This past weekend saw the Lafayette Ski Team sweep to yet another conference victory.  The Women’s alpine team cruised to two more wins on both Saturday and Sunday while the Men’s team won on Saturday’s GS race and took second on Sunday’s Slalom.  Overall the Women’s team won the conference handily.  The Men’s team barely came out on top, beating out Lehigh by only a single point!  The Team was ecstatic to say the least.

At the end of the conference season, the Lafayette Ski Team had a number of individuals who won their events or place on the podium.  Below is a summary of the victories the team racked up yesterday:

1st Place Female Snowboarder – Rachel Shore
3rd Place Female Snowboarder – Emma Kent

1st Place Female Freestyle – Jess Horvath
1st Place Male Freestyle – Connor Kennedy

1st Place Women’s Team
1st Place Female Alpine – Meg Del Col
2nd Place Female Alpine – Sydney Burton
4th Place Female Alpine – Olivia Erdman
7th Place Female Alpine – Rebekah Scharfe

1st Place Men’s Team
4th Place Male Alpine – Paul Polk
5th Place Male Alpine – Alexander Lehmann
6th Place Male Alpine – Will Sargent

In the coming weeks, the team will continue to practice in preparation for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Competition at Wintergreen Resort in Virginia which will take place from February 19th-21st.

This past weekend the Ski Team cruised to another set of resounding victories for the Womens alpine and snowboard racing team.  Senior Meg Del Col stood atop the podium on both days this weekend with Sophomore Olivia Erdman and Freshman Sydney Burton not far behind in 2nd and 3rd.

On the Snowboarding side of things, Senior Rachel Shore continued her dominance with another first place finish at Belleayre, solidifying her victory as the conference champion.

On the Mens side of things there was a little more of a mixed bag this weekend.  Junior Will Sargent not finishing his run on saturday, but having a great day on sunday in slalom with a 7th place finish.  Sophomore Alex Lehmann was unable to race this weekend due to an eye infection and the team missed him dearly.  Freshman Paul Polk had the opposite luck of Will, skiing to a strong 4th place finish on Saturday and then being disqualified on Sunday in the Slalom.

Overall the team is looking forward to their final race weekend where Hunter will host the conference finals.  The men’s team is currently tied with Fairfield College for first and will be anxiously awaiting their results this weekend to see if they repeat as conference champions.  The Ladies already have their victory in the bag for this season, and are hunting bigger prey, the upcoming regional competition in two weeks time in Virginia which will determine what teams qualify for nationals in Oregon this year.  The Women face strong competition from Penn State.  The Men face difficult competition from Penn State and the Naval Academy as well.