Results

We hope you are all as excited as we are to watch the Northeastern Husky Ladies tear it up on the big stage at Whiteface Mountain!

Below is the schedule for the Women’s Alpine Races. Keep in mind that these are Eastern Standard times and that they are subject to change (check the official USCSA Facebook Page for updates). If you are interested in any of the other Nationals events, please check out the full schedule here: http://www.uscsa.com/broadcast-schedule.html

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018
9:30AM Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 1)
12:30PM Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2)

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2018
9:30AM Women’s Slalom (Run 1)
12:30PM Women’s Slalom (Run 2)

SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2018
10:00AM Women’s and Men’s Dual Panel Slalom

The live broadcast link is here: http://www.uscsa.com/broadcast.html

Make sure to tune in tomorrow at 9:30 AM for the first run! The Women’s bibs are: Hana 20, Elyse 31, Liddy 59, Kali 72, and Maggy 105.

Also please consider donating to the Women’s Husky Starter Page because Nationals is extremely expensive. Donations of any size are much appreciated!

Women’s Alpine Ski Team

It’s the last race weekend of the season, and the Huskies were out in full force for the last races. In the women’s GS, senior Hana Saydek placed 2nd in her last regular season race, with junior Elyse Dinan close behind in 5th. Freshmen Liddy Rankin and Maggy Skaugen rounded out the top 10 for Northeastern with 8th and 9th place.

On the men’s side, sophomore Romain Astié took first, followed by middlers Damian Kozak in 4th and Peter Sugar in 6th. Freshman Carter Bourassa finished 8th, and sophomore Charlie Denhart came from 13th after run 1 to finish 9th overall.

In Sunday’s panel slalom, costumes were out and the frostbite knocking as some athletes got creative for the last race of the season. Notably, men’s president Damian Kozak was spotted with a purple tutu, with sophomore Brendon Stearns got his Maine vibes on with a fur vest. On the women’s side, junior Elyse Dinan was seen wearing an orange jailbird suit, while freshman Nell Solomon supplied much of the womens team with a fantastically eclectic selection of onesies including penguin and tiger themed outfits. Meanwhile, freshman Maggy Skaugen did it again (oops) with a toxically accurate Britney Spears costume.

The Huskies took first in both the womens’ team standings and men’s team standings for the season, with senior Hana Saydek finishing 2nd overall for the season, and freshman Liddy Rankin taking 3rd overall.
Romain Astié, Damian Kozak, Charlie Denhart, Peter Sugar, and Carter Bourassa sweept the top 5 season ranking on the men’s side.

We look forward to USCSA Eastern Regionals in West Mountain next weekend, as the Huskies attempt to qualify for Nationals in two weeks!

The Huskies completed the first race of the regular season this weekend at Jay Peak in Vermont.

Thompson Division racing kicked off with Saturday’s slalom. On the ladies side, senior Hana Saydek came back strong after a three-year hiatus to claim second place. Freshmen Liddy Rankin and Nell Solomon were close behind in 7th and 10th. Following the top three, sophomore Kali Flaherty finished 12th, sophomore Heather MacEwen in 14th, freshman Maggy Skaugen in 22nd, freshman Caroline Rizzo in 25th, closely followed by senior Lizzie Cosway in 26th. Women’s president Elyse Dinan finished 30th, while sophomore Olivia Maeder was disqualified after the first run. Freshman Katie Campbell also did not finish the race, as she crashed during the second run. These finishes were enough to grant the Huskies team first place, a great start to the season.

On the men’s side, freshman Sean Pomerantz finished his first Thompson race second, closely followed by sophomore Romain Astié in 3rd and middler Peter Sugar in fourth. Following were freshman Carter Bourassa in 7th, sophomore Mike Mullaney in 22nd. Other men failed to finish their two runs, including sophomore Charlie Denhart, middler and men’s president Damian Kozak, sophomore Brendon Stearns, middler Gleb Smilyanski, sophomore Brad Sampson, junior Doug Schonholtz, and junior Matt Piispanen. The Huskies still took first for teams, kicking off the season to a great start.

In Sunday’s GS, the Huskies continued to ski well on both sides, with the womens team placing second, and the men’s team placing first. Standout finishes for the ladies included freshman Katie Campbell taking 7th in her first ever Thompson GS, while sophomore Olivia Maeder and freshman Maggy Skaugen rounded out Northeastern’s top three in 11th and 12th place.
On the men’s side, sophomore Romain Astié managed to eke out Champlain College’s Nick Champlain and score the first win of his career. Following were freshman Sean Pomerantz in third, and Charlie Denhart in eighth.

After this first weekend, the Huskies sit atop both the men’s and women’s combined ranking, something they will carry into next weekend’s double slalom at Bromley Mountain in Vermont.