Nordic's Peterson Guides 'Cats to 4th at EISAs (Day 1 of 2)

Friday, February 24

Nordic- Black Mountain, Alpine- Sunday River

Day 1 of 2

University of New Hampshire

Bates/EISAs

Photo by: Gil Talbot

2/24/2017 5:10:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

Results

SUNDAY RIVER & RUMFORD, Maine – Hannah Peterson (Durango, Colo.), Lisa Wedsjö (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden) and Peter Holmes (Tahoe City, Calif.) each collected a Top-10 finish to help the University of New Hampshire ski team move into fourth place at the 2017 Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association Championships/NCAA East Regionals at the Bates Carnival on Friday.

EISA Championships • NCAA East Regional Championships • Bates Carnival (Feb. 24-25)
Alpine Events: Sunday River (Newry, Maine)
Nordic Events: Black Mountain (Rumford, Maine)

Overall Top 5 (Day 1)
1. Dartmouth, 464
2. Vermont, 417
3. Middlebury, 358
4. UNH, 308
5. Williams, 293

Nordic Events: Black Mountain (Rumford, Maine)
Women's 5K Classic (Team Top 5)
1. Vermont, 122
2. Bates, 94
3. UNH, 91
4. Dartmouth, 87
5. Williams, 79

Women's 5K Classic (Top Wildcats)
Hannah Peterson (Durango, Colo.) – 7^th place, 35 points - :17:05.08
Lizzie Gill (Bozeman, Mont.) – 12^th place, 29 points - :17:13.63
Katrin Larusson (Truckee, Calif.) – 15^th place, 27 points - :17:24.16

Men's 10K Classic (Team Top 6)
1. Williams, 134
2. Dartmouth, 111
3. Maine-Presque Isle, 91
4. Vermont, 90
5. Middlebury, 78
6. UNH, 74

Men's 10K Classic (Top Wildcats)
Peter Holmes (Tahoe City, Calif.) – 8^th place, 33 points - :29:59.08
Gavin Hess (Rochester, N.Y.) – 25^th place, 21 points - :31:39.88
Tyler Quinn Smith (Park City, Utah) – 27^th place, 20 points - :31:44.4

Alpine Events: Sunday River (Newry, Maine)
Women's Giant Slalom Team (Top 5)
1. Dartmouth, 128
2. Middlebury, 102
3. Vermont, 96
4. UNH, 84
5. Colby, 78

Women's Giant Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Lisa Wedsjö (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden) – 7^th place, 35 points – 1:12.98
Emma Woodhouse (Collingwood, Ontario) – 13^th place, 27 points – 1:14.50
Kelly DiNapoli (Ludlow, Vt.) – 23^rd place, 22 points – 1:16.44

Men's Giant Slalom Team (Top 6)
1. Dartmouth, 138
2. Vermont, 109
3. Middlebury, 103
4. St. Michael's, 75
5. Colby, 62
6. UNH, 59

Men's Giant Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Phil Rivet (Saint-Lambert, Quebec) – 13^th place, 28 points – 1:16.19
Tõnis Luik (Tallinn, Estonia) – 22^nd place, 22 points – 1:17.24
Peter Martens (East Aurora, N.Y.) – 37^th place, 9 points – 1:20.55

Next Up
The EISAs conclude Saturday with the men's 20K freestyle and women's 15K freestyle at Black Mountain and the slalom races at Sunday River.

NCAA Championships, Hosted by UNH (March 8-11)
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.