Our course preview on Thursday at Black Mountain in Rumford, Maine, was on the hardest, fastest tracks possible; those conditions changed drastically after 5 inches of fresh powder fell overnight! The trails at Black Mountain were instantly "winterized", a blanket of sharp, crystalline-ly slow snow covering the slick man-made base. The women's 5 k individual start skate races started promptly at 10am with our own Holly Whitney wearing Bib #1. As an "open" carnival (teams are able to enter as many skiers as they wish) the field was over 100 competitors deep. Our women proved they were a pretty tight-knit unit by stacking 5 within 10 places; Hannah Hausman led the team with a 27th place, Elena Luthi and Hannah Smith in 30 and 31, Christina Knapp and Holly Whitney in 35 and 36.
In the men's race, freshman Will Wicherski set the stage in his first college race by breaking into the coveted top ten! Junior Ian Nesbitt had his best college race to date by grabbing 20th place. As the third scorer Isaac Hoenig, in 29th place, ensured a 4th place team finish for the men.
Results
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| Morning tracks at Black Mountain |
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| Looking at the stadium: A gusty day!! |
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| Holly Whitney |
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| Hannah Hausman |
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| Sarah Abramson |
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| Jenna Maddock |
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| Dimitri Luthi |
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| Vanya Rybkin |
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| Ian Nesbitt |
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| Mitch Prevot |
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| Happy Birthday, BEN! |
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