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)