February 22, 2008

Day 1 – Williams Places Seventh in Middlebury Carnival


Middlebury College Carnival

Photo Galleries by Kris Dobie:

Williams Men Nordic
Williams Women Nordic
Williams Alpine

Complete results for all EISA events here.

Team Scores
1. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MID 459.0
2. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE DAR 449.0
3. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT UVM 435.5
4. UNIV OF NEW HAMPSHIRE UNH 410.0
5. BATES COLLEGE BAT 370.5
6. COLBY COLLEGE CBC 352.5
7. WILLIAMS COLLEGE WIL 336.0
8. ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY SLU 279.0
9. HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAR 192.0
10. ST MICHAELS COLLEGE SMC 187.5
11. BOWDOIN COLLEGE BOW 138.0
12. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS UMA 76.0
13. BOSTON COLLEGE BC 68.0
14. COLBY SAWYER COLLEGE CSC 67.0
15. PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE PSU 40.0

Middlebury, VT – The Williams College ski team placed seventh with a team score of 336 points in the first day of the Eastern Championships held at Middlebury College in Vermont. The Alpine team had their slalom races while the Nordic team had their free technique races.

The Alpine men’s team placed fourth in the slalom race with an overall team score of 105 points. Senior team captain Charles Christianson won the slalom race with a first run time of 43.48 and the second run time of 46.91. Alex Dyroff, sophomore, placed 15th with a first run time of 46.11 and a second run time of 46.94. Tavis Moonan, senior, placed 21st with a first run time of 45.74 and a second run time of 47.72. Junior Eric Mann placed 24th with a first run time of 46.94 and a second run time of 47.08. Alex Reeves, freshman, placed 30th with a first run time of 47.19 and a second run time of 48.09.

 
Charles Christianson won the slalom -- his 6th win
of the season/photo by Kris Dobie

In the women’s slalom, sophomore Kelsey Levine was the top finisher for the team, placing 14th with a first run time of 50.83 and a second run time of 51.09. Emily Porter, sophomore, placed 19th with a first run time of 51.16 and a second run time of 52.31. Freshman Annie Hanson placed 40th with a first run time of 59.65 and a second run of 53.36. The women’s team placed sixth overall with a team score of 74 points.

The Nordic men’s team placed ninth in the 10K free technique race with a team score of 70 points. Top finisher for the Ephs was sophomore Mark Johnson, placing 23rd with a race time of 23:51.9. Alexander Taylor, sophomore, placed 26th with a race time of 24:00.7. Freshman Caleb Lucy placed 40th with a race time of 24:25.4. Team captain Sam Kapala, junior, was also a top finisher for the Ephs, placing 41st with a race time of 24:29.0.

In the women’s 5K free technique race, sophomore Alice Nelson placed 11th for the Ephs with a race time of 14:15.2. Kirsten Johnson, freshman, placed 20th with a race time of 14:34.8. Gabrielle Joffe, freshman, placed 25th with a race time of 14:47.7. Junior Liz Kantack placed 33rd with a race time of 15:13.5 and junior Fiona Worcester placed 39th with a race time of 15:28.1. Overall, the women’s team placed sixth in the race with 87 points.

The carnival continues tomorrow with the Alpine giant slalom races and the Nordic classic races. Events start with the first run of the women’s giant slalom race at 9:30am.

WOMENS 5K FREE TECHNIQUE
1) DAR 129.0 2) MID 119.0 3) UNH 105.0 4) UVM 103.0 5) SLU 92.0 6) WIL 87.0 7) BAT 79.0 8) CBC 72.0 9) HAR 64.0 10) BOW 47.0
11) SMC 41.0

MEN'S 10K FREE TECHNIQUE
1) CBC 120.0 2) DAR 118.0 3) MID 112.0 4) BAT 102.0 5) BOW 91.0 6) UVM 86.0 7) UNH 82.0 8) SLU 79.0 9) WIL 70.0 10) HAR 55.0
11) SMC 29.0

WOMEN’S SLALOM
1) UVM 126.0 2) UNH 115.0 3) MID 110.0 4) DAR 109.0 5) BAT 105.0 6) WIL 74.0 7) CBC 69.0 8) BC 68.0 9) CSC 67.0 10) SLU 55.0
11) SMC 55.0 12) HAR 31.0 13) UMA 19.0

MEN’S SLALOM
1) UVM 120.5 2) MID 118.0 3) UNH 108.0 4) WIL 105.0 5) DAR 93.0 6) CBC 91.5 7) BAT 84.5 8) SMC 62.5 9) UMA 57.0 10) SLU 53.0
11) HAR 42.0 12) PSU 40.0

Women’s Slalom Complete Results
Men’s Slalom Complete Results
Women’s 5K Freestyle Complete Results
Men’s 10K Freestyle Complete Results