Windham alpine ski team has great showing toward end of season

Sophomore Logan Marden comes to a stop during
Windham High School's alpine skiing meet against
Chevrus and Kennebunk on Friday, March 5 at
Shawnee Peak in Bridgton. Marden finished with
a combined time of 1:08:21, which earned
him second-place overall among the boys as
Windham 's boys' team beat Kennebunk and 
Chevrus by a score of 22-23-40.
PHOTO BY MATT PASCARELLA 

By Matt Pascarella

In one of the final meets of the season, the Windham High School alpine ski team faced off against Cheverus and Kennebunk on Friday, Mar. 5 at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton. Windham finished high on the scoreboard with junior Sarah Hare and sophomore Logan Marden finishing in the top two for both girls and boys.  

Hare came in first overall for the girls with a combined run time of 1:07.29. Marden came in second overall for the boys with a combined run time of 1:08.21. As a team, the Windham boys beat Kennebunk and Cheverus 22-23-40. In the girls team race, Windham beat Kennebunk 14-34; Cheverus did not meet team requirements and had no score.  

Hare finished her first run in 33.85 seconds and her second in 33.44 seconds. Windham sophomore Annie Jackson and freshman Lilly Mclean finished third and fourth among the girls. Jackson had a combined time of 1:13.38. Mclean had a combined time of 1:15.15. Windham sophomore Grace Paiement finished sixth with a combined time of 1:17.36. 

"It's definitely been different, because because we haven’t had our normal amount of races, but I think it’s gone pretty well this year,” said Windham junior Hare.

“We’ve been lucky that we get to come up (to Shawnee Peak) every day. I know a lot of teams don’t get that. It’s been really helpful getting training every single day and having good coaches that really help me do the best that I can.”

Marden finished his first run in 34.06 seconds and his second run in 34.15. Right behind him in third place was teammate and sophomore Nolan Dries with a combined time of 1:10.58. Windham sophomore Cody Taylor came in eighth among the boys with a time of 1:16.80.

“All the kids skied really well,” said Windham coach Lucas Hare. “There was a lot of ice under this snow so it was a really hard course. It’s been fun to watch the kids especially with everything happening this year; they’re having so much fun and they’re doing great.”

While Hare said that he was disappointed there will be no post season, with no seniors on the team, they can look forward and train for next season. <