Thursday, February 16, 2012

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)


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