Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Bates Carnival/EISA Championships/NCAA East Regional

Our home carnival started off with what felt like the best weather of the year. We finally had sun and comfortable temps in the thirties.  It was a great day to be racing at Sunday River on one of the most demanding GS hills of the season that saw run times of  80 seconds for the women and 75 seconds for the men.

Women's GS

The women were once again led by Avril Dunleavy '15 who finished 5th (Her 5th top-5 and 7th top-10 of the season). Katie Fitzpatrick '15 finished 16th and was followed by Emily Bamford '15 in 20th to put the women in 4th for the day. Zoe Livingston '13 finished 22nd in her last collegiate GS of her career.

Avril Dunleavy (Credit: Cory Ransom)

Emily Bamford (Credit: Cory Ransom)

Zoe Livingston (Credit: Cory Ransom)


Men's GS

The men had a respectable day with Chris Bradbury '16 finishing 38th (started 51st), Tanner Dirstine '16 finishing just behind in 39th (started 46th) and Cody Bullen '16 making a huge move up from the 75th start to finish 42nd.

Cody Bullen (Credit: flyingpointroad.com)

Tanner Dirstine (Credit: flyingpointroad.com)

Chris Bradbury (Credit: flyingpointroad.com)


Men's SL

Peter Cole '15 was the top finisher for the men in 35th, followed by Brent Talbott '14 in 39th and Devon Brown '14 in 42nd.  Chris Bradbury had one of his better 1st runs of the season to make the flip for the second run but couldn't take advantage of his early start position and was a 2nd run DNF.

Chris Bradbury (Credit: Cory Ransom)

Peter Cole (Credit: Cory Ransom)


Women's SL

The ladies had a strong day to finish out the carnival season finishing 3rd as a group. Once again led by Avril in 6th, who finished in the top-10 in all races she finished. Katie Fitzpatrick was our second finisher in 9th. Emily Bamford was our third scorer in 16th.  Anne Rockwell, Emily Hayes and Zoe Livingston finished om 25th, 27th and 33rd.

Katie Fitzpatrick (Credit: Cory Ransom)

Avril Dunleavy (Credit: Cory Ransom)

Emily Hayes (Credit: Cory Ransom)


In addition to the races, the athletes, parents and alumni were treated to a number of great events.  On Friday evening we had an awesome parent and athlete dinner hosted by Sunday River and the Bullen family at the Jordan Grand Hotel.  On Saturday, Friends of Bates Athletics had a tent set up in the finish area with food and giveaways for all Bates supporters.  It was also great to have Bates President Clayton Spencer out at Sunday River supporting the team and enjoying her first experience watching alpine ski racing. On Saturday night FBA also put together a reception for all of the Alpine and Nordic athletes, parents and alumni that were in attendance this weekend.

President Spencer and the Bobcat pose with the team

Avril Dunleavy and the Bobcat

The Bobcat poses with the junior races from the Gould Academy Competition Program

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