CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine – The Saint Joseph's College women's alpine ski team finished sixth with a 6:04.71 aggregate time in the USCSA Eastern Regional Giant Slalom Championship at Sugarloaf Mountain on Sunday.
With the finish, the Monks – who placed seventh in the slalom race on Saturday – placed sixth overall with 13 place points and have qualified for the USCSA National Championships, which will be held in California at Mammoth Mountain starting on Monday, March 6th.
Clarkson University claimed the Giant Slalom Championship with a 5:33.72 composite effort while Babson College (5:35.52), Castleton University (5:38.90), Northeastern University (5:50.26), and University of Connecticut (5:52.06) rounded out the top five teams in Sunday's race.
Individually, Emilie Stene from Castleton placed first with a 1:46.37 performance while Babson's Lauren Abdow finished second (1:46.97), and Clarkson's Hannah Goetz posted a third-place finish (1:47.78).
THE RUNDOWN:
- Junior Maddie Zordan (New Hartford, Conn.) placed 17th with a 1:58.39 (58.78, 59.61) time
- Junior Courtney Pingree (Marblehead, Mass.) finished 21st with a 1:58.88 (58.20, 1:00.68) performance
- Junior Maeghan Perkins (Turner, Maine) was 36th with a 2:07.44 (1:03.54, 1:03.90) effort
- Junior Erica Irvin (Windham, N.H.) placed 37th (2:09.07, 1:03.33 – 1:05.74)
- Freshman Sienna Mack (Lincoln, N.H.) finished 46th (2:15.22, 1:05.81 – 1:09.41)
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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.
