Mid Coast Today

For the second-consecutive season, the Saint Joseph's College men's and women's alpine ski teams have qualified to compete in the United States Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association (USCSA) National Championships, which will be held in California at Mammoth Mountain starting on Monday, March 6th.

The St. Joe's men finished the two-day USCSA Eastern Regional Championships at Sugarloaf Mountain on Sunday tied for fourth with University of Connecticut with nine team place points. The Monks posted a 4:26.97 composite time to finish sixth in the Slalom Championship on Saturday and cruised to a third-place finish with a 5:17.23 time in the Giant Slalom Championship on Sunday.

The SJC women capped the weekend in sixth place overall with 13 team place points. The Monks placed seventh with a 5:19.26 team time in the Slalom Championship on Saturday and finished sixth with a 6:04.71 time in the Giant Slalom Championship on Sunday.

The top seven men's and women's teams from the Eastern Regional Championships earn automatic berths into the USCSA National Championships.

On the men's side, Castleton University (2 pts), Babson College (5), Clarkson University (7), University of Connecticut (9), Saint Joseph's (9), UMaine-Farmington (11), and Northeastern University (13) have claimed berths into the National Championships.

For the women, Babson (4 pts), Clarkson (4), Castleton (4), Northeastern (8), UCONN (10), Saint Joseph's (13), and Tufts (16) have qualified for nationals.

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