Alpine Skiing

Monks Fill Podium, Win at Lost Valley

Monks Fill Podium, Win at Lost Valley
Posted: Jan 20, 2023

AUBURN, Maine – The Saint Joseph's College men's alpine skiing team notched their third-consecutive victory with six place points and a 3:04.54 composite time in a slalom event at Lost Valley on Friday afternoon.

For the first time in SJC men's alpine program history, three Monks stood at the podium at the end of the day as junior Liam Strobeck (Charlotte, Vt.), freshman Jack Price (Franconia, N.H.), and junior Caleb Gorton (Goffstown, N.H.) placed first, second and third, respectively, to give the Royal Blue the lowest possible team score.

UMaine-Farmington placed second with 18 place points and a 3:09.49 aggregate time.

THE RUNDOWN:

  • Junior Liam Strobeck (Charlotte, Vt.) registered the 12th individual win of his college career with a 1:00.68 (30.17, 30.51) performance
  • Freshman Jack Price (Franconia, N.H.) recorded his second-consecutive runner-up finish with a 1:01.75 (31.62, 30.13) time – he also posted the fastest time on the second run
  • Junior Caleb Gorton (Goffstown, N.H.) earned the second podium finish of his career and placed third with a 1:02.11 (31.51, 30.60) effort
  • Sophomore Jacob Morris (Woodstock, N.H.) finished fifth with a 1:03.12 (32.03, 31.09) time
  • Freshman Logan Davis (Naples, Maine) was seventh (1:03.30, 32.27 – 31.03)
  • Freshman Colin Rathbone (Groton, Mass.) placed 13th (1:05.57, 33.48 – 32.09)
  • Junior Aidan Wolfinger (Bedford, N.H.) finished 22nd (1:09.35, 35.20 – 34.15)
  • Sophomore Dimitri Southworth (Biddeford, Maine) was 34th (1:21.40, 38.86 – 42.54)
  • Freshman Jacob Gilmore (Naples, Maine) posted a 41.14 time on the first run and posted a DNF on the second stint

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will host giant slalom (10:00 AM) and slalom (1:00 PM) races at Pleasant Mountain (formerly Shawnee Peak) tomorrow.

 

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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.

 

 

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