McGill ski teams master Mt. Sutton
By Earl Zukerman
SUTTON, Que. – The McGill alpine ski team had a solid outing in
a pair of giant slalom races at Mt. Sutton in the Eastern Townships
over the weekend.
The Redmen racked up enough points to post respective third- and
first-place showings in two weekend races, while the Martlets,
finished second both days.
On the men’s side, Eli Sheiner, a McGill freshman from Nepean,
Ont., earned silver and bronze medals. The 5-foot-8, 150-pound arts
major currently sits second in a tight race for the individual
title. Laval’s Simon Mannella leads the circuit with 925 points
after six races, followed by Sheiner (790) and Laval’s Marc
Chartier (700). Four races remain on the calendar.
Michel-Oliver Saucier, a management freshman from Vaudreuil sur le
Lac, Que., came in third on Saturday and tied for fifth on
Sunday.
Other top 10 finishes by the Redmen were registered by Chris Vining
(5th) of Montreal, and the duo of Vincent Gilbert-Dore, another
Montrealer, and Vaudreuil’s Michel-Olivier Saucier, who tied for
seventh on Sunday.
Carter Burton, a former member of the McGill soccer team, paced the
Martlet skiers. The arts senior from Portsmouth, N.H., posted fifth
and third-place showings, respectively.
Burton is currently ranked fifth in the individual scoring race
with 560 points. Laval’s Ariane Boivin leads the women’s division
with 950 points, just ahead of Montreal’s Marie-Pierre Podtetnev
(875). Carabins’ teammate Laurence Ledoux is third (680), followed
by McGill veteran Megan Kidston (645).
Kidston, a kinesiology senior from 100 Mile House, B.C., was fifth
and fourth, respectively, over the weekend.
Other top 10 finishes came from freshmen Arianne Angers (9th, 6th)
of Montreal and Laurel Broten (7th) of Frisco, Colorado.
The next two races will be a pair of slaloms held at Montcalm,
March 7-8 before the season wraps up at Mont Garceau, March
13-14.