all about
the benefits of physical fitness. In fact,
"you've done everything possible to encourageyaur kids to put down the TV remote
and get physjcally active. Or have you?
There's a world of difference between
.telling kids abouKthe benefits of being
physically active antf showing them that
fitness is a priority in your, own life. If
you're not physically active yourself, your
words are likely to lose their impact>
Bottom line? You have to be prepared to.,
walk the walk. A far better approach than
preaching about the merits of exercise is to
come up with a list of different fitness
activities that your family could enjoy
together, and then find ways to work fitness into your schedules on a regular basis.
Make fitness fun
Let's put things into perspective: if you
approach this time with your family as active play, "not just simply as obligatory
exercise," then both you and your family
are more likely to embrace the activity.
This positive tone will set the stage for all
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Bodine, Columbia
Continued from Page 15
sled ending a 46-year drought
dating back to 1956.
All medals, including silver
in women's bobsled at the
2006 Olympic Winter Games
in Torino, Italy, were won driving Bo-Dyn bobsleds.
"The Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project has supported the USBSF
for almost 15 years with the
most important equipment in a
race the sled," said Terry Kent,
USBSF acting executive director. "With the help of Columbia, the Bo-Dyn Project is now
taking care of U.S. athletes off
the ice in anticipation of" another successful World Cup season.
"With the help of the Bo-Dyn
Bobsled Project, I believ.e that
we can raise the popularity of
both bobsled and skeleton in
the United States," he contin-
Weibrecht
Continued from Page 15
Wednesday to two days of
slalom racing.
Morin said three-time
Olympian Erik Schlopy, who
took an off day Monday, was
expected to race Tuesday and
Wednesday before final .preparation for the World Cup at
Beaver Creek.
.
Chevy World Cup Series
NorAm Cup
Men's Giant Slalom
1. Alessandro Roberto
in your family with scheduled programs
and events.
Make fitness a family routine
You should be exercising for about 30
By Janis Curtis,
minutes at a time at least three times each
week. In 30 minutes, you can take the kids
Director of Programming
with you on a family walk where you may
actually find out that they did more than
Lake Placid
nothing at school that day.
Health & Fitness
. With every extra step you take, you can
know you are doing something good for
of you to rank physical fitness as a lifetime your family and yourself. While you may
CESANA PARIOL, Italy priority. You will develop a healthy, strong find it difficult to schedule time for family Italy's Armin Zoeggeler feels
family bond and social environment, along fitness initially, it won't be long before that right at home on the 2006
with the added benefit of a healthy, strong Saturday morning trip to the swimming Olympic track in Cesana Pariol,
body.
pool or that Tuesday evening walk around "Italy.
^As with anything else in life, variety is the block becomes a routine. That is when
The reigning 2006 Olympic
the key to making your family fitness pro- you'll really begin to reap the benefits of champion won his third race on
gram enjoyable.
your family's commitment to healthier liv- the 1,435 meter-long track durExercising to the same workout tape day ing.
jng Sunday's men's singles
after day isn't likely to hold a seven-yearFamily fitness starts with getting every- luge World Cup series opener.
old's attention (or even yours), but weekly one involved. Get together with your famiZoeggeler, who won last seatrips to the local swimming-pool likely ly and find out what activities each of you son's World Cup race before
will. Few exercises will give you as-good a would like to share. Perhaps your kids defending his Olympic crown
workout as swimming, and you don't just might even teach you something! Your fit- on the. 19-curve course, stormhave to swim lengths.
ness, pursuits may provide an opportunity ed past the 32-sled field with
Fun and fitness come in all forms. You for everyone to try something new, to back-to-back first place runs
can check out your local fitness centers to increase energy levels, and to enjoy the fun and a combined time of one
see how you can help makefitnesshappen moments that an active life has to offer.
minute, 46.061 seconds.
Despite sunny skies, warm
temperatures and changing
track conditions, the 32-yearold finished more than threetenths" of a second ahead of
that was good. We were going up there. He's had no trouble chance to build confidence by Russia's Albert Demtschenko.
__ _to spend a day and a half, but with the shoulder and he's get- getting some good results, and who finished second.
we stayed there and had three ting stronger. Johnny's doing then have them move up.' And
Demtschenko, who also fingood days of jumping. Still, well with his cross country maybe someone else will move ished second to Zoeggeler durthis is just the start of jumping after a good summer of train- up with them. We'll see. That's ing February's Olympic Winter
on snow for us."
ing. I think they both could be mostly a young group and they Games, slid to a two-heat time
Former sprint world champi- top 10 this weekend, but we'll need experience on the interna- of 1:46.449.
on Johnny Spillane and Bill be patient to see them keep tional level."
Zoeggeler's teammate. ReinDemong, of Vermontville, are moving forward each time."
In jumping, Alan Alborn is in hold Rainer, emerged as
the lone American skiers in the
The two-man squad is the Kuusamo for the start after Sunday's bronze medalist and
opening stages of the "World smallest the U.S. Ski Team has training with the Norwegian scored a combined time of
Cup season.
sent to the World Cup since the team in recent weeks. He plans 1:46.530.
Everyone else is training in end of the Nineties. However, to jump in the first two World
USA Luge's Tony Benshoof,
the United States for the first the retirements of Todd Lod- Cup weekends and then join the reigning 2006 overall
three events of the World Cup- wick and Carl Van Loan plus Coach Mike Keuler arid Clint World Cup bronze medalist,
B schedule — Dec. 9-10 in the decision to have A Team Jones on the Continental Cup slid to a 21 st place result, in
1:47.384, while fellow AmSteamboat Springs, Dec. 15-16 skiers Brett and Eric Camerota circuit.
The International Ski Feder- erican Chris Mazdzer, of Sarain Park City and Soldier start the season on World Cupation also announced the World nac Lake, finished 26th. The
Hollow, and Dec. 20-21 in B reduced the team.
Lake Placid.
"We're looking to have the Cup events set for Dec. 2-3 18-year-dld posted a two-heat
"Bill's off to a good start, twins up on the World Cup for have been shifted to Lilleham- total of 1:47.603.
stable on the hill and his cross the next period after the new mer, site of the 1994 Olympic
country is the best I've seen," year," Ottesen said, "but start- Winter Games, because of poor
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Italy
2:16.24
Kalle Palander
Finland
2:16.35
Jake Zamansky
Aspen, Colo.
2:16.46
Julien Cousineau
Canada
_
2:16.51
Niklas Rainer
Sweden , .
2:16 57
Other U.S. skiers
T i m Jitloff .
Reno, Nev.
2:17 02
Andrew Weibrecht
Lake Placid
2:18 07
Tom Rothrock
Cashmere, Wash.
2:18.44
Roger Brown,
2:18.48
Norwich, V t .
Zoeggler victorious,
Mazdzer places 26th
Nordic combined, jumping season opens
KUUSAMO, Finland - The
ski jumping and nordic combined World Cup seasons begin
this weekend with temperatures
expected to be more balmy than
in recent sub-freezing season
openers.
Jumping has night events
today and Saturday while the
combiners will compete during
the day Saturday and Sunday in
Kuusamo's self-styled "Nordic
. Opening" program.
"It's been kinda crazy weather. Even northern Europe has
not had the cold and the snow,"
U.S. combined head coach
. Lasse Ottesen said, referring to
• the unseasonally warm weather
, in central Europe which forced
cancellation of the opening alpine races in Austria and is
threatening other sites. "We've
been
irw^u training
n a m i n g , in
in Rovaniemi
txwvujuiviiu and
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ued. "These athletes don't just
compete every four years in the
Olympic Winter Games; they
train year-round and compete
every season. We are thankful
to Columbia for its encouragement as the sliders vie for international success."
The World Cup season kicks
off in Calgary, Alberta, on Nov.
30 with the skeleton races,
while men's two-man and
women's bobsled will compete
on Dec. 1,
The four-man race will take
place Dec. 2. The teams then
head back to race in Park City,
Utah, on Dec. 7-9 and in Lake
Placid on Dec. 15-17.
The Second Annual Geoff
Bodine Bobsled Challenge will
be televised on SPEED on Jan.
6-7 from 2 to 4 p.m. each day.
For more information, visit
www.bodinebobsled.com.
The nine-race 2006-07
World Cup series continues
Dec. 1-2, in Park City. Utah.
Teams and sliders begin arriving on Sunday. Nov 26", for
Monday's opening day of training.
Racing starts Friday. Dec. 1.
with the Challenge Cup series
opener, followed by the World
Cup doubles event. The men
and women's singles World
Cup races are slated for
Saturday.
For more information, log on
to www.usaluge.org
Luge World Cup Race 1
Men's Singles
1. A r m i n Zoeggeler MTA) l
minute, 46.061 seconds (53.048 sec
onds, 53.0131
2. A l b e r t Demtschenko (RUSl
1/46.449 (53.090, 53.359)
3. R e i n h o l d R a i n e r ( I T A )
(53.511, 53.019)
4. D a v i d M o e l l e r ( G E R )
153.228,. 53.3491——
-
1:46.530
1:46.577
5. W i l f r i e d Huber (ITA) K46.630
(53.217, 53.413)
6. S t e f a n H o e h e n e r
(53.551,53.129)
( S U I ) i : 4 6 680
7. M a r t i n Abentung
(53.396, 53.394)
8. Martins Rubems
(53.385, 53.408)
21. Tony Benshoof
(53.804, 53.580)
26. Chris Mazdzer
(53.975. 53.628)
( A U T ! 1:46.790
(LAT) 1:46.793
(USA) 1:47 384
(USA) 1:47.603
Overall World Cup
standings
Men's singles
21.
26.
A r m i n Zoeggeler ( I T A ) 100
Albert Demtschenko (RUS) 85
Reinhold Rainer ( I T A ) 70 .
David Moeller (GER) 60
Wilfried Huber,(ITA) 55
Stefan Hoehener (SUI) 50
M a r t i n Abentung (AUT). 46
M a r t i n s Ruebenis (LAT) 42
Tony Benshoof (USA) 19
Chris Mazdzer (USA) 15
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U.S. Lugers looking to regroup in Park City
PARK CITY, Utah - Some
inconstant sliding plagued the
.United States Luge Team during its World Cup Series opener, held Nov. 18 and 19 in
Cesana Pariol, Italy.
The squad hopes to find a
.cure during Friday's and Saturday's series race on their home
course in Park City, Utah.
"I went into the race without
really having a good week of
training;' said, 2006 Olympian
Erin Hamlin. "I was shaky during my first run and I really had
problems at the bottom, especially in curves 14, 15 and 16."
Hamlin followed a 15thplace first run with the second
best run of .the second heat on
the 2006 Olympic track en
route to a seventh place finish
in the women's singles event.
"My second run was probably the best run I've ever had
on that track," she said. "I went
into that run knowing that I had
nothing to lose, so I relaxed and
I really went for it."
The American doubles team
of Preston Griffall and Dan
Joye also had their ups and
downs on the 1,435-meter
track. They placed seventh
after they put together fourth
and ninth place heats.
Inconsistent sliding wasn't
just limited to the young; it also
struck the U.S. veterans too.
Two-time Olympian Court-
ney Zablocki sat in 21 st place
after her first run, but clocked
the race's third fastest time during the second heat and
climbed all the way to 14th in
the women's singles event.
As for the doubles team of
Mark Grimmette and Brian
Martin, the two-time Olympic
medalists also weren't immune
to the inconsistency bug.
They sat in second place following their opening World
Cup run, but fell to 12th thanks
in part to a 15th place second
run.
"Our first run was pretty
solid, of course we could nit
pick it to death and find plenty
of mistakes," said Grimmette.
"The second
second run
run wasn't
wasn't as
as bad
"The
as our time would indicate. It
wasn't a good run, but it wasn't
a terrible run either. Brian and I
had to work really hard to keep
the sled on line. Coming away
from the race, however, I think
that Brian and I have a better
understanding of the track."
"Sure I'm disappointed that
we didn't come away with any
medals, but the important thing
for me this early into the season
is knowing that the"speed is
there," said USA Luge National Team Head Coach, Wolfgang Schaedler. "It's a matter
of us putting down two consistent runs, and if we can do that,
it looks like we'll be okay."
SCLP skaters fare well at Jamestown event
JAMESTOWN - Last
I month, several members of the
Skating Club of Lake Placid
participated in the North At1
lantic Regional Figure Skating
Championships.
For Georgiana Knox, this
was her first appearance at the
championships and for this
Juvenile Ladies skater, she was
: pleased that she landed some of
her difficult double jumps in
year after year and was excompetition.
She placed 17th in her group. tremely pleased with her perChelsea Waldschmidt and formance. She finished in 10th
Julianne DiMura, both Novice place in her group.
Following her stellar perLadies skaters, turned in excepformance
at last year's sectiontional personal performances
and finished fifth and eighth als where she landed clean
triples and triple combination
respectively in their groups.
jumps,
Miller finds herself in a
Courtney Osborn and Krissa
Miller both competed in the transition period this year after
her disappointing skate at
Senior Ladies event.
Osborn continues to improve Regionals, finishing 8th in her
grqup. This is the first time in
eight years that she has not
advanced to the Sectional
Championships.
This former National competitor has quickly turned this
experience into a positive.
Miller is more determined
and competitive as ever, and
this Regional experience has
prompted her to make longneeded changes in her training.
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