Season Update!
Regular Season:
The men and women had another great season representing UConn in the MacConnell Division. The women, spearheaded by Lexi “Champ” Skovran’s dominant season, finished third in the MacConnell Division. This was the best regular season for the UConn Women’s team in its history. Skovran was also crowned the MacConnell Division Champion after winning all but one race. The men, lead by Mike White and Brian Chambers, finished strong in the regular season and were well prepared to continue their success at Eastern Regional Championships.
Regionals and Nationals:
After a solid performance from the men and women in the regular season, the Huskies took on the Eastern Regional Championship where Lexi Skovran dominated the field with a combine 5.46 race points and winning every event. Amongst Lexi; Jill Scherpa, Lauren Sullivan, Alex Marshall, and Rachel Lefebvre finished strong and solidified a spot to compete at Whiteface for USCSA Nationals. The women placed second at the Eastern Regional Championship.
The men arrived ready to go, finishing fourth at the Eastern Regional Championships after a nail-biting tie breaker for third. Freshman Vlad Ilies lead the men’s team in the Slalom, finishing sixth overall. In the Giant Slalom, Captain Brian Chambers lead the Huskies finishing fifth, followed by DeMuyt in seventh and Ilies in eleventh. In the individual combine results finished Ilies in sixth and DeMuyt in seventh.
Competing in USCSA Nationals at Whiteface was a familiar situation for the Huskies. Skovran once again showed her skills with yet another dominant performance in both the Giant Slalom and Slalom races finishing her college career as an Academic All-American for the third consecutive year. For the men, Ilies finished fourteenth in the Slalom qualifying him as an Academic All-American, and DeMuyt finished fifteenth in the giant slalom also an All-American.
The panel slalom was a great way to wrap up the Huskies’ season, ignited by Aidan Riley’s win over Andraz Reich-Pogladic of Rocky Mountain College. The men’s team was edged out of the Dual Panel Slalom by Rocky Mountain College who won by a narrow margin of one one-hundredth of a second.