CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Skiing in his first U.S. Alpine Championships, Brooks Layman, formerly of Auburn, is trying to exercise patience and measure his progress in small steps. Friday morning at Sugarloaf was a giant leap. From starting 74th in a field of 80 men, Layman outperformed his seeding by more than two dozen spots, posting the […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Nationals brings siblings together
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Like so many other sports and hobbies, skiing tends to run in the family. The love of the slopes is handed down from generation to generation. For most skiing families, the kids are put on skis the moment they learn to walk. The U.S. Alpine Championships have displayed just that, as brothers […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships notebook: No time, no medal, but Vonn leaves mark
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — It wasn’t difficult to separate the youth forerunners from the special guest at Thursday’s U.S. Alpine Championships. Four boys — Carrabassett Valley Academy students Devereux Thomas, Eli Pangburn, Nicholas Beliveau and Sean Sullivan — performed the duties prior to the women’s giant slalom. Nerves were apparent. There was a missed gate, maybe two. […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Auburn’s Layman on home turf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Auburn native Brooks Layman was a little late to the party. Unlike many top skiers who seem to be placed on skis before they know how to walk, Layman went the first nine years of his life without strapping into a pair of skis. He opted for a snowboard. When Layman was 10, that […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Home game for CVA grad, Casco native Leavitt
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — If Sierra Leavitt stopped skiing or studying long enough to rank the months in her 21 years of life, March 2015 would be an odds-on favorite for No. 1. Two weeks after representing Colby College with a ninth-place finish in giant slalom at the NCAA Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., good for All-American […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Vonn’s comeback tour concludes at Sugarloaf
Thursday’s appearance at Sugarloaf is part victory lap, part motivational speaking tour for Lindsey Vonn. Not that she requires the adulation, and not that she needs to say a word. Vonn, 30, is coming off a season in which she cast out the demons of two surgical reconstructions of her right knee, adding two World […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Hatchet trophies symbol of Sugarloaf’s history
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The MTV Video Music Awards have astronauts, the Teen Choice Awards have surfboards, the American Country Awards have guitars and the Kids’ Choice Awards have orange blimps. There are some creative awards around the entertainment world and sports world and Sugarloaf dishes out some unique trophies as well. On Wednesday, six athletes — three men […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Duffy surprises with super-G title; Morse happy to be home
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — In a field that featured plenty of decorated Olympic athletes, a relative unknown stole the spotlight in the men’s super-G on Wednesday. Drew Duffy edged out Steven Nyman by four hundredths of a second to claim the U.S. Alpine super-G title at Sugarloaf on Wednesday. Duffy entered the race with 26.51 seed points, […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: McKennis leads field; Young Norwegian, Canadians fare well
Of the 43 skiers who competed in the women’s super-G on Wednesday at Sugarloaf, six were born outside the United States. Among those six, five are from Canada. The other, Josefine Selvaag, is a native of Norway. Selvaag, born in 1998, had the top finish among the under-18 group. She finished 14th with a time […]
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U.S. Skiing: Sugarloaf welcomes back U.S. Championships
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Nearly a full year after it was announced that Sugarloaf would be hosting the 2015 U.S. Alpine Championships, the event is finally ready to roll. Some of the best American-born skiers from across the country descended on the Carrabassett Valley mountain Tuesday to get a feel for the slopes leading up to the […]