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Despite her small stature, Liz Stephen had a big season in 2011-2012. She had the best string of World Cup results in her young career, finishing in the top 30 three times over the course of the World Cup season. Stephen also had a strong performance at the World Championships in Oslo, finishing an impressive 16th in the 30 k freestyle, as well as 24th in the 15 k skiathlon. The diminutive 24 year old,...

Pete, my newest second cousin and his mom Kate and One-Way bear!Pete!!!!!Racing the annual Climb to the Castle race up Whiteface. This year was the best weather we have ever had, for sure. No winds, no snow, and sun!Men's Climb to the Castle podium. ...

Pete, my newest second cousin and his mom Kate and One-Way bear!Pete!!!!!Racing the annual Climb to the Castle race up Whiteface. This year was the best weather we have ever had, for sure. No winds, no snow, and sun!Men's Climb to the Castle podium. ...

Pete, my newest second cousin and his mom Kate and One-Way bear!Pete!!!!!Racing the annual Climb to the Castle race up Whiteface. This year was the best weather we have ever had, for sure. No winds, no snow, and sun!Men's Climb to the Castle podium. ...

Pete, my newest second cousin and his mom Kate and One-Way bear!Pete!!!!!Racing the annual Climb to the Castle race up Whiteface. This year was the best weather we have ever had, for sure. No winds, no snow, and sun!Men's Climb to the Castle podium. ...

Pete, my newest second cousin and his mom Kate and One-Way bear!Pete!!!!!Racing the annual Climb to the Castle race up Whiteface. This year was the best weather we have ever had, for sure. No winds, no snow, and sun!Men's Climb to the Castle podium. ...

The fifth annual Climb to the Castle roller-ski race took place on Saturday, September 17th in Lake Placid, New York. Kris Freeman (USST) edged out biathlete Tim Burke (USBA) in the men’s race, and Liz Stephen (USST) skied to a decisive victory over Ida Sargent (USST) in the women’s event. Women’s Results Men’s Race Report Women’s Race Report Men’s Race Video Women’s Race Video

Stephen Claims Second Climb to the Castle Victory, Sargent Second

On a brilliant sunny day in Lake Placid, New York, Liz Stephen (USST) extended her Climb to the Castle podium streak to five in a row, earning her first victory in the challenging five-mile hill climb since the inaugural event in 2007. Stephen and US Ski Team (USST) teammate Ida Sargent overcame an early deficit to Tara Geraghty-Moats (CNSC), turning the 45 minute test into a two-woman race by the end of the first mile....

If you are thinking that it is a little early for the Climb to the Castle rollerski race you would be right. The annual five-mile grind to the top of Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, New York, hosted by the New York Ski Education Foundation (NYSEF) has historically been held in October. The race is timed to coincide with the US Ski Team’s (USST) fall training camp and that two week block was shifted to...

Small Group Drives USST Camp

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Rollerskiing through thick fog on a sleepy Thursday morning, several U.S. Ski Team and National Training Group athletes wheeled into the Olympic Jumping Complex parking lot. Almost an hour before their 9 a.m. sprint workout, the small group arrived earlier than some of the venue’s staff, but they weren’t the first athletes there. As they pulled up alongside a row of parked vehicles, a few skiers recognized one another, and without...

USST Training Camp Video and Photos

Several members of the U.S. Ski Team and National Training Group came out for Day 2 of the Lake Placid USST dryland training camp on Thursday, competing in a classic rollerski sprint. Over the two-hour time trial, six women and nine men raced four times — the women on a 1.3-k loop and the men over 1.5 k. Everyone advanced to the finals, and the idea was to go hard.   Here is a recap...