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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The 46th Annual Empire State Winter Games short track speedskating event concluded Sunday, Feb. 8, with athletes competing in 1,500, 777, and 500-meter races in Lake Placid’s 1932 Jack Shea Arena. In the Division 1 Heartland Women’s 1,500-meter, Sasha Mensa (Avon, Conn.), 16, claimed first with a time of 2 minutes, […]

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Nine different divisions, with skaters ranging from ages 7 to 67, competed in this afternoon’s short track speedskating races. Sadhana Ganesan (South Windsor, Conn.), 17, earned gold in the Division 1 Heartland Women’s 1,000-meter race, crossing the finish line with an official time of 1minute, 48.011 seconds. In the Men’s Division

LAKE PLACID, N.Y.- Temperatures as low as -6°F greeted the 56 skiers who competed in the second of a three-race Empire State Winter Games ski orienteering race series at Mt. Van Hoevenberg, in Lake Placid. Less than 24 hours after racing on the Scott’s Cobble Nordic ski course in Lake Placid, athletes ages 12 to

LAKE PLACID, N.Y.- Thirty-three USA Luge athletes braved Saturday’s, Feb. 7, bitter cold temperatures and competed in the Empire State Winter Games Youth A and Youth B luge races, held at Mt. Van Hoevenberg, in Lake Placid. “Oh, it was pretty cold, but I think that kind of, like, pumped me up,” said Fern Battin

LAKE PLACID, N.Y.- The first of three Empire State Winter Games ski orienteering races got underway Friday evening, Feb. 6, on the Scott’s Cobble Nordic ski course in Lake Placid. Joshua Yeaton won the Men’s 21+ division, navigating the trail network in a time of 38 minutes, 22 seconds.   Ski Orienteering is a cross-country

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — Light snow and temperatures in the teens made for ideal conditions as the Dewey Mountain Recreational Center, in Saranac Lake, hosted the opening evening of the Empire State Winter Games cross-country ski racing. Jameson May (Riparius, N.Y.), 14, who has only been skiing for two years and was participating in his

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Garry Brackett (Oneonta, N.Y.) delivered a standout performance, winning the Empire State Winter Games gold medal during Thursday’s, Feb. 6, Masters division (60-69) Individual Relay biathlon relay race held at Mt. Van Hoevenberg. The 65-year-old completed the three-lap race, with two shooting stages, in a time of 23 minutes, 56.5 seconds. At

By: James Bruneau / Newhouse School  Charlotte Newell took a chance and went public skating with her friend one day. Her friend taught her forward and backward skating, a foundational technique of figure skating. The next day, she signed up for skate grade. She was nine years old at the time. Today, the 15-year-old from

Empire State Winter Games Hosts 2026 Winter Triathlon National Championships LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – On a brisk and sunny morning at historic Mt. Van Hoevenberg, in Lake Placid, the USA Triathlon Winter National Championships kicked off the 2026 Empire State Winter Games. Athletes from across the country ran a snowy 5k (3.1 miles), followed by

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Shea Burns, from the Skating Club of Western New York, and Emilija Peel, who’s skating for the Genesee Figure Skating Club, captured the 46th Annual Empire State Winter Games Intermediate Women’s figure skating gold and bronze medals, respectively, in Lake Placid, today. Burns, 13, executed intermediate jump combinations, spins, and consistent