WARREN, Vt. – The Castleton University men's alpine ski team returned to action on Monday for a pair of FIS giant slalom races at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vt.

Paul Rechberger paced the Spartans in the morning session with a 26th-place finish, before improving upon his result in the afternoon with a 14th-place result in the day's second race. Lorenzo Mencaccini redeemed a morning DNF with an 11th-place finish in the afternoon race to lead the team in the day's second session.

Rechberger rode times of 1:02.71 and 1:03.23 to a combined time of 2:05.94 in the morning, good for a share of 26th position on the leaderboard. Christopher Kerven finished 59th for the Spartans in the day's first race, posting times of 1:04.58 and 1:06.48 for a combined 2:11.06. Carl Setterstrom and Christian Meyer were the only other finishers for Castleton in the day's opening race, finishing with times of 2:13.49 and 2:17.10, respectively.

Mencaccini bounced back from a tough opening race with a pair of speedy runs in the afternoon. The rookie from Italy laid down times of 1:00.56 and 1:00.72 for a total time of 2:01.28, earning a share of 11th place. His time was just 1.62 seconds off the lead. Rechberger put together two more solid runs in the afternoon, clocking in at 1:00.25 and 1:01.05 for a 14th-place time of 2:01.30, just .02 seconds behind Mencaccini. Kerven and Meyer rounded out Castleton's finishers in the race with times of 2:08.13 and 2:13.65, respectively.

The Spartans are back in action on Wednesday at Sugarbush for two FIS Slalom races. The first race begins at 9 a.m.