The Dion Cup competition was expanded for 2008 with the addition of small hill jumping and a Nordic Combined event. Skiers had the option of jumping on 10 meter or 25 meter hill, and finished off the competition with a foot race to decide the Nordic Combined rankings. The jumping was scored by simply adding style scores to the distance in meters. For the foot race, a Gundersen handicap system was used, sending out the top scoring jumper first and then requiring lower scoring jumpers to wait six seconds for each point back before starting. The Nordic Combined results table below is further complicated by the use of a "wave start" in which the lowest four scoring competitors were started on the run together, rather than having them get lonely on the race course. Their official times were corrected to reflect the differences between their handicaps and their actual start times. Skiers young and old from Lake Placid (NYSEF), Andover NH, and Kennet High School joined the Lebanon Outing Club regulars in a day of sporting competition. Awards and a picnic followed the competitions. The rains forcast for Sunday stayed away and a good time was had by all.

Dion Cup Jumping Results Juniors on the 10 meter hill Athlete Name Bib Club style dist jump final pts. (m) pts. score ------------------------------------------------- Alex Hohman 5 NYSEF 11.5 4.5 16.0 12.5 7.0 19.5 35.5 Ethan Wood 6 NYSEF 12.5 5.0 17.5 12.5 5.0 17.5 35.0 Juniors on the 25 meter hill Nate Capone 13 NYSEF 12.0 16.5 28.5 13.0 17.0 30.0 58.5 David Horak 8 LOC 12.5 16.0 28.5 12.5 16.0 28.5 57.0 Matt Doyle 7 AOC 11.5 15.0 26.5 11.5 14.5 26.0 52.5 Harley Stanka 10 NYSEF 11.0 8.0 19.0 11.5 8.0 19.5 38.5 Seniors & Masters on the 25 meter hill Mark Breen 16 NYSEF 12.0 20.5 32.5 15.0 20.5 35.5 68.0 Ryan Crawford 15 LOC 13.5 17.5 31.0 14.0 18.0 32.0 63.0 Parker Haynes 18 Kennet 3.5 20.5 24.0 16.0 21.0 37.0 61.0 Bill Ryan 14 LOC 13.0 17.5 30.5 13.5 17.0 30.5 61.0 Todd Caruso 17 LOC 12.0 17.0 29.0 12.0 16.0 28.0 57.0

Dion Cup Nordic Combined Results Athlete handi- start finish race official cap time time time time ---------------------------------------------------------- Mark Breen 0:00 0:00 7:53 7:53 7:53 Ryan Crawford 0:30 0:30 8:52 8:22 8:52 Nate Capone 0:48 0:48 9:08 8:20 9:08 Parker Haynes 0:42 0:42 9:59 9:17 9:59 Todd Caruso 1:06 1:06 10:05 8:59 10:05 Bill Ryan 0:42 0:42 10:23 9:41 10:23 Matt Doyle 1:33 1:33 11:25 9:52 11:25 David Horak 1:06 1:06 11:44 10:38 11:44 Alex Hohman 3:15 1:33* 11:38 10:05 13:20 Harley Stankas 2:48 1:33* 12:35 11:02 13:50 Ethan Wood 3:18 1:33* 13:03 11:30 14:48

Dion Cup Results by class Sr & Masters Juniors K25 Juniors K10 --------------------------------------------- Mark Breen Nate Capone Alex Hohman Ryan Crawford Matt Doyle Ethan Wood Parker Haynes David Horak Todd Caruso Harley Stankas Bill Ryan