Three 'Cats Podium in Opening Day at Williams Carnival

Friday, February 13

Nordic FR 15k Race - Prospect Mtn., Woodford, Vt. // Alpine GS - Jiminy Peak, Hancock, Mass.

University of New Hampshire

Williams Carnival

Photo by: Phillip Belena

2/13/2026 4:17:00 PM | Skiing

Jayden Buckrell, Hedda Martelleur, and Hattie Barker all finished third place in their respective races.

HANCOCK, Mass. — Senior Hattie Barker (Underhill, Vt.) (27:50.8) skied to a third-place finish in the women's freestyle 15k race, while Jayden Buckrell (Collingwood, Ontario) (44.76, 47.53; 1:32.29) and Hedda Martelleur (Uppsala, Sweden) (46.04, 49.32; 1:35.36) each finished third in the men's and women's giant slalom, respectively, headlining the University of New Hampshire's ski team's opening day at the Williams Carnival.

On the Nordic side, the men's team finished the day in seventh place with 60 points, while the women's team finished in third place with 94 points, trailing Dartmouth (first, 122 points) and Vermont (second, 114 points). On the alpine side, both the men's and women's teams finished in second place with 101.5 and 109 points, respectively, with each team trailing Vermont. Overall, the Wildcats closed out the opening day at the Williams Carnival in fourth place with 364.5 points, trailing Dartmouth, Vermont, and Middlebury.

Click HERE to view the full team scores.

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

Men

Galen Grohusky (Hailey, Idaho) – 9^th place (25:37.6)
Silas D'Atre – 28^th place (26:37.6)
Ben Oldham (Carbondale, Colo.) – 48^th place (27:27.4)
David Shycon (Northampton, Mass.) – 57^th place (27:49.0)
Miguel Fresco-Hanlon (Minneapolis, Minn.) – 62^nd place (27:56.3)
Casey Van Hefty (Minocqua, Wis.) – 63^rd place (28:02.8)
Nate Streubel – 81^st place (29:07.3)

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

Women

Hattie Barker – 3^rd place (27:50.8)
Clara Hegan (Ottawa, Ontario) – 10^th place (29:13.6)
Alexandra Luxmoore (Revelstoke, British Columbia) – 26^th place (30:37.7)
Addison Englund (Plymouth, N.H.) – 36^th place (31:16.1)*
Aurora Stiles (Jackson Hole, Wyo.) – 37^th place (31:17.9)
Emma Charles (Farmington, Maine) – 39^th place (31:29.8)
Sophia Kelting (Saranac Lake, N.Y.) – 45^th place (31:50.1)
Sawyer Ezzell (Crested Butte, Colo.) – 59^th place (32:22.7)*

*did not count toward final score

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

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

Men

Jayden Buckrell – 3^rd place (44.76, 47.53; 1:32.29)
Roman Elvidge (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) – 5^th place (44.65, 47.77; 1:32.42)
Hunter Roach (Vail, Colo.) – 19^th place (45.47, 47.97; 1:33.44)
Isac Hedström (Are, Sweden) – DNF
Rowen Ainslie (Wilton, N.H.) – DNF
Zachary Temertzoglou (Toronto, Ontario) – DNF

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

Women

Hedda Martelleur – 3^rd place (46.04, 49.32; 1:35.36)
Benedetta Caloro (Rome, Italy) – 5^th place (45.62, 49.84; 1:35.46)
Tianna Bruce (Avon, Colo.) – 15^th place (46.96, 49.54; 1:36.50)
Abishai Corey (Lincoln, N.H.) – 36^th place (47.84, 51.45; 1:39.29)
Abby Dembeck (Vail, Colo.) – 41^st place (48.59, 51.51; 1:40.10)

*did not count toward final score

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

NEXT UP • WILLIAMS CARNIVAL, SATURDAY, FEB. 14 | DAY 2 (A/N)
The UNH ski team concludes the Williams Carnival on Feb. 14, when the Nordic team competes in the classic 3x5 relay race at Prospect Mountain in Woodford, Vt., while the alpine team competes in the slalom at Jiminy Peak in Hancock, Mass.

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