'Cats Finish Fourth at Middlebury Carnival

Saturday, February 19

Alpine- GS, Middlebury Snow Bowl | Nordic- Women's 15K Free / Men's 10K Free - Rikert Nordic Center

9:30 AM

University of New Hampshire

Middlebury Carnival

Lisa Olsson led the women's alpine team at Middlebury Snow Bowl (Photo by FlyingPointRoad.com)

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

2/19/2022 6:54:00 PM | Skiing

Schulz’ second-place finish in men’s 20K free leads Wildcats

Scott Schulz (left) took second place in the men's 20K free

MIDDLEBURY & RIPTON, Vt. – Junior Nordic skier Scott Schulz (Lake Placid, N.Y.) finished as the runner-up in the men's 20K freestyle at Rikert Nordic Center while graduate student Bastian Meisen (Munich, Germany) and junior Marius Solbakken (Bekkestua, Norway) each registered a Top-10 finish for the men's alpine team at Middlebury Snow Bowl to lead the UNH ski team to fourth place at the Middlebury College Carnival, which concluded Saturday.

Vermont won the carnival with 1,034 points, followed by Middlebury (865 points), Dartmouth (734), UNH (653) and Colby (564) to round out the Top-5.

Middlebury College Carnival
Feb. 19, 2022
Nordic – Rikert Touring Center
Alpine – Middlebury Snow Bowl
Final Results

At Rikert, Schulz crossed the line in 52 minutes, 4.2 seconds –7.5 seconds behind race winner Jacob Nystedt of UVM (51:56.7) -- for 47 points. Sophomore Seth Wyatt (Bozeman, Mont.) claimed ninth place (54:41.8, 31 points), and freshman Roger Anderson (Golden Valley, Minn.) finished 11^th (54:48.0, 30 points). UNH finished third (108 points) in the race, behind Vermont (120) and Middlebury (112).

On the women's side, freshman Lisa Nystedt (Stockholm, Sweden) was the top Wildcat with an 11^th-place finish (47:53.8) in the 15K free for 30 points. Sophomore Alice House (Madison, Wis.) notched 15^th place (49:01.3, 28 points) and sophomore Lea Stabeak Wenaas (Oslo, Norway) took 22^nd (49:12.6, 24 points).

At Middlebury Snow Bowl, Meisen recorded a ninth-place finish in giant slalom (2 minutes, 3.55 seconds) for a team-high 33 points. Solbakken's 10^th-place time of 2:03.57 netted 31 points, and sophomore Peder Nersnaes (Oslo, Norway) finished in 14^th place (2:03.81, 27 points). With points doubled, the Wildcats took third place with 91 points, behind Middlebury (126) and UVM (122).

Senior Lisa Olsson (Stockholm, Sweden) headlined the Wildcat women's GS lineup by taking 18^th place in 2:09.28 (25 points). Freshman Gaia Palamara (Verona, Italy) placed 20^th (2:09.37, 23 points), and senior Fanny Sanderberg (Oslo, Norway) clocked in at 2:09.69 for 21^st place (22 points).

NEXT UP
•The alpine team will compete in giant slalom at Middlebury Snow Bowl on Sunday in a makeup race from the Feb. 11 canceled GS at the Dartmouth Carnival. The race will count for NCAA qualifying but not for EISA points.
•UNH plays host to the 2022 EISA Championships/NCAA East Regional Championships on Feb. 25-26. Jackson XC serves as the site for the Nordic competition, and the alpine races are slated for Mittersill.

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

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