2008 Woodie Awards
Lucky number "3" sums up ski team's break
Panther skiers consistent; place third in carnivals at St. Michael's and UVM
Kellan Florio
Issue date: 2/10/05 Section: Sports
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Dominant performances by Dartmouth's men's alpine and women's nordic teams powered the Big Green to their first victory of the season last weekend at the UVM carnival with a total of 684.5 points. UVM claimed second on their home turf for a second consecutive season with 648 points, while Middlebury followed in third with 607.5 points, well ahead of fourth place Williams.
By far the most challenging hill the alpine circuit has faced all season, Stowe's steep terrain was no match for the Panther women who turned in by far their best effort of the season. In Friday's giant slalom, first-year Krissie Poehling continued her push toward the top of the podium with a career-best second place finish just over one second behind UVM's Jamie Kingsbury who made it three for three on the year. Following Poehling was Lindsay Brush '07 in seventh and Tara Martin '07 in eighth.
Even more impressive was women's result in Saturday's slalom, placing three finishers in the top five. Megan Hughes '08 and Martin blew away the field en route to their career-bests finishing first and second, respectively, while Lindsay Brush '07 finished fifth, breaking up a string of five UVM racers and notching her sixth top 10 finish in six attempts this season. Hughes' combined time of 1:33.94 gave her a comfortable half-second cushion ahead of Martin and an astounding 2.4-second margin over the third place finisher. First-year Kelly Brush also turned in a solid effort in her first carnival finishing in 14th place.
"I knew I just had to ski smart in the right places and then let it go where I knew I could gain some time," commented Hughes. "It was such a great feeling to be in the finish area with the rest of our team, we were all so excited."