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Ridge Boys and Girls Skiers Second in State

Boys team falls short of first-place win by 43 hundredths of a second in Giant Slalom championship.

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The l girls and boys ski teams traveled to Hidden Valley Ski Club Tuesday to compete in the NJISRA High School Giant Slalom Championships. Both teams placed second in the event with seven girls and ten boys teams competing. The Bernards High School boys ski racing team placed sixth.

Ridge sophomore Daniele Colbertaldo captured yet another first-place individual win, one of five times this season. Sophomore Alex Thompson was not far behind, placing fourth individually.

BOYS FINAL RESULTS

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PLACE     SCHOOL    TIME RECORD 1 VERNON 5:35.24    
9-0 2 RIDGE 5:35.67 8-1 3 DON BOSCO 5:24.09 7-2 4 MT LAKES 5:57.14 6-3 5 WEST MILFORD 5:57.73 5-4 6 BERNARDS 5:59.45 4-5 7 BLAIR 6:04.21 3-6 8 DELBARTON 6:05.48 2-7 9 WALLKILL 6:11.01 1-8 10 JEFFERSON 7:11.19 0-9

GIRLS FINAL RESULT

PLACE    SCHOOL   TIME RECORD 1 WAYNE HILLS  
6:08.26    
6-0 2 RIDGE 6:28.12 5-1 3 POPE JOHN 6:32.26  
4-2 4 SPARTA 6:33.21 3-3 5 IHA 6:34.03 2-4 6 MT LAKES 6:48.32 1-5 7 VERNON 6:58.65 0-6

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

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PLACE NAME TIME 1 Daniele Colbertaldo 1:18.91 4 Alex Thompson 1:20.53 17 Andrew Hughes

1:27.94

19 Connor McGeough 1:28.29 20 Tommy Taylor 1:28.38 DNF Thomas McWilliams

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

PLACE NAME TIME 6 Gina Taylor 1:34.42 9 Kate Bondy 1:35.28 16 Sandy Halbing 1:38.00 21 Maddie Kapp 1:40.42 23 Nora Smith 1:42.87 38 Courtney Lailey 2:10.42

IN SHORT

On what would be an abnormally warm day in any other February, the Ridge Ski Teams competed against the top high school skiers in New Jersey on the slopes of Hidden Valley in Vernon. It was a beautiful and sunny 40 degree day.

The competition began in the morning with the girls taking their first runs around 10 a.m., immediately followed by the boys. Forty girls and 60 boys from schools throughout North Jersey competed in the races. After a short break, the teams completed their second runs of the day.

One of the day's highlights was the success of Daniele Colbertaldo who's sub-40 second runs put him at the top of the leader board with times of 39.45 and 39.46.

DEVILS OF THE MEET

Girls — Gina Taylor and Kate Bondy

Boys — Daniele Colbertaldo and Alex Thompson

"The strong performances by these racers paved the way for our strong team finishes today" — Ridge coach John Fico

UP NEXT — Ridge will be back on the slopes Friday for the NJISRA State Slalom Championships.

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