Alpine Skiing

Women Post Pair of Runner-up Finishes at Pleasant Mountain

Women Post Pair of Runner-up Finishes at Pleasant Mountain
Posted: Jan 21, 2023

Photo courtesy of Hannah Flaherty '23

BRIDGTON, Maine – The Saint Joseph's College women's alpine skiing team posted a pair of runner-up finishes at Pleasant Mountain on Saturday. The Monks opened the day with 11 place points and a 3:40.00 time in a giant slalom race and capped the afternoon with 13 place points and a 6:16.09 team effort in a slalom competition.

GIANT SLALOM:

UMaine-Farmington cruised to victory with nine place points and a 3:36.79 time after placing the top two finishers in Lauren Kessen and Grace Mahmood in the giant slalom opener.

SJC teammates Courtney Pingree (Marblehead, Mass.) and Maddie Zordan (New Hartford, Conn.) tied for third with identical 1:13.30 performances.

THE RUNDOWN:

  • Junior Courtney Pingree (Marblehead, Mass.) tied for third with a 1:13.30 (37.20, 36.10) time
  • Sophomore Maddie Zordan (New Hartford, Conn.) also tied for third with a 1:13.30 (36.07, 37.23) effort
  • Junior Maeghan Perkins (Turner, Maine) placed fifth with a 1:13.40 (36.22, 37.18) performance
  • Junior Erica Irvin (Windham, N.H.) finished eighth (1:15.11, 37.06 – 38.05)
  • Freshman Sienna Mack (Lincoln, N.H.) was 14th (1:18.50, 39.28 – 39.22)
  • Sophomore Lillian Souweine (Bangor, Maine) placed 18th (1:21.50, 40.06 – 41.44)

SLALOM:

In the slalom race, Saint Joseph's placed second again despite recording the fewest place points (13) as UMF, which posted 14 place points, owned an eight-second aggregate time advantage to claim the victory. The Beavers, led by race-winner Lauren Kessen, recorded a 6:08.39 total time while the Monks tallied a 6:16.09 composite effort.

Kessen notched her second individual victory of the day with a 1:47.61 total time, which was over 15 seconds faster than the 2:02.68 effort posted by the runner-up, SJC's Erica Irvin.

THE RUNDOWN:

  • Irvin found the podium with a second-place finish and a 2:02.68 (59.77, 1:02.91) time
  • Perkins placed seventh with a 2:06.39 (57.31, 1:09.08) effort
  • Mack finished eighth (2:07.02, 1:00.73 – 1:06.29)
  • Zordan posted the second-fastest first-run time (54.87) and placed ninth overall with a 2:12.36 performance
  • Souweine raced to a 15th-place finish (2:23.32, 1:08.64 – 1:14.68)

NEXT!

The Monks are back in action next Saturday with a slalom race at Pats Peak in Henniker, New Hampshire. The event is scheduled to begin at 10:30 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.

 

 

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