Ski Season Opens at St. Lawrence Carnival (Jan. 20-21)

Friday, January 20

Giant Slalom - Whiteface - Classic Sprints-Mt. Van Hoevenberg

Day 1 of 2

University of New Hampshire

St. Lawrence

Photo by: Gil Talbot

1/20/2017 3:07:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

Results

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The 2017 Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association season begins for the University of New Hampshire ski team with two days (Jan. 20-21) of competition at the Saint Lawrence Carnival. Alpine action takes place at Whiteface Mountain, while Nordic races are scheduled for Mount Van Hoevenberg.

Saint Lawrence Winter Carnival - January 20-21
Alpine Events – Whiteface Mountain
Giant Slalom (Jan. 20) - Slalom (Jan. 21)
Live Scoring

Nordic Events – Mount Van Hoevenberg
Classic Sprints (Jan. 20) - Women's 5K, Men's 10K Freestyle (Jan. 21)
Results

Tentative Alpine Competitors
Lisa Wedsjö (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden)
Geneviève Frigon (Laval, Quebec)
Morgan Klein (Oregon, Wis.)
Emma Woodhouse (Collingwood, Ontario)
Kelly DiNapoli (Ludlow, Vt.)
Sohvi Virkkula (Salla, Finland)

Phil Rivet (Saint-Lambert, Quebec)
Chris Steinke (Ottawa, Ontario)
Peter Martens (East Aurora, N.Y.)
Bryan Cookson (Vernon, British Columbia)
Colin Martens (East Aurora, N.Y.)
Tõnis Luik (Tallinn, Estonia)

Tentative Nordic Competitors
Peter Holmes (Tahoe City, Calif.)
Tyler Quinn Smith (Park City, Utah)
Gavin Hess (Rochester, N.Y.)
Will Bodewes (Hazelhurts, Wis.)
Casey Shannon (Bend, Ore.)
Shane Christian (Tahoe Vista, Calif.)

Lizzie Gill (Bozeman, Mont.)
Katrin Larusson (Truckee, Calif.)
Hannah Peterson (Durango, Colo.)
Rocci Wohlk (Forest Lake, Minn.)
Maddy Pfeifer (Andover, N.H.)
Silje Wilson (Hamar, Norway)

Carnival Notes
•Ten of the 12 alpine competitors are veterans returning from last year's team for head coach Brian Blank (10^th season). That includes four 2016 NCAA competitors: Bryan Cookson, Chris Steinke, Lisa Wedsjö and Geneviève Frigon, plus Phil Rivet, an All-East skier who was destined for NCAAs before suffering a season-ending leg injury.
•Three NCAA qualifiers (Peter Holmes, Lizzie Gill, Katrin Larusson) are among the nine returning skiers in the lineup for Nordic head coach Cory Schwartz (35^th season) this weekend.
•Tõnis Luik, a member of the Estonian national team, just joined the alpine team as a UNH student-athlete at the semester break.

Next Up
The Wildcats will host the UNH Carnival on Jan. 27-28 with alpine races at Cannon Mountain and Nordic events at Jackson Ski Touring Center. Friday will feature the men's 10K and women's 5K classic races at Jackson XC and the women's and men's giant slalom at Cannon. On Saturday, it will be the men's 20K and women's 15K mass start freestyle races at Jackson and the slalom races at Cannon.

The University of New Hampshire will serve as the host school for the 2017 NCAA Skiing Championships (March 8-11) at Jackson Ski Touring Center (Nordic) and Cannon Mountain (Alpine). For more information on the UNH ski team, visit www.unhwildcats.com.