Gill Leads Skiing to Third Place at St. Lawrence Carnival

Saturday, January 21

Alpine-Whiteface, Nordic-Mt. Van Hoevenberg

Day 2 of 2

University of New Hampshire

St. Lawrence

Photo by: Dennis Curran

1/21/2017 6:26:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

Results

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Lizzie Gill (Bozeman, Mont.) earned a seventh-place finish in the women's 5K freestyle Nordic race at Mont Van Hoevenberg while Geneviève Frigon (Laval, Quebec) and Phil Rivet (Saint-Lambert, Quebec) each registered 10^th place in slalom at Whiteface Mountain to power the University of New Hampshire ski team to third place at the EISA-opening Saint Lawrence Carnival on Saturday.

Saint Lawrence Winter Carnival - January 21
Overall Top 5 (FINAL)
1. Dartmouth, 961
2. Vermont, 830
3. UNH, 647
4. Colby, 595
5. Middlebury, 591

Nordic Events – Mount Van Hoevenberg
Women's 5K Freestyle (Team Top 5)
1. Dartmouth, 135
2. Vermont, 99
3. UNH, 89
4. Colby, 86
5. Harvard, 78

Women's 5K Freestyle (Top Wildcats)
Lizzie Gill (Bozeman, Mont.) - 7^th place, :15:04.8 (37 points)
Silje Wilson (Hamar, Norway) - 16^th place, :15:33.9 (29 points)
Hannah Peterson (Durango, Colo.) - 22^nd place, :15:57.7 (23 points)

Men's 10K Freestyle (Team Top 7)
1. Dartmouth, 141
2. Vermont, 100
3. Colby, 99
4. Williams, 92
5. Middlebury, 78
6. Bates, 58
7. UNH, 55

Men's 10K Freestyle (Top Wildcats)
Peter Holmes (Tahoe City, Calif.) - 20^th place, :29:55.6 (25 points)
Shane Christian (Tahoe Vista, Calif.) - 36^th place, :31:00.6 (16 points)
Tyler Quinn Smith (Park City, Utah) - 38^th place, :31:12.4 (14 points)

Alpine Events – Whiteface Mountain
Women's Slalom Team (Top 5)
1. Dartmouth, 127
2. Vermont, 115
3. Plymouth State, 84
4. Colby, 79
5. UNH, 76

Women's Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Geneviève Frigon (Laval, Quebec) - 10^th place - 52.67, 49.29 - 1:41.96 (31 points)
Emma Woodhouse (Collingwood, Ontario) - 19^th place - 53.48, 51.35 - 1:44.83 (23 points)
Sohvi Virkkula (Salla, Finland) - 20^th place - 54.32, 50.78 - 1:45.10 (22 points)

Men's Slalom Team (Top 5)
1. Vermont, 117
2. Dartmouth, 114
3. St. Michael's, 103
4. UNH, 78
5. Plymouth State, 74

Men's Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Phil Rivet (Saint-Lambert, Quebec) - 10^th place - 44.39, 46.70 - 1:31.09 (30 points)
Chris Steinke (Ottawa, Ontario) - 12^th place - 45.31, 46.21 - 1:31.52 (28 points)
Tõnis Luik (Tallinn, Estonia) - 22^nd place - 46.24, 46.84 - 1:33.08 (20 points)

What's Next
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.

NCAA Championships, Hosted by UNH
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.