FYI ~ race results
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 12:17PM 
Winter Carnival NBT Bank Ice Skating Race / 2nd Grade Division ~ Saranac Lake, NY - in the Adirondack Park • no embiggenHugo, aka: the grandson, wins his division in the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Ice Skating Races.
Pictures, top to bottom:
1) Even though Hugo drew the outside lane, he's hanging in there at the first turn.
2) Half way through the first lap, Hugo's pulled into 2nd place and is drafting, Apollo Anton Ohno style, the leader (a ringer from Long Island).
3) By the first turn of lap 2, Hugo has grabbed the lead - by means of a sweet dive to the inside after the 3rd corner - and is starting to stretch it out.
4) Half way through the final lap, Hugo's cruising right along and stretching it out even more.
5) At the finish, the rest of the field is nowhere in sight and, in a show of sportsmanship, Hugo begins to stop before the finish line so as to add a second or 2 to his average lap time in order to not embarrass the 3rd Grade competitors.
6) The Medalists (l-r) - 1st place / Hugo, 2nd place / the Long Island ringer, 3rd place / one of Hugo's hockey teammates.
Reader Comments (2)
Way to go Hugo nice job Congrats
Yugo Hugo.
Is that a guy or a zamboni? I can't tell without the "embiggen" feature.