Holmes Claims 11th in NCAA Championship 10K Classic

Thursday, March 8

5K Classic - Howelsen Hill

11 AM (ET)

University of New Hampshire

NCAA Ski Championships

Peter Holmes Took 11th Place in Men's 10K Classic

Photo by: Jamie Schwaberow

3/8/2018 2:27:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

NCAA Ski Results (Day 2)

Senior misses All-American by one place; Wildcats in 11th place overall

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. – University of New Hampshire senior Nordic skier Peter Holmes (Tahoe City, Calif.) raced to 11^th place in the men's 10K classic Thursday at Howelsen Hill Ski Area to miss All-American distinction by one spot, and the Wildcats are in 11^th place with 47.5 points halfway through the 2018 National Collegiate Skiing Championships, hosted by the University of Colorado.

Holmes, UNH's lone Nordic skier competing at NCAAs this year, crossed the finish line in 28 minutes, 54.5 seconds for 20 points. That time was 5.7 second behind Northern Michigan's Kjetil Baanerud, who earned the final All-American Second Team berth (10^th place).

NCAA Skiing Championships • March 8, 2018 • Day 2
Men's 10K Classic
Howelsen Hill Ski Area • Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Results
NCAA Ski Championships Central

Overall Team Top 5 (Day 2 of 4)
1. Colorado, 276
2. Denver, 267
3. Utah, 235
4. Dartmouth, 217.5
5. Vermont, 162
11. UNH, 47.5

WHAT'S NEXT
•Howelsen Hill remains the setting for Friday's third day of racing, with UNH's four alpine racers returning to the forefront for nighttime slalom races. Lisa Wedsjö (Saltsjöbaden, Sweden), Geneviève Frigon (Laval, Quebec) and Sohvi Virkkula (Salla, Finland) are scheduled to compete in the women's SL at 8:45 p.m. ET. Patrick Kenney (Hingham, Mass.) will race in the men's SL at 9:30 p.m. ET.