Wedsjö Helps Ski Team Place Fourth at Middlebury Carnival

Saturday, February 18

Nordic- Rikert Ski Touring, Alpine- Snow Bowl

Day 2 of 2

University of New Hampshire

Middlebury

Photo by: Gil Talbot

2/18/2017 5:04:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

Results

MIDDLEBURY & RIPTON, Vt. – Lisa Wedsjö (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden) raced to a fifth-place finish in women's giant slalom at Middlebury Snow Bowl, and the duo of Lizzie Gill (Bozeman, Mont.) and Katrin Larusson (Truckee, Calif.) teamed up to place third in the women's classic sprint relay at Rikert Nordic Center on Saturday to lead the University of New Hampshire ski team to fourth place at the Middlebury Winter Carnival.

Video Highlights

Middlebury Winter Carnival - (Final)
Overall Top 5 (Final)
1. Dartmouth, 1,027
2. Vermont, 816
3. Middlebury, 750
4. UNH, 648
5. Williams, 584

Alpine Events – Middlebury Snow Bowl

Women's Giant Slalom Team (Top 5)
1. Dartmouth, 123
T-2. Vermont, 110
T-2. Middelbury, 110
4. UNH, 92
5. Colby, 71

Women's Giant Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Lisa Wedsjö (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden) – 5^th place, 39 points - 1:01.55 1:05.89 - 2:07.44
Emma Woodhouse (Collingwood, Ontario) – 9^th place, 31 points - 1:02.05 1:06.49 - 2:08.54
Geneviève Frigon (Laval, Quebec) - 23^rd place, 22 points - 1:03.80 1:07.05 - 2:10.85

Men's Giant Slalom Team (Top 5)
1. Dartmouth, 135
2. Middlebury, 108
3. Vermont, 107
4. Colby-Sawyer, 73
5. St. Lawrence, 70
9. UNH, 53

Men's Giant Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Chris Steinke (Ottawa, Ontario) – 25^th place, 20 points - 1:01.02 1:04.01 - 2:05.03
Phil Rivet (Saint-Lambert, Quebec) – 28^th place, 17 points - 1:01.22 1:04.11 - 2:05.33
Bryan Cookson (Vernon, British Columbia) – 29^th place, 16 points - 1:01.02 1:04.39 - 2:05.41

Nordic Events – Rikert Nordic Center
Women's Classic Sprint Relay (Team Top 5)
1. Dartmouth, 141
2. UNH, 113
3. Middlebury, 80
4. Bates, 74
5. Colby, 71

Women's Classic Sprint Relay (Top Wildcats)
Lizzie Gill (Bozeman, Mont.) – 3:53.9, 4:07.0
Katrin Larusson (Truckee, Calif.) – 3:47.3, 4:11.9
3^rd place, 61 points – 3:54.5, 3:57 - :23:51.8

Rocci Wohlk (Forest Lake, Minn.) – 3:53.0, 4:22.5
Silje Wilson (Hamar, Norway) – 3:40.6, 4:12.5
5^th place, 52 points – 4:05.7, 3:47.9 - :24:02.5

Men's Classic Sprint Relay (Team Top 5)
1. Dartmouth, 130
2. Williams, 114
3. Vermont, 113
4. Middlebury, 87
T-5. UNH, 67
T-5. Harvard, 67

Men's Classic Sprint Relay (Top Wildcats)
Casey Shannon (Bend, Ore.) – 3:25.5, 3:57.2
Gavin Hess (Rochester, N.Y.) – 3:18.4, 4:00.0
10^th place, 38 points – 3:49.6, 3:38.4 - :22:09.5

Will Bodewes (Hazelhurst, Wis.) – 3:34.4, 3:55.9
Shane Christian (Tahoe Vista, Calif.) – 3:24.5, 3:56.8
15^th place, 29 points – 3:52.1, 3:47.8 - :22:31.8

Next Up
The EISA Championships/NCAA East Regional Championships (Feb. 24-25) will take place at the Bates Carnival with alpine events at Sunday River in Newry, Maine, and Nordic events at Black Mountain in Rumford, Maine. The giant slalom (alpine), men's 10K classic and women's 5K classic are on tap Friday. On Saturday, it will be the slalom, men's 20K freestyle and women's 15K freestyle races.

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.