Williams Carnival Schedule Change

Tomorrow starts the Williams Carnival. The schedule has changed due to weather and we will run SL tomorrow and GS on Saturday.  First run each day is 9:15. Follow us on Live-Timing

Dartmouth Carnival and UNH Make-up race at Burke

Last weekend was another busy weekend of racing. In addition to the Dartmouth carnival we a third race on Sunday to make up for the GS we lost at UNH.

The great weather that start at UVM continued throughout the week of training and followed us to Dartmouth.  The team started off with GS on Friday on hill we have typically struggled on, but once again the women came through strong.  Emily Hayes '15 led the women in 14th, Katie Fitzpatrick '15 followed close behind in 15th and Zoe Livingston '13 completed the scoring in 19th. On the men's side Coleman Lieb '14 was our top finisher in 31st.

Emily Bamford '15 (Photo:Cory Ransom)

Saturday brought another perfect day for the SL.  The men were led by Alex Jones '12 in 21st and Coleman Lieb in 30th.  Emily Hayes once again led the women finishing 6th for her 4th Top-10 in the first four slaloms of the carnival season. Anne Rockwell and Katie Fitzpatrick rounded out the scoring in 19th and 20th to put the women in 5th place as a group.

Emily Hayes '15 (Photo:Cory Ransom)

On Sunday we still had the beautiful sunshine but the temps plummeted as it didn't go above zero all day at Burke for the rescheduled UNH GS.  The women continued their great skiing with Emily Hayes leading the team for the third day in row with an outstanding second run that moved her from 12th to 5th. Emily Bamford '15 had her best finish of the season in 11th and Anne Rockwell finished 20th.  Unfortunately Katie Fitzpatrick went out on the second run after having a stellar first run that put her in 7th.  The men were led by Alex Jones in 11th after he put down the fifth fastest second run after standing in 23rd after run 1.  Coleman Lieb '14 was our only other finisher in 30th.  As a result of her performance this weekend Emily Hayes was named Bobcat of the Week for Bates Athletics.

Alex Jones '12 (Photo:Cory Ransom)

Emily Hayes '15 (Photo:Cory Ransom)

UVM Carnival

This is a far overdue post about the UVM weekend and it was a good one.  We finally had great weather for two days in a row and the best snow conditions that I can remember for a carnival at Stowe.  The weekend started of with GS on cloudless sunny day.  The hill was in great shape with hard snow and the most terrain I've seen on Main Street trail since we started racing on it a few years ago.  The women started off the day with some great skiing. After the first run we had Katie Fitzpatrick in 7th, Avril Dunleavy in 9th and Zoe Livingston in 17th.  The men followed with some more strong skiing in the first run with Alex Jones in 20th and Peter Cole in 33rd from the 76th start position.  In the second run the women kept up the strong skiing.  Katie and Avril flip flopped and end up 9th and 7th respectively. Zoe put down a great second run to move up to 12th and complete the scoring which put the women in 2nd as team. It was our best finish for the women in an event since we took the win in GS at UVM in '07.  The second run for the men saw Alex Jones put it on his hip twice but still end up 20th and Peter Cole skied strong to finish the day 29th.

Alex Jones '12 (Photo:Cory Ransom)

Avril Dunleavy '15 (Photo:Cory Ransom)

Day two was the SL and the great weather continued.  The men started off the day with some more solid skiing with Alex in 18th and Coleman Lieb making the jump from 55 to 22 in the first run.  The women continued their great skiing with Avril 5th, Emily Hayes 6th and Anne Rockwell 17th after run one.  Unfortunately the second run for the men didn't go as well. Both Alex and Coleman skied out but Peter Cole, Devon Brown and Brent Talbott were able to salvage some points finishing 26th, 31st and 35th respectively.  The women put together another amazing day as Anne moved up to 12th, Emily moved up to 4th and Avril finished the day in 3rd for her first podium of her young career.  The women again finished second as a team to complete a great weekend. As an added bonus Avril was named Bobcat of the Week for her performance over the weekend.

Emily Hayes '15 (Photo:Cory Ransom)

Avril Dunleavy '15 (Photo:Cory Ransom)

UNH Carnival and Cranmore Eastern Cup

This past weekend was the UNH Carnival and an Eastern Cup slalom at Mt. Cranmore.  Unfortunately due to awful weather and unsafe conditions the GS was cancelled on Friday. That left us with just the slalom that was doubled for team scoring for the weekend.  While we had much nicer weather the course conditions were still rugged.  The men had a tough day with two DNFs and the rest failing to make the top-60 to qualify for the second run.  On the women's side the day went quite a bit better.  Avril Dunleavy '15 led the women with two solid runs to finish 9th.  Emily Hayes '15 enjoyed her first start in the first seed and followed up last weeks outstanding result with a 10th place finish.  Anne Rockwell '14 rounded out the scoring, finishing in 22nd.  Overall the women finished 4th as a team.

Emily Hayes '15 - Photo:Cory Ransom

On Sunday we moved across the valley to Mt Cranmore for an Eastern Cup SL.  Katie Fitzpatrick '15 battled back after a tough start to the carnival season to lead the team with a 5th place finish.  Emily Bamford '15 and Anne Rockwell '14 also had strong results finishing 9th and 10th respectively.

Thanks to Cathy and Michael Hayes for housing the ladies this weekend and thanks to all the parents that provided a spectacular lunch for the team and coaches this weekend.

Next we are off to Stowe for the UVM carnival. Go Bobcats!