Wedsjö Powers Skiing to Fourth at EISA Championships

Saturday, February 24

Alpine GS: Middlebury Snow Bowl - Nordic: 15K/20K Skate MS

University of New Hampshire

Middlebury Carnival/EISAs

Lisa Wedsjö (Photo courtesy Gil Talbot)

Photo by: Gil Talbot

2/24/2018 5:17:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

Results

Senior Takes Eighth in Women's GS

HANCOCK & RIPTON, Vt. – Senior alpine skier Lisa Wedsjö (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden) raced to an eighth-place finish in women's giant slalom and the University of New Hampshire ski team finished fourth overall in the 2018 EISA Championships/NCAA East Regional Championships, which concluded Saturday at Middlebury College Snow Bowl and Rikert Nordic Center. Wedsjö's team-leading performance locked up what will be her fourth straight berth to the NCAA Ski Championships, which will be hosted by the University of Colorado on March 7-10.

UNH scored 580 points to place behind 2018 EISA champion Dartmouth (979), Vermont (841) and Middlebury (816).

Middlebury Carnival • EISA Championships • NCAA East Regionals • Feb. 23-24
Nordic Events: Rikert Nordic Center • Ripton, Vt.
Alpine Events: Middlebury College Snow Bowl • Hancock, Vt.
Results

EISAs/NCAA East Regionals/Middlebury Carnival (Final)
Overall Top 5
1. Dartmouth, 979
2. Vermont, 841
3. Middlebury, 816
4. UNH, 580
5. Williams, 538

Alpine – Middlebury College Snow Bowl (Feb. 24)
Women's Giant Slalom
Team Top 5
1. Dartmouth, 130
2. Middlebury, 120
3. St. Michael's, 102
4. UNH, 87
5. Bates, 67

Top Wildcats
Lisa Wedsjö (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden) – 8^th place, 33 points - 1:02.32 1:07.60 2:09.92
Sohvi Virkkula (Salla, Finland) – 13^th place, 28 points - 1:03.13 1:08.25 2:11.38
Rachel Nawrocki (New Castle, N.H) – 15^th place, 26 points - 1:04.12 1:07.41 2:11.53

Men's Giant Slalom
Team Top 5
1. Dartmouth, 128
2. Vermont, 115
3. Middlebury, 108
4. St. Lawrence, 75
5. St. Michael's, 74
7. UNH, 67

Top Wildcats
Patrick Kenney (Hingham, Mass.) – 18^th place, 26 points - 1:02.64 1:03.82 2:06.46
Bryan Cookson (Vernon, British Columbia) – 24^th place, 22 points - 1:02.64 1:04.92 2:07.56
Will Bruneau-Bouchard (Quebec City, Quebec) – 29^th place, 19 points - 1:03.05 1:06.03 2:09.08

Nordic – Rikert Nordic Center (Feb. 24)
Women's 15K Freestyle MS
Team Top 5
1. Dartmouth, 135
2. Vermont, 113
3. Middlebury, 103
4. Williams, 81
5. Colby, 69
8. UNH, 52

Top Wildcats
Maddie Morgan (Park City, Utah) – 25^th place, 21 points - 42:58.5
Annavitte Rand (Richmond, Vt.) – 33^rd place, 16 points - 43:49.9
Hannah Peterson (Durango, Colo.) – 34^th place, 15 points - 44:16.1

Men's 20K Freestyle MS
Team Top 5
1. Vermont, 115
2. Dartmouth, 103
3. Middlebury, 101
4. Williams, 100
5. Colby, 88
7. UNH, 60

Top Wildcats
Peter Holmes (Tahoe City, Calif.) – 20^th place, 24 points - 49:07.3
Henry Gorman (Salt Lake City, Utah) – 30^th place, 19 points - 49:56.8
Shane Christian (Tahoe Vista, Calif.) – 33^rd place, 17 points - 50:20.3

Next Up
Select members of the Wildcats will be chosen to represent the University and the East in the 2018 NCAA Skiing Championships, hosted by the University of Colorado on March 7-10. Alpine races will take place at Steamboat Springs Resort, with giant slalom (March 7) and slalom (March 9). Nordic races are scheduled for Howelsen Hill, with the women's 5K classic/men's 10K classic (March 8) and the women's 15K skate/men's 20K skate (March 10).