Feb. 9, 2006

Vermont Ski Team Competes in Dartmouth Carnival This Weekend

VERMONT SKIING NOTEBOOK
The Vermont ski team returns to action this weekend on Friday, Feb. 10 
and Saturday, Feb. 11 in the Dartmouth Ski Carnival. The alpine events 
begin at 9:30am on Friday at the Dartmouth Ski Way in Lyme Center, N.H. 
Friday’s Nordic events have been moved to the Craftsbury Ski Touring 
Center in Craftsbury, Vt., and will start at 10:00am. Vermont has won 
all three of the carnivals it has competed in so far this season.

NORDIC RACES MOVED TO CRAFSTBURY, VT. THIS WEEKEND … While the slalom 
and giant slalom races for this weekend's Dartmouth Winter Carnival 
will be held as scheduled at the Dartmouth Ski Way, recent warm weather 
and heavy rains have forced the relocation of Friday's and Saturday's 
Nordic events. The men's and women's cross country competition has been 
moved to the Craftsbury Ski Touring Center in Craftsbury, Vt., about 90 
minutes north of Hanover. The race schedule for Friday, Feb. 10, 
includes the men's 20k freestyle at 10:00am, followed by the women's 
15k freestyle at 11:30am. Both events will be mass-start races, with 
all competitors starting simultaneously. The schedule for Saturday, 
Feb. 11, is for the women's 5k classical to start at 10:00am, followed 
by the men's 10k classical at 10:45am. For driving directions and more 
information about the Craftsbury Ski Touring Center visit 
www.craftsbury.com/ski/nordicCenter.php.

ALPINE RACES AT DARTMOUTH SKI WAY … This weekend’s alpine races, both 
slalom and giant slalom, will be held as scheduled Friday and Saturday 
at Dartmouth’s home course at the Dartmouth Ski Way in Lyme Center, 
N.H. The giant slalom begins on Friday with the women's first run at 
9:30am and the men's first run at 10:30am; second runs begin at 1:00pm. 
The men's and women's slalom on Saturday begins with the men's first 
run at 9:30am and the women's first run starts 10:30am. Final runs 
beginning at 1:00 pm.

LAST TIME OUT … The Vermont ski team picked up its third straight 
carnival title of the season winning its home carnival in Stowe, Vt., 
for the 31st time in school history … Vermont finished the weekend with 
755 team points ranking ahead of second place Middlebury who finished 
with 742 points… Rain during most of the day on Friday made for 
difficult conditions at Hayride but sophomore Greg Hardy (Stratton, 
Vt.) was unaffected winning the slalom for the second straight week … 
Sophomore Zac Brown (Sun Valley, Idaho) had the next best day for the 
men’s alpine team finishing 11th in the slalom while sophomore Sam Beck 
(Norwich, Vt.) finished 16th and senior Hunter Kaltsas (Stratton 
Mountain, Vt.) was 18th … In Friday’s women’s slalom sophomore Jilyne 
McDonald (Bellevue, Wash.) had her best run of the season to take first 
place … Senior tri-captain Jamie Kingsbury (Waitsfield, Vt.) followed 
with a second place finish and senior Amy Cochran (Keene, N.H.) 
finished sixth … Earlier in the day on Friday at Trapp Family Lodge in 
the women’s 5k classical senior Anja Jokela (Shelburne, Vt.) led a 
group of three Catamounts that finished in the top-10 with a second 
place finish … Sophomore Carina Hamel (Southampton, Mass.) was seventh 
and freshman Marion Solbjorg (Lillehammer, Norway) was ninth … Senior 
captain Kate Crawford (Hawley, Mass.) finished 15th … In Friday’s men’s 
10K classical freshman Juergen Uhl (Muhlenbach, Germany) led the way 
with a third place finish … Senior captain Anders Osthus (Duluth, 
Minn.) finished fifth and senior assistant captain Ryan Foster (Weston, 
Vt.) was 11th … On Saturday the conditions forced the Nordic relays 
scheduled for the morning to be canceled but the alpine racing 
continued with the giant slalom … Hardy led the way for the men’s 
alpine team once again by winning the giant slalom to earn his fourth 
straight victory ... Senior tri-captain Paul Epstein (Carlisle, Mass.) 
followed up with his best performance of the year to finish in second 
place … Freshman Craig Leaman (Waterville Valley, N.H.) added a 16th 
place finish for the Catamounts … Vermont also took the top two spots 
in the women’s GS with Kingsbury picking up her third first place 
finish of the year … She also has finished in the top-three in all six 
of her races this season … McDonald finished second and senior Hilary 
McCloy (Sunapee, N.H.) was sixth … Cochran took 10th place.

MCDONALD NAMED VERMONT STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK … Sophomore Jilyne 
McDonald was named the UVM female Student-Athlete of the Week for her 
performance at the Vermont Ski Carnival in Stowe, Vt., last weekend. 
She had her best run of the season to take first place in the slalom 
last Friday and followed that up with a second place finish in the 
giant slalom in helping lead Vermont to its 31st Vermont Ski Carnival 
title in school history. As a freshman McDonald was named an 
All-American after finishing sixth in the GS at the 2005 NCAA 
Championships.

STOWEFLAKE RECEPTION A SUCCESS … More than 175 people attended last 
Saturday’s reception at the Stoweflake Conference Center & Resort in 
Stowe, Vt., following the Vermont Ski Carnival. University of Vermont 
Alumni Relations and Development would like to thank the Baraw Family 
and Hank Lunde of Stowe Mountain Resort for their support with the 
event as well as the ski program. UVM would also like to give special 
thanks to the Vermont Regional Board and the Events Committee for 
helping plan this event. “As always the reception at the Stoweflake Spa 
and Resort was a great success,” Director of Skiing and head alpine 
coach Bill Reichelt said. “The food was outstanding and it’s always 
great to get a chance to meet alumni and friends of UVM skiing. It's a 
nice reminder to see how many supporters we have in the area.”

FORMER CATAMOUNT SKIERS IN THE 2006 OLYMPICS … Lowell Bailey ’05, Jimmy 
Cochran and Kris Freeman are former Catamount skiers that will be 
competing in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. Bailey, a 
three-time All-American at Vermont, earned a spot on the US Biathlon 
Team. Last season he led the Catamounts to a second place finish in the 
NCAA Championships. Cochran, a former standout on the UVM men’s alpine 
team, was named to the US Ski Team on Wednesday. Cochran skied for the 
Catamounts for just one season in 2003, but earned All-American honors 
that year. Freeman, a former Nordic standout, skied for the Catamounts 
for one season before moving on to train with the US Ski Team on a 
full-time basis. He was named to the US Cross Country Ski Team for the 
2006 Games. While at Vermont, he earned All-America honors at the NCAA 
Championships in 2000 and competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt 
Lake City. The 2006 Winter Olympic Games run from February 10 to 
February 26 and NBC will carry much of the action on its family of 
networks (NBC affiliate, MSNBC, CNBC, USA).

FORMER UVM SKIERS COACHING IN THE 2006 OLYMPICS … Three Vermont 
graduates will also be in Torino as coaches for the US Ski Team. Johno 
McBride ’88 is the head speed coach for the US Ski Team, while Jesse 
Hunt ’90 is the alpine director for the squad. Hunt was a two-time 
All-American at Vermont. Trond Nystad, inducted into the UVM Athletic 
Hall of Fame two years ago, will serve as the head cross-country coach 
for the US Ski Team. He won the NCAA Championship in the 20K classical 
in 1992, leading Vermont to the national championship that year. Nystad 
was also a three-time All-American during his Nordic career.

ALL-AMERICANS … Last season the Catamounts had seven All-Americans: 
Lowell Bailey ’05 (Nordic), Amy Cochran (alpine), Paul Epstein 
(alpine), Ethan Foster ‘05 (Nordic), Greg Hardy (alpine), Jilyne 
McDonald (alpine) and Jamie Kingsbury (alpine). Vermont has had a total 
of 278 All-Americans in its ski history.

HEAD OF THE CLASS … The Vermont ski team has six student-athletes on 
the 2006 roster that were named NCAA Academic All-Americans last 
season: Amy Cochran, Kate Crawford, Emilia DeMarchis, Molly Gray, Anja 
Jokela and Hilary McCloy all earned the honor.

NCAA SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS … This year’s NCAA Ski Championships are in 
Steamboat, Colo., on March 9-12. The NCAA’s were last in Steamboat in 
1993 and the Catamounts took home a second place finish that year.

WHO’S NEXT … Following this weekend’s Dartmouth Carnival the Catamounts 
return to action next week in the Williams Carnival on Friday, Feb. 17 
and Saturday, Feb. 18 at Jiminy Peak.

BUS WITH US … The Vermont athletic department is sponsoring a bus trip 
to the men’s hockey games at UMass-Lowell on March 3 and 4. The cost is 
$150 (single), $210 (double), $275 (triple) and $335 (quad) and 
includes the cost of the hotel, game tickets for both nights and lunch 
from Handy's Lunch on the ride down. The bus will leave from the 
Sheraton in Burlington at 2:00pm on March 3. For more information or to 
reserve your seat please contact the Victory Club Office at 
802-656-3072.

UNICEL TEXT MESSAGING … All UNICEL customers, receive scores for ALL 
the Vermont teams via your cell phone. E-mail skiing contact Chris 
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Chris Wojcik
Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
University of Vermont
Phone: 802-656-1110
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