The first week of official practices (aka ‘testing week’)
kicked off on Tuesday 10/2 with a bang – literally. We started the 3k test at
7am in the pouring rain, and were cut off 600m in due to thunder and lighting. We
booked it inside, and went downstairs to run on the indoor track until Etown
and Kyle sorted out what we were going to do. There was some fear that we’d end
up running the 3k inside, but fortunately, the coaches decided to postpone.
A couple people opted to do the strength test in the morning,
while the rest of us changed into dry clothes and tromped over to Dana. That
afternoon, the rest of us powered our way through the strength test for some
serious type 2 fun. Brian ’22 absolutely crushed it with a score over 300!
The 3k was postponed until Wednesday afternoon, but luckily,
the temperature stayed in the low 60s. We didn’t go out as fast as Tuesday
morning, but apparently a more measured start paid off: the men’s team average
was one of the best ever, and the women’s team had the best average ever. Big PR Shout out to Jordan S. ’21 and Erin
‘19, who PR’d by just over and under a minute respectively! Kate '21 also wins
the award for dedication for waking up and running almost an hour to a track to
run the 3k by herself in France and improvising the strength test at a
playground.
Friday afternoon brought the double and no Pole tests, which
we do back to back. The DPole test was headlined by some fantastic performances
from noted hardo Lucy ’20 and freshman phenoms Steph ’22 and Brian ’22. The No
Pole test started about 15 minutes later, with a little chaos in the timing. I
ended up hand timing the boys, which meant that I had a front-row seat to
seeing Tim ’21 absolutely crush it, setting a course record of 8:07! Big PR shout out to Matt M. '21 and Eliza '21 in the DP and Jordan '21 in the no pole!
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| Pace train means less pain, more gain |
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| Matt M. '21 crushing the workout |
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| Gabby '21 (L) and Erin (R) '19 slaying in sync |
Sunday was a distance classic ski, with the option to run at
the end. It’s peak fall up here in Canton, so it was a really pretty ski. We
lost Lucy and Steph for a hot sec at the end, as they’d opted to keep skiing
instead of run, but thankfully they turned back up!
We’re all doing our best to stay healthy as cold and flu
season rolls in, especially with the amount of intensity we’ve been crushing.
Take this as your fall reminder to get a flu shot!
-Jackie
Since Jackie wrote this, and I fell behind on posting it, we
had another big week of training. We’re now in a recovery week and on
mid-semester break, so watching some snow flurries from home in a Lake Placid
is feeling pretty great after all the hard work.
We did St. Regis last week (the week after all the tests Jackie wrote about) and were thinking we
might get better weather, because it was earlier in the fall than the past couple years. However, as usual, we were greeted to a muddy, sleety
mess. But, the first
“snow” of the year is always special!
This year, the women went first (and Lauchie '22, because he
showed up at the wrong time) as there were too many of us to do it all at once.
It was tough going, but everyone put on a good face and even put up some fast
times! Big PR shout out Jordan S. '21 for PR’ing
by over 4 minutes in much worse conditions than last year! Straight up
impressive. Also, serious thanks to Jordi for cheering us on, since she was
injured (but 100% now!) and to alumni Calvin Swomley ’17 and Blaine Ayotte ‘17
for bringing donuts!!!
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| Jordan (L) and Gabby (R) '21 (Jordi photo) |
The men followed after with some great times as well. GH '21 and Ben '21 cheered due to injury, but I think people had a good time, as it was no longer
sleeting...
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| Better weather! (L-R; Matt M., Matt Y., Graham, George, Nathaniel, Tim, and Brian) |
It is also worth noting that we had 2 max lifts from our new
strength program Volt earlier in the week, and the longest rollerski ever (well
for me at least), 3-3.5 hours with the craziest guys going over 36 miles, on
Sunday. A small group had a great adventure decided to go up Algonquin in Lake
Placid to find some sweet views and a little slice of almost winter for their
OD. All the workouts were awesome, and thank you to the team for being such
hard workers, funny people, and impressive athletes during these two “testing
weeks”. Keep an eye out for more first year introductions, an update from Kate
‘21 in France, and the results of our last test, the River Road skate TT!
Thanks for reading and happy almost winter!
-Lucy
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| Dottie (L) and Jordan (R) '21 are cool. |
Thanks to Jordan for these great photos from the hike up Algonquin!
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| Tim '21 (L) and Lauchie '22 trying to be cool? |
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| What a crew what a view (L-R; Dottie, Tim, Jordan, & Lauchie) |
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| Lauchie '22 on the up 'n up |
A note on results... These tests don't correlate to ski speed, rollerski speed is incredibly variable, and we really just look for improvement from year to year. * = PR. First years also came in with INCREDIBLE results, they just don't get *'s because we don't have previous results for them. I can confidently say that in my entire athletic career, I have never been on a team with this much positive momentum :) So get ready to watch them all crush this winter! I mean, 38 PRs in 2 weeks? Everyone PR'd in at least one test. Insanity!
3k Results
Men - everyone PR'd!!
Brian Beyerbach ’22 – 9:30
Tim Cunningham ’21 – 9:40*
Matt Young ’19 – 10:12*
Lauchie Cheney-Seymour ’22 – 10:15
Graham Branch ’22 – 10:18
Matt Manwaring ’21 – 10:27* - tied PR
George Jarvinen ’21 – 10:37*
Nathaniel Perkins ’21 – 10:42*
GH Werowinski ’21 – 10:49*
Women
Lucy Hochschartner ’20 – 11:01*
Erin Waters ’19 – 11:02*
Steph Nicols ’22 – 11:10
Gabby Wangler ’21 – 11:32*
Jordan Schuster ’21 – 11:36*
Jordi Kulis ’22 – 11:50
Jackie Garso ’20 – 11:53*
Eliza Thomas ’21 – 12:10*
Emily Siegel ’20 – 13:12*
Dottie Anderson ’21 – 13:19
Strength Results
Women
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NAME
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pullups
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mult x 3
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situps
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pushups
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box jumps
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dips
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score
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Dottie Anderson ‘21
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2
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6
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47
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25
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44
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37
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159
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Jordi Kulis ‘22
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4
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12
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40
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38
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55
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32
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177
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Erin Waters ‘19
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10
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30
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41
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30
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42
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40
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183*
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Eliza Thomas ‘22
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7
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21
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44
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40
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57
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27
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189*
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Jordan Schuster ‘21
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6
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18
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51
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33
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58
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30
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190*
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Emily Siegel ‘20
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8
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24
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48
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45
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45
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38
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200*
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Gabby Wangler ‘21
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7
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21
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39
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47
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58
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36
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201*
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Steph Nicols ‘22
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9
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27
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51
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47
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52
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34
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211
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Lucy Hochschartner ‘20
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12
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36
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44
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43
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62
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39
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224
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Jackie Garso ‘20
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N/A
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#VALUE!
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55
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35
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59
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23
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#VALUE!
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Men
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Graham Branch ‘22
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8
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24
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46
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45
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62
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32
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209
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Matt Manwaring ‘21
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14
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42
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39
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36
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61
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32
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210*
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Nathaniel Perkins ‘21
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17
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51
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39
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43
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58
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48
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239*
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Tim Cunningham ‘21
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13
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39
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50
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34
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69
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51
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243*
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Matt Young ‘19
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14
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42
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50
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41
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67
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46
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246*
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GH Werowinski ‘21
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17
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51
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48
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40
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61
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51
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251*
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Ian Thompson ‘21
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15
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45
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56
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51
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61
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46
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259
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Lauchie
Cheney-Seymour ‘22
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22
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66
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31
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50
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66
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50
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263
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George Jarvinen ‘21
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18
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54
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67
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45
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66
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48
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280*
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Brian Beyerbach ‘22
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21
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63
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54
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61
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61
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66
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305
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DP Test
Women
Lucy Hochschartner ’20 – 9:06* (PR for testing week, matched a non-testing week time)
Steph Nicols ’22 – 9:23
Emily Siegel ’21 – 9:38*
Erin Waters ’19 – 9:46*
Jordan Schuster ’21 – 10:02*
Gabby Wangler ’21 – 10:51*
Jordi Kulis ’22 – 10:52
Dottie Anderson ’21 – 11:03*
Eliza Thomas ’21 – 11:28*
Men
Brian Beyerbach ’22 – 7:41
Tim Cunningham ’21 – 7:45
GH Werowinski ’21 – 7:51*
George Jarvinen ’21 – 7:59
Matt Young ’19 – 8:10
Graham Branch ’22 – 8:13
Ian Thompson ’22 – 8:25
Matt Manwaring ’21 – 9:08*
Nathaniel Perkins ’21 – 9:17
No Pole
Women
Jordan Schuster ’21 – 10:16*
Lucy Hochschartner ’22 – 10:16
Eliza Thomas ’21 – 10:32
Steph Nicols ’22 – 10:35
Dottie Anderson ’21 – 10:39*
Jordi Kulis ’22 – 10:51
Gabby Wangler ’21 – 11:12
Erin Waters ’19 – 11:20
Men
Tim Cunningham ’21 – 8:07* NEW RECORD
Brian Beyerbach ’22 – 8:41
GH Werowinski ’21 – 8:50*
Graham Branch ’22 – 8:55
Ian Thompson ’22 – 10:03
Matt Young ’19 – 10:19
Matt Manwaring ’21 – 10:47
Nathaniel Perkins ’21 – 11:02
St. Regis
Women
Lucy Hochschartner ’20 – 36:19
Steph Nicols ’22 – 37:50
Jackie Garso ’20 – 37:59
Jordan Schuster ’21 – 38:49*
Gabby Wangler ’21 – 39:26
Erin Waters ’19 – 40:00
Eliza Thomas ’21 – 42:52
Dottie Anderson ’21 – 43:15
Emily Siegel ’20 – 45:34
Men
Tim Cunningham ’21 – 30:42*
Brian Beyerbach ’22 – 31:14
George Jarvinen ’21 – 32:47
Graham Branch ’22 – 34:04
Matt Young ’19 – 34:25*
Matt Manwaring ’21 – 34:32
Nathaniel Perkins ’21 – 34:37
Lauchie Cheney-Seymour ’22 – 35:20
