SJC Men Finish Sixth in USCSA Eastern Regional Slalom Championship

SJC Men Finish Sixth in USCSA Eastern Regional Slalom Championship

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine – The Saint Joseph's College men's alpine ski team finished sixth with a 4:26.97 aggregate time in the USCSA Eastern Region Slalom Championship at Sugarloaf Mountain on Saturday.

Castleton University topped the 16-team field with a 4:06.30 time while Clarkson University (4:18.82), Babson College (4:20.47), UMaine-Farmington (4:23.50), and University of Connecticut (4:24.44) closed out the list of top five teams in the slalom championship.

Castleton placed the top three individuals, as Lorenzo Mencaccini (1:21.44), Elliot Perretta (1:22.33), and Aksel Stroem-Hansen 1:22.53 finished 1-2-3 in slalom race.

THE RUNDOWN:

  • Junior Liam Strobeck (Charlotte, Vt.) placed 11th with a 1:26.90 (41.14, 45.76) time
  • Freshman Logan Davis (Naples, Maine) finished 15th with a 1:28.69 (41.97, 46.72) performance
  • Freshman Jack Price (Franconia, N.H.) was 28th (1:31.38, 43.54 – 47.84)
  • Sophomore Jacob Morris (Woodstock, N.H.) placed 44th (1:47.95, 43.16 – 1:04.79)
  • Freshman Colin Rathbone (Groton, Mass.) posted a 43.91 time on the first run but did not finish the second stint

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will compete in the USCSA Eastern Region Giant Slalom Championship at Sugarloaf tomorrow. The event begins at 9:30 AM.

 

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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.