Alpine Skiing

St. Joe's Men's Alpine Places 21st in USCSA Slalom Championship

Posted: Mar 11, 2022

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The Saint Joseph's College men's alpine ski team placed 21st with a 7:23.15 composite time in the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) Slalom National Championships at Whiteface Mountain on Friday.

With the Giant Slalom and Slalom races in the books, the team totals have been tallied and Saint Joseph's capped the week in 18th place with 36 place points, just behind University of Washington and ahead of the United States Military Academy, University of Nevada, Colorado State University, Lafayette College, University of California-Davis, Columbia, University of Virginia, and The Claremont Colleges.

In today's slalom race, freshman Jacob Morris (North Woodstock, N.H.) placed 47th (1:45.15, 53.34 – 51.81) and sophomore Aidan Wolfinger (Bedford, N.H.) finished 53rd (1:47.93, 54.67 – 53.26). Sophomores Caleb Gorton (Goffstown, N.H.) and Liam Strobeck (Charlotte, Vt.) both failed to complete the first run and finished with DNF's.

In the Giant Slalom and Slalom events combined, Morris placed 32nd with 315.57 race points and Wolfinger was 34th with 362.62 race points. Overall, 137 male athletes from 31 institutions across the nation competed in the 2022 USCSA National Championships.

Saint Joseph's competes in the Dual Slalom team event on Saturday to conclude the 2022 season.

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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.