This past weekend both squads weathered the adjustment from exams to racing (in some instances less than 18 hours separated the two!) with fair team results and some solid individual finishes at the Bates Carnival. 

From Tim Mitchell: Our weekend was highlighted by Chris Kinner’s 22nd place result in the GS; this was the best alpine result in recent memory.  Kevin McNamara was solid in both the SL & GS to notch the first finishes of his collegiate racing career.  Alec Boardman and Brad Alvarez both made huge strides in their performances over last year and each contributed to the scoring on the alpine side.  Caroline McHugh notched her first collegiate results as well, knocking on the door of the top-30, while Tess Wood put down two solid runs each day to bolster the women’s team score. Conditions at Sunday River were good, with fantastic, hard snow for the GS and average conditions for the SL.  The weekend was marked by seriously chilly temperatures which continued for the next several days as the Alpine squad remained at Sunday River for three more days of training before the Spring Semester begins.

 

From Chris City:  Cara Sprague continued to build on her early season results by placing as the first Harvard woman in the 5km classic (48^th) on Friday and overcoming a bad start to finish second among Harvard women in the 15km skate on Saturday.  Alyssa Devlin took top honors for Harvard on Saturday with a 47^th place finish.  Audrey Mangan also scored for Harvard on both days.  Other notable results were a personal best by Meri Burruss in the skate race and the college carnival debut for Shannon Mulshine.  Captain Anna Schulz started both races despite fighting flu-like symptoms.  Illness and injury kept three of our four men from starting on Friday.  Trevor Petach had a good race in the 10km classic and a personal best on Saturday in the 20km skate (53^rd; 57:29; 2:52/km; 16 sec./km behind the winning pace).  Tor O’Brien was well enough on Saturday to make his Harvard racing debut (at four times his previous longest race distance!).   Many thanks to David Rand and the Drifters Ski Club in Jackson, NH for hosting us during intersession, and to Thom Perkins of Jackson Ski Touring Foundation for providing complimentary training on the Foundation’s trails.

 

A full race story and link to the complete results can be found here: http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9000&ATCLID=3654371

 

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