“We did really well in the first run but we made mistakes in the second run which cost Kelly to not finish and impacted my time as well,” Gibson said.
The seasoned alpine skier remained optimistic, however.
“The race was a really promising thing to build onto for the race next week, and it gave us a little bit of confidence. I think we’re in a much better position right now than we were a week ago,” she said.
After suffering from a lack of practices due to unusually low levels of snow, the team has felt improvement from the better snow conditions.
“Hopefully these extra inches that we just got will allow us to get on to more terrain, and that will be a lot more fun and challenging for us,” Hampton said.
—Staff writer Jamie Chen can be reached at jamiechen@college.harvard.edu