Cat Mullin wins Pico slalom

Cat Mullin started the new year off in style by taking the win at Sunday's George Tormey Series slalom at Pico.
Cat, now a second year J2, was the first-run leader - over a half-second ahead of Ali Spencer, who finished second overall. Cat had the second-fastest second run, but still pulled off the overall win by over a second.
Way to go Cat!

More podiums for MMSC
In the men's race Brad Farrell and Ben Deflavio skied to second and third overall respectively. Brad was the first-run leader, but gave up just a hair too much time in run two for Sandy Vietze to nab the win by .19 seconds.

It was a great day for MMSC!

Check out the results here.

MMSC athletes off to a strong start

Kris Hopkins and Bobby Farrell, are off to a fast start this season occupying the top two spots in the state's Vermont Cup race series.

Jordan Leach leads the girls' from MMSC in seventh place.

During the first Vermont Cup giant slalom at Stratton, MMSC boys took the top five spots.

See the results here.

"It's exciting we've got a strong crop of guys this year. They're looking good," coach Scott Moriarty said.

Brad also finished fourth in an FIS giant slalom at Sugarloaf. After winning the first run, he slipped to fourth behind leader Hig Roberts of Burke Mountain Academy.

In the same Eastern Cup series, MMSC's Ryan Cochran-Siegle, finished sixth in the opening slalom. Ryan, 17, led his age group by well over a second in the overall standings.

Women's FIS results - Sugarloaf.

Men's FIS Results - Sugarloaf.

At FIS Development races in Attitash last week, Dan Bak, finished 11th in a giant slalom. He moved up from the 61st start position to score his best discipline result so far. Results here.

Local athletes headed for Nor-Ams

In line with what Mo said about the group of racers at the ski club this season, four skiers are headed to Nor-Ams this week at Sugarloaf, Maine.

Bobby Farrell, Ryan Cochran-Siegel, Taylor Wunsch and Dustin Martin will be racing.

(Look online for results mon., tues., wed.)

MMSC J3s dominate the Stan & Dan

The results looked a little bit like they do at times for the Austrians after the Stan & Dan slalom at Attitash on New Year's Day. Five of the top 10 finishers were MMSC skiers.

Angie Duke, a second-year three, won with a combined time of 1:33.03 and Stowe's Ryan Susslin was second in 1:35.81. Not far behind, were Reed Carpenter in 6th (1:38.07), Calvin Dixon in 8th (1:40.36) and Ellis Grubman in 10th place (1:41.02).

In the girls' race, Linley Shaw was third and Sophia Leiter was fifth. MMSC racer Alita Rogers won the first run, but was disqualified in the second after straddling a gate.

Results for the Stan & Dan here.

Knight joins MMSC coaching staff

MMSC is excited to announce that Chip Knight has joined the MMSC Alpine coaching staff.

Chip brings a wealth of knowledge to us from his experience as a top-notch racer as well as familiarity with MMSC, where Chip came up through the ranks as a junior skier.

In addition to coaching on the hill, he'll help shape the club’s Long Term Athlete Career Plan – a project started by Igor Vanovac and Lorant Gudasz. Specifically, Chip will head the J2 program for men and women.

Though many of you already know Chip, some may not - so here's a brief bio. Chip, 33, grew up ski racing in Stowe at MMSC. He was a member of the U.S. Ski team for 13 years, he competed in three Olympic Games and saw lots of success on the World Cup circuit. In 2008, Chip graduated from Williams College, with a degree in History. During the 2008 season he was the assistant coach for the Williams College Alpine Ski Team.

Welcome back, Chip!

Chip Knight racing as a junior with MMSC in 1985 and in 2006 during a World Cup race in Schladming, Austria