Maine High School Skiing

Hadley Prewitt - State Champion Spotlight

Details: Published: Monday, 27 March 2023 06:50

Our next state champion spotlight is junior Hadley Prewitt of Marshwood. She won the 2023 Class A Slalom title and was runner-up in the giant slalom. She also won the SMAA giant slalom title. We asked her about her successes and her favorite moments.

1. What were your preparations leading up to the state meet? I train on weekends with the Mount Washington Valley Ski Team (MWV) in New Hampshire. I also make sure to attend all high school dryland and on snow training to be sure I am in good shape for the season. I also enjoy weightlifting, so I make sure to go to they gym most days.

2. How did you deal with the pressure and emotions that come along with competing in a state meet? I try to listen to music in the morning to calm myself down. I also make sure to visualize myself skiing the course as I inspect, after I inspect, and when getting ready at the start. I like to watch the racers in front of me leave the gate and see how they are running the course and try to determine what is the most efficient line. When I get closer to my start time, I try not to think about my nerves or results. I just try to enjoy being around my teammates, coaches, and competitors.

3. What was going through your mind at the starting gate? While standing in the start gate, I try to think about what I need to do to have a successful race, but when the starter announces 10 seconds, I try to take a few deep breaths and not think until I leave the gate.

4. What do you contribute your success to?

Logan Schwartz - State Champion Spotlight

Details: Published: Friday, 24 March 2023 06:51

Today is our first state champion spotlight. We are interviewing every state champion in Alpine and Nordic for each discipline. The first spotlight is Logan Schwartz of Cape Elizabeth. He was the 2023 Class B Slalom and Giant Slalom state champion. We asked him about his state meet preparations and his plans for next year.

1) What were your preparations leading up to the state meet? My preparations leading up to the state meet started over the summer by regularly going to the gym to do strength and conditioning training. Then when the 102 sl

season began, I started to focus on fixing every small detail during training and race runs. I also made sure not to over-train so that I would not burn out before states.
2) How did you deal with the pressure and emotions that come along with competing in a state meet? Being stressed from pressure was not something that I had to deal with too much as I was very busy trying to understand the new race hills that I had never seen before. That being said, I still felt pressure since I was racing new people.
3) What was going through your mind at the starting gate?

2023 EHSC Nordic Recap

Details: Published: Sunday, 12 March 2023 07:35

The 2023 NENSA Eastern High School Nordic Championships are at Rikert Nordic Center in Ripton, VT this weekend. Here is a Maine team recap: In the boys classic we had Eli Shifrin (3), Abram Geissinger (6), Ben Condit (7) and the girls had Clara white (9), Annabelle brooks (8), Kaylee Bell (7), and Ruth White (1). Overall was Eli shifrin was third and Ben Condit was second.

2023 Eastern High School Alpine Championships Recap

Details: Published: Wednesday, 08 March 2023 10:34

The 2023 Eastern High School Alpine Championship was held March 3rd-5th at the Mittersill Performance Center at Canon Mountain, NH. Taylor Gordon of Mt. Blue finished in first place for team Maine and 6th overall, Hadley Prewitt of Marshwood finished second for team Maine and 7th overall, Brooke Boone of Yarmouth finished third for team Maine and 12th overall. The girls team finished the overall championships in 4th place out of a field of 12 teams and 123 racers.

Logan Schwartz of Cape Elizabeth finished in first place for team Maine and 2nd overall, Tim Teguis of Kennebunk finished second for team Maine and 18th overall, Killian Marsh of Yarmouth finished third for team Maine and 19th overall. The boys team finished the overall championships in 5th place out of a field of 12 teams and 131 racers. RESULTS

2023 Maine U16 and EHSC Nordic Team

Details: Published: Sunday, 05 March 2023 17:25

DW1D4868 DW1D4873 DW1D4879 DW1D4886 The 2023 Maine U16/EHSC Nordic Team selection race was held today at Black Mtn in Rumford. There was a 5K classical race (with tricky snow conditions) and a 2.5K freestyle pursuit. Nora McCourt of Mt. Blue and Henri McCourt were the top U16 skiers. Ruth White of Orono and Ben Condit of Edward Little/Quarry Road were the top EHSC skiers. The qualified skiers will represent Team Maine at the NENSA U16 Championships in Fort Kent and at the NENSA EHSC at Rikert, VT. RESULTS | RVG PHOTO GALLERY | DW ACTION PHOTOS GALLERY