Ski Closes Opening Day at Dartmouth Carnival in Fourth Place

Friday, January 30

Nordic CL 7.5k Race - Oak Hill, Hanover, N.H. // Alpine GS - Dartmouth Skiway, Lyme, N.H.

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Dartmouth Carnival

Photo by: STEPHEN R CLOUTIER

Ski Closes Opening Day at Dartmouth Carnival in Fourth Place

1/30/2026 11:03:00 PM | Skiing

The women’s alpine team paced the day with a third-place finish.

HANOVER, N.H. — Senior Hattie Barker (Underhill, Vt.) finished fifth overall in the women's 7.5k classic race, skiing in 24:26.80, while Tilde Kandell (Leksand, Sweden) (59.3, 1:02.26; 2:01.56) and Roman Elvidge (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) (57.06, 1:00; 1:57.06) finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the men's and women's giant slalom events, headlining the University of New Hampshire's ski team's opening day at the Dartmouth Carnival.

On the Nordic side, both the men's and women's teams finished the day in fourth place, with the men receiving 87 points, trailing Vermont (1^st, 135), Middlebury (2^nd, 113), and Dartmouth (3^rd, 92) while the women earned 97 points, behind Vermont (1^st, 125), Dartmouth (2^nd, 116), and Middlebury (3^rd, 99). On the alpine side, the men's team finished the day in sixth place with 67 points while the women finished in third place with 101 points. Overall, the Wildcats closed out the opening day of the Dartmouth Carnival in fourth place with 352 points, behind Vermont (1^st, 481), Dartmouth (2^nd, 451), and Middlebury (3^rd, 398).

Click HERE to view the full team scores.

Listed below are the results from the first day of Nordic competition:

Men

Galen Grohusky (Hailey, Idaho) – 9^th place (21:44.7)
Silas D'Atre – 19^th place (22:14.7)
Ben Oldham (Carbondale, Colo.) – 21^st place (22:16.1)
Miguel Fresco-Hanlon (Minneapolis, Minn.) – 45^th place (22:58.1)
David Shycon (Northampton, Mass.) – 53^rd place (23:16.9)
Casey Van Hefty (Minocqua, Wis.) – 86^th place (25:46.2)

Click HERE to view the full men's race results.

Women

Hattie Barker – 5^th place (24:26.8)
Natalie Nicholas (Bozeman, Mont.) – 11^th place (24:50.3)
Alexandra Luxmoore (Revelstoke, British Columbia) – 13^th place (25:01.5)
Aurora Stiles (Jackson Hole, Wyo.) – 25^th place (25:38.1)
Clara Hegan (Ottawa, Ontario) – 28^th place (25:46.1)
Emma Charles (Farmington, Maine) – 31^st place (25:59.5)
Emma Barsness (Vail, Colo.) – 49^th place (26:48.5)*
Sawyer Ezzell (Crested Butte, Colo.) – 57^th place (27:11.3)*
Addison Englund (Plymouth, N.H.) – 69^th place (27:36.9)*

*did not count toward final score

Click HERE to view the full women's race results.

Listed below are the results from the first day of alpine competition:

Men

Roman Elvidge – 6^th place (57.06, 1:00; 1:57.06)
Jayden Buckrell (Collingwood, Ontario) – 10^th place (57.30, 1:00.07; 1:57.37)
Isac Hedström (Are, Sweden) – DNF
Rowen Ainslie (Wilton, N.H.) – DNF
Zachary Temertzoglou (Toronto, Ontario) – DNF
Hunter Roach (Vail, Colo.) – DNF

Click HERE to view the full men's race results.

Women

Tilde Kandell – 5^th place (59.3, 1:02.26; 2:01.56)
Benedetta Caloro (Rome, Italy) – 9^th place (1:00.55, 1:02.09; 2:02.64)
Celine Sommerová (Milton, N.H.) – 15^th place (59.74, 1:03.26; 2:03.00)
Hedda Martelleur (Uppsala, Sweden) – 17^th place (59.89, 1:03.30; 2:03.19)
Tianna Bruce (Avon, Colo.) – 21^st place (1:00.55, 1:03.28; 2:03.83)
Abby Dembeck (Vail, Colo.) – DNF*
Abishai Corey (Lincoln, N.H.) – DNF

*did not count toward final score

Click HERE to view the full women's race results.

NEXT UP • DARTMOUTH CARNIVAL, SATURDAY, JAN. 31 | DAY 2 (A/N)
The UNH ski team concludes the Dartmouth Carnival on Saturday, Jan. 31, when the Nordic team competes in the freestyle 15k race at Oak Hill in Hanover, N.H., while the alpine team competes in the slalom at Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, N.H.

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