One Point Separates Vermont and Big Green at East Regional

Friday, February 22

Rumford/Newry, Maine

TBA

Dartmouth College

Bates Day One

James Ferri Alpine action at UNH Carnival

Senior James Ferri picked up his first career victory

Photo by: Gil Talbot

One Point Separates Vermont and Big Green at East Regional

2/22/2019 3:37:00 PM | Skiing

Day One Results

James Ferri won the GS to help keep Dartmouth on the Catamounts' heels

By: Rick Bender

RUMFORD/NEWRY, Maine — The East Regional is up for grabs at the Bates Carnival with Vermont and Dartmouth separated by a single point after the first day of competition on Friday. While the Catamounts had individual winners in three of the four events in recording 477 points, the Big Green enjoyed five podium finishes to finish the day with 476.

The highlight of the day for Dartmouth came on the slopes at Sunday River where senior James Ferri won the giant slalom. Not only was it his first career collegiate victory, but also his first podium for the Big Green as well. The victory was anything but assured after his first run as he posted the 10th-best time at 1:19.04. But in the afternoon, he and two teammates — junior David Domonoske and sophomore Kalle Wagner — were the only ones to break 1:17, allowing him to climb the leaderboard all the way to the top with a combined time of 2:35.72.

Sophomore Drew Duffy was solid on both of his runs to join Ferri on the podium in third in 2:36.13, about a quarter of a second behind St. Michael's Guillaume Grand. Thanks to the best second run, Domonoske climbed seven spots in the standings into fifth in 2:36.39, while junior Kipling Weisel (2:37.10, sixth) and Wagner (2:37.28, seventh) joined the Big Green trio in the top 10. Dartmouth picked up 133 points with the 1-3-5 showing, well ahead of the 98 recorded by both Vermont and St. Michael's.

In the women's GS, sophomore Tricia Mangan was the lone Big Green skier on the podium, finishing second in 2:36.52. She held the lead after the morning run, but Vermont Mille Graesdal put the hammer down and claimed the victory in 2:35.98. Senior Alexa Dlouhy, fresh off her first collegiate GS victory on her home slopes five days earlier, missed out on the podium by a third of a second in 2:38.78, trailing Catamount Laurence St. Germain. The other Dartmouth skier to score was junior Stephanie Currie in 11th at 2:40.45, bringing the team's total to 118 points, 15 behind Vermont.

The freestyle races at Black Mountain began with the women's 5K, and with three of the top four racers (not to mention six of the top 10), the Big Green squeaked past Vermont for the team victory by a 132-126 margin. Senior Lydia Blanchet nearly caught Vermont's Evelina Sutro — who won her fifth skate race this season — for the gold but came up 2.9 seconds short in second with a time of 13:04.9. Cruising home in third was sophomore Katharine Ogden in 13:11.3, just ahead of junior teammate Lauren Jortberg in 13:12.5. The other Dartmouth skiers in the top 10 were senior Taryn Hunt-Smith (13:39.0, sixth), junior Leah Brams (13:52.6, ninth) and senior Emily Hyde (14:02.8, 10th).

In the men's 10K, Vermont edged Middlebury in the team standings, 120-118, while the Big Green wrapped up the event in third with 93 points. Senior Callan Deline continued to lead the Dartmouth team, placing seventh in 12:30.7, while classmate Gavin McEwen skated home in 11th in 24:44.6. Concluding the scoring for the Green was sophomore Adam Glueck in 13th with a time of 24:47.2. Vermont's Bill Harmeyer took the gold in 23:40.5, 22 seconds ahead of Colby's Zane Fields, who beat out Middlebury's Sam Wood by 2.4 seconds.

The carnival will conclude on Saturday with the slalom starting at 9:15 a.m. and the classical races at 10 a.m.