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EISA Rookies of the Year (left to right): Ava Thurston, Oscar Zimmer and John Steel Hagenbuch
EISA Announces Awards, All-East Teams
3/6/2023 3:56:00 PM | Skiing
Three Rookies of the Year and two bib leaders along with 10 on All-East teams
HANOVER, N.H. — The Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association announced its end-of-season awards and All-East teams last week, and Dartmouth was well represented with three EISA Rookies of the Year, two bib leaders and 10 skiers that earned All-East honors.
Sophomore John Steel Hagenbuch (Ketchum, Idaho) and freshman Ava Thurston (Waterbury, Vt.) received the most accolades. Hagenbuch is the bib leader in the men's freestyle, the Men's Nordic Rookie of the Year and an All-East First Team selection. Thurston matched those honors as the bib leader in the women's classical, the Women's Nordic Rookie of the Year and an All-East First Team selection as well. The one thing Thurston has over Hagenbuch is winning three classic races to Hagenbuch's two freestyle wins.
Dartmouth's other EISA Rookie of the Year was in men's alpine for freshman Oscar Zimmer, who hails from Oslo, Norway. He finished nine of the 10 carnival races he started, placing among the top 10 eight times, including a victory in the giant slalom at Harvard. Zimmer also earned a spot on the All-East First Team.
Three other alpine skiers made the All-East First Team, all of whom are sophomores: Carly Elsinger (Richmond, Vt.), local product Oliver Morgan (Hanover, N.H.) and Allie Resnick (Vail, Colo.). Each individual won at least one carnival race this year with Resnick emerging victorious four times in five entries to be the top-ranked skier in the East heading into the NCAA Championships this week. [The EISA later named Resnick the Women's Alpine Rookie of the Year.]
A total of four Big Green skiers made the All-East Second Team: freshman Cooper Puckett (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) in men's alpine, sophomore Luke Allen (Ottawa, Ontario) and another local product in freshman Jack Lange (Lyme, N.H.) in men's Nordic, and sophomore Nina Seemann (Wheelock, Vt.) in women's Nordic.
As announced last week, Dartmouth will send 12 skiers to the NCAA Championship next week, 10 of whom earned All-East honors: Allan, Elsinger, Hagenbuch, Lange, Morgan, Puckett, Resnick, Seemann, Thurston and Zimmer. Joining that group in Lake Placid will be senior Gwen Wattenmaker (Olympic Valley, Calif.), a second-team All-American in the slalom last year, and sophomore Jasmine Drolet (Rossland, British Columbia), the 2022 EISA Women's Nordic Rookie of the Year. Of the 12 qualifiers, only Allan, Morgan and Wattenmaker have experience competing at the NCAAs with 11 of the 12 either freshmen or sophomores
The NCAA Championship, webcast live on NCAA.com, will begin on Wednesday, March 8 with the giant slalom at Whiteface. The cross country races will take place at Mount Van Hoevenberg on March 9 and 11 with the slalom sandwiched between the two.
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Sophomore John Steel Hagenbuch (Ketchum, Idaho) and freshman Ava Thurston (Waterbury, Vt.) received the most accolades. Hagenbuch is the bib leader in the men's freestyle, the Men's Nordic Rookie of the Year and an All-East First Team selection. Thurston matched those honors as the bib leader in the women's classical, the Women's Nordic Rookie of the Year and an All-East First Team selection as well. The one thing Thurston has over Hagenbuch is winning three classic races to Hagenbuch's two freestyle wins.
Dartmouth's other EISA Rookie of the Year was in men's alpine for freshman Oscar Zimmer, who hails from Oslo, Norway. He finished nine of the 10 carnival races he started, placing among the top 10 eight times, including a victory in the giant slalom at Harvard. Zimmer also earned a spot on the All-East First Team.
Three other alpine skiers made the All-East First Team, all of whom are sophomores: Carly Elsinger (Richmond, Vt.), local product Oliver Morgan (Hanover, N.H.) and Allie Resnick (Vail, Colo.). Each individual won at least one carnival race this year with Resnick emerging victorious four times in five entries to be the top-ranked skier in the East heading into the NCAA Championships this week. [The EISA later named Resnick the Women's Alpine Rookie of the Year.]
A total of four Big Green skiers made the All-East Second Team: freshman Cooper Puckett (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) in men's alpine, sophomore Luke Allen (Ottawa, Ontario) and another local product in freshman Jack Lange (Lyme, N.H.) in men's Nordic, and sophomore Nina Seemann (Wheelock, Vt.) in women's Nordic.
As announced last week, Dartmouth will send 12 skiers to the NCAA Championship next week, 10 of whom earned All-East honors: Allan, Elsinger, Hagenbuch, Lange, Morgan, Puckett, Resnick, Seemann, Thurston and Zimmer. Joining that group in Lake Placid will be senior Gwen Wattenmaker (Olympic Valley, Calif.), a second-team All-American in the slalom last year, and sophomore Jasmine Drolet (Rossland, British Columbia), the 2022 EISA Women's Nordic Rookie of the Year. Of the 12 qualifiers, only Allan, Morgan and Wattenmaker have experience competing at the NCAAs with 11 of the 12 either freshmen or sophomores
The NCAA Championship, webcast live on NCAA.com, will begin on Wednesday, March 8 with the giant slalom at Whiteface. The cross country races will take place at Mount Van Hoevenberg on March 9 and 11 with the slalom sandwiched between the two.
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| ALL-EAST TEAMS Dartmouth Selections |
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| First Team Alpine | |
| Carly Elsinger | So. |
| Oliver Morgan | So. |
| Allie Resnick | So. |
| Oscar Zimmer | Fr. |
| First Team Nordic | |
| John Steel Hagenbuch | So. |
| Ava Thurston | Fr. |
| Second Team Alpine | |
| Cooper Puckett | Fr. |
| Second Team Nordic | |
| Luke Allan | So. |
| Jack Lange | Fr. |
| Nina Seemann | So. |
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