Newbury, NH (January 25, 2012) –The Dublin School Wildcats’ alpine ski team competed in the second Lakes Region GS qualifier this past Wednesday. The combination of these two qualifying races will be taken into account when the Lakes Region GS Championships are held during the beginning of February. Racing was hosted by Kimball Union Academy at Mount Sunapee in Newbury, NH. Once again, six schools were present, with a total of 93 skiers racing for the day.

Beginning with the girls were Katie Houde (16^th of 29), Margaret Elliot (18^th of 29), Riley Lawton (20^th of 29), and Amanda Bartlett (23^rd of 29) for varsity, and Iva deMartelly (2^nd of 3) racing for the JV girls. 

Racing on the varsity boys’ side for the Dublin School were Tucker Wheeler (22^nd of 37), Lukas Barth (24^th of 37), Danny Harrington (25^th of 37), Owen Wood (26^th of 37), and Daniel Mallory (30^th of 37). John Zimardo (16^th of 24) raced on the JV boys’ side, along with Marc Krumbein who was not able to complete his 2^nd run; it was Krumbein’s first time racing ever.

The Wildcats will miss next week’s SL Championship qualifying race at Gunstock, due to the timing of the winter break, but will be back in action on Wednesday, February 8^th, when they compete in the Lakes Region GS Championships.