PSU Sports Wrap-Up

As the winter season comes to a close, individual sports teams are currently wrapping up their seasons. The Plymouth State Ski Teams finished their seasons in Saint Lawrence at Whiteface Mountain last weekend. The Men’s giant slalom finished up on Saturday, placing 9^th out of 13. Cumulatively speaking, the placements were all very similar; freshman Danny Blake (Orchard Park, NY) placed 31^st, Hunter Steurcke (Cottonwood Heights, Utah) placed 32^nd, and sophomore Kyle Farrow (Collingwood, Ontario) finished in 38^th out of 76. The story of the weekend, however, was Takahiro Watanabe’s 7^th place finish on Sunday in the slalom event. The team finished 9^th out of 13, and Watanabe (Sapporo, Japan) will be racing in the NCAA Skiing Championships on March 12^th. Watanabe is the second skier (for the second consecutive year) to reach the pinnacle event, and will be competing with the best colligate skiers from every NCAA division. The women, on the other hand, finished their season on a rough note, going 14 out of 14 in both events last weekend. Junior Eliza Whatley (Carrabassett, Maine) held the top PSU spot, finishing 55^th of 79 in the GS event on Saturday, and freshman Eklunta Kenney (Weybridge, Vt.) 50^th out of 76.

In Plymouth State Wrestling, the men competed in the NCAA Regional Championships, held at Roger Williams University this past weekend. In day one, junior Chris Perreault (Saint Johnsbury, Vt., 184 weight class) and sophomore Clay Callahan (Milford, Ct., 165 weight class) were the only two to make it through to day two. The championships are double elimination, and both team members won the first, lost the second, and came back to win the third bout to advance and stay alive going into Sunday. Senior Alex Gerhold (Derry, NH, 149 weight class) dropped his first bout before battling back, winning two more before dropping his fourth match of the day. Senior Taylor Lozier (Barre, Vt., 174 weight class), freshman Tristan Leek (Kingston, NH, 141 weight class), and freshman Kevin Ell (Derry, NH, 285 weight class) all posted victories for the team. Perreault went on to win two more bouts Sunday before dropping his third, and Callahan dropped his first consolation match. The team finished 13^th overall, with Chris Perreault posting a fourth place finish in his weight class.

In the last issue, Wrap-Up covered the first two days of the New England Championships for the PSU Women’s Swimming/Diving team, with day three being postponed due to snow. It is apparent and unfortunate to bring you the news that day three of the championships have been canceled, solidifying their spot at 14^th out of 20 teams.