Williams Still in 7th on Carnival's Day 2
RUMFORD, Maine – The Williams College ski team remains in seventh place with a team score of 281 points after the second day of the Bates Winter Carnival on Saturday.The three-day event is their first 2008 Eastern Intercollegiate Skiing Association winter carnival of the season.
Dartmouth College remains in the leading position after the second day with 493 points but Middlebury (Vt.) College follows close behind in second place with 492 points.
Dartmouth's Nordic team won both the men's and women's 10K classic race while showing a first-place performance by David Chodounsky in the Alpine men's slalom race with a total time of 1:30.86 for the two runs. University of Vermont moved up from fifth place after the first day to take the third position with 412 points, bumping previous third placeholder University of New Hampshire down to fifth place with 361 points.
Williams' Nordic women's team took fourth place in the 10K classic race with 60 points. Sophomore Alice Nelson repeated her success of the first day as the top Williams performer in the women's Nordic races, finishing in ninth place with a time of 33:45.8. Other top performers for the women's Nordic team include Kirsten Johnson, freshman, finishing in 13th place with a time of 34:06.6 as well as junior Liz Kantack who placed 34th with a time of 35:56.0.
In the men's 10K classic race, the Ephs took eighth place with 40 points. Top finisher for Williams was freshman Keith Kantack, placing 22nd with a time of 27:44.5. Sophomore Alex Taylor claimed 26th, finishing with a time of 27:53.6 while Caleb Lucy, freshman, took 30th in the race with 28:07.3.
The Alpine team had their men's and women's slalom races today. As a team, the women placed ninth with 23 points. Only finisher for the Ephs was sophomore Emily Porter, placing 12th and showing consistency with a first-run time of 51.08 and a second run of 50.36. Five Ephs did not finish the race.
The men's team placed third with 68 points in the slalom races. Team captain Charles Christianson, senior, was the top performer for the Ephs, finishing second with a solid first run of 44.72 and returning strong for a second run of 47.31. Sophomore Robert Dyroff placed 11th with a first-run time of 45.91 and a second run of 47.23. Other top performers include senior Evan Barrett, placing 25th with times of 46.94 and 50.71, and Alex Reeves who secured 26th with a first run of 48.40 and coming back with a strong second run performance with a time of 49.59.
"It was a good day on the men's side," said Christianson. "The team laid it on the line, showed a solid performance and we're ready to come out strong for tomorrow."
Bates Winter Carnival Team Scores:
1. Dartmouth College - DAR 493.0
2. Middlebury College - MID 492.0
3. University Of Vermont - UVM 412.0
4. Bates College - BAT 366.0
5. University of New Hampshire - UNH 361.0
6. Colby College - CBC 351.0
7. Williams College - WIL 281.0
8. St Lawrence University - SLU 250.0
9. Harvard University - HAR 124.0
10. Bowdoin College - BOW 111.0
11. St. Michael's College - SMC 89.0
12. Colby Sawyer College - CSC 0.0
Nordic Races
WOMEN'S 10K CLASSIC
1) DAR 93.0 2) MID 86.0 3) UVM 76.0 4) WIL 60.0 5) BAT 57.0 6) UNH 53.0 7) SLU 44.0 8) CBC 42.0 9) HAR 28.0 10) BOW 11.0 11) SMC 11.0
MEN'S 10K CLASSIC
1) DAR 85.0 2) MID 81.0 3) UVM 80.0 4) CBC 74.0 5) BAT 59.0 6) SLU 49.0 7) UNH 48.0 8) WIL 40.0 9) BOW 24.0 10) HAR 15.0 11) SMC 2.0
Alpine Races
WOMEN'S SLALOM
1) MID 88.0 2) UVM 86.0 3) BAT 71.0 4) UNH 66.0 5) DAR 65.0 6) CBC 47.0 7) SLU 45.0 8) SMC 34.0 9) WIL 23.0 10) HAR 15.0
MEN'S SLALOM
1) MID 87.0 2) DAR 74.0 3) WIL 68.0 4) BAT 68.0 5) CBC 65.0 6) UNH 61.0 7) UVM 50.0 8) SMC 33.0 9) SLU 32.0 10) HAR 17.0
