Feb 25, 2021 About 1,800 lacrosse balls begin their race down the luge track at Mount Van Hoevenberg during the 2021 Running of the Balls fundraiser for USA Luge. (Photo provided) About 1,800 lacrosse balls race down the luge track at Mount Van Hoevenberg during the 2021 Running of the Balls fundraiser for USA Luge. (Photo provided)
About 1,800 lacrosse balls race down the luge track at Mount Van Hoevenberg during the 2021 Running of the Balls fundraiser for USA Luge. (Photo provided)
LAKE PLACID In its final race of the season, USA Luge shattered a team record. The organization announced Monday, Feb. 22 that the sixth annual Duluth Trading Company Running of the Balls fundraiser doubled its previous best effort.
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aflynn@lakeplacidnews.com USA Luge Marketing Director Gordy Sheer, left, and Director of Sports Programs Mark Grimmette get ready to release 960 lacrosse balls at the Lake Placid sliding track for the first Running of the Balls in March 2016. (News photo Andy Flynn) Spectators watch lacrosse balls at Curve 19 at Mount Van Hoevenberg during the first Running of the Balls fundraiser for USA Luge in March 2016. (News photo Andy Flynn)
Spectators watch lacrosse balls at Curve 19 at Mount Van Hoevenberg during the first Running of the Balls fundraiser for USA Luge in March 2016. (News photo Andy Flynn)
LAKE PLACID Thousands will be competing on the combined luge, bobsled and skeleton track at Mount Van Hoevenberg later this month all at the same time, in about 2 minutes.