Alpine Scoreboard

February 15, 2012

JII/II USSA Races 

There were several big events around the region, and our skiers figured in the top scoring in nearly every race. The VT JI/II State Championships just concluded at Okemo, GMVS skiers found the podium in 7 of the 8 races. Senior Simona Croccolo capped the series by taking the title in the Super G on Monday by over a half-second.  Also in the mix were junior Storey Dyer-Kloman, who took 5^th on her former ‘home hill’, Ellie Boynton ’14 in 11^th and Eklutna Kenney ’14 in 14^th. The guys also grabbed a podium spot, with Alva Swing ‘ finishing in 3^rd place. Senior Will Clifford moved way up to 8^th, with Max Stamler ’14 hopping onto 10^th place. Gabe Rosen ’14, Graham Quisenberry ’12 and Charlie Raposo ’14 rounded things out in 12^th, 13^th and 15^th place. 

The day also brought a second Super G, which Lexi Skovran took by over a second. Simona Croccolo was again fast, finishing 3^rd, with Storey Dyer-Kloman taking 6^th, ahead of Eklutna Kenney in 11^th and Ellie Boynton in 14^th. The guys’ second race saw Ryan Mooney ’14 blast from 42^nd to 2^nd place. Alva Swing led a trio in 4^th, followed by Graham Quisenberry and Will Clifford. Gabe Rosen finished in a tie for 13^th, while Charlie Raposo again finished 15^th. 

The tech events led off with the slalom, and Lexi Skovran was the story, taking silver, but top honors for the JIIs. Ava Kikut ‘13 was 6^th overall, with Ali Price ‘14 and Eklutna Kenney finishing 8^th and 9^th, respectively. For the boys, Geoff Pyke finished 12^th (Second for JIIs) with Patrick Meynard taking home 15^th. 

Sunday’s GS brought Simona Croccolo to the podium, as she finished second, with Storey Dyer-Kloman taking 4^th overall and top honors for JIIs. Gabby Pasteris ’13 finished 6^th (3^rd JII), with Ellie Boynton finishing 13^th. For the guys, Geoff Pyke was again fast, finishing 3^rd (1^st for JIIs). Graham Quisenberry was fast in 5^th, while Nick Kaufmann ’14 slipped in to 11^th place. Gabe Rosen finished 13^th, with Will Clifford rounding things out in 15^th. 

J3 Results

The J3s didn’t have to go far to race on Sunday, as they braved the cold and the hard snows on Inverness in a Northern Vermont Council slalom. In the boys’ race, you had to read far into the results sheet to find a non-GMVS racer, as the hosts proved tough, taking the top seven places. The parade was led by David Frisk ‘15, who came from behind to edge Christian Gallagher ‘15. Behind them was Patrick Gallagher ’16 in 3^rd, with Jake Grabowski in 4^th. Fifth place was earned by Sebastian Halpern-Reiss ‘16, while Fayston’s own Jack Despres ’17 finished 6^th, ahead of Tim Gavett ’16. Also in the mix were Eli Swing ’15 (10^th), Alex Alden ’15 (13^th) and Jimmy Krupka ’16 (15^th). In the girls’ race, Amelia Kaplan won the second run en route to taking 2^nd place overall. Meg O’Shea was 4^th, with Katie Campbell 9^th and Nicole Leibundgut ’16 finishing 11^th. 

The J3s will be in action this Thursday and Friday, as we host the State Super Gs. If you are around, come watch the action!

FIS & NORAM 

The FIS calendar featured several National Junior races in the region, with the boys heading to Whiteface and the girls to Sunapee. In a GS in Sunapee, senior Susan Campbell had the best race of her career so far, finishing 13^th, while sophomore Marlene Thoma moved up to 14^th place from way back in 58^th. On the Olympic slopes of Lake Placid, Drew Duffy ’13 opened the series with an impressive 3^rd-place result. In the second race, Ryan Mooney turned heads by taking 3^rd place, up 35 spots from where he started. Also notable was Jack Schibli, as the junior jumped 50 spots to take 17^th, his second-best point result ever….after the result he had the day before! 

Also in action were the collegians, as they did battle in the Dartmouth Carnival, then had a makeup GS at Burke, taking the place of a cancelled race at the UNH carnival in January. On the slopes of the Skiway, Middlebury’s Andrew McNealus ’08 was 7^th in GS and 9^th in slalom, while Danny Duffy ‘12, though missing the first page, showed he could tangle with the Big Boys in moving from 36^th to 16^th place. In the ladies’ race, Laura Rozinowicz ’09 of UNH took 4^th, with teammate Marie-Elaine Lepine ’09 finishing 7^th, just ahead of Anna Kikut ’11. Jackie Maier ’10 helped the host team with a 13^th place. In the slalom, Kikut was 11^th, with Lepine finishing 14^th. Finally, the weekend ended with the GS in the Kingdom, and Marie-Elaine Lepine steamed to the win for the ‘host’ Wildcats, with Jackie Maier finishing 15^th. For the guys, Danny Duffy capped his fine weekend with a 15^th-place result.

Finally, in NorAm action in Aspen, Chris Frank took home a 4^th and a 6^th in Super G, along with 7^th in downhill.