Sophomore Caitlin Doughty. Senior Captain Dave Pomeroy

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1 A N e w B r e e d... Sophomore Caitlin Doughty Senior Captain Dave Pomeroy W W W. U M A S S A T H L E T I C S. C O M

.............Al Rufe Office Number..............................(413) 545-2691 Associate A.D. / Student-Athlete Services................Mike Jenkins Office Number..............................(413) 545-4379 Associate A.

2 ADMINISTRATION Interim President Jack Wilson Chancellor John Lombardi Interim Athletic Director Thorr Bjorn Office Number (413) Fax Number (413) Athletic Department Number (413) Senior Associate A.D. / Finance & Administration Al Rufe Office Number (413) Associate A.D. / Student-Athlete Services Mike Jenkins Office Number (413) Associate A.D. / Compliance Services Betsy Mosher Office Number (413) Associate A.D. / Facilities Jim Patulak Office Number (413) Associate A.D. / Sports Medicine Jeff Smith Office Number (413) Associate A.D. / Sports Programs & Student Services......Elaine Sortino Office Number (413) Associate A.D. / Administration & Operations Bill Strickland Office Number (413) Associate A.D. / Advancement Tim Kenney Office Number (413) Assistant A.D. / Development & Ticket Services Bill Chaves Office Number (413) Assistant A.D. / Marketing + Promotions Tamra Geryk Office Number (413) Interim Media Relations Director Charles Bare Office Number (413) Manager of Broadcast Properties Bob Behler Office Number (413) Compliance Coordinator Carol Ford Office Number (413) SKIING QUICK FACTS Head Coach, Men and Women Kenneth Thoman (first season) Office Number (413) kthoman00@hotmail.com Mailing Address Boyden Building Assistant Coach William MacConnell Assistant Coach Nicholas Rufe Athletic Trainer Kathy Boyd Strength & Conditioning Coach Chris Boyko Home Course Berkshire East (Charlemont, Mass.) Letterwinners Returning / Lost /15 men, 8/15 women 2003 Women s USCSA National Finish rd / 1st 2003 Men s USCSA National Finish th / 5th Note:......First score indicates Salom finish, second is Giant Slalom finish 2003 USCSA All-American Carolyn Lewenberg 2003 USCSA Academic All-American Beau Gibson UMass Skiing Quick Facts 2004 SCHEDULE Date Event Time Jan UMass Carnival 9:30 a.m Berkshire East, Charlemont, Mass. Jan Plymouth State Carnival 9:30 a.m. Waterville Valley, N.H. Jan. 31-Feb. 1 Brown Carnival 9:30 a.m. Tenney Mtn. and Loon Mtn., Lincoln, N.H. Feb. 7-8 Boston College Carnival 9:30 a.m. Ascutney Mountain, Vt. Feb. 14 Colby-Sawyer Carnival 9:30 a.m. Mount Sunapee, Newbury, Vt. Feb. 15 St. Anslem Carnival 9:30 a.m. Pat s Peak, Henniker, Vt. Feb NCAA Eastern Regionals 9:00 a.m. Middlebury Snow Bowl, Vt. Feb. 29-Mar. 1 USCSA Regionals 9:00 a.m. Waterville Valley, N.H. March 2-6 USCSA Championship 9:00 a.m. Sugarloaf/usa, Sugarloaf, Me. March NCAA Championship in Norden, Calif. 9:00 a.m. Ski Bowl Resort, Lake Tahoe, Calif. Hosted by the University of Nevada EASTERN COLLEGESKI CONFERENCE The UMass Ski teams race in the MacConnell Division of the Eastern Collegiate Ski Conference (ECSC). Other men s and women s teams in the league include Boston College, Babson College, Colby Sawyer College, St. Anslem College, MIT, Brown University, and Plymouth State (N.H.), New England College and the University of Connecticut. Additionally, Smith College completes on the women s side. UMass also competes in the United States College Skiing Association (USCSA). MEDIA RELATIONSOFFICE Office Phone Number (413) Office Fax Number (413) Athletic Homepage Office Mailing Address Boyden Building University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA Interim Media Relations Director Charles Bare Manager of Broadcast Properties Bob Behler Media Relations Assistant, Skiing contact michael Coyne * mcoyne@admin.umass.edu Media Relations Assistant Chris Forman Media Relations Assistant Seth Gerard Media Relations Assistant Kyle Harris Media Relations Secretary Ruthie Drew * Ski contact Head Coach Kenneth Thoman MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS The 2004 Massachusetts men s and women s ski guide is a publication of the UMass Media Relations Office. Writing, design and lay-out by Media Relations assistant Michael Coyne. Special thanks to Charles Bare, Kyle Harris, Erica Mains, Al Rufe and Kenneth Thoman. Photography by Steven E. Frischling and Thom Kendall.

2004 Men s Preview In senior captain Beau Gibson and senior captain Dave Pomeroy, the men s skiing team has a solid foundation and great collection of returning talent.

Gibson, who is arguably the best skier on the league, is also one of the top skiers on the East Coast, and will spend a lot of time qualifying for NCAA competitions.

3 2004 Men s Preview In senior captain Beau Gibson and senior captain Dave Pomeroy, the men s skiing team has a solid foundation and great collection of returning talent. Gibson, who was a USCSA All- America selection last year looks to once again be among the leaders of the pack while Pomeroy brings tremendous success as well. Gibson, who is arguably the best skier on the league, is also one of the top skiers on the East Coast, and will spend a lot of time qualifying for NCAA competitions. The pair combine to make up what coach Ken Thoman looks at as the core of the team. Senior captain Beau Gibson Thoman has also been very impressed at how the rest of the team is shaping up for the 2004 season, citing not only a solid practices, but the attitude of everyone off the slopes as well. The whole team has been really supportive of each other, said Thoman. Team morale has also been really high. The future of the team looks good too, with the addition of freshman like Rush Hawkins and returning sophomore Pat Bachant. Hawkins, whose father Jim raced for coach Bill MacConnell in the early 1970s, has exploded onto the skiing scene. In addition, the training program put in place by the UMass strength and conditioning staff including Chris Boyko has really benefitted the team. There is also a sense of camaraderie with this group. They really feed off each other and help motivate each other, which you don t see much of in skiing. Being such an individualistic sport, some teams are downright cut throat towards each other, but not at UMass. The way they propel each other to ski faster is unbelievable, said Thoman. They are mature as people and understand what s going on with the program both on and off the slope. Its something you don t find very often on ski teams. The team has specific goals for the season as well. The first thing you want to do is win, said Thoman. It may sound like an easy accomplishment, but transferring this ideal of how to win, Senior captain David Pomeroy and the mentality to win, over to the kids, is something Thoman really wants to get across to people. While the team has been successful over the years in the MacConnell Division of the Eastern College Ski Conference (ECSC) and at the USCSA championships, Thoman wants to win at the NCAA level. He wants to develop the program into an NCAA competitor as well. Consistency is our biggest goal with both teams, said Thoman. We want to send skiers to NCAA Nationals, first as individuals, then as a team. He chuckles at the thought of placing a skier on the U.S. Ski Team and admits that might come down the road, but the thought has definitely crossed his mind. With the group assembled this year, who knows what might happen Men s Final Results Jan Jan Feb. 1-2 Feb. 8-9 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb Feb Mar. 3-8 Plymouth Boston Colby- NCAA USCSA USCSA UMass State Brown College Sawyer St. Anslem Regionals Regionals Nationals Player (g.s. only) (slalom only) Patrick Bachant 52 / / / DNF DNF / / - 18 / - / - Nathan Bar r - / - 42 / DNF 56 / 49 - / / - - / - - / - Kevin Collins 36 / 47 DNF / DNF 3 / 40 - / / - - / - - / - Marc Epstein 30 / / / 41 DNF / DNF - / - - / - - / - Beau Gibson 45 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / / 27 3 / 1 7 / 5 Jon Gray 43 / 23 - / - - / - DNF / / - - / - - / - Patrick Kelly 40 / 53 - / - - / - - / / - - / - - / - Nick Kulkarni 29 / 17 - / - - / - DNF / DNF 17 DNF DNF / / 15 / 16 Nicholas Nacca 16 / 34 5 / 3 4 / 4 25 / / - - / - - / - Chris Pomeroy 17 / 14 - / - - / - 30 / DNF / 47 - / 17 - / 45 David Pomeroy 65 / 4 36 / / DNF 11 / / / 6 / DNF Jay Robbins 24 / / / - 18 / DNF 37 / DNF 16 / 56 / 44 Gidon Silverstein 50 / 37 - / - - / - 33 / DNF DNF DNF - / - - / - - / - Patrick Sweeney DQF / DNF 17 / DNF 25 / 20 - / / - - / - - / - Overall Team Finish 4 / 2 3 / 1 2 / 1 4 / / 9 3 / 2 7 / 5 NOTE: The first score indicates place in the slalom event. The second score indicates place in the giant slalom event. The five skiers per team with the fastest times in each event earn points.

, proved that anything is possible. The truth is that this is a new season with new expectations, and the women are looking toward the future with earnest.

4 2004 Women s Preview On the women s side, the team could be categorized as young, but talented. With nine of the 12 members freshman and sophomores, one might think this group is a year away winning any championship. But last year s USCSA championship in Truckee, Calif., proved that anything is possible. The truth is that this is a new season with new expectations, and the women are looking toward the future with earnest. Obviously we want to repeat the success of last year, but we have a new generation of skiers coming in, said head coach Ken Thoman. The success of the team last year, with all its accolades and awards should certainly fuel the women to compete toward an NCAA title as well. You have to think the prominence of an NCAA showing would be that much more impressive, compared to what the team has done in the past. Senior captain Kelly Early and sophomore captain Erica Mains will each help lead the Minutewomen in And while Early has solid contributions on the slopes, her impact on the team is felt even more outside of her boots and bindings. Thoman put it simply, Kelly and Erica get stuff done. In terms of scheduling and keeping on top of the day-to-day aspects of the program, there aren t many better according to Thoman, including Early who is a great captain. Mains is becoming a good skier too and an asset for the program. Without the two of them, Thoman does not think there s a chance he would be able to do it all by himself. Senior captain Kelly Early With the new generation coming in, Thoman wants the team to learn how to ski fast. We re getting kids from great academies, both educationally and athletically, he said, and it has really impacted what we ve done already. He stresses there is always a desire have local in-state skiers as well, but getting kids from ski academies must be part of the program. The academy kids bring experience and come to ski, said Thoman. He doesn t want people who are here to play, just people who want to ski. Sophomore captain Erica Mains Thoman might have found a winner in freshman Ashley Maxfield. She brings us to a whole other level of women s skiing that we haven t had before, said Thoman. She is still a little raw, but she s easy to coach and we can make her faster, which should help her out. She definitely has the promise to have a good year, and overall, we have the foundations for a successful year Women s Final Results Jan Jan Feb. 1-2 Feb. 8-9 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb Feb Mar. 3-8 Plymouth Boston Colby- NCAA USCSA USCSA UMass State Brown College Sawyer St. Anslem Regionals Regionals Nationals Player (g.s. only) (slalom only) Shaleighne Collins 14 / DNF DNF / / DNF 22 / DNF / - / 18 - / DNF Kerry Divine 32 / / DNF 56 / / / - - / - - / - Caitlin Doughty 23 / 2 DNF / DNF 3 / 40 DNF / 11 5 DNF 51 / DNF - / 6 DNF / 12 Kelly Early 33 / / / / / - - / - - / - Alison Fischer 28 / / / / / - - / - - / - Kathryn Grogan - / - - / - - / - - / / - - / - - / - Kate Johnson 57 / 55 - / - - / - - / / - - / - - / - Candice Kelly 48 / 47 - / - - / - - / / - - / - - / - Carolyn Lewenber g 1 / 4 5 / 3 4 / 4 9 / / 34 1 / 3 5 / 7 Samantha Lewenber g 25 / DQF - / - - / - - / / - - / - - / - Molly Lyon 6 / / / DNF 11 / DNF / DNF 12 / / 11 Erica Mains 41 / / / - - / / - - / - - / - Angela Nichols 43 / 46 - / - - / - - / / - - / - - / - Lisbet Rauh 19 / / DNF 25 / / DNF / / - 25 / - Nikki Smith DNF / 1 19 / 1 24 / 2 10 / DNF 6 DNF DNF / 32 9 / 1 9 / 3 Overall Team Finish 1 / 1 4 / 1 1 / 2 3 / / 9 1 / 1 3 / 1 NOTE: The first score indicates place in the slalom event. The second score indicates place in the giant slalom event. The five skiers per team with the fastest times in each event earn points.

5 Head Coach / Rosters 2004 MEN S ROSTER Name Cl. Hometown High School USSA Points (SL / GS) Patrick Bachant So. Hubbardston, Mass. Stratton Mountain 85 / 97 Nathan Barr Sr. Acton, Mass. Acton 179 / 155 Kevin Collins Jr. North Reading, Mass. St. John s Prep 113 / 151 Marc Epstein So. Carlisle, Mass. Green Mountain Valley 106 / 115 Beau Gibson * Sr. Oakland, Md. Killington Mountain 53 / 56 Jon Gray Jr. Glendale, Mass. Monument Mountain 99 / 98 Rush Hawkins Fr. Shelbourne, Mass. Stratton Mountain 86 / 55 Patrick Kelly So. Dracut, Mass. St. John s Prep 125 / 159 David Klinger Fr. Shelbourne Falls, Mass. Stratton Mountain 292 / 267 David Pomeroy * Sr. Winthrop, Mass. Winthrop 78 / 72 * Captains Head Coach : Kenneth Thoman, first season Assistant Coach : William MacConnell (Massachusetts, 43) 43rd season Assistant Coach: Nicholas Rufe (Massachusetts, 02) first season COACHING STAFF Head Coach Kenneth Thoman A highly successful skier in his own right, head coach Kenneth Thoman enters his first season at the helm of the UMass ski program. A native of Lebanon, Ohio, Thoman was a three-time captain for the Minutemen and a USCSA All-America selection in 2002, finishing eighth in the USCSA national competition. He was also a four-time all-conference selection. Thoman inherits a squad coming off a tremendous year that saw the women win the USCSA National Championship and the men place fifth out of 12 teams. Additionally, the women won the 2003 USCSA Eastern Regionals and the MacConnell Conference, while the men s team placed second out of 10 teams at the USCSA Regionals and third out of nine teams in the conference. Thoman, who is completing his bachelor s degree in exercise science at UMass, with a concentration on the physiology and biomechanics of ski racing, was named head coach on Sept. 1, He follows Igor Vanovac who left after two seasons at UMass to accept a full time position as the Director of Ski Racing for the Diamond Peak ski area in Lake Tahoe, Calif. Thoman is single and resides in Amherst. Assistant Coach William MacConnell After 40 seasons at the helm of the UMass ski program (thru 2001), William MacConnel l enters his 43rd season with the UMass Ski Program as he continues to assist the squad. During his head coaching tenure, MacConnell produced 18 Eastern College Ski Conference championships for the men s team and 12 on the women s side. MacConnell graduated from UMass in 1943 and earned a master s degree from Yale in Bill was a longtime UMass professor in the Forestry and Wildlife department, a position he had held since 1948, and is currently on a post-retirement appointment. He resides in Amherst. Assistant Coach Nichols Rufe Entering his first season with the UMass Ski program, Rufe was a 2002 HRTA graduate from UMass. During his undergrad time, he was a four-year memeber of the UMass Ski Team. During the season, Rufe worked with the race department of the Vail Corp. (Vail, Colo.), coached racing, helped run the 2002 World Cup Race at Beaver Creek and the NASTAR course at Vail WOMEN S ROSTER Name Cl. Hometown High School USSA Points (SL / GS) Christine Anderson Fr. Putnam Valley, N.Y. Carmel 159 / 136 Jen Barranger Fr. Lanesboro,Mass. Mount Greylock 121 / 95 Shaleighne Collins So. North Reading, Mass. North Reading 134 / 126 Caitlin Doughty So. North Quincy North Quincy 113 / 89 Kelly Early * Sr. Shrewsbury, Mass. Shrewsbury 174 / 208 Alison Fischer Jr. Midland Park, N.J. Midland Park 160 / 150 Samantha Lewenberg So. Natick, Mass. Natick 159 / 201 Erica Mains * So. Hudson, Mass. Hudson 180 / 158 Ashley Maxfield Fr. Craftsbury Common, Vt. Burke Mountain Aca. / Craftsbury Aca. 64 / 49 Jaime McCauley Fr. East Longmeadow, Mass. East Longmeadow 249 / 228 Angela Nichols Jr. Winthrop, Mass. Winthrop 220 / 256 Lisbet Rauh So. Princeton, Mass. Wachusett Regional 126 / 136 * Captains Head Coach : Kenneth Thoman, first season Assistant Coach : William MacConnell (Massachusetts, 43) 43rd season Assistant Coach: Nicholas Rufe (Massachusetts, 02) first season

The University of Massachusetts Quick Facts The enrollment at the University of Massachusetts is approximately 22,812 with 17,678 undergraduates and 5,134 graduate students.

The University offers nearly 100 bachelor s degree programs, six associate degree programs, 68 master s programs and 50 doctoral programs.

6 The University of Massachusetts Quick Facts The enrollment at the University of Massachusetts is approximately 22,812 with 17,678 undergraduates and 5,134 graduate students. Massachusetts is the largest public research campus in New England. Forty-seven percent of the classes offered at UMass have 20 or fewer students. The University offers nearly 100 bachelor s degree programs, six associate degree programs, 68 master s programs and 50 doctoral programs. The University s library system is the largest at any state-supported institution in New England, with more than three million books, periodicals and government documents. The Amherst campus is the flagship campus of the five-campus UMass system. Other undergraduate campuses are located in Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell. The UMass Medical School is located in Worcester. As part of the Five College Consortium, UMass students, at no extra cost, may take up to three courses per semester at any of the other schools (Hampshire, Smith, Amherst and Mount Holyoke colleges). A free bus system makes it easy for students to travel from campus to campus. Description The University of Massachusetts is a coeducational, nationally-ranked research institution located in a beautiful, culturally rich New England town surrounded by hills, forests, lakes and meadows, just a few hours from Boston and New York City. Former Students UMass alumni have achieved distinction in virtually every field and are an impressive and diverse group. They include Jack Welch, former president of General Electric Co., and Jack Smith, president of General Motors; entertainer Bill Cosby; actors Richard Gere, Bill Pullman and Tsidii Le Loka; singer Natalie Cole; authors William Manchester, Paul Thoreaux, Valerie Martin and Brett Lott; former Boston Celtics head coach Rick Pitino; and Olympians Briana Scurry (soccer) and Danielle Henderson (softball). Many graduates also continue their education at some of the most prestigious graduate and professional schools in the world. Top Faculty In recent years, UMass faculty members have won an impressive array of the world s most prestigious awards, including: the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize; the National Book Award for Poetry; the Tanner Prize for Poetry; the American Book Award for Fiction; the Draper Award in Engineering; and numerous MacArthur, Guggenheim, Sloan, Woodrow Wilson and Fulbright Fellowships. Faculty member Lynn Margulis has been named one of the 100 most influential scientists in history for her work on symbiosis theory. And the UMass faculty love to teach. In any given year, about 90 percent of regular faculty do some teaching of undergraduate students. The student / faculty ratio is 18:1. General University Information Location Amherst, Mass., Founded Enrollment ,812 (17,678 undergraduate; 5,134 graduate) Nickname Minutemen, UMass Colors Maroon & White National Affiliation NCAA Division I, USCSA Conference Eastern College Ski Conference University Information Phone (413) Admissions (413) Financial Aid (413) Health Services (413) Housing (413) Registrar (413) Visitor's Center (413) UMass Athletic Success UMass has captured the Atlantic 10 Commissioner s Cup in six of the past eight years, including Massachusetts won nine conference titles during the academic year. Sixty-three teams have advanced to the NCAA Tournament in the past seven years. UMass has led the Atlantic 10 in Academic All-Conference selections in seven of the past eight years, including a league leading 30 picks in UMass was one of 20 institutions named to the 2002 U.S. News & World Report College Sports Honor Roll. Six times in the nine-year history of the Sears Director s Cup all-sports sweepstakes, UMass has finished among the nation s top 10 programs. US News & World Repor t ranked UMass among the nation s top public universities in 2002.

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2006 UMass Skiing UMass Skiing TEAM INFORMATION Justin ROULEAU Head Coach Massachusetts 98 Justin Rouleau enters his first season at UMass as the men s and women s skiing head coach. Rouleau, who received