Edgewise/Winterfell/EISA Leader Bibs for the UVM Carnival (Nordic)

Women's Leader

Anja Gruber - UVM

Men's Leader

Silas Talbot - DAR

Women's Leader

Anja Gruber - UVM

Men's Leader

Silas Talbot - DAR

The Edgewise/Winterfell/EISA Leader Bib is worn by the highest ranked EISA skier in each event in the current season. The season long champion in each event is awarded the Edgewise/Winterfell/EISA Leader Bib at the completion of the EISA Championship. 

EISA Skiers of the Week - UNH Carnival

Alpine
(Includes UVM SL make up race)

Lizzie Kistler DAR - 7th GS, 2nd UNH SL, 1st UVM SL

Photo: Dartmouth Athletics

Hig Roberts MID - 3rd GS, 3rd UNH SL, 3rd UVM SL

Photo: Middlebury Athletics

Nordic

Linda Danvind-Malm UVM - 2nd 5k Classic, 3rd 15k Freestyle

Photo: UVM Athletics

Silas Talbot DAR - 2nd 10k Classic, 1st 20k Freestyle

Photo: Dartmouth Athletics

Strong Performance by Dartmouth Women Bests UVM at the Delayed Conclusion of UVM Carnival Alpine Events

Lizzie Kistler of Dartmouth College, skis during the second  run of the women's slalom at the University of Vermont Carnival at Burke Mountain on January 26, 2014 in East Burke, VT. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

Dustin Satloff

EAST BURKE, VT. - Given the strength of Dartmouth’s team this year, it should not be that much of a surprise that the Dartmouth women could outscore the University of Vermont on occasion.  Sunday was that occasion at the University of Vermont Carnival, and Dartmouth’s women bested UVM, although it was not enough to pull the entire Dartmouth team ahead.  Another strong performance by UVM’s men helped secure the lead as the alpine events concluded at Burke Mountain in East Burke, VT. 

Teams raced for the third day in a row, as Sunday’s slalom represented the conclusion of the UVM Carnival that began in Stowe, VT on January 10, 2014, the second day of which had been postponed because of weather and poor course conditions.

Travis Dawson won for the fourth time this season, and teammate Dom Garand was once again the runner up.  Dawson and Garand have finished one-two three times this season, and Vermont controlled the top two spots for the fifth straight time.  Taylor Wunsch was UVM’s third scorer, finishing in fifth.  Wunsch posted the fastest time of the second run, which moved him from 24^th place into fifth.

Dominique Garand of the University of Vemont, skis during the second  run of the men's slalom at the University of Vermont Carnival at Burke Mountain on January 26, 2014 in East Burke, VT. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

UVM’s women looked to have control of the top 5 again after the conclusion of the first run.  Kate Ryley, Elise Tefre, and Kristina Riis-Johannessen sat in second, third, and fourth behind Dartmouth’s Lizzie Kistler.  Elise Tefre had trouble on the second run and fell to 34^th.  Celine Rytz, who finished in 21^st, was UVM’s third point-scorer.

Lizzie Kistler finished the first run seven-tenths of a second ahead of runner-up Kate Ryley, and took a lead into the second run for the first time in her career.  After struggling last weekend at the Colby Carnival, Kistler appears to have bounced back, finishing in the top 10 three times, including Saturday’s second-place finish and Sunday’s victory.

“I took a week to focus on training and getting my consistency back,” Kistler said.  “Colby [Carnival] was pretty rough, but it’s nice to get some confidence back going into the rest of the season.”

Sara Kikut of Dartmouth College, skis during the second  run of the women's slalom at the University of Vermont Carnival at Burke Mountain on January 26, 2014 in East Burke, VT. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

Kistler’s teammates Sara Kikut and  Maisie Ide also scored for Dartmouth, finishing sixth and ninth.  Dartmouth’s women edged out UVM in the women’s slalom, outscoring them 118 to 114.

Dartmouth’s men weren’t quite as strong, with Ben Morse as Dartmouth’s top scorer, finishing in sixth place.  Dylan brooks finished in 12^th, and Mathieu Bertrand finished in 14^th.  Robert Overing, who was Dartmouth’s largest point-scorer in each race coming into this weekend, did not finish for the third time this weekend.

Hig Roberts was on the podium for the third time of the weekend, after taking third place once again.  It is Roberts’ third straight third-place performance.  Middlebury’s men, who finished second to UVM, had three top 10 finishers. Liam Mulhern finished in seventh and Colin Hayes also scored, taking tenth position.

Randa Teschner of the University of New Hampshire, skis during the second  run of the women's slalom at the University of Vermont Carnival at Burke Mountain on January 26, 2014 in East Burke, VT. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

Randa Teschner of UNH finished in fourth place for the second straight day.  Teammate Katie Farrow also finished in the top 10, finishing in seventh.  Morgan Klein concluded UNH’s scoring, taking 14^th place.

Williams’ Shannon Campbell finished in eighth; her second straight top 10 finish.  Mardi Haskell of Colby took her first career slalom top 5 finish, and had her second straight top 10 finish.  On the men’s side, St. Lawrence's Graham Scott took his second straight top 10 finish, finishing in fourth place.

Whether it is merely cracks in the UVM armor that the Dartmouth women were able to exploit on Sunday, or whether they are a legitimate challenge to UVM’s dominance remains to be seen.  If Dartmouth is for real, however they will have show it strongly in the next three carnivals.  But if they have indeed found cracks in UVM’s armor, the cracks surely don’t seem very deep.  Only three carnivals remain including the Middlebury Carnival/EISA Championships/NCAA East Regional on February 21.  The next scheduled alpine event is the Dartmouth Carnival to be held February 7-8, 2014.

UVM Notches 10th Straight Overall Carnival Win; Dartmouth Takes 3 Nordic Team Victories

Anja Gruber (UVM) strides to another convincing victory and leads the Catamounts to their tenth overall carnival win in a row. (Photo: Ian Nesbitt/EISA)

Proverbially speaking, Dartmouth's Nordic teams won a few battles at the UNH Winter Carnival, but UVM held on to win the war.  Anja Gruber made sure of it.  Gruber glided easily to two more individual EISA wins this weekend, and has now won three of the four league competitions so far this season, easily locking in a position at the top of the ranking list for the remainder of the year.

Jorgen Grav skied comfortably to the top of the podium during Friday's 10k classic race.  Grav posted a nearly 30-second victory over the field on a frigid New Hampshire morning, asserting Gurber-esque dominance on the Jackson XC Center's signature 5k race loop.  Teammates Cole Morgan and Jack Hegman finished 4th and 5th to solidify what would be the Catamounts' only team win of the weekend.

Silas Talbot led the Big Green of Dartmouth with a second-place finish, skiing nearly identical laps to another outstanding performance in the classical discipline.  Behind him were Cam Woodworth (6th) and David Sinclair (8th).

Per Lindgren led the home UNH Wildcats to a team podium in the men's 10k classic race. (Ian Nesbitt/EISA)

Per Lindgren nabbed his first podium of the year for the UNH Wildcats and gave the home fans a show.  Lindgren, a classical specialist, was followed by Johnny Springer (14th, a career-best finish) and Eirik Fosnaes (18th) to give the Wildcats a team podium spot.

Harvard continued their impressive year with a fourth-place finish on Friday.  Chris Stock skied a blazing-fast second lap to score another 7th-place finish, nearly catching teammate Akeo Maifield-Carucci—who started just 30 seconds ahead—at the end of 10k.

Dartmouth freshman Fabian Stocek and Bates senior Jordan Buetow rounded out the top-10 on Friday.

In the women's 5k, Dartmouth took advantage of the fact that key Catamounts are currently racing overseas.  Catamount teammates Anja Gruber and Linda Danvind-Malm went 1-2, but Dartmouth placed three skiers solidly in the top-15, with Annie Hart (3rd), Corey Stock (4th) and Carly Wynn (11th) all over UVM's third scorer.

Middlebury was close behind in third, the only team to put three skiers squarely in the top 10.  Kelsey Phinney (7th), Heather Mooney (8th), and Stella Holt (9th) gave the Catamounts a run for their money on Friday.  The Panther racers nearly all skied to career-bests in EISA competition.

Bates junior Hallie Grossman scored her first EISA top-5 of the year with 5th. Kaitlynn Miller of Bowdoin was just 0.1 seconds back of Grossman in sixth, and Katrin Larusson of host UNH was tenth.

Silas Talbot (DAR) leads Patrick O'Brien, Eric Packer, and teammate Fabian Stocek into the last lap of the men's 20k freestyle. (Ian Nesbitt/EISA)

Saturday started off slightly warmer than the previous day, giving athletes, coaches, and spectators slight reprieve from Friday's subzero morning temperatures.  The men skied a fast-and-furious 20k freestyle race, with the top eight skiers all posting sub 50-minute times.

Silas Talbot of Dartmouth was 3rd on the day and first for EISA, scoring his first skate win of the year, giving him one win for each of the first two weekends.  That set the stage for the Big Green.  Following Talbot was teammate Fabian Stocek, the first podium finish of the year for the freshman out of Holderness School.  Stocek fought to gain contact with the lead pack after just a 13th-best first lap, and was just a few inches and 0.1 of a second from stealing the victory from Talbot.  David Sinclair posted another solid top-ten in seventh, rounding out the scoring for the Big Green.

Laval University of Quebec led the non-NCAA teams with second on the day, placing Frederic Touchette in 6th, David Gregoire in 14th, and Hugo Fontaine in 23rd and scoring the best team result in several years for the Red and Gold.

Lacking Scott Patterson, the Catamounts slipped a spot to third on the day, but still posted two top-5 results.  Rogan Brown climbed his first podium of the year, finishing third, and Friday's winner Jorgen Grav was fifth.

The UNH Wildcats nearly took another podium spot in the 20k skate.  Eirik Fosnaes posted his first top ten skate result of the year in tenth.  Per Lindgren and Johnny Springer both fell out of the top ten after his first lap but fought to 13th and 22nd respectively.

Akeo Maifield-Carucci was a solid 4th in his favored mass-start skate discipline and led Harvard to fifth on the day, just seven points out of second.  The one-two punch of Maifield-Carucci and Stock continues to give Harvard a foot in the door against many established powerhouse teams.

Anja Gruber leads former All-American Caitlin Patterson near the 5k mark of Saturday's race. (Ian Nesbitt/EISA)

Anja Gruber's dominance over the field was eclipsed only by former UVM Catamount Caitlin Patterson, the overall winner of Saturday's 15k skate mass-start.  Gruber led all EISA scorers again, this time by a minute and a quarter, and continues to impress greatly in all formats.  However, the win and third-place finish from teammate Linda Danvind-Malm was not quite enough to hold off Dartmouth.

Annie Hart skied to her third silver in four races for the Big Green.  Hart has once again established herself as a solid contender, but hasn't yet found the extra gear to challenge the former German National Team member Gruber.  Corey Stock and Emily Hannah finished fourth and fifth, season-best finishes for both racers.

Middlebury put up another bang-bang performance on Saturday, but this time added a fourth skier to the train and took 9th through 12th positions. Kelsey Phinney, Stella Holt, Heather Mooney, and Kaitlin Fink skied a true team race, and gave the Panther women their second team podium of the weekend.

Hallie Grossman (6th; Bates), Kaitlynn Miller (7th; Bowdoin), and Elizabeth Izzo (8th; UNH) completed the top-10 on Saturday.


EISA Nordic action heads to Stowe next week in conjunction with a SuperTour event.  Distances will be "light" and will consist of a classic sprint and 5/10k freestyle race.

Edgewise/Winterfell/EISA Leader Bibs for the UVM SL

Women's Leader

Kate Ryley - UVM

Men's Leader

Dom Garand - UVM

The Edgewise/Winterfell/EISA Leader Bib is worn by the highest ranked EISA skier in each event in the current season. The season long champion in each event is awarded the Edgewise/Winterfell/EISA Leader Bib at the completion of the EISA Championship. 

UVM Uses Strong Alpine Performances to Win UNH Carnival

Dom Garand of the University of Vermont, skis during the first run of the men's slalom at the UNH Carnival at Cannon Mountain on January 25, 2014 in Franconia, VT. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

Dustin Satloff

FRANCONIA, NH. - The University of New Hampshire hosted the slalom at a snowy, windy Cannon Mountain.  For the fifth time this season the winner of both the men’s and women’s races are from University of Vermont, however it is the first time this season that the woman is not Kate Ryley.  Elise Tefre took her first win of the season after logging the fastest time in each run.  Dom Garand won his second race of the season.  It was his first slalom win of the year.

Vermont was once again dominant.  Dom Garand and Taylor Wunsch finished one-two, with teammate Travis Dawson taking fourth place.  Fourth is Dawson’s lowest finish of the year.  Vermont, finished occupying the top two spots for the second straight race.  The strong finish helped lead Vermont’s to a 31 point slalom victory over runner-up Middlebury.

Middlebury had three men finish in the top-10.  Hig Roberts had his second podium finish of the weekend, taking third.  Ghassan Gedeon-Achi finished eighth in the slalom; it was his second top-10 finish of the weekend.  Chris McKenna rounded out the scoring for Middlebury finishing in 10^th.

Hig Roberts of Middlebury College, skis during the first run of the men's slalom at the UNH Carnival at Cannon Mountain on January 25, 2014 in Franconia, VT. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

New Hampshire, who finished only five points behind Middlebury on the men’s side performed well in their home slalom.  Coley Oliver rebounded after a rough day in the giant slalom on Friday, and finished in fifth place, right ahead of teammate Kris Hopkins.  Sam Coffey was UNH’s third point scorer, placing in 14^th.

It was a similar story for the UVM women on Saturday.  For the second time in two days, the UVM women placed 3 skiers in the top-5, and for the second time in two days Kristina Riis-Johannessen had to recover from a shaky first run to pull herself back up to a top-5 finish.  On Friday, Riis-Johannessen struggled, finishing 14^th after the first run, however a fast second run brought her up 10 spots into fourth.  The story was similar on Saturday.  Riis-Johannessen finished 14^th again and was able to pull herself back into fifth.  Elise Tefre, who posted the two fastest runs of the day leading to her first victory of the season, and first win since the Dartmouth Carnival in 2012.  Kate Ryley, who gave up her spot atop the podium to her teammate Tefre, finished in third.

Lizzie Kistler, after struggling at the Colby Carnival, gets her second podium finish of the year taking second.  Sara Kikut also placed in the top-10 for Dartmouth, finishing sixth.  Rose Caston scored for the first time in her career, finishing 20^th and rounding out Dartmouth’s scoring.  Dartmouth’s women finished in second, 26 points behind UVM.

Sara Kikut of Dartmouth College, skis during the first run of the women's slalom at the UNH Carnival at Cannon Mountain on January 25, 2014 in Franconia, VT. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

Colby’s women are continuing to perform above expectations.  Mardi Haskell and Paige Whistler both finished in the top-10, finishing in seventh and ninth respectively.  Haskell’s finish is her second top-10 of the season.  Whistler posted a new career best, and her first top-10 of her career.  Sierra Leavitt matched her career best of 17^th.  Leavitt was Colby’s third point-scorer.  Colby’s women took third in the slalom, edging UNH out by 4 points.

Mardi Haskell of Colby College, skis during the first run of the women's slalom at the UNH Carnival at Cannon Mountain on January 25, 2014 in Franconia, VT. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

UNH started off their home slalom very strong.  UNH had five skiers in the top 20 after the first run, however only two of them remained there after the second run.  Randa Teschner finished in finished in fourth, tying her best slalom finish of the season.  Morgan Klein finished in 14^th and Kelly Anne Dinapoli concluded the scoring for UNH, finishing back in 29^th.

Bates and Middlebury both placed two women in the top 20.  Yina Moe-Lange and Kara Shaw finished in 11^th and 15^th for Middlebury, while Anne Rockwell and Kelsey Chenoweth took 12^th and 19^th for Bates.

UVM wins its second carnival victory of the season scoring 953 points, beating runner-up Dartmouth who had 870 points.  This victory is a result of Vermont’s alpine dominance of the UNH Carnival.  UVM outscored Dartmouth by 149 points on the alpine side, which was vital to Vermont’s team victory.

UVM Dominates Podiums Once Again in Day One of UNH Carnival

Travis Dawson of the University of Vermont, skis during the first run of the men's giant slalom at the UNH Carnival at Attitash Mountain on January 24, 2014 in Bartlett, VT. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

Dustin Satloff

BARTLETT, NH. - Temperatures had fallen to well below zero leading up to the first run of the University of New Hampshire Carnival giant slalom, but that did not stop the University of Vermont from continuing to dominate the EISA podium.

Only six days after sweeping the podium at the Colby College Carnival slalom, UVM had a similarly dominant performance Friday.  Vermont’s women took three of the top four slots, while the UVM men seized the top two positions.

Travis Dawson topped the field once again for the third straight time, earning his second giant slalom win of the year.  Dom Garand, who has seen the podium in every race this season, finished runner-up to Dawson.  Kevin Drury, was the third point scorer for Vermont, placing 14th.  Drury, who sat in fourth place after the first run, posted a disappointing time in the second run.   The Vermont men scored 124 points, but finished ahead of Middlebury by a mere 2 points.

Travis Dawson and Dominique Garand of the University of Vermont, after the second run of the men's giant slalom at the University of New Hampshire Carnival at Attitash Mountain on January 24, 2014 in Bartlett, NH. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

UVM’s Kate Ryley won her fourth race of the season, and her third GS victory of the year.  “I’m feeling more confident in my GS than I was in preseason,” Ryley said.  “Winning today is going to grow that confidence.”  Elise Tefre finished in third, which is her best giant slalom finish of the season.  After a disappointing first run in which she finished 14^th, Kristina Riis-Johannessen posted the second fastest time of the second run, finishing behind only UVM teammate Ryley.

Kate Ryley of the University of Vermont, skis during the second run of the women's giant slalom at the UNH Carnival at Attitash Mountain on January 24, 2014 in Bartlett, VT. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

Riis-Johannessen, who was 3.35 seconds off the lead after the first run knew she was still in contention.  “I was thinking that I could move up a lot and just score as many points as I can for the team,” Riis-Johannessen said.  “I am happy with my second run.”

Middlebury showed up to race, placing three skiers in the top 10.  Hig Roberts scored for the first time this season, taking third place.  Until today, Roberts had not finished his second run in any of the prior three competitions.  Chris McKenna took fourth and Ghassan Gedeon-Achi placed sixth for Middlebury.

Yina Moe-Lange earned her first podium finish of the season, placing second in the women’s giant slalom, leading Middlebury’s women to a third-place finish as a team in the GS.  Kara Shaw and Lisa Schroer finished 13^th and 16^th to round out the scoring for Middlebury.  Middlebury currently sits in third place, 15 points ahead of the University of New Hampshire.

Dartmouth’s men struggled in the giant slalom.  Neither Robert Overing nor Ben Morse completed their runs.  Dylan Brooks and Sam Macomber both had top-10 finishes, but Dartmouth’s third scorer was Prescott McLaughlin who finished in 24^th place.

On the women’s side, Abby Fucigna had her second top 5 GS finish of the season, finishing in fifth place.  Lizzie Kistler reached the finish for the first time since the season’s opening race, and finished in seventh.  Anne Strong concluded the scoring for Dartmouth, as she finished in 12^th place. 

Abby Fucigna of Dartmouth College, skis during the second run of the women's giant slalom at the UNH Carnival at Attitash Mountain on January 24, 2014 in Bartlett, VT. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

After a slight slip-up at last week’s giant slalom, the University of Vermont has rebounded, taking 10 of the 12 podium spots since.  “We’re a really strong team this year, and it’s really exciting,” Kristina Riis-Johannessen explained.  “We all feed off of each other’s success and get better and better.”  “We all enjoy the competitiveness,” Travis Dawson concurred.  Such domination is surely not as enjoyable for UVM’s competition, who will strive to earn some demonstrable success in what appears thus far in the season to be an extremely difficult undertaking.  This weekend’s unusual three-race schedule might provide an opportunity for them should UVM’s team show any signs of fatigue; signs, however, that have not yet been shown this year.

Edgewise/Winterfell/EISA Leader Bibs for the UNH Carnival

Women's Leader

Kate Ryley - UVM

Men's Leader

Dom Garand - UVM

Women's Leader

Kate Ryley - UVM

Men's Leader

Travis Dawson - UVM

Women's Leader

Anja Gruber - UVM

Men's Leader

Silas Talbot - DAR

Women's Leader

Linda Danvind-Malm - UVM

Men's Leader

Scott Patterson - UVM

The Edgewise/Winterfell/EISA Leader Bib is worn by the highest ranked EISA skier in each event in the current season. The season long champion in each event is awarded the Edgewise/Winterfell/EISA Leader Bib at the completion of the EISA Championship. 

EISA Skiers of the Week - Colby Carnival

Alpine

Shannon Campbell WIL - 4th GS, 8th SL

Travis Dawson UVM - 1st GS, 1st SL

Nordic

Anja Gruber UVM - 1st 5k Classic, 3rd 10k Freestyle

Ben Lustgarten MID - 2nd 10k Classic, 3rd 15k Freestyle

EISA Alpine Schedule Changes

Updated schedule for this weekend -

Friday January 24 - UNH GS @ Attitash - Relocated from Cannon due to snow conditions
Saturday January 25 - UNH SL @ Cannon as scheduled
Sunday January 26 - UVM SL @ Burke - Rescheduled from January 11th

Catamounts Sweep Freestyle Races

Linda Danvind-Malm climbs to victory in the women's 10k skate. (Photo: Ian Nesbitt / EISA Skiing)

WATERVILLE, ME. — The UVM Catamounts skied lights-out during day two of the Colby College Carnival.  Linda Danvind-Malm and Scott Patterson each took individual victories, leading their team past Dartmouth for good this weekend.  In the women's race, UVM placed three skiers in the first four positions, a dominant performance broken up only by Annie Hart of Dartmouth, who finished second. Anja Gruber (3rd) and Stephanie Kirk (4th) rounded out the scoring for the Catamounts.

Dartmouth's Emily Hannah and Corey Stock took the 6th and 7th spots, giving the Big Green second place.  Heather Mooney (5th), Stella Holt (11th), and Kaitlin Fink (17th) gave the Middlebury women an edge over UNH for third.

Also cracking the top-10 for Dartmouth but not scoring were Isabel Caldwell (8th) and Carly Wynn (10th).  Carleton University's Kendra Murray was 9th.

In the mens' race, Scott Patterson skated to another commanding minute-plus win over the field.  Patterson has become known for winning freestyle races by huge margins, and appears fit enough to try the freestyle discipline sweep again this season.  His next closest competitor was Dartmouth freshman Patrick Caldwell, a skate specialist in his own right.  Caldwell looks poised to take up the mantle left by Sam Tarling as Dartmouth's best skater.  Ben Lustgarten of Middlebury was third.  Lustgarten held off UVM's second scorer, Rogan Brown.  After being tied with Brown after lap one, Lustgarten skied to a ten-second advantage at the end of lap 3 and held that margin through the finish.  Jorgen Grav (9th) rounded out the scoring for the Catamounts, and Cam Woodworth (6th) and Silas Talbot (7th) scored for Dartmouth.

The Harvard men continued their impressive team skiing during day 2.  Akeo Maifield Carucci skied to a career-best fifth and lead Crimson teammates Tony Ryerson (14th) and Chris Stock (24th) to another team podium spot, beating out Middlebury (Lustgarten; Austin Cobb, 15th; Jack Steele, 33rd) by just two points.

Also of note in the top-10 were Jordan Buetow (6th, Bates) and Eli Hoenig (10th, Williams).

Next weekend the carnival circuit heads to UNH, where the Nordic races will be held at the Jackson XC Ski Center in Jackson, NH.

Slalom Podium Belongs to UVM

Kate Ryley of the University of Vermont, skis during the first run of the women's slalom at the Colby College Carnival at Sugarloaf Mountain on January 18, 2014 in Carabassett Valley, ME. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

Dustin Satloff

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, ME. - The University of Vermont dominated both the men and women’s slalom on January 18^th, 2014 at Sugarloaf, leading them to a commanding win at the Colby College Carnival.  Vermont, who only led Dartmouth by 29 points heading into Saturday, widened the gap and took the Colby Carnival by 130 points over runner-up Dartmouth College.

UVM started Saturday off strong, and didn’t look back.  After the completion of the first run, Vermont sat in the top two positions for the men and occupied the top three slots for the women.  From that point, UVM controlled their destiny; it was their race to win.

Travis Dawson picked up his second victory of the weekend, and his first slalom win of the 2014 season.  Dawson, and teammate Taylor Wunsch, were the leaders at the end of the first run and those standings did not change after the second run.  Wunsch finished in second place 0.94 seconds behind his teammate.  Dom Garand was UVM’s third point scorer, placing third after posting the fastest time of the second run.  Kevin Drury finished in fourth, as the Catamounts took the top four spots.

Travis Dawson and Taylor Wunsch of the University of Vermont, after finishing first and second in the men's slalom at the Colby College Carnival at Sugarloaf Mountain on January 18, 2014 in Carabassett Valley, ME. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

Vermont’s women, equals in success to their male teammates, controlled the top three spots after the first run.  Kristina Riis-Johannessen, who had yet to score for Vermont coming into to Saturday’s slalom, was the first run leader.  Riis-Johannessen’s teammates Kate Ryley and Elise Tefre held second and third place after the first run.

“The guys finished 1-2-3-4 for college,” said Riis-Johannessen.  “It was very inspiring for us girls.  We wanted to follow that up.  Showing that we are a really strong team is awesome.”

Kate Ryley echoed Riis-Johannessen’s statements.  “The guys’ result definitely pumped us up.  We were 1-2-3 after the first run, so that really motivated us.  That’s what we said up top.  ‘Girls, let’s do this.  Keep our spots.’ ”

They did indeed keep their spots, and like the men, UVM’s women scored the maximum 141 points in the slalom.  Kate Ryley took her third victory in as many events.  Kristina Riis-Johannessen and Elise Tefre, who both had trouble with yesterday’s conditions, came through for their team taking second and third place respectively.

Elise Tefre of the University of Vermont, skis during the first run of the women's slalom at the Colby College Carnival at Sugarloaf Mountain on January 18, 2014 in Carabassett Valley, ME. (Dustin Satloff/EISA)

The University of New Hampshire, who took fourth overall at the Colby Carnival used a strong performance from women to move up ahead of Colby, who after a strong first day fell to fifth place.  Randa Teschner finished in fourth for UNH.  UNH’s Katie Farrow took sixth and teammate Laura Rozinowicz finished in 11^th to round out the scoring.  UNH’s men struggled; neither Sam Coffey nor Coley Oliver finished, resulting in a fourth place for New Hampshire’s men.

Robert Overing finished in seventh place for Dartmouth.  Overing has been Dartmouth’s top finisher in all three races so far this season.  Sam Macomber and Dylan Brooks also scored for Dartmouth, placing 11^th and 16^th.  For the women, Maisie Ide took fifth place, Sara Kikut finished 12^th, and Abby Fucigna finished 17^th.  Dartmouth, who finished second as a team, was still 78 points behind Vermont’s strong team performance in the slalom.