Last week, the final junior championships of the season took place at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington, Maine: the Eastern High School Championships! Eastern High Schools brings together the fastest 24 boys and 24 girls from Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, as well as a few skiers from the Great Lakes and the Midwest. According to NENSA, “the goal of the EHSC is to provide the highest quality competition for high school-aged athletes.” There are both state and individual titles on the line. Excitingly, Vermont won the overall state title! 

The series kicked off with classic individual races on Saturday. As New England is prone to do in March, the weather was tricky with rain and wind. A bit of klister only adds to the fun! The classic races were mass starts! and we all know that head-to-head racing is the most thrilling. Both girls and boys raced 7.5k. 

Girls: 

8. Isabelle Serrano 
22. Maggie McGee
46. Ruth Krebs
54. Ayla Bodach-Turner
57. Margaret Voisin

Boys:

10. Tzevi Schwartz
11. Carson Beard
13. Austin Beard
30. Sam Clark
35. Leo Circosta
53. Charlie Kehler
73. Charlie Krebs

Sunday was a double-header, with a ski cross sprint race in the morning, followed by team relays in the afternoon. The ski cross race combines speed, agility, and a little bit of fearlessness!

Girls:

15. Ruth
17. Maggie
20. Isabelle
43. Margaret
74. Ayla

Boys:
10. Leo
18. Tzevi
30. Sage
43. Austin
46. Sam
62. Charles Krebs
83. Carson
100. Charlie Kehler

The racing wrapped up with a 4X2.5k mixed medley relay. This format is fun because not only do girls and boys race together but there is also skate and classic technique. For simplicity, we only list the CSC athletes on each relay team but know there are always four athletes! 

1. Maggie and Tzevi
4. Leo, Isabelle, Austin
13. Carsen and Sam
14. Ruth
22. Margaret, Ayla, and Charlie Kehler

Open division:
1. Sage and Charlie Krebs

Congrats to these juniors on speedy skiing to wrap up a long race season. You can see the full results here.