Rivet's Giant Slalom Helps Skiing to Third place at UNH Carnival (Day 1 of 2)

Friday, January 27

Nordic-Jackson Ski Touring Ctr, Alpine-Mittersill

Day 1 of 2

University of New Hampshire

Rivet's Giant Slalom Helps Skiing to Third place at UNH Carnival (Day 1 of 2)

1/27/2017 5:23:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

Results

FRANCONIA & JACKSON, N.H. – Phil Rivet (Saint Lambert, Quebec) and Peter Holmes (Tahoe City, Calif.) each collected a Top-5 finish to propel the University of New Hampshire ski team to third place midway through the UNH Carnival, the second event of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association season.

UNH Winter Carnival - January 27
Overall Top 5 (Day 1 of 2)
1. Dartmouth, 455
2. Vermont, 421
3. UNH, 343
4. Utah, 267
5. Colby, 253

Alpine Events – Cannon Mountain/Mittersill
Men's Giant Slalom Team (Top 5)
1. Dartmouth, 136
2. Vermont, 103
3. UNH, 96
4. Colby Sawyer, 80
5. St. Michael's, 72

Men's Giant Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Phil Rivet (Saint-Lambert, Quebec) - 4^th place - 1:06.20, 1:11.13 - 2:17.33 (41 points)
Chris Steinke (Ottawa, Ontario) - 12^th place - 1:07.80, 1:10.73 - 2:18.53 (28 points)
Tõnis Luik (Tallinn, Estonia) - 13^th place - 1:07.89, 1:11.03 - 2:18.92 (27 points)

Women's Giant Slalom Team (Top 5)
1. Dartmouth, 129
2. Vermont, 117
3. Bates, 84
4. UNH, 80
5. Middlebury, 71

Women's Giant Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Lisa Wedsjö (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden) - 12^th place - 1:08.18, 1:15.33 - 2:23.51 (29 points)
Kelly DiNapoli (Ludlow, Vt.) - 15^th place - 1:09.99, 1:14.42 - 2:24.41 (26 points)
Emma Woodhouse (Collingwood, Ontario) - 16^th place - 1:10.41, 1:14.27, 2:24.68 (25 points)

Nordic Events – Jackson Touring Center
Women's 5K Classic (Team Top 5)
1. Utah, 133
2. Vermont, 108
3. Dartmouth, 106
4. UNH, 91
5. Colby, 64

Women's 5K Classic (Top Wildcats)
Lizzie Gill (Bozeman, Mont.) - 8^th place, :15:14.1 (33 points)
Silje Wilson (Hamar, Norway) - 10^th place, :15:23.2 (31 points)
Katrin Larusson (Truckee, Calif.) - 14^th place, :15:35.7 (27 points)

Men's 10K Classic (Team Top 6)
1. Utah, 134
2. Williams, 100
3. Vermont, 93
4. Dartmouth, 84
5. Middlebury, 79
6. UNH, 76

Men's 10K Classic (Top Wildcats)
Peter Holmes (Tahoe City, Calif.) - 5^th place, :26:21.7 (39 points)
Tyler Quinn Smith (Park City, Utah) - 21^st place, :27:22.6 (22 points)
Will Bodewes (Hazelhurst, Wis.) - 37^th place, :28:06.6 (15 points)

What's Next
The UNH Carnival concludes Saturday (Jan. 28) with the men's 20K and women's 15K mass start freestyle races at Jackson and the slalom races at Cannon/Mittersill.

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 Mittersill at Cannon Mountain (Alpine). For more information on the UNH ski team, visit www.unhwildcats.com.