The carnival was combined with the high level domestic Super Tour series, and an Eastern junior National qualifier. Functionally what this means, is that most of the best racers in America (not currently racing in Europe) were out at Craftsbury for classic sprints on Friday and an interval start distance skate on Saturday.
Lucy had two excellent races, just missing the heats on Friday by half a second. Although given the expanded national caliber field (several Olympians) many strong collegians did not make the quarterfinals. For instance, Lucy who finished 31st edged out Middlebury's Sophia Laukli ( Saturday's winner) in the sprint.
On Saturday's 5k skate, Lucy was in the top 15, and was 11 seconds closer to the winner than the previous week. Keeping our fingers crossed, but Lucy is still on track to make the 16 women Eastern squad that will compete in the NCAA Championships in March. Another interesting note, is that the SLU women finished fourth overall today ... and their season goal is to make it on to the podium this year ...for the first time ever?
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