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WILMINGTON, N.Y. – Marshall Hudson and Anja Robertson, both of Northwood School in Lake Placid, N.Y., raced to gold medal finishes during Saturday’s, Feb. 3, 44th Empire State Winter Games (ESWG) Alpine giant slalom event held on Whiteface Mountain, in Wilmington, N.Y. Hudson emerged victorious in the men’s race, working his way through the Draper […]

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – On the sunniest day of the 2024 Empire State Winter Games so far, biathlon athletes used the light to their advantage while racing on the challenging Mt. Van Hoevenberg Nordic course in Lake Placid, N.Y. Sean Kennedy, 47, of Chelsea, Quebec, took first place in the masters male 40-49 category. He

Hudson Valley Figure Skating Club Skaters Win Two Empire State Winter Games Figure Skating Medals LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Zoe Steinmueller, representing the Skating Club of New York, skated to first place in the Juvenile Girls Figure Skating competition at the 44th Empire State Winter Games, Saturday, Feb. 3, in the Lake Placid Olympic Center’s

Lake Placid’s Max Zayonc Wins Empire State Winter Games Youth B Men’s Silver Medal LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Luge is the “Fastest Sport on Ice” and Riley Dombard, of Downer Groves, Ill., and Emryn McCarty, of Swampscott, Mass., showed that they were the fastest sliders during Saturday’s, Feb. 3, Empire State Winter Games’ Youth A

Rhea Mackey of Keene, N.Y. Takes Bronze Medal in Girls U12 2.5K Freestyle Mass Start SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. – Three cross-country skiers from New York State’s Tri-Lake Region (Saranac Lake, Lake Placid and Tupper Lake) felt right at home on the Dewey Mountain trail system in Saranac Lake. The three combined to sweep Friday’s boys

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Robert Graham of Ottawa, Ontario took first place in the first day of Empire State Winter Games ski orienteering racing. Under the lights at the Cascade Ski Center in Lake Placid, N.Y., Graham won gold in the 7-kilometer (approximately 4.35 miles) men’s 21+ category, finishing in 22 minutes, 45 seconds. Ski

Windham Mountain’s Jack Conneely Wins Two Empire State Winter Games Men’s Super-G Silver Medals WILMINGTON, N.Y. –Anja Robertson of Northwood School in Lake Placid, N.Y., and West Mountain’s Hudson Montgomery won a pair of gold medals each, during today’s Empire State Winter Games Alpine Super-G events, held at Whiteface Mountain, in Wilmington, N.Y. Robertson, skiing

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The U.S. World Cup Para-Bobsled team wrapped up their training camp at the Mt Van Hoevenberg Sports Complex, in Lake Placid, N.Y., and kicked off the first day of competition for the Feb. 1-4, 2024 Empire State Winter Games. Robert Balk claimed the Games’ first medal, winning Thursday’s race in a

More than 2,000 Winter Athletes from New York State and Beyond Come to Lake Placid to Participate in the 44th Empire State Winter Games, Feb. 1-4, 2024 LAKE PLACID, N.Y – The 44th Empire State Winter Games (ESWG) Opening Ceremony returned to the Lake Placid Olympic Center’s 1980 Herb Brooks Arena and welcomed the more

44th Empire State Winter Games Opening Ceremony, 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 1, in the Lake Placid Olympic Center’s Herb Brooks Arena 2,500 Winter Athletes to Gather for Thursday’s Empire State Winter Games Opening Ceremony LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (JANUARY 24, 2024) — The 44th Empire State Winter Games (ESWG) Torch Relay concludes its five-day, 700-mile journey