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From
the Desk of the Headmaster-Gary Benedix
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These are
exciting times. With the opening ceremonies for the Olympics
just a few days away, I am excited to report that two of our
former students, Alex Heath and Michelle Gorgone, will be there
to compete. For Alex this will be his third Olympics. Alex
skis for South Africa and in the past two Olympics traveled with
and was coached by our Director of Athletics, Tom Barbeau.
Michelle is on the U.S Snowboard team and this will be her first
Olympics.
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The writers’
workshop with Dan Newton is running very well and the
participation has been great. My assistant Paula has been
attending regularly and reports that several local people,
faculty members and students have participated, sharing their
writings and working together to improve their writing skills.
The workshops are on Monday afternoons from 1:30 to 3:00 pm, and
new writers are always welcome so if you are interested we hope
to see you there.
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As I
mentioned last week, Thursday and Friday, February 9 and 10, is
our mid-winter break. There are no scheduled classes and the
dorm is closed for both days so parents should plan accordingly.
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Upcoming Events
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Mitey Mites World Cup Race League-Saturday, February 4-Lower
Utter-10:30 am
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Forum Youngbloods Competition-Snowboard-Saturday, February 4
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J4/J5 Alpine BWL Qualifier-Giant Slalom (minimum gate)-Sunday,
February 5 |
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From
our Freestyle Director-Nick Preston
WVBBTS EQS Skiers win Team Trophy at Sugarloaf
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Once again
the EQS Freestyle Team (our J3,4,5s) has performed spectacularly
in both the Mogul and Big Air competitions held at Sugarloaf
this past weekend.
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Mogul day saw
Nessa Dziemian laying down her 3rd win of the season
with a 19+ point run. Julia Braunstein won the F3 age division
in bumps giving BBTS an age group sweep in the girls.
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Hunt Adams
won the M4’s and took a 3rd overall. Then as you look
down the result sheet, we had Kyle DeGrace placing 4th,
Tyler Thistle 5th, Kyle Keating 7th, and
Clayton Vila 10th. Nic Dziemian racked up team points
with a 2nd in the M4 age group behind Hunt.
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In Big Air,
the girls again swept the age group with Nessa winning the
overall and the F4 age group, while Julia placed 2nd
and won the F3 division.
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The boys are
a virtual air force, so here’s how it went: Brendan Wall 1st
overall, Clayton Vila 3rd, Kyle Keating 4th,
Chase Brooks 5th, and Tyler Thistle 7th.
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Congratulations to coaches Dan DiPiro and Dan Shuffleton for
your outstanding work and your Team Trophy victory.
Clarke and Strenio - Air and Big Air Winners at JApril Cup
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Japril Cup
2006 was a 2 day event with an Aerial meet and a Big Air meet
each day. The WVA and BBTS skiers comprise the best team in the
East (probably in the country), so here’s a summary of results
by the team over the 2 days in Lake Placid.
Japril Cup Air 1/26/06
Women:
Alissa Pinkoski 2nd
Sierra Starr 4th
Men:
Mike Clarke 1st
PJ Beauregard 5th
Japril Cup Big Air 1/26/06
Women:
Alissa Pinkoski 4th
Sierra Starr 5th
Men:
Willis Brown 2nd
Will DeBlois 3rd
Andrew Hathaway 4th
Eastern Aerial Championships 1/27/06
Women:
Alissa Pinkoski 2nd
Sierra Starr 3rd
Men:
Dylan Ferguson 2nd
Mike Clarke 4th
Willis Brown 5th
Eastern Big Air 1/27/06
Women:
Alissa Pinkoski 2nd
Sierra Starr 3rd
Men:
John Strenio 1st
Willis Brown 2nd
Mike Clarke 3rd
Dylan Ferguson 4th
Andrew Hathaway 5th
Sophia Schwartz Wins Sports Illustrated Next Snow All-Stars in
Keystone
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Sophia
Schwartz, a freshman at Holderness and skiing with the WVA team,
just returned from Keystone, Colorado, as the top skier in the
Sports Illustrated Next Snow All-Star Search. She won Big Air,
Half-Pipe and the Overall and is now invited to the finals to be
held in Killington, Vermont March 3-5.
Congratulations Sophia. You’ve been a star on
this team all
year. Now the rest of the world is learning!
Nick Preston
From
Our Head Moguls Coach-Mike Macomber
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Another
week and another great batch of results laid down by our
outstanding athletes. After finishing a great week of jumping
up in Lake Placid the mogul team remained to finish two days of
competition at good old Whiteface. Our men stole the show up
there with Mikey Clarke returning from Freeride to claim 3rd
Place. Reed Snyderman laid down a great second run despite a
little drift and ended up 6th, while Henry Worobec
claimed one more top-to-bottom run and ended up 8th.
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Our NOR AM
team left for Deer Valley this week and returned with several
great results. The first day of competition two of our girls
qualified for finals. Kenna Nash made her first NOR AM finals
and finished 14th while Kayla Snyderman laid down a
solid run and placed 7th. The second day was even
more productive than the first with all three of the Waterville
girls qualifying for finals, something no other team has
accomplished. Allie Lee made her first finals as well and
finished in 14th place. All three of the girls
scored their highest scores yet with Lee scoring a 21.17, Kenna
Nash scoring a 22.72 which earned her 5th Place, and
Kayla Snyderman improving her best score by a whopping 2 points
to a 24.29! This nice round number earned her 2nd
Place and her second NOR AM Podium of the season.
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This week
the team will be resting and recovering getting ready for the
final stretch of the season. I remind the athletes to make sure
we keep stretching and getting plenty of rest, nothing like a
good night’s sleep to let the body recover! Our NOR AM team
will be leaving for Quebec on Tuesday while our regional team
will be heading for Killington on Friday. Looking forward to
another productive week and we'll let you know as soon as we get
back!
Mike Macomber
Head Mogul Coach |
From
our Snowboard Director-Bill Enos
THE QUESTION:
HAS
OUR TIME COME?
THE ANWSER: YES
OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS WE HAVE CREATED A SYSTEM FOR SUCCESS IN
OUR SNOWBOARD PROGRAM THAT’S PRETTY SIMPLE.
TRAIN HARD ON SNOW AND HAVE FUN DOING IT.
MICHELLE GORGONE – OLYMPIC TEAM FOR TORINO
PAT MOORE
- X-GAMES, MULTIPLE
VIDEO PARTS
TIMMY HUMPHREYS - JUNIOR WORLDS IN KOREA
MIKE TRAPP - JUNIOR WORLDS IN KOREA
PLUS A WHOLE HOST OF YOUNG TALENT WAITNG IN THE RANKS.
--------------THIS PAST WEEKEND---------------------
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X-GAMES
– PAT MOORE 8TH PLACE SLOPE – PAT STILL HAS AN ANKLE
INJURY, BUT HE CHARGED IT ANYHOW AT HIS FIRST X-GAMES. PAT’S OFF TO
CHINA NEXT.
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Revolution Tour stop 2 at Killington VT. SUNDAY
Out of a field of over 80 riders Waterville qualified seven out of
the 12 spots for finals in the slopestyle on Sunday. Weekend
rider Branden Reis qualified 1st, while Cam Egan, Tim Humphreys,
Scott Kurchinski, Tanner Pendleton, Dave Waltzer and Aly Weare
in the girls division, also qualified for finals. Aly aka “girl”
finished fourth in finals, while Timmy won his second revolution
tour slopestyle this season.
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BRANDEN REIS- 2ND PLACE RAIL JAM -KILLINGTON REVOLUTION TOUR
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BX AT WV ON SATURDAY
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LIGHTING UP THE FIELD IN HIS BX DEBUT WAS COLIN HART WITH A WIN IN
THE BREAKER BOYS DIVISION. KAI WIGGINS HAD AN IMPRESSIVE WIN IN
THE WATERVILLE SWEEP OF THE MENEHUNE BOYS DIVISION. JARED LUCAS
AND JAMIE BEAUREGARD WERE IN TOW. IN THE GROMET BOYS CLASS MARK
HEFFERNAN JR. FINISHED THIRD. ALL THE GROMS/ GUPPIES ARE
STARTING TO RIP IT UP. MILLI CHAPMAN WON FROM THE AIR ON THE
LAST JUMP. DANIELLE GOGLIA ALSO SHOWED SHES NOT AFRAID TO MIX
IT UP OUT THERE. GREAT JOB OUT THERE ON THAT NASTY COURSE KIDS.
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HP AT LOON ON SUNDAY-
IN THE YOUTH MEN WV TOOK 4 OUT OF THE TOP 5 SPOTS, WITH IAN HART
WINNING HIS 2ND PIPE CONTEST OF THE YEAR. TANNER
MCCARTHY RODE TO A 2ND PLACE FINISH, TYLER COELL
FINISHED 4TH, CHAD TENADER IN 5TH and
BRENDAN CHADWICH AND DEVON COLLELLI TOOK 6TH AND 7TH.
THIS GROUP OF YOUNG RIDERS REALLY IMPRESSED ME THIS WEEKEND.
THEY PUSH EACH OTHER AND NEVER WANT TO STOP PRACTICING.
MACKENSIE ROBB HAD A REAL GOOD 2ND RUN TO WIN HER
GROUP, WHILE RUGGIE BOYS NOAH WARD WON HIS FIRST EVER HP EVENT.
IN THE GROM BOYS EAMON ALDRIDGE FINISHED 2ND AND
PETER CYR FINISHED 4TH. THESE LITTLE GUPPIES GET
BETTER EVERYDAY. KAI WIGGINS AND JARED LUCAS TOOK HOME 2ND
AND 3RD IN THE MENEHUNE BOYS. BRENDAN HART HAD AN OFF
DAY, BUT WILL BE PUSHING THE LEADERS OF THIS AGE GROUP IN NO
TIME. ALSO IN THIS AGE GROUP, FIRST TIME RIDERS IN THE HP, JACK
WARD AND BRIAN JOHNSON DID REALLY WELL IN THIS
TOUGH ICY PIPE. MILLIE WON HER
DIVISION
WHILE MERICK, ANDREW, COLIN AND BRETT WENT 2,4,5 AND 6 . BRETT
REALLY TURNED IT ON AFTER THE CONTEST WITH SOME REAL NICE
MCTWISTS. BRETT IS A LONG SHOT FOR NATIONALS, BUT THIS GOES TO
SHOW WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING FOR THE FUTURE. NEWCOMER CHRISTOPHER
PARKINGTON ENTERED HIS FIRST HP CONTEST AND NEVER STOPED SMILING
SUNDAY. K-FORUM TOOK HOME HIS HIGHEST FINISH WITH A 2ND
IN THE JUNIOR MEN.
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RIDER OF THE WEEKEND-DOUG STEARNS –
DOUG FINISHED 13TH IN HIS DIVISION – SO WHY IS DOUG THE RIDER OF THE
WEEK – BEST SMILE AND SUPER ATTITUDE TOWARDS
EVERYTHING, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
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RUN OF
THE WEEK
– JOHN FRAWLEY’S RUN SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
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FOR ALL YOUR USASA RESULTS PLEASE GO TO USASA.ORG
WELL THAT’S ENOUGH TYPING FOR SOMEONE THAT TYPES WITH TWO FINGERS,
WAY TO GO WV –I’LL SEE YA NEXT WEEKEND.
Snowboard Schedule
WEEKS
SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY- 12- 4 PARK TRAINING AT WV------- 4 –6 DRYLAND
WEDNESDAY – 12-4 PARK TRAINING AT WV------ 4-6 DRYLAND
THURSDAY- 12
MEET AT WVA –TRAVEL TO LOON FOR PIPE
TRAINING 4-6 --------
DRYLAND: IF TIME PERMITS:
FRIDAY- 12- 4 PARK TRAINING AT WV----– NO
TRAMPS-------NO DRYLAND ---- REST FOR CRANMORE
SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE – PENDING WEATHER AND PARK CONDITIONS
FREESTYLE
SATURDAY
– MEET
AT CRANMORE BETWEEN 8 – 8:30 FOR SIGN –UP SO WE CAN GET SOME
PRACTICE IN. IF YOU CAN GET THERE EARLIER PLEASE SIGN UP AND GO OUT
AND RIDE SO YOU CAN GET USED TO THE COURSE. SIGN UP IS USUALLY
UPSTAIRS AT BASE LODGE ON YOUR RIGHT AS YOU ARE WALKING FROM THE
PARKING LOT.
THERE
WILL BE A GROMS COACH AT BOTH WV AND CRANMORE
ALSO SATURDAY – THERE IS A FORUM YOUNGBLOOD AT WV – FOR MORE
INFO PLEASE CHECK THE WV WEB SITE. YOU SHOULD PROBALLY GET THERE
EARLY FOR SIGN UP – REGISTRATION WILL BE BUY THE INFORMATION DESK ON
THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CAF
IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN EITHER CONTEST, THERE WILL BE COACHES
AT OUR USUAL MEETING SPOT IN THE BBTS LUNCH ROOM AT 9 AM.
SUNDAY WE WILL BE TRAINING PARK AT WV IF YOU ARE NOT
RACING AT CRANMORE
RACE
SATURDAY – MEET AT BBTS LUNCHROOM AT 9
SUNDAY – MEET AT CRANMORE BETWEEN 8 – 8:30 FOR
SIGN–UP. PLEASE TRY TO GET THERE EARLIER SO WE CAN INSPECT THE
COURSE, PREP ARE BOARDS AND GET SOME PRACTICE TURNS IN. SIGN UP IS
USUALLY UPSTAIRS AT THE BASE LODGE ON YOUR RIGHT AS YOU ARE WALKING
FROM THE PARKING LOT.
INJURED RESERVE LIST:
COACH ADAM JOHNSON – ACL
CHRISSY CORELLI – FRACTURED PELVIS
WES WALSH – FRACTURED WRIST
ALEX OZZIE – ACL
GET WELL SOON!!
BILL |
