02/08/06
02/12/06
Congratulations to Remsen's very own Olympian....Erin Hamlin!
Erin with her very proud parents Ron & Eileen Hamlin
ERIN NEWS - look for updates soon! (11/07)
2/18/07 UPDATE: World Cups have been going well for her this year. The season is winding down with eight of the nine World Cup competitions completed. Her results are 7th, 5th, 14th, 20th, 6th, 11th, 13th, and 12th. Erin finished 5th at the 2007 World Luge Championships in Austria, and finished 4th in the 2007 World Luge Championship Team event. The final world cup is in Latvia February 16 & 17. The Luge National Championships are going to be in Lake Placid the weekend of March 3 and 4th. Erin also has her own website now that folks can check out.
1/7/06
UPDATE: Erin
finished 6th overall at World Cup #5 in Koenigssee
1/3/07
UPDATE: her last two finishes were 14th in
12/3/06 UPDATE: Erin won her first-career senior international individual medal, Challenge Cup silver on Dec. 1, 2006 - CONGRATULATIONS ERIN!
*Here at cnynorthcountry.com we are privy to family photo's of Erin's races! A special Thank you to Carol Buczek for always keeping us up-to-date on Erin!*
December 1, 2006 - Utah
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Erin walks off the track after Silver Medal run in Challenge Cup 12.1.06 Park City Utah |
Erin was very happy with her 5th place finish in the world cup!!!!! |
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Erin takes Silver in Challenge Cup, Park City 12.1.06 |
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Erin with luge fans (and proud aunts) after finishing 5th in world cup, Park City, Utah 12.2.06 |
The entrance to Olympic Park in Utah. World Cup Luge, Park City Utah, December 2006 010 |
Erin recently finished in first place in the quest to secure a spot on the US World Cup Luge team. There were six women competing for three seats. USA Luge held a series of three races and awarded points based on the finish. Race one was in Lake Placid and Erin was in 3rd place after that competition. Then they moved on to Germany where Erin finished in first (November 4) to move up to second in the standings. And on Saturday, November 11 in Igls, Austria, Erin again finished in first place to move up to the top position in the point standing. With that she earned the right to compete in World Cup competition.
The first world cup of the season is November 18 back in Cesana Pariol, Italy where the Olympics were in February. The second world cup will be in Park City, Utah the weekend of December 1, and then the team moves up to Calgary, Canada for world cup 3. USA Luge will re-evaluate the team before World Cup 4 in Nagano, Japan the weekend of December 15.
World Cup racing resumes after the Christmas holiday with 5 more races. The season will conclude with the US Nationals in Lake Placid the weekend of March 2 – the only local race if area residents want to see Erin compete.
You can also keep up with Erin and the rest of the team by checking out the USA
Luge webpage.
FOR MORE OF ERINS 2006 RESULTS, CLICK HERE
"WELCOME HOME ERIN!"
Remsen City USA welcomed home their favorite Olympian, Erin Hamlin, in a way that only Remsen could do...
To see more pictures, click here
Our own hometown "luger", Erin Hamlin, has done it again in front of her Remsen friends, luge friends and family and is on her way to the Olympic Games in Turino, Italy this February. On December 16, 2005 Erin secured a 5th place finish in the Senior World Cup held in Lake Placid, NY. This was the finish she needed to slide her way onto the 2006 Olympic team.
Being a luge athlete has taken hard work, dedication, determination and sacrifice for Erin to have come this far this fast. How on earth, you ask, did she start this icy adventure? It began on a warm sunny August afternoon in a Syracuse, NY park, a fun activity for a summer's day. This was the day she was introduced to the sport of luge, the French word for sled. Her dream of being an Olympic gymnast switched from a four apparatus gym to tracks bathed in ice that can drop 30 stories through twists and turns at speeds from 70-80 miles per hour.
Erin grew up in Remsen, NY just like any other kid. She played AYSO, T-Ball, took gymnastics and wasn't even very fond of rides. Can you believe that? As her luge career began, she continued her academics and athletics at Remsen Central School excelling in soccer and track and maintaining her average with the help and support from all her teachers. Her time training in Lake Placid continued to increase as the climb up the United States Luge Association pyramid to the Olympic Games began.
Each spring the USLA makes their team selections for the following sliding season based on performance on the track and physical testing. They look for continued improvement an results, both of which Erin continually seemed to produce. Each year she made the cut advancing through the development and junior levels of competition. After three seasons traveling in Europe with the Jr. National team and two Jr. National Championship titles, she is now headed to Torino, Italy, the site of the XX Winter Olympic Games.
The German women have dominated the sport for years, but at least this time down the track they'll be looking over their shoulders to see where the hometown "Lugers" from the USA came from. For one of those USA "Lugers" we can say, "Remsen, NY".
CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS
• Finished 12th at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy
• Won first-career senior international individual medal, Challenge Cup silver, Dec. 1, 2006
• A 19th Junior World Championship team event bronze medalist
• Two-time Verizon U.S. Junior (to age 20) women's singles national champion (2004 & 2005)
• 2003 Youth A (to age 17) women's singles overall World Cup bronze medalist
•5th place at the 2005 Lake Placid World Cup
2006-07 Results
• 2006-07 World Cup results: 7th, 5th,
• A fall 2006 Challenge Cup silver medalist (Dec. 1)
• Finished seventh at the 2006 Meransan, Italy int'l start championships
2005-06 Results
• 2005-06 Senior World Cup results: 14th, 32nd, 11th, 13th, 5th (Career-best), 10th, 16th, 16th
• Finished 12th in the final overall 2006 World Cup rankings
• Finished 21st at the 40th European championships
• Finished 19th at the 2006 Junior World Luge Championships
• Finished 13th in the 2005 Meransan, Italy Int'l start championships
• Finished sixth in the 2005-06 Verizon U.S. national championships
2004-05
Results
• 2004-05 Junior (to age 20) World Cup results: 2nd, 1st, 4th, 4th,
9th, 10th, 10th,
• 2005 overall Junior women's singles bronze medalist
• A winter 2005 Challenge Cup silver medalist (Jan. 21)
• Finished seventh at the 2005 Junior World Luge Championships
• Finished 15th at 2005 Senior World Luge Championships
• Finished seventh at the 2005 Verizon U.S. National Championships
• 2005 Verizon U.S. Junior National Champion
