Alpine Skiing

SJC Women Place Eighth in USCSA Eastern Regional Giant Slalom Championship

Posted: Feb 17, 2024

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine – The Saint Joseph's College women's alpine ski team finished eighth with a 6:04.37 total time in the USCSA Eastern Regional Giant Slalom Championship at Sugarloaf Mountain on Saturday.

Vermont State University – Castleton placed four of the top five finishers and led the 16-team field with a 5:32.92 time, nearly nine seconds in front of runner-up Babson College, which notched a 5:41.84 effort. UMass.-Amherst (5:43.02) finished third, Northeastern University placed fourth (5:50.66), and Clarkson University (5:51.96) was fifth.

Castleton featured the top two individuals in today's race, as Petra Veljkovic topped the field with a 1:49.22 time and Emilie Stene placed right behind with a 1:49.47 performance. Clarkson's Elyse Donaghue rounded out the podium with a 1:50.49 performance.

FOR THE MONKS:

Senior Courtney Pingree (Marblehead, Mass.) finished 25th with a 1:58.62 (59.52, 59.10) time
Junior Maddie Zordan (New Hartford, Conn.) placed 29th with a 1:59.98 (59.99, 59.99)
Senior Erica Irvin (Windham, N.H.) was 38th (2:05.77, 1:01.86 / 1:01.86)
Senior Maeghan Perkins (Turner, Maine) finished 45th (2:09.61, 1:05.42 / 1:04.19)
Freshman Hannah Golden (Concord, N.H.) placed 46th (2:09.73, 1:04.93 / 1:04.80)

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will compete in the USCSA Eastern Regional Slalom Championship at Sugarloaf tomorrow. The event begins at 9:30 AM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.