Craftsbury Juniors close '22 Eastern Cup season at Dublin & JNs team
The 2021-2022 Eastern Cup series wrapped up last weekend in Dublin, New Hampshire with the Dublin Double. The Dublin School expertly hosted this duo of races as this venue becomes a landmark stop on the Eastern Cup circuit. Hats off to the Dublin crew for pulling off these races after a week of challenging New England weather! In addition to marking the end of the Eastern Cup season, these races were also the final Junior National qualifying races. We are excited to announce that eight current or recent CSC skiers qualified to represent Team New England at JN’s in March!
Charlie Kehler in the qualifer (Photo: Dave Priganc).
Saturday was freestyle sprint day, and as everyone knows, sprint days can be long grueling days for staff and athletes alike! In this format, the top 30 move into the open heats, then the next 12 U18/U20’s into the junior heats, and the following 12 U16’s after the top 30 overall into the U16 heats.
Women’s Qualifier:
5. Amelia Circosta (1st U16)
14. Isabelle Serrano (4th U20)
18. Maggie McGee (8th U18)
19. Anika Leahy (7th U16)
42. Ruth Krebs (10th U16)
53. Meg Voisin (24th U18)
67. Sara McGill (19th U16)
78. Ayla Bodach-Turner (34th U18)
Ruth Krebs, the eventual winner of the U16 girls heats! (Photo: Dave Priganc).
Men’s Qualifier
5. Cormac Leahy (2nd U18)
16. Tzevi Schwartz (10th U18)
29. Leo Circosta (16th U18)
49. Austin Beard (8th U20)
50. Charles Krebs (28th U18)
56. Charlie Kehler (13th U16)
58. Samuel Clark (11th U20)
64. Carson Beard (12th U20)
On the women’s side, Amelia, Isabelle, Maggie, and Anika moved to the Open Heats. Here, Isabelle raced quickly enough in her quarterfinal to advance to Semifinal 2, where she was 5th, landing her 9th on the day! Amelia, Maggie, and Anika ended their days after the quarterfinals, where they ultimately finished in 16, 17, and 25th, respectively. Ruth and Sara both qualified for the U16 heats. Here, Sara was 12th, and Ruth was the winner!
For the men in the Open Heats, Tzevi progressed to the final, where he was ultimately 5th! He moved up 11 places from his result in the qualifier. Cormac Leahy was 4th in his qualifier, landing him 16th, while Leo was 5th in his quarterfinal, ending up in 24th.
The racing continued on Sunday, with classic interval start races. The sun even came out to celebrate the athletes!
U16 girls 5k:
2. Amelia Circosta (by less than a second!)
7. Anika Leahy
9. Claire Serrano
10. Ruth Krebs
30. Sara McGill
34. Olivia Serrano
U16 boys 5k:
12. Charlie Kehler
Women 10k:
9. Isabelle Serrano (2nd U20)
15. Maggie McGee (11th U18)
38. Meg Voisin (38th U18)
54. Ayla Bodach-Turner (35th U18)
Men 10k:
9. Tzevi Schwartz (8th U18)
13. Cormac Leahy (10th U18)
23. Carson Beard (6th U20)
25. Leo Circosta (18th U18)
38. Samuel Clark (10th U20)
40. Austin Beard (11th U20)
45. Charles Krebs (30th U18)
See full results from the Dublin Double here.
Craftsbury members of the 2022 New England Junior National Team
Drumroll please! Your 2022 Junior National Team qualifiers from the Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club! JN’s will be held March 6-12th at the Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
U16 Girls: Amelia Circosta and Anika Leahy
U18 Boys: Cormac Leahy and Tzevi Schwartz
U18/U20 Girls: Maggie McGee and Isabelle Serrano
U18/U20 Boys: Finn Sweet and Jack Young (recent grads, automatic qualifiers based on EISA results)
The races at JN’s will be a 5/10km freestyle, classic sprint, 5/10/15k classic mass start, and freestyle mixed relay. Stay tuned as we draw nearer for more updates but you can check out the event website here! You can see the full rankings here.
Next up for the CSC: a BKL race Wednesday in Craftsbury, VPA States, and the Craftsbury Marathon!
[Gallery pics are all from Dave Priganc. A huge thanks to Dave for always capturing and sharing so many great racing moments. And a huge congrats to all the Craftsbury Ski Club athletes and coaches for putting forth such a solid winter of racing thus far!]