Alpine Skiing

Irvin & Strobeck Notch Top Finishes at Sugarloaf

Posted: Feb 14, 2021

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine – The Saint Joseph's College alpine ski teams continued to record impressive results on Sunday as the SJC women won a giant slalom race and the Monks' men finished second in a United States Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association (USCSA) event at Sugarloaf on Sunday.

Freshman Liam Strobeck (Charlotte, Vt.) notched a 1:41.89 (51.10, 50.79) composite time to collect top individual honors for the second-consecutive week while first-year Erica Irvin (Windham, N.H.) eclipsed the women's field with a 1:57.29 (58.13, 59.16) performance to earn her first collegiate victory.

The individual victory sweep by Strobeck and Irvin marks the first time in program history that a St. Joe's skier has stood atop both the men's and women's podiums in the same event.

For the women, junior Sarah Hotchkiss (New Durham, N.H.) placed fourth with a 2:07.93 (1:04.53, 1:03.40) time and freshman Kaitlyn Gerhard (Dover, N.H.) was fifth with a 2:15.86 (1:06.71, 1:09.15) effort.

For the men, freshman Aidan Wolfinger (Bedford, N.H.) finished fifth (1:46.48, 53.21 – 53.27) and sophomore Tucker Davis (South Berwick, Maine) placed ninth (1:58.29, 58.91 – 59.38). First-year Caleb Gorton (Goffstown, N.H.) also competed and posted a 52.17 time on the first run but posted a DNF on the second trek.

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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.