July 5, 2006 (Lake Placid, N.Y) – Two-time Olympian Clint Jones (Steamboat Springs, CO) had the longest jump of the final round Tuesday to complete a sweep of the first two USSA Ski Jumping SuperTour events – but a couple of unheralded juniors nearly stole the show at the New York Ski Education Foundation’s annual holiday meet.
Jones jumped 88.5 and 96 meters, good for 234.0 points and a 9.5 victory over Anders Johnson (Park City, UT), who was born in Lake Placid but is growing up in Utah. Johnson, who in February became, at 16, the young U.S. Olympic male skier in history, had jumps of 84.5 and 95 meters for 224.5 points. Monday, Jones sailed to a 46.5-point margin of victory over Johnson and the rest of the field.
(Andrea Mead Lawrence was 15 when she raced in the 1948 Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland.)
But the longest jump of the day in the NYSEF Independence Day Meet on the 90-meter hill at the MacKenzie-Interval Ski Jumping Complex went to Daniel Englund (Iron Mountain, MI), a 16-year-old from the Kiwanis Ski Club program who went 97.5 meters in the first round. He followed that with a 94-meter jump for 239.5 points, just two points ahead of Monday’s winner, Peter Frenette (Saranac Lake, NY), a 14-year-old from the NYSEF; Frenette jumped 95 and 91.5 meters for his 237.5 points.
For the second straight day, 12-year-old Nina Lussi (Lake Placid, NY), another NYSEF jumper, won the women’s competition.
For complete results of both days:
www.skijumpeast.com/results/rslt07b.htm