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Date: February 10, 2006
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Men's nordic team, Lathrop have good days at Dartmouth Ski Carnaval

HANOVER, N.H. ----- The Colby College men's Nordic team finished in fifth place and women's alpine skier Abbi Lathrop took fifth in the giant slalom at the Dartmouth College Ski Carnival on Friday.

The Nordic races were held at Craftsbury, Vt., because of the lack of snow in Hanover. The Colby men had six racers in the top 40 of the 20-kilometer free race to finish just one point out of fourth place. The Mules had 73 points and St. Lawrence was fourth with 74 points in the 13-team field. Fred Bailey finished in 15th place for the Colby men with a time of 57:50.7, while Kris Dobie was 19th in 58:16.5. Brandon Smithwood placed 31st in 59:37.5, Matt Briggs was 35th in 1:00:21.1, Austin Ross took 38th in 1:00:29.0 and John Swain was 39th in 1:00:48.8.

Lathrop was consistent for the women's alpine team with runs of 59.08 and 59.08 for a two-run total time of 1:58.16. Ashley Best took 29th place in 2:03.62, McKenzie Wessen was 31st in 2:04.87 and Brett Wagenheim placed 34th in 2:05.11 as the Colby women were sixth out of 11 schools.

In women's Nordic skiing, Kathleen Maynard took 26th place in 46:05.2 over the 15-kilometer course to help the Mules place eighth of 11 teams. Alex Jospe took 29th place in 46:07.1 and Hillary Easter was 34th in 46:59.5. Charlie Reed was the top Colby finisher in the men's giant slalom in 30th place in 1:56.62 over two runs. Jody Centauro placed 32nd in 1:56.91 as the Mules were ninth of 12 teams.

After the first day of competition, Colby ranks eighth out of 15 teams in the overall team scores.