FARMINGTON, Maine – The men's alpine regular season concluded on Sunday afternoon with the Reynolds Division slalom event held at Pats Peak in Henniker, New Hampshire. With the regular season wrapping up, the Reynolds Division named the Divisional Champions and handed out postseason awards. The University of Maine at Farmington men's alpine team had three athletes named to the First Team All-Division and five athletes named to the Second Team All-Division.
Sam Roy (Frenchville, Maine), Lake Lindelof (Belfast, Maine), and Lance Dolan (Coplin Plantation, Maine) received First-Team All-Division honors, while Colgan O'Keefe (Westchester, N.Y.), Chase Raven (Hudson, Wisc.), Declan Varnerin (Stow, Mass.), Sam McKee (Wayne, Maine), and Jay Schwartz (Bedford, Mass.) were named to the Second Team All-Division.
Roy dominated the Reynolds Division, finishing the season in the top spot. Out of the nine events, Roy finished on the podium in seven, earning five first-place finishes, one second-place finish, and one third-place finish. He amassed 640 points, 119 more than any other skier in the Division, earning First Team All-Division honors and the top Reynolds Division skier title for the second year in a row.
Lindelof earned First Team All-Division honors for the second consecutive season, finishing the year as the Division's third-ranked skier with 451 points. Lindelof finished the season with four podium appearances, including one first-place and three second-place finishes. Excluding the races in which he was a DNF, Lindelof never finished lower than ninth place and was one of the most consistent skiers throughout the season.
Dolan finished the season as the Division's fourth overall skier, just ten points behind Lindelof, with 441 points. Dolan demonstrated remarkable consistency, finishing in all nine races and never placing worse than seventh overall. He earned a pair of third-place finishes and one second-place finish. This is Dolan's first First Team recognition after being named to the Reynolds Division All-Division Second Team last season.
O'Keefe earned Second Team All-Division honors for the second consecutive year, finishing as the Reynolds Division's sixth-ranked skier. He earned three podium appearances, all third-place finishes, and finished the season with 338 points, competing in seven of the nine races.
The skiers ranked seventh through tenth were separated by just 43 points. Raven finished seventh overall with 274 points, edging out Varnerin by a single point. Raven had a strong season, registering top-ten finishes in seven of the nine races. His best finish came on February 2nd in a panel slalom event at Titcomb Mountain, where he tied for fourth.
Varnerin, the Division's eighth-ranked skier, earned 273 points and placed in all nine events. He finished in the top ten in seven races, with his best performances being two fifth-place finishes at Sugarloaf to start the season.
McKee had a solid season for the Beavers, providing consistent performances week after week. McKee finished the season with six top-ten finishes, his best being a fourth-place finish in a slalom event at Sugarloaf on January 18th. He also had a pair of fifth-place finishes, one on February 1st in giant slalom at Kents Hill and another on February 2nd in slalom at Titcomb Mountain. McKee totaled 252 points for the season.
Schwartz was another consistent performer for the Beavers, placing in all nine events this season. He finished inside the top ten five times, with his best result being a fifth-place finish in the season opener on January 17th in giant slalom at Sugarloaf. Schwartz accumulated 233 points for the season, earning Second Team All-Division honors for the first time in his career.
The Beavers will be back on the slopes this weekend, competing in the USCSA Eastern Regional Championship at Sugarloaf. The top six teams, plus one wildcard team, will qualify for Nationals, which will take place in Bend, Oregon. The USCSA Eastern Regional Championship will begin on Saturday with giant slalom, followed by slalom on Sunday in Carrabassett Valley.
