As the Lafayette Ski Team crosses the hump with the 2015 Season, the results both individual and team have been spectacular so far. Lafayette is dominating Men’s alpine with sophomore Alex Lehmann, junior Will Sargent, and freshman Paul Polk all consistently placing in the top ten. This past weekend at Mountain Creek Resort on Vernon, NJ, Alex placed second on Saturday and cruised to an excellent win on Sunday while Paul placed seventh and Will tenth at the end of the day on Sunday.
Overall in the conference, freshman Paul is sitting third, Alex is tied for fourth and Will is holding down the team in sixth. On the Women’s side,Senior Captain, President and all around excellent person Meg Del Col secured her victory as conference champion for the 2015 season with two consecutive victories this past weekend at Mountain Creek in NJ. Rounding out the rest of the Women’s team this past weekend, sophomore Olivia Erdman placed second, and freshman Sydney Burton placed fifth. Senior Rebekah Scharfe and freshman Kendall Sangster also had strong finishes this weekend.
Overall with the Women, Meg has a choke-hold on first, Sydney is holding third, Olivia fourth, and Rebekah sixth. In Men’s snowboard racing, Sophomore Tucker Emory had two solid first runs both days this past weekend but was unable to finish both of his second runs. On the women’s side Senior Rachel Shore, team mom, kind hearted and generous soul and genuinely nice person (I honestly can’t put into words how nice Rachel is) has dominated the female snowboard races this season winning two of the three races and placing second in the single race she didn’t win. Obviously a shoe-in for nationals.
In terms of Men’s Freestyle, Seniors Connor Kennedy and Jon Bakken has consistently thrown down solid tricks in the park, Junior Max Fink, while new to the steez lifestyle has shown great promise and finally freshman Slice has brought great honor to the team with his willingness to try new things and eat the last slice of pizza. Senior Jess has held it down for Lafayette in Women’s Freestyle this season.
The team is looking forward to its first practice session at Blue this week as they prepare for what is sure to be another victory for the Leopards as they hit the slopes at Belleayre Mountain resort this weekend in Highmount NY.