Just over a week ago, NYSSRA Nordic’s Cross Country champions were crowned. The Saratoga Biathlon Club did an awesome job hosting the event. Throughout the season, race organizers send me their results and I sort through the data to compile points. At the end of the season, I have a trememdous amount of data and thought the members of NYSSRA Nordic would be interested in some of it.
This season there were 848 skiers who participated in at least one NYSSRA sanctioned cross country race! Of course many of these skiers did multiple races, for a total of 1873 skier-races. How exciting it is to think that almost 1900 finish lines were crossed during our ski season. Of our active members, 386 of them, 232 men, 154 women skied in at least one NYSSRA XC event. Our largest participating group were the mens masters; 92 members skied through 330 races. Below is a sample of some of the data collected and compiled over the season.
Most overall race wins 2008-09 season
| name_and_number | Overall | Total |
| Wynn, Carly 3976 | 1 | 7 |
| Sprague, Kevin 5077 | 1 | 4 |
| Izzo, Elizabeth 3421 | 1 | 4 |
| Bencze, Charlie 3383 | 1 | 4 |
| Wynn, Michael 3413 | 1 | 3 |
| Schwenk, Kathy 3477 | 1 | 3 |
Most age-class wins 2008-09 season
| name_and_number | Class | Age | Total |
| Huneck, Austin 4172 | J3M | 1 | 13 |
| Beattie, Chris 2855 | M7M | 1 | 11 |
| Huneck, Tim 2973 | M4M | 1 | 10 |
| Wynn, Carly 3976 | J1F | 1 | 8 |
| Wynn, Michael 3413 | M3M | 1 | 7 |
| Torniainen, Matti 1745 | M8M | 1 | 7 |
| Sapp, Maile 3715 | j3f | 1 | 7 |
| Dixon, Sherry 1581 | M7F | 1 | 7 |
| Yarsevich, Chris 3448 | M1M | 1 | 6 |
| Bencze, Charlie 3383 | J2m | 1 | 6 |
| Rose, Chris 3789 | M2M | 1 | 6 |
| Luban, Ed 3133 | M6M | 1 | 6 |
| Sprague, Kevin 5077 | J1m | 1 | 5 |
| Koziol, Jill 1234 | M2F | 1 | 5 |
| Kobak, Jim 3186 | M2M | 1 | 5 |
| Izzo, Elizabeth 3421 | J1F | 1 | 5 |
| Diehl, Douglas 1310 | M5m | 1 | 5 |
Fastest Individual Distance Races 2008-09 (at least 15 km)
| race | name | tech | min/km | %back |
| Harry_Eldridge_Fr_15M | Douglas, Robert D Dr 775 | Fr | 0:02:35 | 0.00% |
| Harry_Eldridge_Fr_15M | Mangan, Steve 3116 | Fr | 0:02:45 | 6.29% |
| Harry_Eldridge_Fr_15M | Delaney, Matt 3565 | Fr | 0:02:46 | 7.09% |
| OF_Free_15M | Allison, Paul 3760 | Fr | 0:02:47 | 0.00% |
| Harry_Eldridge_Fr_15M | Allison, Paul 3760 | Fr | 0:02:49 | 9.04% |
| OF_Free_15M | Sprague, Kevin 5077 | Fr | 0:02:49 | 1.40% |
| Harry_Eldridge_Fr_15M | Hettenbaugh, Jason 3335 | Fr | 0:02:50 | 9.57% |
| Harry_Eldridge_Fr_15M | Wynn, Michael 3413 | Fr | 0:02:50 | 9.58% |
| OF_Free_15M | Carroll, Pat 5224 | Fr | 0:02:51 | 2.76% |
| Harry_Eldridge_Fr_15M | Day, Chad 2929 | Fr | 0:02:52 | 10.67% |
Most top-3 overall finishes… 2008-09
| name_and_number | Overall | Total |
| Wynn, Carly 3976 | 8 | |
| Izzo, Elizabeth 3421 | 6 | |
| Bencze, Charlie 3383 | 6 | |
| Wynn, Michael 3413 | 5 | |
| Sprague, Kevin 5077 | 5 | |
| Allison, Paul 3760 | 5 | |
| Seyse, Eric 2961 | 5 | |
| Schwenk, Kathy 3477 | 5 | |
| Sapp, Maile 3715 | 5 |
I have posted lists like the ones above of some interesting data that had been compiled over the course of the season. Active members can find their average speed per race, average finish position overall and in their age group, and average % back from the winner of the race. Check out the stats at http://www.nyssranordic.com/2008_09_NYSSRA_Stats.htm
