Nordic Skiers Place Second at EISA UNH Nordic Carnival

Friday, February 19

15K Skate - Jackson XC

University of New Hampshire

UNH Nordic Carnival

Schuyler Michalak in action during a race at Jackson XC on Jan. 28 (Photo by Steve Fuller / FlyingPointRoad.com)

Photo by: https://www.flyingpointroad.com

2/19/2021 9:44:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

Lyons, Schulz earn third-place finishes in 15K skate races at Jackson XC

Andrew Meyer races with the Eagle Mountain House providing the backdrop (Photo by Steve Fuller / FlyingPointRoad.com)

JACKSON, N.H. – Freshman Jasmine Lyons (Ottawa, Ontario) and sophomore Scott Schulz (Lake Placid, N.Y.) each notched a third-place finish in their respective 15K skate races, and the University of New Hampshire ski team placed second in the EISA UNH Nordic Carnival held Friday at Jackson XC.

Vermont scored 272 points to defeat UNH (240 points) and Saint Lawrence (202) in the one-day event.

In the women's 15K skate, Lyons scored 44 points by virtue of her finishing time of 39 minutes, 21 seconds. Sophomore Lucinda Anderson (Golden Valley, Minn.) clocked in four seconds later for fourth place (41 points), and junior Dariya Kuznetsova (Pervouralsk, Russia) registered an eighth-place time of 40:19 for 35 points. UVM won the race, 134-120, over UNH, with SLU (103) placing third.

Schulz headlined the men's 15K skate efforts with 44 points (34:18.3). Freshmen Seth Wyatt (Bozeman, Mont. / 39 points / 35:40.3) and James Schneider (Plymouth, Minn. / 37 points / 36:28.9) finished 6-7 as the Wildcats totaled 120 points to finish runner-up to the Catamounts (138).

EISA UNH Nordic Carnival
Friday, Feb. 19, 2021
Jackson XC
1. Vermont, 272
2. UNH, 240
3. St. Lawrence, 202
Full Results

Women's 15K Skate
Vermont, 134 points
UNH, 120 points
St. Lawrence, 103 points

Top Wildcats
Jasmine Lyons, 3rd place, 44 points (39:21)
Lucinda Anderson, 4th place, 41 points (39:25)
Dariya Kuznetsova, 8th place, 35 points (40:19)

Men's 15K Skate
Vermont, 138 points
UNH, 120 points
St. Lawrence, 99 points

Top Wildcats
Scott Schulz, 3rd place, 44 points (34:18.3)
Seth Wyatt, 6th place, 39 points (35:40.3)
James Schneider, 7th place, 37 points (36:28.9)

LOOKING AHEAD
•The UNH Nordic ski team ventures to Sleepy Hollow (Huntington, Vt.) for the EISA Nordic Vermont Carnival on Friday, Feb. 26, with men's and women's 10K classic races scheduled. The Wildcat men's and women's alpine teams are scheduled to resume action with giant slalom races at the Saint Lawrence Alpine Carnival on Feb. 25-26 at Whiteface Mountain.

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