Lyons' Nordic Victory Headlines Third-Place Finish at Dartmouth Carnival

Saturday, February 12

Alpine- SL, Dartmouth Skiway | Nordic- Men's/Women's 10K Free, Oak Hill

9 AM

University of New Hampshire

Dartmouth Carnival

Jasmine Lyons topped the podium in the women's 10K free on Saturday (Photo by FlyingPointRoad.com)

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Lyons' Nordic Victory Headlines Third-Place Finish at Dartmouth Carnival

2/12/2022 10:37:00 PM | Skiing

Michael, Sanderberg finish in Top-4 of women's slalom

HANOVER & LYME, N.H. – Sophomore Jasmine Lyons (Ottawa, Ontario) raced to victory in the women's 10K freestyle while freshman Zoe Michael (Sydney, Australia) and senior Fanny Sanderberg (Oslo, Norway) earned Top-4 finishes in women's slalom to highlight the UNH ski team's third-place finish at the Dartmouth Carnival, which concluded Saturday.

Vermont won the carnival with 951 points, followed by Dartmouth (797), which edged UNH (796) by one point. The rest of the Top-5 included Middlebury (579) and Colby (515).

Dartmouth Carnival (Day 2)
Saturday, Feb. 12
Oak Hill Touring Center • Dartmouth Skiway
Women's 10K Free • Men's 10K Free • Men's Slalom • Women's Slalom
Full Results

At Oak Hill Touring Center, Lyons completed the 10K free in 31 minutes, 13.0 seconds for 50 points. Junior Luci Anderson (Golden Valley, Minn.) posted a ninth-place time of 33:36.9 for 35 points, and freshman Lisa Nystedt (Stockholm, Sweden) tallied 25 points courtesy of her 21^st-place result (34:51.7). The Wildcats finished in second place (110 points) behind Dartmouth (127) in the race.

At Dartmouth Skiway, Michael clocked in at 1 minute, 39.86 seconds to collect 47 points and finish runner-up to Vermont's Moa Clementson (1:38.15). Sanderberg took fourth place in 1:40.59 (41 points), and senior Lisa Olsson (Stockholm, Sweden) registered a 12^th-place time of 1:41.37 for 29 points. The women's alpine team scored 117 points to finish second to UVM (131).

In the men's 10K free, junior Scott Schulz (Lake Placid, N.Y.) led the way for the 'Cats in a third-place time of 26:32.2 (44 points). Freshman Roger Anderson (Golden Valley, Minn.) earned 26 points by placing 15^th in 27:54.7, and sophomore Seth Wyatt (Bozeman, Mont.) secured 20 points by finishing in 23^rd (28:28.4).

In men's SL, senior Crowley Gentile (Greenland, N.H.) was the top-scoring Wildcat for the second straight day with a 14^th-place finish (1:41.67, 28 points). Junior Marius Solbakken (Bekkestua, Norway) finished 0.05 seconds behind Gentile for 15^th place (27 points), and graduate student Bastian Meisen (Munich, Germany) notched 25 points by virtue of his 18^th-place time of 1:42.20.

NEXT UP
•The alpine Wildcats are scheduled to compete in giant slalom at Stowe on Thursday, Feb. 17, in a makeup of the postponed UVM Carnival race from last weekend. The race will count for NCAA points only.

•Both Wildcat teams then compete in the Middlebury Carnival on Feb. 18-19 with Nordic races at Rikert Nordic Center (Ripton, Vt.) and alpine races at the Middlebury Snow Bowl.

For more information on the UNH ski team, visit www.unhwildcats.com.

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