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Williamstown, MA-- Sometimes margins are large.
Sometimes they are small. Sometimes they are astoundingly small.
Today Dartmouth overcame an almost sixty point deficit behind the
University of Vermont to win by a mere two points over the
Catamounts.
The day was an overcast one like the day proceeding but that
didn’t dampen the crowd’s spirits. The warmer
temperatures also made spectating quite nice, both on the alpine
hill and the Nordic venue where large crowds turned out to watch
some of the finest skiers in the east do what they do best; ski
fast.
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Vermont's Megan Ryley |
Skiing fast was
what Colby Senior Joshua Kernan did particularly well in the
Men’s Slalom race, winning his first carnival race with
a time of 1:28.58. Following him was the University of New
Hampshire’s Paul Atkinson showing a fine turn of speed with a
time of 1:28.82. Following in third place was Kernan’s Colby
teammate Vince Lebrun-Fortin posting a time of 1:29.17. For the
Women’s Slalom, Megan Ryley notched yet another win on her
resumé clocking a 1:31:41 with Dartmouth’s Annie
Rendall following in second with a 1:32.07 and Middlebury’s
Nicole Dvorak clocking third with a 1:32.75.
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| Vermont's Franz Bernstein |
Top honors in
the Women’s 5k skate went to Dartmouth’s Ida Sargent
who skied another blistering winning time of 15 minutes and 37
seconds. Second place went to the University of Vermont’s
Caitlin Patterson who pulled in a 16 minutes and 25 second time.
Following for third was Dartmouth skier Sophie Caldwell who was a
mere second back with a time of 16 minutes and 26 seconds. On the
men’s side it was Dartmouth’s Eric Packer who claimed
the win with a time of 26 minutes and 10 seconds. Following was
Colby’s Wyatt Fereday who slipped into second by just a mere
second with his time reading 26 minutes and 11 seconds.
Dartmouth’s Patrick O’Brien wasn’t far out either
with a time of 26 minutes and 14 seconds for third.First in the
school count was Dartmouth with 892 points while the University of
Vermont was a mere two points behind with 890 points to claim
second. The University of New Hampshire regained its third spot
placing with 705 total points while Williams took fourth with 685
points and Middlebury gained the auspicious total of 666 points for
fifth.
For the Williams ski team, the home snow proved to be enough
to get them over the fifth place barrier that has faced them all
season.Hauling the most points (101) on day two was the men’s
nordic team, who placed third in the 10km skate race. The team put
two in the top-5- a first- with Dimitri Luthi in 4th and Alex
Taylor in 5th. Junior Evan Dethier completed the scoring, placing
21st. For Luthi and Taylor, the top-5s give them valuable NCAA
qualifying points going into the EISA championships.
After a third place finish yesterday, the women’s nordic team was not quite as sharp on day two. Junior Sarah Tory was the team’s top scorer, placing 16th. This was Tory’s 2nd straight top-20 finish. Alice Nelson, who finished 5th yesterday, was 19th, with junior Kirsten Johnson (8th yesterday) finishing in 25th. This gave the women 72 points on the day, good enough for fifth place.
For the alpine men, today was better than yesterday. Captain Alex Dyroff charged to a 16th place finish, followed by freshman Chris Nocek in 21st. Jeff Putnam, who had consistently been skiing in the top-25 until last week, appears to be back on track, posting a 23rd in today’s slalom. Also of note was Charles Christianson ’08 who placed second in the slalom, racing unaffiliated. The men’s team scored 65 points en route to a 7th place finish.
The women’s alpine team continued it’s strong 2010 campaign, contributing 92 points. Leading the way was sophomore Laurel Carter, who finished 6th, just 7 hundredths out of the top 5. Not far behind in 9th was freshman Geordie Lonza, followed by Emily Porter in 17th. Heading into the EISA championships, the women’s team is in good standing to bring the maximum of three competitors to NCAAs.
Join us next week for the Eastern Championship and last carnival, held at Middlebury’s Rikert Touring center and Snowbowl Venues. This is it. UVM has one last shot at unseating Dartmouth’s streak. Dartmouth will be determined not to let it happen. Watch out, both teams will be out for blood next weekend.
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