Montpelier
Killington officials signed the agreement with the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association on Monday to host four-day events over Thanksgiving weekend 2017 and 2018. Killington spokesman Michael Joseph said the deal will get final approval from the governing international ski organization FIS, or Federation Internationale de Ski, which plans to ratify the agreement by late May.
Killington hosted the event last November, becoming the first eastern U.S. resort to host a World Cup event since 1991. The event was broadcast to over 60 nations, including a nationwide broadcast in the U.S. It also drew an estimated 30,000 spectators to the resort to watch the action.
“Last year we accomplished all of our goals, which were to promote Eastern skiing and Killington to the global audience,” said Killington organizing committee chairman Herwig Demschar in a news release on Tuesday. “It was very powerful to see the local and regional communities come together to support World Cup racing. We have a blueprint for successful races to build on, and we are going to throw a party you don’t want to miss.”
As with last November, the next two Killington World Cups will involve women’s slalom and giant slalom competition.
Olympic champion and former Lyme resident Mikaela Shiffrin won the slalom and finished fifth in the giant slalom in the tour’s return to Vermont.
Johnson Ivies’ Top Rookie
Hanover
The son of former major leaguer Mark Johnson, Dartmouth’s freshman outfielder played a key role in the Big Green’s 3-1 weekend at Columbia and Penn to open league play. The Rye, N.Y., native won rookie honors for the second time this season.
Johnson batted .400 for the four games, scoring six runs and stealing three bases. He also drove in five runs from the leadoff spot in the lineup.
Dartmouth (13-7) will visit Holy Cross (7-17) tonight at the New England Baseball Complex in Northborough, Mass.
CSC 20, GMC 2
New London
Nicole Lavigne set the pace by scoring four times for Colby-Sawyer (5-2 overall, 2-1 NAC). Molly Mulcahy finished with a hat trick plus two assists, and Brittany Ireland added three goals as well.
The Chargers host Johnson State today.
