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Date: February 24, 2006
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Women's alpine takes fourth in giant slalom at Easterns

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. --- Colby College women's alpine skier Abbi Lathrop placed eighth in the giant slalom and helped her team take fourth in the event at the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) Championships hosted by Middlebury College on Friday.

Lathrop had times of 1:09.32 and 1:07.47 for a two-run clocking of 2:16.79. The Mules' finish was probably the best the team could manage since Vermont, Middlebury and New Hampshire routinely score more than 100 points. Colby finished with 79 points and edged out Dartmouth (78), St. Lawrence (78), Williams (77) and Bates (69) in the 11-team field.

Colby had six women's alpine skiers in the top 40. Brett Wagenheim was 22nd in 2:19.93, Caitlin Healey had a 2:20.28 for 28th place, Ashley Best took 29th in 2:20.48, McKenzie Wessen was 32nd in 2:21.03 and Alissa Consenstein placed 39th in 2:23.76.

Jody Centauro was 19th for the Colby men's alpine team in 2:10.26 as the Mules placed eighth in the event. Sam Witherspoon was 29th with a 2:11.23.

The women's Nordic team was seventh in the 15-kilometer free technique as Hillary Easter placed 21st in 53:29.1. Kathleen Maynard was 24th in 53:58.5 and Aime Schwartz took 30th in 54:24.2.

In the men's Nordic 20-kilometer free technique, Colby's Kris Dobie was 26th in 1:02:39.5 as the Mules placed 10th.