Dartmouth Takes Third at Vermont Carnival

Saturday, January 25

Stowe/Craftsbury, Vt.

9:00 AM

Dartmouth College

Vermont Day Two

Tricia Mangan competes in the Harvard Carnival slalom, Jan. 17, 2020

Tricia Mangan finished second in the slalom.

Photo by: flyingpointroad.com

1/25/2020 5:27:00 PM | Skiing

Results Day Two Photo Gallery

Mangan, Odgen take second in their respective races

By: Rick Bender

CRAFTSBURY, Vt./STOWE, Vt. — Juniors Tricia Mangan and Katharine Ogden finished second in their respective races for Dartmouth on the final day of the Vermont Carnival, but the Big Green fell back into third place with 833 points, trailing the host Catamounts (903) and Middlebury (875).

At the Craftsbury Outdoor Center, the Dartmouth women had four skiers finish among the top 10 in the 5K freestyle, led by Ogden in second place with a time of 14:08.4, just 1.8 seconds behind Middlebury's Sophia Laukli for the top spot on the podium. Senior Lauren Jortberg was the next Big Green skier to cross the finish line in eighth place (14:41.3) with sophomore teammate Callie Young (14:46.7) nipping at her heels in ninth, bringing Dartmouth's total to 111. Junior Sofia Shomento, racing as an individual, completed the race in 14:47.9 to claim 10th. But with the Panthers putting two more skiers in the top six, Middlebury was able to edge out Vermont to win the event, 126-120.

In the men's 10K, junior Adam Glueck was the Big Green's top scorer, placing seventh in 27:05.2, while freshman Cameron Wolfe also made it into the top 10 with a time of 27:28.5, good for ninth. Rounding out the top three for Dartmouth was junior Kamran Husain in 19th (28:12.0). Vermont, meanwhile, put two on the podium, including Karl Schulz on the top step in 26:22.8, to claim first as a team with 114 points. Middlebury finished second (101) and the Big Green fifth (89) behind Bowdoin (96) and New Hampshire (95).

On the slopes of the Mount Mansfield Ski Club at Big Spruce, the men's alpine team had a strong showing with three in the top seven, led by junior Drew Duffy who moved up a slot after posting the fifth-fastest run on his initial descent, taking fourth in 1:49.4. Sophomore Andrew Weisel (1:50.1) and senior Kipling Weisel (1:50.5) placed sixth and seventh, respectively, as the Big Green amassed 113 points. Dartmouth was edged out in the team standings by host Vermont, however, which had a pair of podiums to produce 121 points. Middlebury's Justin Alkier won the gold in 1:48.7, helping the Panthers finish third with 89.

The women had two in the top four after their first slalom run with senior Stephanie Currie third in 56.54 seconds and Mangan fourth in 56.88, while Middlebury had the top two times. The second time down was not kind to Currie, though, as she did not finish, while Mangan moved ahead of one of the Panther skiers to claim second in 1:54.3. Sophomore Abi Jewett was the only other Dartmouth skier to complete both runs, placing 10th in 1:57.2 as the Green finished fifth as a team with 77 points. Middlebury's Ali Nullmeyer posted a convincing win, 2.5 seconds ahead of Mangan, to take the gold and carry the Panthers to the team win with 127 points.

Dartmouth will be back in action next weekend at the Colby Carnival in Waterville and Carrabassett Valley, Maine, starting on Friday at 9 a.m.