Anika Leahy, Sadie Skorstad, Ava Purdy and Ruth Krebs of Craftsbury Academy’s D2 bronze winning 4x2.5k classic relay team.

VPA State champs have concluded with 25 Craftsbury junior program participants competing for their high schools last week - no matter who these kids are racing for, we’re proud of them and their efforts!

The State Meet is a two-day, four-part affair. Each of the two days opens with individual start 5k’s and concludes with 4 person relays. Division 1 and Division 2 races are run together and there are both separate and combined results. We have provided separate results for both individual and relay races. All of our CSC skiers attend Division 2 sized schools.

Wondering how our local Craftsbury Academy team did and what do get more of a feel of the States “scene”? Check out coach Eric Hanson’s write-up here.

Day 1 - classic, Craftsbury - Feb 24. Division 2.

Girls :

1. Maggie McGee LUHS
3. Isabelle Serrano U32
5. Anika Leahy CA
7. Ruth Krebs CA
9. Margaret Voisin MHS
12. Sara McGill MHS
15. Ayla Bodach-Turner U32
16. Olivia Serrano U32
18. Ava Purdy CA
25. Anna Isselhardt PA
30. Clare Pritchard MHS
32. Gabbie Shaffer PA
57. Phoenix Masten PA

Cormac Leahy in the 5k classic individual start in Craftsbury (Photo: Dave Priganc).

Boys D2:

1. Tzevi Schwartz U32 0:13:49.0
2. Carson Beard U32
3. Cormac Leahy CA
4. Austin Beard U32
5. Leo Circosta CA
9. Sage Grossi MHS
10. Charlie Krebs CA
12. Charlie Kehler CA
15. Alan Moody CA
23. Linden Stelma-Leonard CA
29. Sam Brondyke MHS
47. Luke Murphy MHS
51. Jason Wang PA
58. Zeb Whitlock LUHS
75. Calvin James SHS

Relay: Italics denotes a CSC skier. It is pretty cool that CSC skiers come from more than six different schools!

Boys D2:

1. U32 (Sam Clark, Austin Beard, Carson Beard, Tzevi Schwartz)
2. CA (Cormac Leahy, Charlie Krebs, Charlie Kehler, Leo Circosta)
5. MHS (Ben Wetherell, Sam Brondyke, Steven Supan, Sage Grossi)
8. LUHS (Kaiden Boisseneault, Hugh Johnson, George Sullivan, Zeb Whitlock)
10. PA (Zander Waskuch, Jason Wang, Eric Grover, Trisitin Williams)
11. SHS (Kenan Griffith, Jack Lavine, Choularton Ethan, Calvin James)

Girls D2:

3. CA (Ruth Krebs, Ava Purdy, Sadie Skorstad, Anika Leahy)
7. LUHS (Kaylee White, Adelle MacDowell, Maggie McGee, Mae Searles)
9. PA (Gabbie Schaffer, Mia Smith, Phoenix Masten, Anna Isselhardt)

Day 2 - Freestyle, Rikert Nordic Center - Feb 28. Division 2 Results.

Girls:

3. Maggie McGee LUHS
7. Ruth Krebs CA
8. Isabelle Serrano
9. Anika Leahy CA
10. Margaret Voisin MHS
11. Sara McGill MHS
15. Ayla Bodach-Turner U32
18. Olivia Serrano U32
23. Ava Purdy CA
26. Gabbie Schaffer PA
34. Clare Pritchard MHS
57. Anna Isselhardt PA

Boys:

1. Austin Beard U32
2. Cormac Leahy CA
5. Carson Beard U32
6. Tzevi Schwartz U32
8. Charlie Krebs CA
9. Sam Clark U32
12. Charlie Kehler CA
13. Leo Circosta CA
15. Sage Grossi MHS
18. Alan Moody CA
30. Linda Stelma-Leonard CA
33. Luke Murphy MHS
38. Sam Brondyke MHS
47. Calvin James SHS
49. Zeb Whitlock LUHS
65. Noah McKibben CA
73. Jason Wang PA

Linden Stelma-Leonard during the individual freestyle race at Rikert (photo: Dave Priganc).

Relay:

Girls:
3. U32 (Ayla Bodach-Turner, Esther Macke, Amy Felice, Isabelle Serrano)
4. CA (Ruth Krebs, Ava Purdy, Sadie Skorstad, Anika Leahy)
6. LUHS (Adelle MacDonald, Mae Searles, Kaylee White, Maggie McGee)
7. MHS (Anja Rand, Clare Prichard, Sara McGill, Margaret Voisin)
8. PA (Anna Isselhardt, Phoenix Masten, Lucy Niaro, Gabbie Schaffer)

Boys:

1. U32 (Sam Clark, Carson Beard, Austin Beard, Tzevi Schwartz)
2. CA (Leo Circosta, Charlie Krebs Charlie Kehler, Cormac Leahy)
5. MHS (Ben Wetherell, Sam Brondyke, Steven Supan, Sage Grossi)
8. LUHS (George Sullivan, Kaiden Boissoneault, Zeb Whitlock, Hugh Johnson)
10. PA (Jason Wang, Tristin Williams, Eric Grover, Zander Waskuch)

And, what is a championship meet without overall team scores? Drumroll, please! At the end of the many kilometers, on the boy’s side for Division 2 we have:
1. U32 - Tzevi, Austin, Carson, Sam
2. CA - Leo, Cormac, Charlie, Charlie, Alan, Linden
3. MUHS
5. MHS - Sage, Sam, Luke
10. PA - Jason

And for the girls:
1. MUHS
2. HUHS
3. U32 - Olivia, Ayla,
4. CA - Ruth, Anika, Ava
6. MHS - Margaret, Sara, Clare
7. LUHS - Maggie McGee
9. PA - Anna, Gabbie, Phoenix

You can see all the results here. As always, a huge thanks to Dave Priganc for sharing photos far and wide.

Craftsbury Junior Skiers race VPA States