Eastern High School Championships — a three-day event each March — are taking place at Mountain Top Resort in Rutland, VT. Events include a 5km skate race (yesterday), 7.5km classic and a 1km sprint (today) and mixed relays tomorrow. Athletes compete for the state in which they attend high school and awards go to individuals as well as a team title to the state with the most points at the end of the weekend.
Results for all events are available at the BART Timing Website.
Club athletes Autumn Eastman was the top Vermont finisher in the 3rd overall, behind 2 girls that each had podium finishes last week at Junior Nationals. Cally Braun – another MNC/CVU skier – finished 26th, and Molly Larson (MNC / MMU) also skied to an excellent top-30 result in a field of approximately 100 of the best skiers from NY, VT, MA, NH and ME. It looks like 11 of the girls in the field were also members of the New England Junior National Team, which means it is a really competitive event! Amy Bruce (MNC/MMU) was the next finisher in 46th followed closely by her teammate Abby Grab (MNC/MMU). Chloe Lemmel-Hay (MNC/Essex) also skied strong to finishe 65th on the day.
On the boys’ side, Charlie Maitland (MNC/CVU) was 9th overall and one of the top finishers from Vermont. Forrest Hamilton (MNC) finished 22nd, Ethan John (MNC/Essex) was 31st, Ethan Thibault (Colchester/MNC) was 78th in a field of 106 athletes. Parker Francis (MNC) had an excellent performance and skated to 40th place results and was only 30-seconds outside the top-20 overall!!
Congrats on a great start for Team Vermont with a strong lead in the Team Event after day 1!
More photos are available on the NENSA Facebook page.
Amy Bruce (MNC / MMU). Photo from NENSA Facebook page
Charlie Maitland (MNC / CVU). Photo from NENSA Facebook page
