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Date: February 5, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Nickerson wins slalom at Vermont Ski Carnival

STOWE, Vt. -- Colby College men's alpine skier Warner Nickerson (Tilton, N.H.) is back at the top of the podium after winning the slalom competition

at the University of Vermont Ski Carnival on Saturday.

Nickerson, who won five Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) races last year, earned his first win in four races this year. He missed he first week of the season while earning two silver medals at the

FIS-World University Games in Austria.

Nickerson and Dartmouth College's Evan Weiss appear to be developing a rivalry. Weiss had won four of the five EISA races so far this season

heading into Saturday. Nickerson finished second to Weiss in the giant slalom on Friday.

Nickerson came out strong with a first run of 47.08 and added a 48.01 for a two-run total time of 1:35.09. Weiss was more than a second behind with a

48.12 opening run, but narrowed the gap a little with a 47.24 close for a 1:35.36 finish.

The Colby men's slalom team finished third with 79 points. Dartmouth was first with 89 and Middlebury barely held off the Mules with 80 points.

Charlie Reed (Park City, Utah) placed ninth in 1:38.53 (49.37, 49.16) and Robert Saunders (Park City, Utah) was 13th in 1:38.89 (50.74, 48.15). Rory Kelly (Charlottesville, Va.) was 21st in 1:50.74.

The women's slalom team was sixth behind a 12th place finish from Nicole Wessen (Rockland, Mass.) in 1:41.02. Siri Ashton (East Burke, Vt.) was 23rd in 1:48.64 and Caitlin Healey (Fitchburg, Mass.) placed 27th in 1:52.79.

Abbi Lathrop (North Conway, N.H.) was fifth after the first run, but did not finish her second run.

Hillary Easter (Jay, Maine) took 25th place in 48:59.0 for the Colby women's Nordic team in the 15-kilometer mass start. Meanwhile, the Mules'

Kris Dobie (Walpole, N.H.) was 27th in 1:00:48.4 in the men's 20K mass start. Brandon Smithwood (Concord, Mass.) was 34th in 1:01:40.5 and Fred Bailey (Andover, Maine) took 35th in 1:01:41.2.

Colby placed eighth out of 11 teams in the overall team scores.