Alpine Skiing

SJC Men Place 10th at USCSA Eastern Regional Slalom Championship

Posted: Feb 18, 2024

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine – The Saint Joseph's College men's alpine ski team placed 10th with a 4:57.57 composite time in the USCSA Eastern Regional Slalom Championship at Sugarloaf Mountain on Sunday.

With the finish, the Monks – who placed third in the slalom race on Saturday – finished sixth overall with 13 team place points and have qualified for the USCSA National Championships for the third-consecutive season. This year's national championship will take place at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, New York starting on Monday, March 4th.

Babson College took home the USCSA Eastern Regional Slalom Championship with a 4:27.99 total time, comfortably ahead of runner-up Vermont State University – Castleton, which posted a 4:33.54 team time. Clarkson University finished third (4:34.19), UMaine-Farmington was fourth (4:41.54), and Worcester Polytechnic Institute placed fifth (4:43.47).

Individually, Clarkson's Samuel Hayden earned the top prize with a 1:26.77 performance while Marin Vigneras of UMass.-Amherst was second (1:27.05) and Babson's Max Bellino (1:27.80) completed the podium.

FOR THE MONKS:

Junior Jacob Morris (Woodstock, N.H.) finished 23rd with a 1:35.30 (46.37, 48.93) effort
Sophomore Logan Davis (Naples, Maine) placed 27th with a 1:37.83 (49.20, 48.63) performance
Senior Liam Strobeck (Charlotte, Vt.) was 35th (1:44.44, 57.17 / 47.27)
Senior Caleb Gorton (Goffstown, N.H.) finished 49th (2:10.77, 1:21.30 / 49.47)
Sophomore Jack Price (Franconia, N.H.) was 10th on the first run (44.92) but DQ'ed on the second turn

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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.