The team has trained slalom and GS at Dartmouth Skiway since the beginning of January.  In our home race, we set a long GS course down Thomas and our team skied strong into first place.   Niklas Engstrand led the ranks by coming in first with a combined time of 1:20.06.  He led the pack by over 3 seconds.  Guillaume Pictet picked up 4thplace, beating out Felix Bernett by 3 hundredths of a second.  Jae Won Kang, Tim Adams and Felix Ackerman rounded out the top 10 with 8, 9, and 10 finishes.

Thanks to all of the parents and fans who made it out to cheer us on. 

The team will practice gates Friday and Monday in preparation for our next race, a slalom at Gunstock on Wednesday January 28th.

    The team traveled to Pat's Peak to the first Slalom race of the season in sub zero temperatures.  The Junior Varsity racers maintained their focus and excitement in the first run.  Liv Jonetzki skied a strong first run, coming in 10th place.  Unfortunately, the rutted course caused a DQ in the second run. 
    KUA JV finished second overall in the race with Niklas Engstrand leading the pack coming in 2nd place overall.  Then followed Guillaume Pictet, Lucas Canadas, Jarrad Schiltkamp, Felix Ackerman and Jae Won Kang rounding out the top 10 with 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 finishes respectively.  As the sun went down and the temperature dropped even more, the course became more unruly.  The first gate seemed to be the ultimate test,  it lay high on the skier's left causing many to skid out and lose speed getting around it.  Commendable effort by all!

The next race will be on our home mountain, Dartmouth Skiway, Wednesday January 21 at 2 pm.