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Date: February 13, 2004
Contact: Bill Sodoma
Nickerson wins fourth straight EISA ski race
HANOVER, N.H. --
Colby College men's alpine skier Warner Nickerson (New Hampton School/Tilton, N.H.) made it four victories in a row on the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association winter carnival circuit.
Nickerson won his fourth overall race in a row and has won the slalom three straight weeks after taking a victory at the Dartmouth College Ski Carnival on Friday at the Dartmouth Skiway.
Nickerson, in four weekends of skiing, has won five of the seven races held. He will go for his sixth victory of the season and try to make it five victories in a row in the giant slalom competition Saturday. Nickerson won the giant slalom at the Colby Carnival, captured the slalom at the St. Lawrence University Carnival and then swept the slalom and giant slalom races at the University of Vermont Carnival.
Nickerson had a two-run time of 1:38.82 (47.36 and 51.46) to hold off four Dartmouth skiers on their home course. Paul McDonald of Dartmouth was second in 1:38.90 and teammate Erik Kankainen had a 1:39.25 for third place. Nickerson and Kankainen tied for the top time at 47.36 in the opening run. Dartmouth's Karl Johnson, who took fourth place, had the fastest second run at 50.99.
The Colby men's slalom team placed second out of 10 teams with 86 points, while Dartmouth's balance helped win the meet with 102 points.
Robert Saunders (Rowland Hall-St. Mark's/Park City, Utah) was 12th for Colby in 1:41.28. Charlie Reed (Winter Sports School/Park City, Utah) placed 17th in 1:41.73 and Jacob Colognesi (Carrabasset Valley/Charlton City, Mass.) was 26th in 1:46.30.
In women's slalom racing, Colby's Siri Ashton (Burke Mt. Academy/Nellysford, Va.) placed 17th in 1:46.16 in helping the Mules take sixth place. Ashley Best (John Jay/South Salem, N.Y.) was 21st in 1:48.62. Jenny Lathrop (Green Mountain Valley/North Conway, N.H.) did not race on Friday, while Abbi Lathrop (Green Mountain Valley/North Conway, N.H.) had problems on her second run and finished 38th.
The Colby men's Nordic ski team placed eighth out of 12 teams in the 10K free technique. Kris Dobie (Fall Mt. Regional/Walpole, N.H.) was 30th in 28:36.6, Jeff Alden (Caribou, Maine) was 34th in 28:57.7, Eric Fitz (Greely/Cumberland, Maine) placed 37th with a 29:24.9 and Fred Bailey (Telster/Andover, Maine) was 38th in 29:26.1.
Hillary Easter (Jay/Jay, Maine) took 38th place for the Colby women, who placed ninth in the 5K free technique. Easter had a 16:14.3 and teammate Alex Jospe (Pittsford Sutherland/Pittsford, N.Y.) placed 44th in 16:43.3.
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