Middlebury

We had quite the weekend at Middlebury this past weekend.  The slalom was warm and quite soft.  Throughout the day, the wind picked up.  There were points when there were just ice drops flying around.  

At lunch time, the whole field got to watch Mikaela claim Gold at the Olympics - quite amazing and very cool.  That was fun to see with the entire EISA circuit.  

The men did great.  Christoph put down a 13, Carson backed him up with a 27.  Kendall was 33, a season best for him!  Dylan was a solid 35.  Victor was about 17 after first run but ran into some technical difficulties second run when a gate came out of the snow - it bested him.  

The women's race was cut short when lightening and thunder took over the hill.  Water was coming down in walls.  I've never seen a hill clear so quickly.  Quite a number of athletes were stuck on the chairlift, which had short circuited or something.  Our very own Gabby, Jocelyn and Paige were stuck.  But everyone made it down safety.  But alas, the show could not go on and it became a one run race...

The GS gave us a break with warm weather and sunshine.  The team soaked it up and put some very good races on the hill.  Victor laid down a 16th.  Christoph skied into 32 and Dylan was 39th.  

Shannon stepped up her Middlebury game and came in 5th, with Sarah chomping at her heels in 14th place.  Gabby skied a season best with 33rd.  Very nice.

It has been a very memorable and great season.  Great results have been scattered throughout the year.

Kendall, our last one out the gate second run of the GS, turned around before he went and looked at our head coach, "This one's for you, ED!"

Thank you for a great season, team - and of course thanks so much to ED!!!  

Headed to Utah with Shannon next week -

Wake up, Vic!

Matt takes over the job of tech 

Second Team ALL EAST

Dartmouth Carnival

Just got back from a very nice weekend at Dartmouth.  We had sun, great results and quality time at the Fireside Inn (their dining room seems like a jungle... its very exotic).







We had one exciting moment when we had to adjust Gabby's bindings at the start when she was a few people out - as they were adjust for Merritt (I didn't ask)!  But this was no problem for Gabby as she managed two solid runs.



Our ladies scorers for the day were Shannon, Sarah and Paige (who turned it up a bit for second run!). Shannon got to run bib 1, but did not bend to the pressure, throwing down a sixth place college result.  She just keeps coming on strong.  Very fun to see.







The men had one of the denser fields I have ever seen, with leftovers from NorAm guys hanging around the east coast.  They all wanted a piece of the EISA Circuit.  But our guys did very well in the GS, with Christoph and Victor coming in 20th and 21st and Matt placing 34th (all for college).  Vic had a bit of a stumble out of the start second run so I know he will be coming into Jiminy looking to make up for that this weekend.

Shannon woke up a bit under the weather for Saturday's slalom so she ran a very minimalist race day but when it was go time, she went and pulled off another sixth place college finish, solidifying her spot in the top seed.  Sarah backed her up with a 19th finish (has been also on the minimalist program for similar reasons for this entire season) for college and she had a very good second run.  Gabby was our third scorer for the day, hanging tough so great work there.





Dylan had a smoking first run in the slalom but unfortunately did not managed to stay in second run.  He will be looking for some vengeance on our home hill next week as well.  Christoph had two very good runs, placing him in 20th for college.  A very good weekend for Christoph. Victor and Charlie pulled through with finishes so good work there.

We had a different photographer this week, as John joined us over at the Big Green School so thanks for snapping a few shots, John (except for the top photo - that one's mine!)