2008 Woodie Awards
Midd ski teams remain productive
Alpine and Nordic squads continue to raise expectations
Kellan Florio
Issue date: 1/13/05 Section: Sports
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The women's side battled the steep and icy slopes of Smugglers Notch for a pair of slaloms on the eighth and ninth before heading to Sugarbush on the 10th for a giant slalom. The men's circuit was stationed in Maine for the long weekend with a slalom at Sunday River on Sunday, followed by two giant slaloms at Sugarloaf.
Leading the Panther women at Smugglers Notch was highly touted first-year Megan Hughes '08, placing second in the first slalom. UVM's Jamie Kingsbury topped the podium, blowing away the field with a combined time of 1:28.90, nearly two seconds ahead of Hughes. Lindsay Brush '07 skied to a fourth place finish with a time of 1:31.44, and Jess Smith '04.5 rounded out the top 10, 1.5 seconds behind Brush. Tara Martin '07 turned in a solid effort with a 15th place finish, followed by Anna Furney '08 in 28th and Kelly Brush '08 in 44th.
Sunday yielded similar results for the women's team with Hughes notching another second place finish with a combined time of 1:37.49, a half-second behind Dartmouth's Courtney Calise.
"Both days I knew I had to punch it second run after making a few mistakes in the first runs," commented Hughes, "I wanted to ski aggressively and go for the win and knowing that I took second with some mistakes I'm excited to step it up in the carnival season."
Smith's time of 1:40.44 put her in a respectable 13th position, while Martin, Krissie Poehling '08, Kelly Brush and Amy Witherspoon '07 all finished in the top 50, coming in 18th, 19th, 40th and 47th respectably.
With a slimmer squad competing in Monday's Giant Slalom at Sugarbush, the women still produced quality results, placing four racers in the top 35. Martin led the Panthers with a 20th place finish, followed by Kelly Brush in 23rd Furney in 28th and Molly Russell '05 in 32th.