February 12: Phoebe Bell edged out Lily Boulanger by .02 seconds to capture the Women's 2025 Mountain Valley Conference Giant Slalom Championship. The Maranacook HS skier had runs of 58.75 and 58.95 for a two-run time of 1:57.70 while the Mountain Valley HS skier posted times of 58.38 and 59.34 for a combined time of 1:57.72. Boulanger's first run was the fastest time of the day. Third place went to Telstar's Jocelyn Nivus, who crossed the finish line in 1:00.25 and 1:00.67, giving her a total time of 2:00.92.
Maranacook's Emerson Dunlap skied to times of 1:01.47 and1:00.68 for a combined score of 2:02.15 to take fourth place. Fifth place went to Ashley Nelson of Spruce Mountain HS, who tallied times of 1:01.28 and 1:01.30 and a total time of 2:02.58. Taking sixth place was Mountain Valley's Aubrey Farnum with runs of 1:01.44 and 1:01.49 for a combined time of 2:02.93. Finishing in seventh place was Rangeley High School's Natalie Stokes with times of 1:02.18 and 1:01.83 and a combined time of 2:03.81.
In the men's GS, Maranacook swept the podium, recording the 3 fastest combined times of the day. Thatcher Riley took the top honors with runs of 57.07 and 56.63 for a combined time of 1:53.70. Teammate Adam Ellis was in second with times of 57.94 and 58.23 and a combined score of 1:56.17. Also climbing to a podium position was Tristan Riley who had times of 58.04 and 58.29 and a total time of 1:56.33.
Jaxon August of Winthrop HS took the fourth position with times of 58.47 and 58.66 and a combined time 1:57.13. In fifth place was Maranacook's Josh Adams who posted times of 59.53 and 1:00.57 and a total time of 2:00.10. Grabbing sixth place was Spruc Mountain's Jackson Archer who skied to 59.72 and 1:01.54 times giving him a total of 2:01.23. Taking seventh place was Ben Jewett of Maranacook with runs of 1:02.21 and 1:01.27 and a combined time of 2:03.48.
Racing continues later in the day with the teams competing in the slalom race. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SLALOM START TIME HAS BEEN MOVED UP TO 1:00 PM
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