Tuesday, February 12, 2013

HURT storms the ESG Tournado

With nature holding the fate of the Empire State Games in doubt until hours before the opening ceremonies HURT nation waited nervously bags packed and ready to ascend upon Lake Placid with hopes of reclaiming the NYSSRA club points lead once and for all.  If the races were to be cancelled, the Evil Empire could be poised to snatch the 4-peat from the reigning champions.  Fortunately salvation came in form a small wiggly fish....
...I mean.....a Huge-A$%-(ok-it-was-pretty-overhyped-at-least-in-our-area-but-we-got-like-8-inches) Snow Storm that swooped in to save the Games on Friday.

The Storm made for an interesting opening prologue on the Dewey Mountain 2.5K freestyle course.  The following pictures tell the tale...

The Start of the 1.25 sprint course

The top of the twisting climb

The descent toward the finish/

It was great fun and a wonderful addition to the traditional ESG weekend and set the stage for what would be a great Tournado weekend.  The HRT news team was on hand to shoot footage of the weekend...

All in all there was a huge medal haul by the HURT crew as age group depth and diversity once again was shown to be the winning recipe in nordic team competition. Total medal haul.....enough to fill a sunken pirate treasure chest in Nemo's backyard.  

Team results below. 
Austin Huneck 1st J1 1st overall
Brian Chrzan 2nd J1
DPK 1st M1 3rd overall
Tim Huneck 1st M5
Ed Luban 1st M7
Eric Hamilton 1st M8
Aaron Huneck 2nd J2
Owen Putnam 3rd J2
Adam Chrzan 4th J2
Sarah Duclos 1st FJ2
Amy Duclos 2nd FJ2
Jill Koziol 1st FM2

Austin Huneck 1st overll 1st J1
Brian Chrzan 2nd J1
DPK 1st M1
Chris Yarsevich 2nd M1
Matt Tornianen 1st M2
Bob Underwood 2nd overall 1st M5
Tim Huneck 2nd M5
Ed Luban 1st M7
David Burt 3rd M7
Matti Tornianen 1st M9
Gabriella Frittelli 1st FM4
Sarah Duclos 1st FJ2
Amy Duclos 2nd FJ2
Patrick Broderick 1st J2
Aaron Huneck 2nd J2
Owen Putnam 3rd J2

Emma Underwood 1st J1
Jill Koziol 1st FM2
Gabriella Frittelli 1st FM4
Bernadette Obrien 2nd M6
Patrick Broderick 2nd J2
Ben Anderson 1st J1
DPK 1st M1
Chris Yarsevich 2nd M1
Matt Tornianen 2nd Overall 1st M2
MDH 3rd Overall 2nd M2
Bob Underwood 1st M5
Tim Huneck 2nd M5
Ed Luban 1st M7
David Burt 5th M7
Eric Hamilton 2nd M8
Matti Tornianen 1st M9