Dartmouth Skiing Picks Up First Carnival Win of the Season at Middlebury

Friday, February 18

Middlebury, Vt.

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Dartmouth College

at Middlebury Carnival

Dartmouth Skiing Picks Up First Carnival Win of the Season at Middlebury

2/20/2011 11:01:00 AM | Skiing

By: Dartmouth

Final Team Scores

Alpine: Women's Giant Slalom • Men's Giant Slalom
Nordic: Women's 3x3 Relay • Men's 3x3 Relay

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - The Dartmouth ski team finally shook off Vermont this season to take a victory at the Middlebury Carnival, besting Vermont by the slimmest of margins, just 12 points, for the win.

Dartmouth amassed 893 points just ahead of Vermont with 881.

Once again the women held court on the alpine slopes, with senior Courtney Hammond (Mercer Island, Wash.) and sophomore Annie Rendall (S. Burlington, Vt.) taking second and third, respectively, in the giant slalom to help seal the team win. Hammond's time of 2:05.32 was just .02 seconds off the winning pace and she posted the fastest time in the first run by .21 seconds. Rendall was right on her heels in a time of 2:05.42, also having posted the second-fastest first run time.

On the men's side, Trevor Leafe (Monroe, N.H.) was Dartmouth's top finisher in the giant slalom, taking ninth in a time of 2:01.40. Freshman Mathieu Bertrand (Montreal, Quebec) crossed in 2:02.36 for 16th place.

It was another Green day for the nordic men as Dartmouth took first and third in the three-by-three freestyle sprint relay. The team of Sam Tarling (Cumberland, Maine), Nils Koons (Sidney, Maine) and Eric Packer (Anchorage, Alaska) won the freestyle relay with a time of 25:05.3, a full 47.1 seconds ahead of the next team. Dartmouth's team of Scott Lacy (Aspen, Colo.), Gordon Vermeer (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Erik Fagerstrom (Eden Prarie, Minn.) crossed in third place in a time of 27:12.7.

The women also picked up valuable points on the cross-country course on Saturday when the team of Rosie Brennan (Park City, Utah), Erika Flowers (Bozeman, Mont.) and Stephanie Crocker (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) took second place in the three-by-three relay in 32:10.5.

Dartmouth heads to Maine next weekend to face in the Bates Carnival, also the EISA Championships, on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-27.