Gabrielle Joffe chases down a Dartmouth skier in a round of sprints.
Caleb Lucy takes fights off a UNH skier toward the finish line (photo by Gabby)
Kirsten Johnson cools down between heats
Kieth Kantack toes the line in his semifinal heat (photo by Gabby)
Kieth Kantack toes the line in his semifinal heat (photo by Gabby)
Evan Deithier, Keith Kantack, Alice Nelson dig into some Ben and Jerry's.
Because all you really want after a long, cold day of wind and snow is . . . . icecream?!
This weekend was a great one for Purple Cow Skiing, with both alpine and Nordic teams achieving their seasons-best results. The Nordies were at Trapps Family Lodge, outside of Stowe, VT. On Friday the first mass start of the year was held, a fast and furious 10km classic race. The madness was quelled only slightly by the unexpectedly mild conditions which led to easy binder-and-blue kick-waxing. With good kick and only several tangle-ups (luckily, none of which resulted in injury to body or skis/poles) the women tied for third place with UNH, scoring 6th (Alice Nelson) 9th (Kirsten Johnson) and 23rd (Fiona Worcester. The men took 8th, scoring 20th (Keith Kantack) 23rd (Evan Dethier), and 35th (Sam Kapala).
The next day dawned with howling winds and swirling snow, but with good spirits and a “Bring it on!” attitude, the Cows were excited to ski fast through the sprint prelims to qualify 5 men and 3 women into the quarterfinal rounds (only one other school, Colby, qualified as many men as Williams).
The rest of the day was filled with sprint rounds, as the Ephs sprinted their way into qualification after qualification. The ladies took fifth as a team: Alice qualified in 13th and ended placing in 6th; Kirsten Johnson went from 21st qualifier to 16th overall, and Ali qualified in 27th and raced into 17th.
The boys had their best team score for the season, taking 4th: Sam Kapala had the top prelim result at 17th, but the three scorers after final rounds were: Evan Dethier in 11th, Alex Taylor in 12th, Keith Kantack in 18th. Also making final rounds was Caleb Lucy, who qualified and finished in 23rd.
Combined with the Alpine team, our overall weekend score for Williams skiing was 5th place! We were psyched with this score, but are still hungry to move up the list!
Next up: we will head back to Trapps Family Lodge this weekend, for the Dartmouth Carnival.
This weekend was a great one for Purple Cow Skiing, with both alpine and Nordic teams achieving their seasons-best results. The Nordies were at Trapps Family Lodge, outside of Stowe, VT. On Friday the first mass start of the year was held, a fast and furious 10km classic race. The madness was quelled only slightly by the unexpectedly mild conditions which led to easy binder-and-blue kick-waxing. With good kick and only several tangle-ups (luckily, none of which resulted in injury to body or skis/poles) the women tied for third place with UNH, scoring 6th (Alice Nelson) 9th (Kirsten Johnson) and 23rd (Fiona Worcester. The men took 8th, scoring 20th (Keith Kantack) 23rd (Evan Dethier), and 35th (Sam Kapala).
The next day dawned with howling winds and swirling snow, but with good spirits and a “Bring it on!” attitude, the Cows were excited to ski fast through the sprint prelims to qualify 5 men and 3 women into the quarterfinal rounds (only one other school, Colby, qualified as many men as Williams).
The rest of the day was filled with sprint rounds, as the Ephs sprinted their way into qualification after qualification. The ladies took fifth as a team: Alice qualified in 13th and ended placing in 6th; Kirsten Johnson went from 21st qualifier to 16th overall, and Ali qualified in 27th and raced into 17th.
The boys had their best team score for the season, taking 4th: Sam Kapala had the top prelim result at 17th, but the three scorers after final rounds were: Evan Dethier in 11th, Alex Taylor in 12th, Keith Kantack in 18th. Also making final rounds was Caleb Lucy, who qualified and finished in 23rd.
Combined with the Alpine team, our overall weekend score for Williams skiing was 5th place! We were psyched with this score, but are still hungry to move up the list!
Next up: we will head back to Trapps Family Lodge this weekend, for the Dartmouth Carnival.
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