Hawksley named director of competition and wellness at Saddleback

RANGELEY — Jeff Hawksley of Rangeley has been named director of the Wellness and Alpine Skiing Competition Center as well as Junior Programs at Saddleback Maine. He will run the mountain's Ski and Snowboard Competition Center.

Hawksley is also the director of fitness at the Rangeley Rehabilitation and Wellness Pavilion. He is a member of the National Academy of Sports Medicine, a certified personal trainer, a performance enhancement specialist and a corrective exercise specialist. He is also a USSA International Level 400 alpine ski coach. He has 30 years of experience working with athletes of all ages at the local, regional and national levels of competition.

Hawksley was the men's alpine head conditioning coach at Carrabassett Valley Academy from 2005 to 2009. He was also director of the CVA Alpine Program and Sugarloaf/CVA Alpine Program from 1998 to 2003, and founder and head coach of the Saddleback Alpine Training Center from 1990 to 1997.

Saddleback Maine is in the Rangeley lakes region of the western mountains and is one of only seven ski mountains in New England with a top elevation of more than 4,000 feet. For more information about Saddleback, visit www.saddlebackmaine.com.