Alpine Skiing

Monks Close Out 2023 Season at USCSA Slalom National Championships

Monks Close Out 2023 Season at USCSA Slalom National Championships
Posted: Mar 09, 2023

MAMMOTH, Calif. – The Saint Joseph's College men's and women's alpine ski teams completed the 2023 season by competing in the United States Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association (USCSA) Slalom National Championships at Mammoth Mountain on Thursday.

The SJC women finished 15th with a 2:50.85 composite time while the St. Joe's men placed 22nd with 168.37 place points.

Castleton University claimed the 2023 USCSA Men's Slalom National Championship with 134.01 points, just ahead of Rocky Mountain College, which tallied 135.18 points. Northern Michigan University (137.60), St. Olaf College (139.84), and the United States Air Force Academy (140.05) rounded out the top five competing teams.

Alexander Sehlberg of Rocky Mountain College was the top individual finisher with a 42.53 effort while Castleton's Lorenzo Mencaccini placed second (42.96) and Michael Puchkov of the Air Force Academy finished third (43.63).

THE RUNDOWN - MEN:

  • Junior Aidan Wolfinger (Bedford, N.H.) placed 67th with a 52.95 time
  • Sophomore Jacob Morris (Woodstock, N.H.) finished 82nd (55.90)
  • Freshman Jack Price (Franconia, N.H.) was 98th (59.92)
  • Freshman Colin Rathbone (Groton, Mass.) placed 105th (1:05.80)
  • Freshman Logan Davis (Naples, Maine) finished 108th (1:11.00)

 

 

Rocky Mountain College claimed the 2023 USCSA Women's Slalom National Championship with a 2:20.78 team performance while Northern Michigan University (2:23.88), Hobart & William Smith (2:29.77), Colgate University (2:30.41), and Castleton University (2:31.51) made up the list of top five women's programs.

Reagan Olli of Northern Michigan was the top individual with a 45.07 performance while Rocky Mountain's Hilde Sato finished second (45.44) and Ashley Winberg of the College of St. Scholastica placed third (45.62).

THE RUNDOWN - WOMEN:

 

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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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