This weekend the team was back on top. On Saturday the women returned to #1 in the Slalom. The first time in over a year. The men's team pushed hard, finished and took down an 8th. A special thank you to the Mosenthals, Consiglios, and Simmons for their generous food contributions!
SLALOM The women took it back to first place where they belong. We had some serious results with Kia Mosenthal '12 (3rd place), Krista Consiglio '11 (5th), and Elisa Handbury '10 (7th) all scoring for the team. Well done. The men's team also fired it up with Rob Culliton '10 completing the first complete race of his season. The draught has ended for the men's team with incomplete finishes! Jeff Ernsting '11 posted the best Slalom points race of his career. This was certainly a morale builder for the whole team. Frustration has given way to some strong results. This was what we needed as we enter the second half of the 10 race season.
GS We took to the storied knolls of Waterville yet again, running a full length GS from the top of the World Cup Triple. Out of the starting gate almost everyone bit the bullet and glided into the steeps section with a lot of speed. The courses were fairly straightforward, stacking up in the first run right around the slalom start. Those who found the fall line after that were the most successful. Susan Kovar '09 (above left w/ Blaine Martin) had a personal best in the first run improving significantly from last week. Emily Simmons '12 took down a solid 12th! Krista Consiglio '11 was able to score for the team even with an injured back and we
hope that week off will help her heal and prepare for next weekend at Loon and Pat's Peak. Blaine Martin '11 posted a solid first run and is looking to push it in the next few weeks as she seeks to push the envelope on her skiing. Captain Anna Bengtson '09 took back to the Waterville GS for the first time since her injury here last year and made a big leap on her road to recovery.
SLALOM The women took it back to first place where they belong. We had some serious results with Kia Mosenthal '12 (3rd place), Krista Consiglio '11 (5th), and Elisa Handbury '10 (7th) all scoring for the team. Well done. The men's team also fired it up with Rob Culliton '10 completing the first complete race of his season. The draught has ended for the men's team with incomplete finishes! Jeff Ernsting '11 posted the best Slalom points race of his career. This was certainly a morale builder for the whole team. Frustration has given way to some strong results. This was what we needed as we enter the second half of the 10 race season.
GS We took to the storied knolls of Waterville yet again, running a full length GS from the top of the World Cup Triple. Out of the starting gate almost everyone bit the bullet and glided into the steeps section with a lot of speed. The courses were fairly straightforward, stacking up in the first run right around the slalom start. Those who found the fall line after that were the most successful. Susan Kovar '09 (above left w/ Blaine Martin) had a personal best in the first run improving significantly from last week. Emily Simmons '12 took down a solid 12th! Krista Consiglio '11 was able to score for the team even with an injured back and we
hope that week off will help her heal and prepare for next weekend at Loon and Pat's Peak. Blaine Martin '11 posted a solid first run and is looking to push it in the next few weeks as she seeks to push the envelope on her skiing. Captain Anna Bengtson '09 took back to the Waterville GS for the first time since her injury here last year and made a big leap on her road to recovery. The men also posted strong results. Rob again finished both runs. It is his first year ski racing and we are proud of his hard work in taking on a challenging course. Mike Cohen '11 and Ken Ettinger '10 (right) both continue to work to bring their bodies down the hill towards a faster line. We are hoping that this week of training at Wachusett will be helpful for them! Alex Salter entered the second half of the season strong as he continues work on adapting that ski racer line down the course, something that is difficult for someone more used to ripping the pow at Jackson Hole.
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"What you need is high edge angle coming into the knoll over the slalom start. Set up early and then let 'em run" (left)
FACEBOOK We are up on Facebook now, so please add "Brown Skiing" as a friend as an esier way to keep up to date on what is happening on the team and see our former (and infamous) alumni.
"What you need is high edge angle coming into the knoll over the slalom start. Set up early and then let 'em run" (left)
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Hooray for a men's team finish!
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