It's been exciting to have the nation’s best collegiate skiers around this week in Stowe!
First the good news: Congratulations to UVM's Tim Kelley on his top performance in Saturday's NCAA championship slalom race. This Starksboro, Vermont, native is the 2011 slalom champ!
Other area skiers in the top 10 included Trevor Leafe of Dartmouth in 4th place and Andrew McNealus of Middlebury College in 6th place. McNealus hails from Woodstock, Vermont. Leafe is from New Hampshire and he attended Burke Mountain Academy.
In the women's slalom, UVM freshman Kate Ryley from Toronto landed a fourth place finish behind two Denver University skiers and a St. Lawrence skier. UVM's Lyndee Janowiak of Michigan was the only other top-10 skier from an eastern college, finishing in 8th place. Sterling Grant of DU was the 2011 slalom champ. In second place was Lindsay Cone of DU, a resident of Killington, Vermont.
Now, the not-so-good news: These UVM racers weren't enough to pull UVM to the top of the standings once the racing was complete and all the points tallied. The UVM team finished sixth overall. The 2011 championship went to the University of Colorado Buffaloes. Dartmouth College placed third and Middlebury College ninth.
Here's a rundown of the final team standings. For more info on nordic and alpine race results and UVM performances, visit <link http: uvmathletics.com>this UVM site.
I have a good feeling about next year...
2011 NCAA Skiing Championships Final Standings
1. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CU 831.0
2. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH UU 750.5
3. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE DAR 643.0
4. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO UNM 632.0
5. UNIVERSITY OF DENVER DU 592.0
6. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT UVM 575.5
7. UNIV OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE UAA 488.5
8. UNIV OF NEW HAMPSHIRE UNH 344.0
9. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MID 246.5
10. MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY MSU 230.0
11. BATES COLLEGE BAT 196.0
12. NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIV NMU 185.0
13. UNIV OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS UAF 157.0
14. WILLIAMS COLLEGE WIL 149.0
15. COLBY COLLEGE CBC 121.0
16. ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY SLU 95.0
17. HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAR 58.0
18. MICHIGAN TECH UNIVERSITY MTU 45.0
19. UNIV OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY UWGB 31.0
20. UNIVERSITY OF ME -PRESQUE ISLE UMPI 27.0
21. GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE GAC 10.0
Tim Kelley photo credit: University of Vermont
