Dartmouth Skiers Lead after First Day of Williams Winter Carnival

Williamstown, Mass. --The Dartmouth College ski team sits in first place with 455 points after Day One of the Williams College winter carnival.

The Big Green cross country team led the way, scoring the maximum amount of points possible by sweeping the men's and women's 10-kilometer races. The University of Vermont trails in second with 428 points, and Middlebury College is third with 393 points.

It was a great day for the Big Green at the Prospect Mountain Nordic Ski Center in Woodford, Vt. For the women's team, junior Elsa Sargent (Orleans, Vt.) won the 10-kilometer freestyle with a time of 34:28.2. Following close in second was senior Sara Studebaker (Boise, Idaho) in 34:34.3. Finishing off the top three, was freshman Laura Spector (Lenox, Mass.) with an impressive time of 34:37.9.

On the men's side, senior captain Mike Sinnott (Sun Valley, Idaho) stole the show yet again, placing first in the 10-kilometer freestyle with a time of 28:13.4. In second place with a time of 29:13.4 was junior Ben True (North Yarmouth, Maine), and following in third place was sophomore Glenn Randall (Collbran, Colo.) in 29:21.9.

With the most impressive outing for the Alpine team was senior Evan Weiss (Kenmore, Wash.) who won the giant slalom at Jiminy Peak with a combined time of 1:50.66. Junior Alex Felix (Cambridge, Mass.) placed sixth with a time of 1:51.87, and senior Dave Chodounsky (Crested Butte, Colo.) scored points in ninth place in 1:52.21.

On the women's side, NCAA All-American junior Michelanne Shields (Colorado Springs, Colo.) took third place honors in the giant slalom with a time of 1:57.08.

Action continues Saturday with the cross country classic sprints at the Prospect Mountain Nordic Ski Center and the men's and women's slalom at Jiminy Peak.

For complete race results see the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association web site at www.eisaskiing.org

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