Lake Placid, NY (Tuesday, July 4, 2006) - Two-time Olympian Clint Jones (Steamboat Springs, CO) had the longest jump of the final round Tuesday to complete a sweep of the first two USSA Ski Jumping SuperTour events - but a couple of unheralded juniors nearly stole the show at the New York Ski Education Foundation's (NYSEF) annual holiday meet.

On Monday, in sunny, 80-degree weather, Jones easily breezed to victory by jumping 94 and 96.5 meters for 251.5 points. Lake Placid-born Anders Johnson (Park City, UT) - the youngest U.S. Olympic ski jumper when he competed last February in Torino, Italy, at 16 - was a distant second. Johnson jumped 78.5 and 90.5 meters for 205.0 points with Nick Fairall (Andover, NH) taking third at 187.5 points on jumps of 80.5 and 82.5 meters on the 1980 Olympic normal hill, which has a porcelain in-run and plastic matting covering the landing hill, which - when watered - helps simulate on-snow jumping for preseason training.

"It's important to be relaxed and enjoy it, and that's working so far," Jones said after Monday's competition. "I have the potential to do well and want to stay mentally in a good place, have fun and be positive." In addition to the SuperTour win, Jones on Monday gained the first leg of the annual Devlin Cup series, the three-event schedule which also includes the Flaming Leaves competition in October and the annual New Year’s contest at the MacKenzie-Intervale Ski Jumping Complex.

On Tuesday, Jones jumped 88.5 and 96 meters, good for 234.0 points and a 9.5-point victory over Johnson, who had jumps of 84.5 and 95 meters for 224.5 points. But the longest jump of the day in the NYSEF Independence Day Meet on the 90-meter hill at the MacKenzie-Interval Ski Jumping Complex went to Daniel Englund (Iron Mountain, MI), a 16-year-old from the Kiwanis Ski Club program who went 97.5 meters in the first round. He followed that with a 94-meter jump for 239.5 points, just two points ahead Monday's Junior winner Peter Frenette (Saranac Lake, NY), a 14-year-old from the NYSEF; Frenette jumped 95 and 91.5 meters for his 237.5 points.

For the second straight day, 12-year-old Nina Lussi (Lake Placid, NY), another NYSEF jumper, won the women's competition. Women's ski jumping recently gained approval from the International Ski Federation for inclusion in the 2009 World Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic, a vital step as the sport seeks International Olympic Committee approval for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. The U.S. Ski Team has nominated five women - including Lake Placid-born Alissa Johnson, Anders' older sister - for inclusion on the 2007 Ski Team; the squad, the first to include women jumpers, will be named officially during the summer.