On what was arguably the best hill surface of the season at
the Dartmouth Skiway, the women’s SL race ended with an identical podium to
that from yesterday’s GS. UVM’s Laurence St. Germaine won both runs to claim
the top overall position by a whopping three seconds over Colby’s Mardi Haskell
and Lisa Wesjoe of UNH. The top five fell into place after quite a shuffle after
many of the front skiers from first run failed to finish. Randa Teschner finished fourth for the second day in a row, only 0.04 behind her teammate Wesjoe
with the third fastest second run. Williams Hannah Hunsaker had her best finish
of the season in fifth, and UNH’s Genevieve Frigon ended in the sixth position.
With Frigon, Teschner, and Wesjoe all in the top 6, UNH women dominated the team
standings and ended the day 27 points over second place Colby. Plymouth State’s Freydis Einarsdotter’s fast
first run landed her the seventh place finish, just ahead of Dartmouth duo Hannah
Melinchuk and Kelly Moore. Bates’ Kelsey Chenoweth had a strong day for the Bobcats
in tenth, only 0.90 seconds behind fourth place. It was also a good day for Dartmouth’s Libby
Gibson and Middlebury’s Lexi Calcagni, who jumped from start positions 41 and
57 to the fifteenth and sixteenth positions respectively.
A Vermont Catamount once again climbed to the top of the
podium in the men’s race as Dom Garand won his first EISA SL race of the year
by only 0.05 seconds over Dartmouth’s Brian McLaughlin. Mclaughlin won the
second run, and his teammate Robert Overing capped a great day for the Darmouth
men by finishing fourth. Dartmouth won the men's SL team standings by only 6 points
over UVM. Middlebury’s Colin Hayes had his best finish of the year in fourth,
and UNH’s Philippe Rivet finished fifth in another tight men’s race. Only one
second separated the top 12 racers, and the top 18 were all within 2 seconds of
Garand. Saint Michael’s talisman Purple Knight Guillaume Grand once again punched in another
top 10 result in sixth, and Middlebury’s Rob Cone added to his second place in
the GS with a seventh in today’s SL. UVM’s Max Roeisland finished eighth to
help UVM claim the team overall win for the entire carnival. Behind Roeisland
came a flurry of skiers improving on their start positions. UNH’s Jay Ogle
finished ninth from bib 22, Williams’ Bryan Bailey had his first top 10 result
from bib 25, UVM’s Griffin Brown jumped from 25 to 11, and Plymouth State’s
Jonathan Kellock finished twelfth from bib 27.
Looking forward to next weekend’s Williams carnival, will UVM
claim their second carnival in a row? Will Dartmouth once again triumph, or
might we see a new name at the top of the overall team standings? Make sure to
tune back in on February 19 and 20 as the alpine circuit travels to Jiminy Peak
and Berkshire East.
