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A year after winning a state title, Ely’s Zoe Devine made the big jump to the collegiate ranks.
The former Timberwolf was part of the Nordic skiing team this winter at Saint Michael’s College, located in Colchester, Vermont.
She closed out her freshman campaign by leading her team at an event held at Middlebury College.
Devine had the best performance of any Saint Michael’s women’s skier at an event that doubled both as the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association Championship and an NCAA qualifier.
In a mass start, 18-kilometer classic race, Devine paced the Purple Knights and wound up 28th overall with a time of 1:04:06.6.
At the same February event, held in Ripton, Vermont, Devine was 43rd in a 7.5K freestyle race in 27:58.5. That same month, at the Williams College Carnival at Prospect Mountain, Devine teamed with two other Purple Knights to place seventh in a three-by-five K freestyle relay. Their time was 50:10.1.
It was the first time Saint Michael’s had a relay as high as seventh place at that event since 1998.
Devine moved on to Saint Michael’s after winning a state championship in her senior season for the Nordic Wolves. She was a three-time all-state honoree and a fivetime state qualifier.
Devine was also a standout in cross country and track, advancing to state in cross country four times and winning varsity letters in both sports from her seventh- grade season on.
