According to most students, we are entering the hardest part of the year. Northwood skiers and hockey players are entering the most challenging part of the season with playoffs FIS races looming. The soccer teams also have a few big tournaments that are coming up. Northwood athletes are always asked to give their maximum effort all year long, but at one point in the year, it gets tiring to manage being a student-athlete. For this reason, Northwood has a traditional mid-winter break in mid-February. Everyone appreciates these 10 days because it gives students a chance to keep up with schoolwork and take a little break before the final push.
Teegan Wardlaw ’25 enjoying the Adirondacks with her family. Photo provided.
Most of the students don’t go home for a long period of time and some even stay the whole week on campus because of games or competitions. I asked around for some of our students’ plans for the Winter Break.
Teegan Wardlaw ‘25 – a day student from Lake Placid – will enjoy the Adirondacks by going skiing at Whiteface Mountain with her family and local friends. She also plans on going to the gym which is her favorite hobby besides skiing.
Sasha Luhur ’27 and her family celebrating Chinese New Year last year. Photo provided.
Sasha Luhur ‘27 (boarding student from Bloomington, Indiana) is going home to celebrate Chinese New Year with her parents. She is excited because she’ll get to have her mom’s Asian food again and celebrate with them. She is also planning on seeing friends from her old skating club, which she is excited about.
Leigh Riffle (a faculty member here at Northwood) is staying in Lake Placid for the week, she will be enjoying calm moments with her family. She and Hannah (her daughter) will be getting a haircut which she is excited about.
Eliza Quackenbush ‘25 (girls’ hockey team) mentioned she wasn’t going back to her home state of Montana. The girls’ hockey team are off to Arlington, Virginia for the week. While they are there, they will be visiting monuments and going shopping, but the main focus of the week will obviously be their hockey games.
FIS team competing at Eastern Cups. Photo provided.
Elleanore Pelletier ‘25 (a FIS member on the Northwood ski team) is also spending her Winter break here in Lake Placid. She will be training at Whiteface and will be competing in some Eastern Cup competitions with other athletes on the FIS team.
