DAY 1 – Williams Places Fifth in Home Carnival

Williams College Carnival

Photo Galleries by Kris Dobie:

Williams Men Nordic
Williams Women Nordic
Williams Alpine

Complete results for all EISA events here.


Team Scores

1. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE DAR 309.0
2. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MID 292.0
3. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT UVM 288.5
4. UNIV OF NEW HAMPSHIRE UNH 286.5
5. WILLIAMS COLLEGE WIL 241.0
6. COLBY COLLEGE CBC 238.0
7. BATES COLLEGE BAT 222.0
8. ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY SLU 143.0
9. HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAR 83.0
10. ST MICHAELS COLLEGE SMC 64.0
11. BOWDOIN COLLEGE BOW 61.0

Charles Christianson on his way to is 5th win this season/photo by Marina Knight

Williamstown, MA – The Williams College ski team placed fifth in the first day of their home carnival with a total team score of 241 points; hosted at Jiminy Peak for the Alpine races and Prospect for the Nordic races. The men’s and women’s giant slalom races were held for the Alpine team while the Nordic races included the women’s 5K freestyle and men’s 10K freestyle.

As a team, the men’s Alpine team placed fourth with 66 points. They were led by senior team captain Charles Christianson who won his 5th (out of 9) races with a first run of 50.02 and a second run time of 49.41. Eric Mann, junior, placed 17th with a first run of 51.07 and a second run of 51.22. Senior Tavis Moonan was also a top finisher for the Ephs, placing 26th with a first run of 52.31 and a second run of 51.46. Senior Evan Barrett placed 30th with a first run of 52.61 and a second run time of 52.46 while Alex Dyroff, sophomore, placed 32nd with a first run time of 53.15 and a second run of 52.22.

Top finisher for the women’s Alpine team was junior Jennah Durham, placing ninth with a first run time of 52.81 and a second run of 52.33. Kelsey Levine, sophomore, placed 13th with a first run of 52.81 and a second run time of 53.13. Sophomore Emily Porter placed 20th with a first run of 53.74 and a second run of 53.39. Kelly Kirkpatrick, junior, placed 29th with a first run of 55.22 and a second run time of 54.67. Overall, the women’s team also placed fourth with 66 points in the giant slalom race.

The men’s Nordic team placed seventh with 41 points in their 10K freestyle race. Freshman Caleb Lucy was the top finisher in the race with the Ephs, placing 23rd with a race time of 24:30.5. Alexander Taylor, sophomore, placed 27th with a race time of 24:43.5. Junior Sam Kapala, team captain, tied for 30th with Steven Bedard from University of New Hampshire with a race time of 24:51.2.

For the women’s 5K freestyle race, sophomore Alice Nelson led the top finishers with a fifth place finish and a race time of 13:06.4. Freshman Kirsten Johnson placed eleventh with a race time of 13:24.1. Alessandra DeMarchis placed 23rd with a race time of 13:45.9 and Fiona Worcester, junior, placed 28th with a race time of 14:05.1. Overall, the women’s team placed fourth with 68 points.

Currently leading the tournament is Dartmouth College with 309 points. The carnival continues tomorrow at Jiminy Peak and Prospect with the first run of the Alpine men’s slalom as well as the Nordic men’s three by three 1.5K classic relay beginning at 9:30am.

WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM
1) UVM 95.0 2) DAR 80.0 3) MID 75.0 4) WIL 66.0 5) UNH 65.0 6) CBC 53.0 7) BAT 48.0 8) SLU 33.0 9) SMC 23.0 10) HAR 17.0

MEN'S GIANT SLALOM
1) UVM 89.5 2) UNH 87.5 3) MID 73.0 4) WIL 66.0 5) CBC 62.0 6) DAR 58.0 7) BAT 45.0 8) SMC 30.0 9) SLU 25.0 10) HAR 19.0

WOMEN'S 5K FS
1) DAR 92.0 2) UNH 82.0 3) UVM 71.0 4) WIL 68.0 5) MID 66.0 6) BAT 50.0 7) SLU 47.0 8) CBC 34.0 9) HAR 30.0 10) BOW 12.0
11) SMC 6.0

MEN'S 10K FS
1) CBC 89.0 2) BAT 79.0 3) DAR 79.0 4) MID 78.0 5) UNH 52.0 6) BOW 49.0 7) WIL 41.0 8) SLU 38.0 9) UVM 33.0 10) HAR 17.0
11) SMC 5.0

Women’s Giant Slalom Complete Results
Men’s Giant Slalom Complete Results
Women’s 5K Freestyle Complete Results
Men’s 10K Freestyle Complete Results