Frigon Helps Wildcats Take Third Place at UNH Carnival

Saturday, January 28

Nordic-Jackson Ski Touring Ctr, Alpine-Mittersill

Day 2 of 2

University of New Hampshire

1/28/2017 4:28:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

Results

FRANCONIA & JACKSON, N.H. – Geneviève Frigon (Laval, Quebec) raced to a team-leading sixth-place finish in the women's slalom while Phil Rivet (Saint-Lambert, Quebec) and Tõnis Luik (Tallinn, Estonia) each notched Top-10 finishes in men's SL to help the University of New Hampshire ski team take third place Saturday at the UNH Carnival, the second Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association event of the season.

UNH Winter Carnival - January 28
Overall Top 5 (Final)
1. Dartmouth, 903
2. Vermont, 845
3. UNH, 659
4. Middlebury, 546
5. Colby, 521

Alpine – Cannon Mountain/Mittersill
Women's Slalom (Team Top 5)
1. Vermont, 125
2. Dartmouth, 121
3. UNH, 91
4. Middlebury, 79
5. Plymouth State, 77

Women's Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Geneviève Frigon (Laval, Quebec) – 6^th place – 56.45, 1:05.56 – 2:02.01 (37 points)
Lisa Wedsjö (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden) – 13^th place – 58.28, 1:07.34 – 2:05.62 (28 points)
Emma Woodhouse (Collingwood, Ontario) – 16^th place – 59.15, 1:07.26 – 2:06.41 (26 points)

Men's Slalom (Team Top 5)
1. Dartmouth, 114
2. Middlebury, 102
3. UNH, 94
4. Vermont, 92
5. St. Michael's, 91

Men's Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Phil Rivet (Saint-Lambert, Quebec) – 7^th place – 55.42, 52.28 – 1:47.70 (35 points)
Tõnis Luik (Tallinn, Estonia) – 10^th place – 55.55, 52.36 – 1:47.91 (30 points)
Chris Steinke (Ottawa, Ontario) – 11^th place – 54.78, 53.29 – 1:48.07 (29 points)

Nordic – Jackson Touring Center-Jan. 28
Women's 15K Freestyle MS (Team Top 5)
1.Utah, 124
2 Vermont, 119
3. Dartmouth, 113
4. UNH, 71
5. Harvard, 69

Women's 15K Freestyle MS (Top Wildcats)
Lizzie Gill (Bozeman, Mont.) – 9^th place, :44:27.6 (31 points)
Katrin Larusson (Truckee, Calif.) – 22^nd place, :46:10.5 (22 points)
Silje Wilson (Hamar, Norway) – 26^th place, :46:28.8 (18 points)

Men's 20K Freestyle MS (Team Top 7)
1. Utah, 118
2. Williams, 111
3. Dartmouth, 100
4. Colby, 90
5. Vermont, 88
6. Middlebury, 67
7. UNH, 60

Men's 20K Freestyle MS (Top Wildcats)
Peter Holmes (Tahoe City, Calif.) – 15^th place, :51:48.5 (25 points)
Tyler Quinn Smith (Park City, Utah) – 23^rd place, :52:39.0 (20 points)
Will Bodewes (Hazelhurst, Wis.) – 31^st place, :53:22.9 (15 points)

What's Next
The EISA season continues with the Vermont Carnival (Feb. 3-4) in Stowe, Vt. Nordic races take place at the Trapp Family Lodge, and alpine events will convene at Mount Mansfield Ski Club. Friday features the skate sprints and the giant slalom, while Saturday will include the slalom and the women's and men's 10K classic.

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.