At their fourth regular season race on Jan. 30, the Wilton High School ski team secured a strong second-place finish in the Connecticut Interscholastic Ski League (CISL) competition. The Warriors also took time to honor their eight seniors: Hudson Hagmann, Claudia La Orden Oro, Paige Leung, Kellogg Pettibone, Georgia Polito, Will Soucy, Lora Stanicheva, and Merrick Thompson.
The Warrior boys were led by junior captain Cooper Buchicchio, who placed third out of 111 skiers with a combined two-run time of 42.71 seconds. Senior captain Hudson Hagmann followed closely in fifth place with a time of 43.38 seconds. Additional top finishes came from junior Mason Behar (20th; 48.01), junior Theo Satrazemis (27th; 54.12), junior Kieran Wiseman (29th; 49.83), sophomore Sean Raftery (33rd; 50.48), freshman Benjamin Behar (46th; 51.9), senior Will Soucy (55th; 53.16), junior Henri Allemand (69th; 55.21), and sophomore Kevin Berghaus (81st;m58.30).
On the girls’ side, senior captain Paige Leung led the way with a sixth-place finish out of 120 skiers in 45.53 seconds. Freshman Olivia Edwards finished 10th with a time of 46.15, followed by senior Kellogg Pettibone (13th; 46.83), junior Polina Popova (22nd; 48.84), senior captain Georgia Polito (23rd; 49.40), freshman Maggie Buchicchio (32nd; 50.37), senior Claudia La Orden Oro (34th; 50.52), junior Lyla Theoharides (37th; 50.81), sophomore Nola Levy (38th; 50.88), and freshmen Siena Buchicchio (40th; 51.29) and Parker Pettibone (41st; 51.30).
Photo caption [credit: Gretchen McMahon Photography]:
Wilton High’s ski team celebrated its seniors and a second-place finish on Jan. 30 at its fourth race of the season. Pictured left to right: Will Soucy, Merrick Thompson, captains Hudson Hagmann, Paige Leung, and Georgia Polito, Lora Stanicheva, Claudia La Orden Oro, and Kellogg Pettibone.