click to enlarge Go Midd!

Although I dont have any brilliant photos from todays slalom on the Ross I can share some results and a fine team score heading into tomorrow. Bobby did it again and ended up second for the third time this season. Jon ripped a fast second run and finished eigth. Andrew was consistent in two runs showing great collegiate potential and finished 10th with some great skiing.

For the girls Tasha found some form of old, and finished fourth. Nicole was 11th after a few bobbles each run and Leah was 15th after a 5th in her first run. Nice result Leah in your last carnival slalom.
Great job today team. We are pround of you.

EISA SKIING
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE WINTER CARNIVAL
02/28/2010
TEAM SCORES

1. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE DAR 409.0
2. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MID 384.0
3. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT UVM 364.0
4. UNIV OF NEW HAMPSHIRE UNH 359.0
5. ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY SLU 306.0
6. WILLIAMS COLLEGE WIL 284.0
7. COLBY COLLEGE CBC 254.0
8. BATES COLLEGE BAT 236.5
9. HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAR 226.5
10. ST MICHAELS COLLEGE SMC 139.0
11. BOWDOIN COLLEGE BOW 65.0
12. WELLESLEY COLLEGE WC 44.0
13. PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE PSU 40.0
14. BOSTON COLLEGE BC 39.0
15. COLBY SAWYER COLLEGE CSC 34.0
16. UNIVERSITY OF ME -PRESQUE ISLE UMPI 33.0
17. BROWN UNIVERSITY BRN 11.0



WOMENS GIANT SLALOM


MENS GIANT SLALOM


WOMENS 5K CLASSIC
1) DAR 138.0 2) HAR 92.0 3) UVM 89.0 4) BAT 85.0 5) MID 78.0 6) CBC 62.0
7) SLU 61.0 8) UNH 59.0 9) WIL 48.0 10) WC 44.0 11) BOW 27.0 12) SMC 18.0
12) UMPI 18.0

MEN'S 10K CLASSIC
1) SLU 118.0 2) WIL 101.0 2) MID 101.0 4) UVM 93.0 5) DAR 85.0 6) CBC 78.0
7) UNH 67.0 8) BAT 56.0 9) BOW 38.0 10) HAR 35.0 11) SMC 29.0 12) UMPI 15.0


WOMENS SLALOM
1) UNH 124.0 2) DAR 108.0 3) WIL 100.0 4) MID 95.0 5) SLU 67.0 6) UVM 62.0
7) HAR 57.0 8) BAT 52.0 9) CBC 48.0 10) CSC 34.0 11) SMC 33.0 12) BC 25.0
13) BRN 11.0

MENS SLALOM
1) UVM 120.0 2) MID 110.0 3) UNH 109.0 4) DAR 78.0 5) CBC 66.0 6) SLU 60.0
7) SMC 59.0 8) BAT 43.5 9) HAR 42.5 10) PSU 40.0 11) WIL 35.0 12) BC 14.0


WOMEN'S 15K MS FREESTYLE


MEN'S 20K MS FREESTYLE

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We hoped and held out for the best, but the massive snow followed by warm and rain last night has put us in a situation in which we know we can’t provide a good track on both the Nordic and Alpine venues. The weather forecast listed below also suggests that we will have difficulty running the lift if indeed the winds blow from the east at 50 to 60 mph, regardless of the potential for more snow and rain. We have groomers working on both venues and will do everything we can to provide a quality event. Please adjust your travel and lodging plans accordingly



We apologize for the late notice. The FIS slalom (non-carnival event) previously scheduled for Sunday will be cancelled.



The new schedule will be as follows.



Friday, February 26th

4:30 pm Team Captains meeting in Kirk Alumni Center

6 pm Banquet in Pepin Gymnasium



Saturday, February 27th

Alpine

9:30 AM Men’s 1st run slalom followed immediately by Women

12:30pm Men’s 2nd run slalom followed immediately by Women



Nordic

10:00 AM Men’s 10k Classic, Individual Start

11:30 AM Women’s 5k Classic, Individual Start





Sunday, February 27th – Previously Schedule FIS slalom -race is cancelled

Alpine

9:30 AM Women’s 1st run giant slalom followed immediately by men.

12:30 PM Women’s 2nd run giant slalom followed immediately by men.



Nordic

10:00 AM Women’s 15k Skate Mass Start

11:30 AM Men’s 20k Skate Mass Start



est. 3:00 PM Exhibition Sprint at Snow Bowl



Awards

To follow Saturday’s events at Middlebury College Snow Bowl





Weather forecast for Thursday and Friday.



THE HIGHER SUMMITS FORECAST FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK...

.TODAY...SUMMITS OBSCURED IN CLOUDS. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING...THEN
SNOW OR RAIN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS 31 TO 37. SOUTHEAST
WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH...INCREASING TO 45 TO 55 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...SUMMITS OBSCURED IN CLOUDS WITH SNOW OR RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE EVENING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. LOWS 23 TO 28. EAST WINDS
70 TO 80 MPH.
.FRIDAY...SUMMITS OBSCURED IN CLOUDS WITH SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY.
HIGHS 25 TO 30. EAST WINDS 50 TO 60 MPH...DECREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.

yesterday I took this picture while pulling fence. This is a 6 foot drift easily- on the flat section of the Ross.

click to enlarge Hedda on the left sporting her Middlebury garb. Congratulations Hedda on your Olympic Medal!

Berntsen Wins Silver Medal
2/23/10 –
Former Middlebury College athlete Hedda Berntsen '99 has earned a silver medal in the Ladies' Ski Cross Freestyle Skiing event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. The Norwegian battled her way through four rounds to advance to the finals, where she finished second only to Ashleigh McIvor of Canada, who earned gold. Berntsen was a member of the alpine skiing team while at Middlebury, also competing for the women's soccer team in the fall.

While at Middlebury Hedda was an All American and went on to capture a World Championship gold in telemark classic in 1997 as well as winning medals in alpine world cups and alpine world championship events. She recently placed second in the X-games skier cross, as well as winning a skier cross world cup in Ocober of 2009.

Congratulations Hedda!

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We've been getting a strong feeling of Deja vu around here with all the reports of massive amounts of snow due to hit the bowl this carnival weekend....

Fear not ye loyal Panther fans, there's hard snow up there for the races - we'll just have to work hard to get down to it! Stay pumped because the boys and girls have had some great training up there this weekend and they're ready for a serious showdown!

Panthers that are racing in the EISA Championships this weekend at the Snow Bowl include:

Bobby Poehling
Jake Lund
Jon Hunter
Brian Swartz
Bryan Shpall
Andrew McNealus

Leah McLaughry
Nicole Dvorak
Tasha Woodworth
Lindsay Kraft
Christine Schozer


GO PANTHERS!!!!!


Schedule of Events:

Friday, February 26th

Alpine
9:30 AM Men’s 1st run slalom followed immediately by Women
12:30pm Men’s 2nd run slalom followed immediately by Women

Nordic
10:00 AM Men’s 10k Classic, Individual Start
11:30 AM Women’s 5k Classic, Individual Start

Saturday, February 27th

Alpine
9:30 AM Women’s 1st run giant slalom followed immediately by men.
12:30 PM Women’s 2nd run giant slalom followed immediately by men.

Nordic
10:00 AM Women’s 15k Skate Mass Start
11:30 AM Men’s 20k Skate Mass Start

click to enlarge Jake threw down in the slalom finishing fourth and collecting another race toward NCAA qualification.

Shrug Your Shoulders and Move On

As anyone who has spent any time around ski racing knows, it is a capricious sport. A promising race or weekend can become disastrous at a moment’s notice, and while I wouldn’t call this weekend’s fifth-place finish at Williams a disaster, it wasn’t what we had hoped for. Bad luck seemed to wait at every turn, but we still weren’t very far from another stellar weekend. That’s how skiing goes; a-word-I-probably-can’t-write-on-the-blog happens.

We did not have our best day of GS on Friday. Sustained gale-force winds howled all day, literally blowing racers backwards out of the start gate, and our girls struggled to find speed all day. Their three scorers were Nicole Dvorak in eight, Lindsay Kraft in fourteenth, and Christine Schozer in twenty-third. The men fared a little bit better, but two second-run hikes marred their day. Bobby Poehling packed it into the fence before struggling out and finishing, and Jake Lund, who had channeled his inner GS skier for a great first run, went down on his hip and had to hike near the bottom of the second leg. Bryan Shpall (12th), Andrew McNealus (13th), and Brian Swartz (21st) were the three scorers.

Saturday was a good day, but for a few hours it looked like it would be a day to remember. The girls had had their struggles, but Nicole was poised to make a run at the podium, and Tasha was within striking distance of the top ten. Jake, Bobby, and Shpall were in the top seven. After the second run, Nicole had moved into third, Jake was in fourth, and Shpall sat in sixth, but Bobby and Tasha had fallen midway down the pitch, taking a chunk out of the team scores. It’s impossible to control everything, especially in slalom, but it’s frustrating to see the shine taken off a potentially brilliant day.
Not meeting our expectations is tough, but dwelling on the past does no good. Williams is over, and Middlebury is next week. We generally have an advantage at the Bowl, and, we’ll work out butts off this week to ensure that we’re ready. As a high-school friend of mine used to say, “Ain’t nothin’ to it, but to do it.”

Nicole was again on the podium in the slalom (3rd). She made a major mistake on the second run and then lit up the bottom to keep her from slipping out of medal contention. Great perseverance Nicole.

Links and Resources

Head Alpine Coach

Stever Bartlett

Bartlett enters his fifth season as the Head Coach of the Middlebury College Alpine Ski Team in the winter of '10-'11. In his four years as head coach, Bartlett has worked hard to continue the success of Middlebury Skiing. On the circuit this past season the team collected a handful of carnival podiums and numerous eastern cup wins. In 2008 Bartlett was awarded the EISA Coach of the Year award and led the team to a 5th place finish at the 2008 NCAA Championships. In 2010 The alpine men finished 3rd in the nation in slalom and 4th in the nation in GS at the Championships hosted by the University Colorado. In 2008 they were 2nd in the nation in slalom and 3rd in the nation in GS. Bartlett came to Middlebury after working with the U.S. Ski Team in Park City, Utah. He most recently worked as a World Cup assistant coach for the alpine women's team during the winter of 2005-2006. Bartlett has also served as the head Europa coach, a Development Team coach and as a strength and conditioning coach with the program. Bartlett was a staff member at the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, where he worked as a coach for gold medalist Julia Mancuso. In 2002 Bartlett was awarded the VARA (Vermont Alpine Ski Racing Assoc.)"Coach of the Year" award while working as the head coach of the Killington Mountain School. Bartlett is a 1996 graduate of St. Lawrence University, where he was captain and member of the alpine team. He earned his degree in environmental biology, with a minor in sports science.

shbartle@middlebury.edu

802.443.5845

Assistant Alpine Coach

Abigail Copeland

Copeland will be entering her second season as the alpine assistant coach. Copeland was an integral part of the teams success in 2009/2010 and brought much energy and dedication to the team. As well as a valuable on hill coach she also took on many of the strength and conditioning duties. Copeland comes to Middlebury from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where she worked as the assistant men's and women's coach from 2007-2009. Copeland graduated from St. Lawrence University in 2006, where she was a four-time member of the alpine ski team and field hockey team. She graduated with a degree in Fine Arts and received her masters degree in Education Administration in the Spring of 2009. Prior to her education at St. Lawrence, she attended the Mount Mansfield Winter Academy in Stowe, Vermont.

acopeland@middlebury.edu

802 443 5270

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