Glenville Hills Nordic’s Eric Seyse captured the overall NYSSRA Points Series Championship amassing 444 points in 13 of the 23 scored events this season. Eric had a fantastic season which included a second overall place in the Champions Cup Race. Eric also had four race wins this season, victorious in the Holland Patent Classic, the Dewey Mt Freestyle, the Winona Forest Try-it and the Winona Forest Tourathon. Eric has traditionally raced well and often, as he was also the 2009-10 overall points series champion.
The highest scoring woman was HURT Nordic’s Kathy Schwenk, competing in 6 scored events. The top juniors were HURT Nordic’s Brian Halligan and NYSEF’s Nina Armstrong. Peru Nordic’s Jerry Curcio skied in the most events, with results in 15 scored races. These skiers were part of the elite NYSSRA Red Group who were rewarded with a nice Toko/NYSSRA red ski touque for their efforts:
2010-11 NYSSRA RED GROUP
| Name | class | Club | Count – race | Count – Champs | Sum – total_points |
| Seyse, Eric | SRM | Glenville Hills Nordic | 13 | 1 | 444 |
| Huneck, Tim | M5M | HURT Nordic | 13 | 1 | 401 |
| Halligan, Brian | J2M | HURT Nordic | 9 | 1 | 360 |
| Luban, Ed | M6M | HURT Nordic | 11 | 1 | 353 |
| Curcio, Jerry | M6M | Peru Nordic Masters | 15 | 1 | 348 |
| Huneck, Aaron | J3M | HURT Nordic | 9 | 1 | 330 |
| Kobak, Jim | M3M | Peru Nordic Masters | 10 | 1 | 304 |
| Huneck, Austin | J2M | HURT Nordic | 9 | 277 | |
| Torniainen, Matti | M8M | HURT Nordic | 8 | 1 | 266 |
| Yarsevich, Chris | M1M | HURT Nordic | 7 | 1 | 265 |
| Schwenk, Kathy | M4F | HURT Nordic | 6 | 1 | 262 |
| Forshey, Matt | J3M | Glenville Hills Nordic | 7 | 1 | 261 |
| Armstrong, Nina | J3F | NYSEF | 6 | 1 | 258 |
| Zullo, Amanda | M1F | Peru Nordic Masters | 6 | 1 | 256 |
| Santor, Jon | SRM | Peru Nordic Masters | 8 | 1 | 249 |
| Torniainen, Matthew | M2M | HURT Nordic | 6 | 1 | 245 |
| Greenberg, Evan | J2M | NYSEF | 8 | 1 | 245 |
| Rueckheim, Jack | M6M | Cayuga Nordic | 9 | 1 | 244 |
| Rose, Chris | M3M | Peru Nordic Masters | 6 | 1 | 237 |
| Chappell, Tom | M4M | Cayuga Nordic | 7 | 1 | 236 |
| Forshey, Ashley | J1F | Glenville Hills Nordic | 7 | 236 | |
| Underwood, Heidi | M3F | HURT Nordic | 5 | 1 | 235 |
| Balander, Audrey | M5F | Cayuga Nordic | 5 | 1 | 214 |
| Wynn, Mike | M3M | Peru Nordic Masters | 6 | 208 | |
| Kogut, Keith | SRM | Peru Nordic Masters | 7 | 1 | 205 |
| Findlay, Janet | M6F | Peru Nordic Masters | 5 | 185 | |
| Hamilton, Eric | M8M | HURT Nordic | 6 | 1 | 184 |
| O’Brien, Bernadette | M6F | HURT Nordic | 5 | 1 | 183 |
| Luban, Adam | J2M | HURT Nordic | 7 | 182 | |
| Izzo, Anna | j2F | NYSEF | 5 | 1 | 181 |
| Hatch, Stanley | M4M | Peru Nordic Masters | 5 | 1 | 181 |
| Koziol, Jill | M2F | HURT Nordic | 5 | 1 | 181 |
At the Champions Cup awards ceremony, skiers were rewarded with age-group overall titles. To be eligible for the overall points series championship, skiers had to compete in at least one NYSSRA event AND complete the NYSSRA Champions Cup Race.
Age Group Champions:
J2M: Brian Halligan, HURT Nordic
J2F: Anna Izzo, NYSEF Nordic
J3M: Aaron Huneck, HURT Nordic
J3F: Nina Armstrong, NYSEF Nordic
SRM: Eric Seyse, Glenville Hills Nordic
M1M: Chris Yarsevich, HURT Nordic
M1F: Amanda Zullo, Peru Nordic Masters
M2M: Matthew Torniainen, HURT Nordic
M2F: Jill Koziol, HURT Nordic
M3M: Jim Kobak, Peru Nordic Masters
M3F: Heidi Underwood, HURT Nordic
M4M: Tom Chappell, Cayuga Nordic
M4F: Kathy Schwenk, HURT Nordic
M5M: Tim Huneck, HURT Nordic
M5F: Audrey Balander, Cayuga Nordic
M6M: Ed Luban, HURT Nordic
M6F: Bernadette O’Brien, HURT Nordic
M7M: James Hoch, Cayuga Nordic
M8M: Matti Torniainen, HURT Nordic
M9M: Burton E. Phillips
Congratulations to all of our points series champions. Thank you for participating in a great season of Nordic ski racing!!!
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