Dunleavy the second best in Division III in NCAA giant slalom Bates first-year Avril Dunleavy’s top-notch second run made her the second-best performer from a Division III school on Thursday, in the giant slalom portion of the NCAA National Collegiate Skiing Championships at Bridger Bowl.

Jones, Dunleavy, Hayes earn NCAA Skiing Championships bids Senior Alex Jones and first-years Avril Dunleavy and Emily Hayes will represent the Bates alpine ski team at the NCAA Skiing Championships in Bozeman, Mont.

Fitzpatrick ’15 places eighth in giant slalom at NCAA East Championship Katie Fitzpatrick had her best carnival races to date, finishing eighth among 69 skiers to lead the Bates alpine ski team in the giant slaloms at the NCAA East Region Championship on Saturday.

Rookies again lead alpine team at Williams Carnival It was another strong day for the Bates women’s alpine ski team’s exceptional first-year class at Saturday’s giant slalom races at the Williams Winter Carnival, held at Jiminy Peak.