North Country sends its own to Vancouver

A close-knit group of North Country skiers, who grew up indulging their passion for winter sports in the shadow of the famous Lake Placid ski jumps, may be poised to make history at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

They join a long list of local prospects in luge, bobsled, skating and other sports who have legitimate shots at making the Olympic team and mounting the podium when medals are handed out Feb. 12-28 at the 21st Winter Olympic Games.

“It’s been a lot of first-evers,” said Bill Demong, 29, a Vermontville native and Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 1999. “We’ve built a program that’s taken Nordic combined and given it a lot of popularity and taken the sport to a whole new level.”

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