“Once again warm weather, soft snow, salted courses, deep ruts and plenty of crashes were in order for this race. Several Guilford skiers found themselves off course or falling to the slope playing havoc with a line-up already affected by exam week Guilford High School.”
“Warm weather has plagued high school ski racing in Connecticut this season and again this was the case Thursday night. Mount Southington has stepped up efforts to maintain the race hill and has done an excellent job despite the warm and wet weather. The mountain was closed until 2 p.m. on Thursday and the race hill was kept closed until the start of the race. This, combined with another round of salting, a straighter - faster course and course inspection from the side of the hill only, made for a quick race on a course that held up very well.”
“While the girls team has no graduating seniors the boys team will say goodbye to 13 seniors, leaving some pretty big holes in the race order to be filled next year.”
“Even though she was starting 24 out of a field of 30 she never gave in, with each of her runs faster than the run before. Jessica ended up finishing 14th in the slalom with a combined time of 68.97 seconds. This combined with her score of 55.99 in the giant slalom gave her a combined final score of 124.96 seconds. Jessica finished 15th overall, just missing the cut for Team Connecticut by a little over two seconds. Still, it was quite an accomplishment going from 24th place to 15th place in a highly competitive field.”
