Jan. 21, 2006

Women's Nordic Team Takes Top Six Spots in 15k Freestyle; Kingsbury 
Finishes Second in Slalom

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

BURLINGTON, Vt. - The University of Vermont women's nordic team claimed 
the top six spots in the 15k freestyle and the women's alpine team had 
three top-10 finishes as the Catamounts maintained their first place 
lead in day two of the Colby Carnival at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett 
Valley, Maine. With 477 points, Vermont remains ahead of second place 
Middlebury (473 points) and third place Dartmouth (470 points) heading 
into tomorrow's final day of competition with just the giant slalom 
remaining.

"There was some really, really tough conditions today," Director of 
Skiing and head alpine coach Bill Reichelt said. "The nordic team did 
such a great job getting of one through six on the women's side to take 
pressure off the alpine team. The women's alpine team had a nice 
showing and the men's alpine team was so focused on team scoring they 
may have held back a little too much because of the conditions. 
Tomorrow they are going to go for it in the giant slalom."

In the women's 15k freestyle junior Carina Hamel (Southampton, Mass.) 
led the pack for the Catamounts taking first place. Vermont would also 
claim the next five spots with senior Emilia DeMarchis (Burlington, 
Vt.) finishing second, senior Anja Jokela (Shelburne, Vt.) placing 
third, freshman Marion Solbjorg (Lillehammer, Norway) was fourth, 
freshman Katrina Howe (Laconia, N.H.) was fifth and senior captain Kate 
Crawford (Hawley, Mass.) finished sixth. Senior assistant captain Molly 
Gray (Newbury, Vt.) came in 14th place.

"This was a great showing for us," head nordic coach Allan Serrano 
said. "With so many newcomers on the nordic roster, the women's 
captains got the team together before the season to talk about the 
history and tradition here at Vermont and the they responded to that 
today."

Senior captain Anders Osthus (Duluth, Minn.) finished first in the 
men's 20k freestyle, while senior Ryan Foster (Weston, Vt.) was 10th 
and freshman Juergen Uhl (Muhlenbach, Germany) finished 11th.

In the women's slalom senior tri-captain Jamie Kingsbury (Waitsfield, 
Vt.) grabbed a second place finish. Senior Amy Cochran (Keene, N.H.) 
followed with a fifth place showing and sophomore Ashley Spina 
(Guildhall, Vt.) was sixth.

In the men's slalom senior tri-captain Paul Epstein (Carlisle, Mass.) 
took him an 18th place finish.

The alpine team will compete in the giant slalom tomorrow in the final 
day of competition at the Colby Carnival starting at 9:30am.

NOTES ? Vermont sophomore Sam Beck (Norwich, Vt.) was initially 
disqualified in the slalom but the ruling was overturned and he will be 
awarded an eighth place finish. An updated team score and Beck's eighth 
place finish will officially be posted tomorrow morning.

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