The Atlantic Holiday Meet aka the Snowstorm Classic was held the weekend of December 11 – 12 in Portsmouth, NH. Knowing this meet was being held one week earlier than usual many of us were lulled into a false sense of security thinking the weekend would be uneventful weather wise; and our horror stories of driving to this meet every year in a blizzard could go untold this year.
Well, now we know it's not the date, it's Tony! Well maybe not Tony, but the aura of the meet. This year the Level 4s were the unlucky group in the 8 AM slot and faced the most treacherous driving conditions – and treacherous they were! The icy, wet conditions caused a driving nightmare! News reports said more than 100 cars slid off icy roads across southern New Hampshire on Sunday morning. The roads were just completely a sheet of ice. Fire apparatus, emergency vehicles, and D.O.T. trucks went off the road. Even the salt trucks were going sideways causing Transportation Officials to close part of Route 101 because conditions were so bad! Interstate 93 in the Salem-Windham area also closed because of a multi-vehicle crash.
Despite all this, the OTW Teams made it to the meet and performed well. The scores that were submitted are listed below. The placements indicate "None" if the placements were not submitted with the scores.
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