NCAA REGIONALS - EPHS PODIUM AGAIN!!!

We had an outstanding wrap up to the regular carnival season this past weekend in Rumford! Saturday's races were the 10K Mass Start Skate for the women and 15K Mass Start Skate for the men. The women's team raced well with Olivia finishing in 17th, Christina 21st, Hannah 29th, Kristin 49th and Laura 50th earning a 6th place finish overall as a team. The men's team had another outstanding day and earned a PODIUM FINISH for the 2nd day in a row. Isaac, Will and Vanya finished 15th, 16th and 17th rounding out our top 3. Phil finished 28th, Ian 38th and Kalle 41st.

Here are a couple of links with the sports info write ups from the weekend:

Day 1: http://athletics.williams.edu/sports/skiing/2012-13/releases/20130222k1zqv7
Day 2: http://athletics.williams.edu/sports/skiing/2012-13/releases/20130223rsndjc

We've had an incredibly successful year as a team and it showed on the NCAA ranking lists. On the women's side senior Christina Knapp and freshman Olivia Meyerson will be representing the Ephs at the NCAA championships. On the men's side we also had 2 qualifiers with junior Isaac Hoenig and sophomore Will Wicherski!!  Also of note is the EPH crew heading to junior nationals in Fairbanks, AK. Vanya Rybkin, Josh Harrington and Jenna Maddock will be making the journey north to compete in 4 races during the March 11-16 timeframe.

We are so proud of the entire team and the supportive and encouraging environment that has been present throughout the season so far. GREAT JOB TO EVERYONE ON THE TEAM! Also a big shout out to the amazing EPH alums and parents for the incredible support up to this point.

We are gearing up for the NCAA Championships and Junior Nationals over the next couple of weeks and we have PERFECT ski conditions at Prospect to help us do so. The NCAA crew is leaving for Middlebury on Tuesday and the Junior Nationals crew for Fairbanks on Friday. True to form the rest of the team is nowhere near sick of skiing and racing, so they will be tackling some local races and continuing to train until the very end. We're looking forward to having a BIG CHEERING SQUAD at NCAA's. If you're in the Middlebury, VT area the classic races are on March 7th and the final Mass Start Freestyle races on March 9th. SEE YOU THERE!!

Here are some excellent photos (courtesy of Peter Hoenig...thank you Peter!) from this past weekend:

Kalle in the 10K Classic

Kalle in the 15K Skate

The crew after the Friday race

Olivia leading a pack in the 10K

Christina and Hannah skiing together

Laura and Kristin

Senior Ian Nesbitt in his last carnival!

Vanya and Phil 

Isaac and Phil in a huge strung out pack

Phil showing off his shades

Phil leading the pack in his last carnival!

Will and Isaac worked together for much of the race

All of the seniors. GREAT JOB YOU GUYS!

The whole crew after Saturday's racing

Isaac on his way to NCAA's!

Will - dressed for WARM WEATHER!

Christina and Sarah

Will and Isaac

Great Job Women's TEAM! 

Ian racing to his BEST CAREER FINISH. 11th!

Women's Start

Will and Isaac tearing it up