The 2009 Green Mountain men's alpine ski team opened their ECSC Thompson Division competition schedule this weekend with two days of slalom races at Killington Mountain Resort in Killington, VT.  The strong 11-team field featured cross-town rivals Castleton State College, along with Boston University, and Northeastern.

The men finished 8^th on the opening day paced by a 27^th place finish by senior Michael Weinberg (Stamford, NY).  Weinberg faltered in his first run landing in 47^th position, but turned in the ninth fastest time in the second run (36.65).  He was closely followed by freshman Joshua Saxe (Montpelier, VT) in 29^th place with a combined time of 1:19.36.  Freshman Bobby Narciso (Windham, NY) and Chris Wetzel (Highland Falls, NY) both failed to complete their opening runs.

On the second day, the men improved to 4^th overall after strong showings by Weinberg, Wetzel, and Saxe.  All three men finished in the top 25 racers out of 117 with Weinberg claiming 11^th with a combined two-run time of 1:13.37.  Wetzel finished 19^th at 1:16.93 and Saxe rounded out the men with a 24^th place finish at 1:21.73.  Narciso, who was 28^th after the first run, was unable to complete the course in the second finishing with no time.