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2022-23 Skiing Roster

Jack Despres

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Waitsfield, Vt.
  • High School Green Mountain Valley School
  • Position Alpine
  • Concentration Economics
  • House Affiliation Mather

Biography

Best Finish: 10th (giant slalom) at 2023 Harvard Carnival

Senior (2022-23)
Co-captain of the 2022-23 alpine team ... Appeared in five carnivals for the Crimson ... At the Bates Carnival (Jan. 12-13): Placed 18th in the giant slalom ... At the UNH Carnival (Jan. 27-28): Placed 20th in the giant slalom and 41st in the slalom ... At the Harvard Carnival (Feb. 10-11): Placed a career best 10th in the giant slalom and 60th in the slalom ...  At the Williams Carnival (Feb. 17-18): Placed 16th in the giant slalom ... At the St. Lawrence Carnival (Feb. 24-25): Placed 28th in the giant slalom and 40th in the slalom.

Junior (2021-22)
Co-captain of the 2021-22 alpine team ... Earned USCSCA All-Academic Ski Team accolades ... Appeared in five carnivals for the Crimson ... At the Colby Carnival (Jan. 14-15): Career-best 11th-place finish (29) in the giant slalom and 38th (11 points) in the slalom, collecting 40 points ... At the Saint Michael's Carnival (Jan. 21-22): Placed 19th (21 points) in the giant slalom and 42nd in the slalom (7 points), collecting 28 points...At the Dartmouth Carnival (Feb. 11-12): Placed 41st in the slalom, collecting seven points...At the Middlebury Carnival (Feb. 18-19): Placed 33rd in the Individual NCAA qualifier giant slalom on Sunday...At the UNH Carnival/EISA Regionals (Feb. 25-26): DNF in the slalom and giant slalom.

Sophomore (2019-20)
Named to the USCSCA All-Academic Team...Appeared in all six carnivals for the Crimson...At the Harvard carnival (Jan. 17-18): Collected 34 points in the opening carnival of the season, placing 23rd (22) in the giant slalom and 34th (12) in the slalom...At the UVM Carnival (Jan. 24-25): Notched a 25th (17) place finish and a 34th (13) place finish in the slalom and giant slalom...At the Colby Carnival (Jan.31-Feb.1): DNF in the slalom, before placing 13th in the giant slalom, collecting 29 points...At the Bates Carnival (Feb. 7-8): DNF in the slalom before recording a 14th place finish and collecting 26 points in the giant slalom...At the Williams Carnival (Feb. 14-15): Placed 36th in the slalom and 26th in the giant slalom, collecting 31 points between the two events...At the Middlebury Carnival/EISA (Feb.28-29): DNF in the slalom before recording a 40th place finish in the giant slalom (10).

First-year (2018-19)
Appeared at all six carnivals for the Crimson...At the St. Lawrence Carnival (Jan. 11-13): Contested the first run of the giant slalom with a time of 1:08.22, but DNF'd on the second run...At the UNH Carnival (Jan. 18-19): Placed 21st in the giant slalom with a time of 2:13.04, but DNF'd in the slalom...At the UVM Carnival (Feb. 1-2): Placed 22nd in the giant slalom with a time of 2:08.46, then contested the first run of the slalom in a time of 57.93, but DNF'd on the second run...At the Dartmouth Carnival (Feb. 8-9): DNF'd in the slalom...At the Middlebury Carnival (Feb. 15-16): Finished 48th in the giant slalom with a time of 2:11.63, before placing 52nd in the slalom with a time of 1:45.91...At the Bates Carnival/EISA Regionals (Feb. 22-23): Placed 35th in the giant slalom off a time of 2:41.56, before taking 52nd in the slalom with a time of 2:04.93. 

Before Harvard:
Member of Green Mountain Valley School Club... Competed on the lacrosse, soccer, and alpine skiing teams while at Green Mountain Valley School…Member of the Vermont All-state lacrosse team…Qualified and competed in the U16, U18 and U19 Alpine National Championships…Qualified and competed in the US Alpine Junior and Senior National Championships…Ranked fifth in downhill, sixth in Super-G, and eighth in Giant Slalom in his age group.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First-Year

    Alpine
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Alpine
  • C

    2021-22Junior

    Alpine
    C
  • C

    2022-23Senior

    Alpine
    C