Windham Mountain’s Jack Conneely Wins Two Empire State Winter Games Men’s Super-G Silver Medals
WILMINGTON, N.Y. –Anja Robertson of Northwood School in Lake Placid, N.Y., and West Mountain’s Hudson Montgomery won a pair of gold medals each, during today’s Empire State Winter Games Alpine Super-G events, held at Whiteface Mountain, in Wilmington, N.Y.
Robertson, skiing under cloudy skies and temperatures that hovered in the mid-30s, opened the day winning her first women’s race on the 744-meter, 32 gate course on Draper’s Drop in a time of 56.64 seconds. She won her second race on her home course in a time of 56.90.
West Mountain’s Piper Dock claimed the first race’s silver medal, finishing about one-second behind, in 57.65, while her teammate Shayla Byrne raced to bronze in 57.95.
In the women’s second race, Holiday Valley’s Carissa Dunlap claimed silver. She finished her race run in57.12 and Vivian Bishop of the Brantling Ski Racing Association crossed the line in third place. She swept through the 32 gates in a single-heat time of 58.80.
Montgomery was able to hold off Windham Mountain’s Jack Conneely in both of his races. Montgomery won his first event in 53.90, just .37 seconds ahead of Connely, who raced to silver in a time of 54.27. Michael Stevens claimed the bronze medal, crossing the finish line at the bottom of Draper’s Drop in 54.45.
Montgomery won his second men’s race in 54.11, while again holding off Conneely by only .40 seconds (54.51), while Andrew Williams of HoliMont Ski Club earned a bronze medal finish in 55.59.
Empire State Winter Games Alpine ski racing continues throughout the weekend at the Whiteface Mountain. The men’s and women’s Giant Slalom is slated for Saturday, beginning at 9:30 a.m., while slalom racing is scheduled for Sunday, also at 9:30 a.m.
Adaptive ski racing is also taking place at the Olympic mountain. Race time tomorrow is set for 11 a.m.
For a complete list of today’s Super-G results, click HERE.
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