Bates Alpine

Rogan Connell

HEAD COACH ALPINE SKIING
Rogan Connell

Rogan Connell has been the head alpine coach at Bates since the 2001-2002 season, making this his 9th full year at the helm. The program has undergone consistent changes for the better since his arrival, be it through the gaining of top recruits for each upcoming season or the further, continuous development of his present athletes. In 2005 Connell was named EISA Coach of the Year.

Before coming to Bates, Connell was the Director of Skiing at St. Michaels College for two seasons. He was also the assistant head coach at Ford Sayre Academy in Hanover, NH, where he coached Roger Brown, who was yet to both become an NCAA All-American as well as a US Ski Team member.

Before his coaching career, Connell attended the University of New Hampshire. He graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts in Earth Science, in addition to being a two time letter winner for UNH Alpine Skiing.

Email: rconnell@bates.edu

Office Phone: 207.786.6346

Dan Loman

ASSISTANT COACH ALPINE SKIING
Dan Loman

Loman begins his second season as the Assistant Alpine Ski Coach after graduating from Bates in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. In his time as a 4 year letter winner for Bates Skiing he competed in the 2007 NCAA championships and as a senior was named captain.

This season Loman looks to aid the Bates Alpine team with a fresh eye. He hopes that by being fresh out of the system he will be able to provide valuable input in the ever-changing sport. Loman will also be skiing competitvely this year, in many cases racing alongside/against his athletes. He anticipates the added level of competition will benefit everyone involved.

Before his times at Bates, Loman attended Killington Mountain School.

Email: dloman@bates.edu

Office Phone: 207.755.6346

Lauren McAllister

STUDENT ASSISTANT / TEAM MANAGER
Lauren McAllister

McAllister begins this year in a new role. Due to some unfortunate head injuries she has been sidelined from racing, but because of her desire to remain with the team and our reluctance to lose such a strong leader and great helper, she is back with us as a student assistant/team manager.

She was also named a co-captain of the team this year and has already shown that she is prepared to guide the underclassmen both on and off the hill throughout the season.

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

First race of the year

After a great camp at Mt Hood and great week of training back home at
Sunday River the team had it's first race of the season, a USSA SL at
Sugarloaf. The entire men's team along with assistant coach Dan Loman
and a handful of the women's team (missing were the seniors who were
finishing up their senior thesis) got their first start of the season.
While the men had a few too many DNF's there was still some very fast
skiing led by Coach Loman with the win over Vincent Lebrun-Fortin of
Colby. Ross Brockman struggled a bit on the first run but put down a
fast second run that was with in a couple of tenths of Lebrun-Fortin who
was a Carnival slalom winner last year. On the women's side sophomore
Micaela Holland and first-year Kristin Waddle paced the women finishing
2nd and 3rd respectively. This week the team has a busy week as they
finish up final exams and get ready for a couple of USSA GS starts
followed by the start of the Eastern Cup FIS series on December 19th at
Sunday River (women) and Sugarloaf (men). Full results can be seen at
the links below -

https://www.skimara.org/SeededResults/120608M.txt
https://www.skimara.org/SeededResults/120608W.txt