The Castleton women's ski team started off the 2008 season with a team victory during day one of the Third Annual UMF Open Carnival.  Castleton finished on top with a total team score of 10 points, while the University of Maine-Orono (UMO) finished with 23 points.  Green Mountain College finished 3rd, while the host University of Maine-Farmington (UMF) finished 4th. 

Individually, Castleton sophomore Brenna Nolan (Pittsford, VT) won her first ever collegiate race by finishing with a two run time of 2:11.93 over UMF's Calle McCartney, who checked in at 2:15.23.  Third place went to UMO's Monica Purington. The next three places went to a trio of lady Spartans, as Heather Patterson (Stockton, CA) finished fourth, freshman Stephanie Kopko (Perkiomenville, PA) finished fifth and Lindsey Wiken (Hampden, ME) finished sixth. 

 

2nd - University of Maine, Orono (23 pts / 3rd, 7th, 13th)

3rd - Green Mountain College (29 pts / 8th, 10th, 11th)

4th - University of Maine, Farmington (36 pts / 2nd, 16th, 18th)

 

 

1st - Brenna Nolan 2:11.93 (Castleton)

2nd - Calle McCartney 2:15.23 (Farmington)

3rd - Monica Purnington 2:17.45 (Orono)

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4th - Heather Patterson 2:17.73 (Castleton)

5th - Stephanie Kopko 2:19.12 (Castleton)

6th - Lindsey Wiken 2:23.74 (Castleton)

12th - Colleen Pruss 2:31.32 (Castleton)

14th - Angela Russell 2:42.33 (Castleton)

DNF 1st run - Kelsey White (Castleton)

DSQ 1st run - Katharine Cournoyer (Castleton)

 

The Castleton men's ski team began the 2008 season with a team win during the giant slalom portion of the Third Annual UMF Open Carnival at Sugarloaf. The Spartans finished with a total team score of 13, good enough for first place. The host institution, University of Maine-Farmington, finished with 31 points in second place, while Bates College's "B" Team finished third at 46 points. Green Mountain College, the University of Maine-Orono, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finished fourth, fifth and sixth. 

Individually, Castleton sophomore Greg Towle (Coventry, RI) won his second career collegiate race with a total time of 1:58.52 over Farmington's Daniel Rihm, who finished second at 1:58.63.  Mitchell Riley from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) finished third with a two run time of 1:58.79.  In his first collegiate race, Castleton freshman William Colt (Hanover, NH) narrowly missed the podium, as he finished in fourth place with a time of 1:59.06. Four other Spartan rookies cracked the top-15, as Robert Moss (Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland) finished eighth, Corbin Daino (Hagaman, NY) finished ninth, Bartholomew Kallgren (Burnham, ME) finished 11th, and Justin Garritt (Swan Lake, NY) finished 15th. 

 

2nd - University of Maine, Farmington (31 pts / 2nd, 13th, 16th)

3rd - Bates College "B" Team (46 pts / 6th, 14th, 26th)

4th - Green Mountain College (49 pts / 7th, 20th, 22nd)

5th - University of Maine, Orono (55 pts / 12th, 19th, 24th)

6th - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (72 pts / 10th, 27th, 35th)

 

1st - Gregory Towle 1:58.52 (Castleton)

2nd - Daniel Rihm 1:58.63 (Farmington)

3rd - Mitchell Riley 1:58.79 (WPI)

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4th - William Richard Colt 1:59.06 (Castleton)

8th - Robert Moss 2:01.39 (Castleton)

9th - Corbin Daino 2:01.68 (Castleton)

11th - Bartholomew Kallgren 2:04.19 (Castleton)

15th - Justin Garritt 2:05.29 (Castleton)

17th - Jeffrey Giegler 2:06.12 (Castleton)

18th - Teddy Panasci 2:08.41 (Castleton)

28th - Thomas D'Errico 2:19.55 (Castleton)

30th - Charles Robbins 2:21.92 (Castleton)

DNF 1st run - Brian Harvey (Castleton)

DNF 2nd run - Crescent Remaniak (Castleton)