Dartmouth in Second After Day One of EISA Championship

Friday, February 23

Middlebury, Vt.

Dartmouth College

Middlebury Day One (EISA Championship)

NORTH ELBA, NY - MARCH 09: during the Division I Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships held at Mt Van Hoevenberg on March 9, 2023 in North Elba, New York. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

John Steel Hagenbuch won on Friday, finishing more than 46 seconds faster than the next fastest time

Photo by: NCAA Photos via Getty Images

Dartmouth in Second After Day One of EISA Championship

2/23/2024 11:28:00 PM | Skiing

Results (PDF)

John Steel Hagenbuch and Jack Lange finished 1-2 in an event for the second time this season

By: Justin Lafleur

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The Dartmouth ski team stands in second place after Friday's first day of the Middlebury Carnival, which is also the EISA Championship. Led by a first-place finish by the Big Green Nordic men, Dartmouth owns 464 points — just eight points behind Vermont in first.

In the 7.5K skate, junior John Steel Hagenbuch and sophomore Jack Lange finished in first and second, respectively, with fifth-year Cameron Wolfe coming in fifth. Hagenbuch finished in 19:26.8, more than 46 seconds ahead of anyone else, Lange in 20:13.2 and Wolfe in 20:46.4. It marked the first event for Hagenbuch since spending time in Slovenia for the U23 World Championships earlier this month, and second weekend of competition back for Lange after competing in the U20 World Championships. Friday marked Hagenbuch's fifth win of the year after winning each of his first four events of the season at the Vermont and Colby Carnivals. It's the second time in 2024 that Hagenbuch and Lange have finished 1-2 in an event, along with the 10k freestyle race at the Vermont Carnival.

On the women's side, junior Jasmine Drolet was Dartmouth's top finisher in the 7.5k skate, reaching the podium in third place with a time of 24:10.1. Sophomore Ava Thurston wasn't far behind, coming in sixth (24:44.2).

On the slopes, first-year Emma Reynolds reached the podium for the first time in her career, coming in third with a combined time of 1:42.41. Her 50.26 mark in the second run was the second fastest among the field. Sophomore Samantha Trudeau and first-year Izzy Washburn also finished in the top 10, placing seventh and eighth with total times of 1:43.54 and 1:43.64.

On the men's side, sophomore Dan Gillis placed third in the slalom for the second time in the last three weekends (after doing so in the Dartmouth Carnival). Friday marked Gillis' fourth-career podium, all in the slalom. Sophomore Oscar Zimmer also finished sixth overall with a combined time of 1:35.50.

The second day of the Middlebury Carnival and EISA Championship kicks off on Saturday at 9 a.m. with the men's giant slalom first run. The Nordic team kicks off the mass start at 10 a.m.