The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/club_sports_spotlight/)
“It’s really an addiction,” Merrick Word-Brown said. “Every day after practice we analyze film [and] we work on making adjustments that will lead to bigger improvements down the road.”
Despite record snowfall on the West Coast this winter, Cornell’s Alpine Ski Team competed at the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association’s national championship in Mammoth Mountain, California in early March.
Earlier this month, a Cornell athlete won an individual National Championship that wasn’t nearly as advertised as most varsity sports. Nordic Skiing’s senior Melinda McAleese captured the U.S. Collegiate Skiing Association’s top honor when she earned an overall first-place score at Nationals. McAleese won two of three events at Nationals, which were held in Winter Park, Colorado.