February 7th, 2009
On a course which previewed the first few kilometers and the final one and a half kilometers of Wednesday’s states race the Berkshire League once again went to battle. In the girls individual race it was Northfield Mount Hermon’s Maggie Fellows, skiing in the first wave, who captured the top spot on the podium by picking up four seconds on Mount Greylock’s Mackenzie Hitchcock over the last kilometer. Fellows finished with a time of 15:21 edging Hitchock by one second. Mount Greylock’s Jackie Lemme once again showed that she enjoyes the challenging climbs of Notchview by rounding out the top three 25 seconds off the pace set by Fellows. The Mountie girls showed that they are ready for Wednesday by placing there four scorers in the top six and six in the top ten.
In the boy’s race Patrick Joslin of Mount Greylock completed the perfect league season by blazing through the short course in a time of 12:21. Lenox’s Bill Prescott showed that he is peaking perfectly for states by finishing second just 25 seconds off of Joslin’s time and the Mountie’s Cary White continued his impressive season by taking the final podium spot. The race of the day was seen in the first wave where Lenox’s Donnie Miller hung on to the draft of fourth place finisher Dylan Dethier, of Mount Greylock, to take fifth place, a career best. The MG boys continued their winning ways by placing their fourth skier Greg Karabinos in eigth.
All the work has been done, now it is all about resting well for states. Good luck everyone!
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The following photos are courtesy of Hoosac coach Alicia Gwozdz, if you are interested in purchasing a higher quality versions of these photos please contact her at xcskigwozdz@yahoo.com.
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