Men Capture 7th/6th at Killington Giant Slalom

Two days of giant slalom racing at Killington Mt. Yielded mixed results for the men this weekend. Senior Michael Weinberg (Stamford, NY) again led the way for the second straight week. Despite a disappointing 34th place after Saturday's opening run, Weinberg battled back to take 13th in the second run, good enough for 21st overall in a time of 1:28.69. Freshman Bobby Narciso (Windham, NY) finished with second fastest GMC time, 1:33.44, in 35th place. Christopher Wetzel (Highland Falls, NY) finished 40th out of 120 racers in a time of 133.91. Joshua Saxe (Montpelier, VT) crossed the line in 141.82 for 56th overall. The results placed the men 7th out of 11 teams
Team Results 1/17/2009
|
Place |
Team |
Name |
First Run |
Second Run |
Combined |
Team Time |
|
1 |
CAS |
Schwartz, Justin M |
41.86 |
41.50 |
1:23.36 |
252.17 |
|
2 |
NU |
Zephir, Kevin D |
41.61 |
43.16 |
1:24.77 |
262.3 |
|
3 |
TUFT |
Valentin, Thomas |
41.97 |
42.73 |
1:24.70 |
263.89 |
|
4 |
WPI |
Lyons, Gregory D |
43.15 |
43.63 |
1:26.78 |
264.9 |
|
5 |
BU |
Vornle, Nicholas |
41.67 |
42.41 |
1:24.08 |
264.94 |
|
6 |
CONN |
Dooley-Feldman, Eric |
43.03 |
44.11 |
1:27.14 |
269.21 |
|
7 |
GMC |
Weinberg, Michael H |
45.09 |
43.60 |
1:28.69 |
276.04 |
|
8 |
TRI |
Johnston, J Wylie |
45.90 |
45.35 |
1:31.25 |
284.72 |
|
9 |
UML |
Thompson, Michael N |
42.41 |
42.81 |
1:25.22 |
296.23 |
|
10 |
HC |
Nelson, Ryan T |
46.24 |
46.09 |
1:32.33 |
309.45 |
|
11 |
AMH |
Glasser, Joshua |
50.73 |
59.17 |
1:49.90 |
408.39 |
The Eagles improved upon their 7th on Saturday with a 6th place finish after Sunday's giant slalom. Weinberg narrowly missed a podium finish placing 6th in a time of 1:29.56. The third place finisher crossed the line .66 faster than Weinberg over the two-run event. The finish marked the seniors best individual effort of the year, topping last weeks 11th in a slalom event at Killington. Wetzel improved on his Saturday finish by claiming 24th in 1:36.28. Joshua Saxe vaulted 15 places after Saturday to finish 41st (1:45.69). Narciso did not start on Sunday.
Team Results 1/17/2009
|
Place |
Team |
Name |
First Run |
Second Run |
Combined |
Team Time |
|
1 |
CAS |
Schwartz, Justin M |
43.95 |
43.40 |
1:27.35 |
264.33 |
|
2 |
TUFT |
Bresee, Brian |
45.64 |
43.54 |
1:29.18 |
276.39 |
|
3 |
BU |
Vornle, Nicholas |
44.87 |
44.03 |
1:28.90 |
281.74 |
|
4 |
CONN |
Dooley-Feldman, Eric |
46.63 |
45.85 |
1:32.48 |
287.02 |
|
5 |
NU |
O'hearn, Patrick J |
48.65 |
47.16 |
1:35.81 |
290.46 |
|
6 |
GMC |
Weinberg, Michael H |
45.52 |
44.04 |
1:29.56 |
291.53 |
|
7 |
WPI |
Robertie, Calvin |
46.77 |
47.28 |
1:34.05 |
294.67 |
|
8 |
TRI |
Matarazzi, Joseph A |
51.30 |
51.42 |
1:42.72 |
316.72 |
|
9 |
HC |
Nelson, Ryan T |
50.42 |
48.81 |
1:39.23 |
336.1 |
|
10 |
UML |
Thompson, Michael N |
47.60 |
44.77 |
1:32.37 |
361 |
|
11 |
AMH |
Glasser, Joshua |
56.46 |
57.78 |
1:54.24 |
374.28 |
The men return to action next weekend (January 24th/25th) at Bromley Mt. in Peru, VT for two days of slalom races in the Thompson division.


