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| Life's better at the top (L:R; Coach Dana, Gabby '21, Lucy '20, Jaden '23, Jackie '20, Kate '20, Charlie '23, Ian '22, Steph '22) (Margaret Maher photo) |
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| Snacks! (Kate, Gabby, and Steph) |
A few weeks ago, some of the team travelled to Lake Placid for an adventurous weekend of hiking and racing! On that Saturday, Lucy and Natalie went to the ski jumps to compete in a freestyle sprint and an obstacle course. Despite sickness and a very sketchy downhill turn, both girls did very well. Gabby, Steph, Emily, and Kate headed to the mountains (Wright - turned around at treeline due to bad weather, see video below, and Algonquin) to do a little pre-race hiking. It ended up being incredibly windy day, which made for tricky conditions, but luckily, we all kept our footing! The rest of the day was drizzly, so we spent the afternoon catching up on the day’s adventures and taking advantage of some necessary R&R after a long volume week. Lucy’s parents cooked us a delicious dinner and we were all in bed early, preparing for the Climb to the Castle the next day.
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| Watching the clouds roll in |
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| Waterfall in fall! |
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| What a view! (Kate, Steph, and Gabby) |
You could say it was windy.
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| Natalie loves cows |
Early Sunday morning, Gabby, Lucy, Steph, and Kate left for Whiteface Mountain. We met up with Ian and Charlie, who travelled all the way from campus to race. Climb to the Castle is a 5-mile freestyle ski up the Whiteface auto-road. With a grueling 8% average grade, this race is not for the faint-hearted. The team crushed the hill-climb, and everyone who raced got a PR! Even the strong headwind could not stop this team (only broken skis could do that... but Ian was killing it until then!!). We could not have done as well as we did without the support from Jaden and Jackie, who started super early and hiked up Whiteface ahead of us to cheer us on from the top! I feel very lucky to be a part of such a supportive team, and couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to do crazy adventures with! A BIG thank you to Lucy’s parents for letting us stay at their house that weekend.
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| Speedy crew! (L:R; Natalie, Gabby, Emily, Lucy, Kate, and Steph) (Hock photo) |
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here for full Climb results.
Also, here is a view of one of our last captain's practices. Thanks to Em for all the photos!
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| Robyn '22 and Gabby '21 rolling :) |
This week marks the start of official training with coaches! Stay tuned for results from testing week and more first year intros. The team is already looking really strong both in training and in class!
-Kate ‘20
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