Kai Frantz, center, and New York Ski Educational Foundation teammate James Flanigan, left, stand on the podium after taking the top two spots in the classic cross-country skiing race Saturday at the North Creek Nordic Ski Fest. Scott Shulz, of Lake Placid, won the men’s division of the freestyle sprint Sunday. (Photo provided)

NYSEF skiers Marli Damp and Anya Morgan celebrate after placing first and third in the under-16 junior classic race Saturday at the North Creek Nordic Ski Fest. Damp and Morgan were also first and second in the women’s freestyle division. (Photo provided)

NYSEF athlete Tate Frantz, of Lake Placid, stands atop the podium after winning the under-18 division of the nordic combined event in Steamboat Springs, Colorado the first weekend of December. Frantz also placed second in the HS75 jumping event. Frantz was joined by teammate Bryce Kloc, of Clifton Park, and NYSEF alum Beckett Ledger, of Lake Placid, in Colorado for the USA Nordic US Cup competition which was preceeded by four days of training at the mountain. Ledger placed eighth to put himself in position for a start in the first FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cups. (Photo provided)