U16 Eastern Championships at Whiteface

Whiteface welcomed 19 BMA athletes to the U16 Eastern Championships last week. BMA women took three of the top ten spots in Super G with Isabel in 4th, Lizzy in 5th and Gigi in 9th, Connor Marschke jumped 70 spots from bib 80 to 19th place and recieved the Hard Charger Award. In the GS Burke men and women each took three of the top ten spots with Isabel in 2nd  Tatum in 6th and Lizzy in 7th, Will was in 5th place with Fredi in 7th and Shamus in 10th.  Will won gold in the men's SLand Fredi won bronze. The women's SL saw Megan in 5th, Tatum in 7th and Lizzy in 9th. Seven of them are now competing at the Can-Ams at Stowe- (Shamus, Cole, Gigi, Avery, Parker, McKenna and Annie) and six more (Will, Fredi, Isabel, Lizzy, Tatum and Megan) will move on to compete at U16 Nationals next week at Sugarloaf.  

In addition to congratulating the Burkies on their athletic achievements, they also recieved compliments on their show of community spirit and work ethic. Alumnus Taylor Kahl, who was at the event coaching a group of athletes from his home state of NJ wrote "I watched the Burke boys line the bottom of the Women’s GS course waiting for the arrival of their classmates. They screamed at the top of their lungs until their voices were hoarse, treating the success of their teammates as if it were their own. They congratulated each other with loud jeers and pats on the back, as Burke kids have done for generations now. Directly after the race I went to the top to helpm pull fence, only to see a mixture of coaches and blue coats scattered out on the hill. I almost had to wrestle a fence away from two young Burkies just so that I could roll one of my own...I guess rolling fences has become ingrained in the Burke Community as well." Well done Burkies!

SG-Gigi 9, Isabel 4

SG continued-Lizzy 5

Connor-Hard Charger award

GS-Isabel with silver

 

GS continued-Tatum 6, Lizzy 7

GS-Will 5, Fredi, 7, Shamus 10

SL-Will gold, Fredi bronze

Overall- Isabel bronze

Overall-Will silver