Jan. 27, 2006

Vermont Ski Team in First Place After Day One at St. Lawrence Carnival

Link to Results: http://www.eisaskiing.org/BART/Results06/slu06.htm

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The University of Vermont women’s alpine team took 
the top three spots in the giant slalom and sophomore Greg Hardy 
(Stratton, Vt.), the defending national champion in the GS, led the 
men’s alpine team with a first place finish as the Catamounts finished 
in first place in day one of the St. Lawrence Carnival in Lake Placid, 
N.Y. The women’s Nordic team added four top-10 finishes in the 5K 
classical and the men’s Nordic team had three top-10 finishes in the 
10K classical.

Vermont finished with 427 team points to rank ahead of second place 
Middlebury (413 points) and third place Dartmouth (357 points).

“Today was a better indication of how the alpine team has been skiing,” 
Director of Skiing and head alpine coach, Bill Reichelt said. “It was a 
little windy but we showed more of what we are capable of. The Nordic 
team continued to be strong and overall we had a solid team effort 
today.”

Senior Hilary McCloy (Sunapee, N.H.) followed up her second place 
finish in the GS last week in the Colby Carnival with a first place 
finish. Sophomore Jilyne McDonald (Bellevue, Wash.) finished in second 
place and senior tri-captain Jamie Kingsbury (Waitsfield, Vt.) finished 
third to earn her third top-five finish already this season. Senior Amy 
Cochran (Keene, N.H.) picked up an 11th place finish.

In the men’s giant slalom Hardy finished first while sophomore Zac 
Brown (Sun Valley, Idaho) was eighth and senior tri-captain Paul 
Epstein (Carlisle, Mass.) was ninth. Senior Hunter Kaltsas (Stratton 
Mountain, Vt.) added a 13th place finish.

In the women’s 5K classical Carina Hamel (Southampton, Mass.) led a 
group of four Catamounts that finished in the top-10 with a second 
place finish. Freshman Marion Solbjorg (Lillehammer, Norway) was fifth, 
Anja Jokela (Shelburne, Vt.) was seventh and captain Kate Crawford 
(Hawley, Mass.) finished eighth.

In the men’s 10K classical freshman Juergen Uhl (Muhlenbach, Germany) 
finished third, senior captain Anders Osthus (Duluth, Minn.) was fifth 
and senior Ryan Foster (Weston, Vt.) was seventh.

The Vermont alpine team finishes up competition tomorrow in the slalom 
starting at 9:30am.

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Chris Wojcik
Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
University of Vermont
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