FABIUS -- Juniors JP Phaneuf (Montreal, QUE) and Sophie LeBlanc (Cumberland, ME) opened the 2011 season by pacing the Clarkson Univeristy Alpine Ski team to a pair of wide-margin victories Saturday afternoon at the Colgate Invitational held at Toggenburg Mountain.

The Knights took no break on Sunday, either, again sweeping through the field to claim their first title of the season.

Both the Golden Knights men's and women's teams took first among seven teams in the slalom event at Toggenburg. Clarkson's men combined to take first by more than 33 seconds total, while the women held a 27-second lead over the second-place squad.

On Sunday, the Golden Knights' leads were somewhat more dramatic, but the margins were still significant. Clarkson's men won the giant slalom by just under 15 seconds, while the women won with a 10-second gap.

P Phaneuf was the combined slalom winner with a time of 1:24.37 in two runs down Toggenburg, while classmate Cedrik Proteau-Dubois (Ste. Adele, QUE) was second in 1:25.26.

Another junior, John Bennett (Queensbury, NY), took third in 1:27.78. Freshman Christian Perryman (West Lebanon, NH) marked his collegiate debut with a sixth-place finish, while last season's first-year sensation David Simon (Montvale, NJ) came in 13th. Simon's first run wasn't his best, but his second run of 43.85 was the best performance of any skier on the course.

The Clarkson men took the first three spots in the overall standings on Saturday, and the Golden Knight women did them one better by taking the top four spots. LeBlanc paced the field with a time of 1:31.44, while freshman Sarah Shafer (Petoskey, MI) took second in 1:33.54.

The next two Clarkson skiers finished one-tenth of a second or closer to Shafer, with junior Jill Clevenger (LaGrangeville, NY) taking third in 1:33.60 and senior Meghan Cleason (Canandaigua, NY) finishing fourth in 1:33.64. Shafer's classmate Emilie Garand (Yarmouth, ME) placed sixth in 1:38.39.

On Sunday, LeBlanc again took first, winning both runs in the giant slalom for a combined time of 1:26.47. Clevenger improved her standing by finishing second in 1:29.65, while Cleason also jumped a spot to third in 1:31.83.

Garand came in sixth overall again, and Shafer's rough first run pushed her to 32nd.

For the men, Perryman showed why he was a top recruit for the Golden Knights, winning the giant slalom in 1:22.29.

Proteau-Dubois was 62-hundredths of a second behind in second, and Phaneuf took third.

David Simon improved upon his opening day performance with a fifth-place finish in the giant slalom. Connor O'Toole (Owasco, NY) rounded out Clarkson's top skiers with a sixth-place showing in 1:26.47.