Alpine Skiing

SJC Women Place 21st in USCSA Giant Slalom National Championship

Posted: Mar 08, 2022

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Sophomore Courtney Pingree (Marblehead, Mass.) placed 26th overall to lead the Saint Joseph's College women's alpine ski team to a 21st place finish in the giant slalom to open the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) National Championships on Tuesday at Whiteface Mountain.

Pingree posted a 1:09.48 (25th) time on the first run and a 1:11.63 (27th) on the second stint for a 2:21.11 composite effort while freshman Madelyn Zordan (New Hartford, Conn.) finished 46th with a 2:29.80 (1:13.11, 1:16.69) performance. Sophomores Maeghan Perkins and Erica Irvin (Windham, N.H.) and freshman Lillian Souweine (Bangor, Maine) also competed but posted DNF's on both runs.

Saint Joseph's, making their first National Championships appearance as a third-year varsity program, will race in the Slalom National Championship on Thursday and the Dual Slalom Championship on Saturday.

The SJC men hit the slopes tomorrow for their leg of the Giant Slalom National Championships.

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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.