Colby Carnival Recap (1/31 -2/1/20)
Two weekends ago (apologies for the late post!), the ski
team headed up to Quarry Road in Waterville, Maine for our third carnival of
the season. We left pretty early Thursday morning because we had a looooooong van
ride up. We cut through Canada because believe it or not, we actually saved an
hour of driving through the great land of snow, and then down through Maine rather
than driving through Vermont, New Hampshire, and lower Maine. We arrived at the
course just as the sun was setting, so we were able to preview the 2.5K course
with the last few minutes of daylight. The course, luckily, had lights around
it so we could check out the “S” turns when it was completely dark. After we finished
the course preview and packed up our stuff, we ate dinner at Colby College
which was right across the road. And they even had a Dana Dining Hall like we
do! (They didn’t have ice cream OR good cookies, so I think our Dana Dining
Hall is superior in that sense).
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| Hey Coach Dana! (PC: Sarah Reinhardt) |
On Friday, the men had a 10k skate race, with individual
starts at 10:00 AM and the women following behind with a 5k skate race, with individual
starts at 12:00 PM. Brian ’22 was our top male skier of the day, placing 33rd
and absolutely crushed it. Charlie ’23 and Timothy ’21 followed in as our next
two scorers, placing 57th and 59th respectively. (Charlie
actually tied with a Bates skier, resulting in the place separation between him
and Tim because they finished within 4 seconds of each other). Graham ‘22
finished 66th, Cam ’23 finished 68th, Ian ‘22 finished 74th,
Matt ’21 finished 80th, and Ben ’21 finished 81st. On a
whole, I think the men’s results were a mixed bag of feeling good about their
races and knowing what to bring into the next race to improve.
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| Tim '21 looking powerful! (PC: Sarah Reinhardt) |
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| Brian '22 looking good! (PC: Sarah Reinhardt) |
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| Graham cranking through (PC: Sarah Reinhardt) |
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Charlie '23 with the beautiful V1 (PC: Sarah Reinhardt)
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For the women’s 5k skate race, Jackie ’20 was our top woman
finisher at lucky 13th place and Lucy was behind her, placing 24th.
Emily ’20 was our third scorer, placing 57th. Natalie ’23, Kate ’20,
Robyn ’22, Gabby ’21 and Steph ’22 all finished pretty much in a clump, placing
64th, 67th, 68th, 69th, and 71st
respectively. The woman’s team, like the men’s team, had some individuals happy
with their results and others working on what to keep in mind for the next
race. But an impressive 6th place overall team score made us happy!
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| I (Nat '23) get by with a little help from my friends! (Ben '21 and Matt '21) (PC: Cam '23) |
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| Robyn '22 cruising over the top (PC: Cam '23) |
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| Gabby '21 working the downhill (PC: Cam '23) |
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| Emily '20 looking strong (PC: Sarah Reinhardt) |
On Saturday, then men started first with a 15K classic individual
start race. Charlie ’23 had a great race and finished as our top male skier,
placing 53rd. Timothy ’21 was just behind him at 56th
place, alongside Ian ’22 finishing at 57th place, and Graham ’22 finishing
at 58th place. Cam ’23 placed 70th with Matt ’21 just
behind him with a 71st place finish, and Ben ’21 finishing 74th.
Brian was not able to race due to sickness, which is currently rampaging through
our school’s campus.
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| Ian is smooth sailing on the climb (PC: Sarah Reinhardt) |
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| Matt powering through the uphill (PC: Sarah Reinhardt) |
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| Cam '23 with a strong double pole action! (PC: Sarah Reinhardt) |
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| Ben '21 working through the A climb (PC: Sarah Reinhardt) |
The women had a 10K classic individual start race following
the men’s race. Lucy ’20 had an outstanding day and placed 16th
overall. Jackie ’20 was our next scorer at 41st place, and Emily ’20
was our third scorer with a 55th place. Robyn ’23, Kate ’20, and
Steph ’22 finished (again!!) in a clump with 58th, 59th,
and 61st place finishes respectively. Natalie ’23 finished 70th,
and Gabby ’21 did not race due to sickness. We do not like sickness.
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| Look at that FORM with Steph '22 (PC: Cam '23) |
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| Go, Lucy, go! (PC: Cam '23) |
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| Jackie '20 fighting her way out of the pack (PC: Cam '23) |
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| Kate '20 striding and gliding (PC: Cam '23) |
I think this weekend showed us how to be tough when we weren’t
necessarily expecting it. The weather was just around freezing and there was
beautiful sun on the first day, so we couldn’t exactly complain about that! The
course was 2.5K of either climbing, descending on the “S” turns or working hard
on the flats to make up time, and that proved to all of us that no rest meant
to put your head down and work. That’s the beauty of Quarry Road! That, and the
long drive as well.
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| Brian '22 on undercover mode (PC: Cam '23) |
Thank you to all of our parents and supporters that came up
to cheer and fill our food table with yummy food for post-race consumption. We
appreciate everything you guys do! Also thank you to Sarah Reinhardt and Cam ’23
for taking such awesome photos during the races!
See you next weekend at Rumford, Maine for the Bates
Carnival! Update: (See you in Lake Placid this weekend for Williams Carnival!!)
Best, Gabby ‘21
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