Jan. 20, 2006

Vermont Ski Team in First Place After Day One at Colby Carnival

Link to Results: http://www.eisaskiing.org/BART/Results06/cbc06.htm

BURLINGTON, Vt. – University of Vermont senior Anja Jokela (Shelburne, 
Vt.) and freshman Juergen Uhl (Muhlenbach, Germany) both claimed first 
place finishes in the Classical Sprint in day one of the Colby Ski 
Carnival at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley, Maine, as the Catamounts 
finished with 182 points for a first place standing after day one of 
competition. A total of nine Vermont nordic skiers had top-20 finishes 
on the day.

“I was very pleased with our team,” head nordic coach Allan Serrano 
said. “It was a tough race being a 450 meter sprint up hill but we had 
a good idea based on some strong training that we would do well. Anja 
was number one from start to finish and Marion (Solbjorg), Emilia 
(DeMarchis) and Juergen all had good performances.”

In the Women’s Classical Sprint, Jokela came in first place while 
freshman Marion Solbjorg (Lillehammer, Norway) was third and Emilia 
DeMarchis (Burlington, Vt.) was fourth. Senior Molly Gray (Newbury, 
Vt.) picked up a 15th place finish and junior Carina Hamel 
(Southampton, Mass.) was 19th.

In the Men’s Classical Sprint, Uhl was the top racer with senior Anders 
Osthus (Duluth, Minn.) finishing fourth and senior Ryan Foster (Weston, 
Vt.) coming in eighth place.

Vermont’s 182 points ranks ahead of second place Middlebury (157 
points) points and third place Dartmouth (156 points).

Vermont’s nordic team competes in the 15k freestyle (women) and 20k 
freestyle (men) in day two of the Colby Carnival at Sugarloaf on 
Saturday starting at 8:30am. The Vermont alpine team begins competition 
tomorrow afternoon after Friday’s competition was delayed because of 
poor conditions earlier in the week.

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Chris Wojcik
Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
University of Vermont
Phone: 802-656-1110
Fax: 802-656-8328
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