Holmes, Kenney Lead 'Cats to Fourth at Williams Carnival (Day 1)

Friday, February 16

Alpine GS: Jiminy Peak - Nordic 5K/10K Classic: Prospect Mountain

University of New Hampshire

Williams Carnival

Photo by: Gil Talbot

Holmes, Kenney Lead 'Cats to Fourth at Williams Carnival (Day 1)

2/16/2018 9:40:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

Results

Wedsjo, Virkkula Add Top-10 Finishes

HANCOCK, Mass. & WOODFORD, Vt. – Peter Holmes (Truckee, Calif.) raced to a fourth-place finish in the men's 10K classic at Prospect Mountain and Patrick Kenney (Hingham, Mass.) took fifth place in men's giant slalom at Jiminy Peak to lead the University of New Hampshire ski team to fourth place on Friday's opening day of the Williams Carnival.

With 339 points, UNH trails Dartmouth (506), Vermont (427) and Middlebury (413).

The Wildcat men's alpine team finished in a three-way tie for second place (88 points) in GS with Middlebury and Vermont.

On the women's alpine side, Lisa Wedsjö (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden) and Sohvi Virkkula (Salla, Finland) finished eighth and ninth, respectively. UNH finished third in women's GS, behind Vermont and Dartmouth.

Williams Carnival • Feb. 16
Nordic Events: Prospect Mountain • Woodford, Vt.
Feb. 16 - Women's 5K Classic, Men's 10K Classic

Alpine Events: Jiminy Peak • Hancock, Mass.
Feb. 16: Jiminy Peak - Giant Slalom (9:10 a.m.)
Results

Williams Carnival (Day 1 of 2)
Overall Top 5
1. Dartmouth, 506
2. Vermont, 427
3. Middlebury, 413
4. UNH, 339
5. Williams, 266

Women's Giant Slalom
Team Top 5
1. Vermont, 134
2. Dartmouth, 124
3. UNH, 90
4. St. Michael's, 83
5. Middlebury, 82

Women's Giant Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Lisa Wedsjö (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden) - 8^th place, 35 points - 50.61 53.95 1:44.56
Sohvi Virkkula (Salla, Finland) - 9^th place, 33 points - 51.17 53.58 1:44.75
Emma Woodhouse (Collingwood, Ontario) - 24^th place, 22 points - 52.53 54.16 1:46.69

Men's Giant Slalom
Team Top 5
1. Dartmouth, 141
T-2. UNH, 88
T-2. Middlebury, 88
T-2. Vermont, 88
5. St. Michael's, 78

Men's Giant Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Patrick Kenney (Hingham, Mass.) - 5^th place, 39 points - 49.68 52.36 1:42.04
Bryan Cookson (Vernon, British Columbia) - 17^th place, 25 points - 50.87 52.23 1:43.10
Will Bruneau-Bouchard (Quebec City, Quebec) - 19^th place, 24 points - 50.71 52.54 1:43.25

Men's 10K Classic
Team Top 5
1. Middlebury, 130
2. Dartmouth, 108
3. Vermont, 94
4. UNH, 92
5. Williams, 74

Men's 10K Classic (Top Wildcats)
Peter Holmes (Tahoe City, Calif.) - 4^th place, 41 points - :29:58.4
Jakob Velle (Oslo, Norway) - 16^th place, 26 points - :30:54.1
Tyler Quinn Smith (Park City, Utah) - 17^th place, 25 points - :30:56.7

Women's 5K Classic
Team Top 5
1. Dartmouth, 133
2. Middlebury, 113
3. Vermont, 111
4. Williams, 74
5. UNH, 69

Women's 5K Classic (Top Wildcats)
Kaja Sandsten (Oppdal, Norway) - 20^th place, 25 points - :17:59.4
Maddie Morgan (Park City, Utah) - 23^rd place, 23 points - :18:13.5
Hannah Peterson (Durango, Colo.) - 25^th place, 21 points - :18:17.2

What's Next
•The Williams Carnival concludes Saturday with the freestyle sprint races at Prospect Mountain and the men's and women's slalom at Berkshire East.