ADVISORY/Detour to Lake Placid Brings US Ski Team to Banknorth's Backyard.Sports Editors/Business Editors ADVISORY...for Monday (March 17) NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.031403/bb1 --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHAT: Detour to Lake Placid Brings US Ski Team to Banknorth's Backyard PICTURED (left to right): - Bode Miller, two-time 2002 Olympic silver medalist, three-time 2003 World Championship medalist, three U.S. titles - Kirsten Clark, two-time Olympian, 2003 World Championships super G silver medalist, four-time U.S. downhill champion - Erik Schlopy, two-time Olympian, 2003 World Championship giant slalom bronze medalist, five U.S. Championship titles WHEN: March 17-25, 2003, national competition beginning March 20 WHERE: Whiteface Mountain, 1980 Olympic Alpine venue, Lake Placid, N.Y. Some of the best Alpine skiers in the world have honed their skills on New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. snow at local USSA USSA - Object-oriented state language by B. Burshteyn, Pyramid, 1992. Documentation. clubs and programs, including 2003 World Championship medalists Bode Miller Samuel Bode Miller (born October 12 1977), best known as Bode Miller (pronounced Bo-dee, in IPA [boʊˈdiː]), is an American alpine skier. (Franconia, NH), Kirsten Clark (Raymond, ME), and Erik Schlopy Eric Schlopy (born August 21, 1972 in Buffalo, New York) is an American Alpine skier who competed in three Olympic games - 1994 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics. At the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, he placed 34th in giant slalom. (Park City, UT). Miller and Clark also are Carrabassett Valley Academy Carrabassett Valley Academy (CVA) is a ski and snowboard focused academy based in Carrabassett Valley, Maine, at the base of Sugarloaf ski area. They have trained and schooled the likes of Bode Miller and Seth Wescott, both active olympic competitors External links The mountain has the appearance of a (quite elongated) human face when viewed from the east or west with distinct Ski Club, is a graduate of Burke Mountain Academy (Vermont). The three will join fellow US Ski Team athletes in challenging more than 200 junior and development racers from around the country, with 75 from the East, for U.S. titles at the Chevy Truck U.S. Alpine Championships in Lake Placid Lake Placid, village (1990 pop. 2,485), Essex co., NE N.Y.; settled 1850, inc. 1900. In the Adirondack Mts. at an altitude of 1,800 ft (549 m), the village surrounds Mirror Lake. It is a famous resort and sports center. , NY. The annual competition is a right of passage for many young racers--providing the opportunity to ski in front of the national staff--and is considered the highest level of domestic ski racing. "We are excited to have the US Ski Team in our backyard--especially during the first year of our sponsorship with the team," said John Ratoff, Vice President Corporate Sponsorship, Banknorth Group, Inc. "It's also great to have Kirsten Clark, whom Banknorth has sponsored for several years, competing so close to home." It's been a banner year for the US Ski Team with the Alpine team winning six World Ski Championship medals and 17 podiums on the elite World Cup circuit. The move to Lake Placid marks the first time the Championships have been in the East since Sugarloaf, ME in 1997. More information and a schedule of events are available at www.usskiteam.com or www.whiteface.org. Banknorth is a proud sponsor of the US Ski Team. Note: A photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.031403/bb1 |
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