Ski Sits in Fourth After Opening Day at EISA Championships

Photo by: Steve Cloutier

2/20/2026 5:52:00 PM | Skiing

Benedetta Caloro paced the day for UNH with a third-place finish.

HANCOCK, Vt. — Graduate student Benedetta Caloro (Rome Italy) (55.64, 1:05.14; 2:00.78) skied to a third-place tie in the women's giant slalom, headlining the University of New Hampshire's opening day at the EISA Championships and Middlebury Carnival.

On the Nordic side, the men's team finished the day in fourth place with 86 points, while the women's team finished in third place with 96 points. On the alpine side, the men's team finished in ninth place with 54 points while the women's team closed out in fourth place with 91.5 points. Overall, the Wildcats closed out the first day in fourth place with 327.5 points, trailing Dartmouth, Vermont, and Middlebury.

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

Men

Galen Grohusky (Hailey, Idaho) – 12^th place (22:12.5)
Silas D'Atre – 15^th place (22:17.9)
Ben Oldham (Carbondale, Colo.) – 16^th place (22:18.6)
David Shycon (Northampton, Mass.) – 52^nd place (23:54.8)
Casey Van Hefty (Minocqua, Wis.) – 55^th place (24:15.6)
Miguel Fresco-Hanlon (Minneapolis, Minn.) – 64^th place (25:21.4)

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

Women

Alexandra Luxmoore (Revelstoke, British Columbia) – 9^th place (25:14.3)
Clara Hegan (Ottawa, Ontario) – 11^th place (25:29.5)
Hattie Barker (Underhill, Vt.) – 12^th place (25:43.9)
Emma Charles (Farmington, Maine) – 36^th place (26:49.0)
Aurora Stiles (Jackson Hole, Wyo.) – 37^th place (26:56.0)
Sophia Kelting (Saranac Lake, N.Y.) – 43^rd place (27:27.2)

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

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

Men

Roman Elvidge (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) – 5^th place (54.22, 1:02.97; 1:57.19)
Zachary Temertzoglou (Toronto, Ontario) – 32^nd place (55.58, 1:04.24; 1:59.82)
Jayden Buckrell (Collingwood, Ontario) – 33^rd place (55.24, 1:04.69; 1:59.93)
Isac Hedström (Are, Sweden) – 38^th place (54.5, 1:06.38; 2:00.88)
Rowen Ainslie (Wilton, N.H.) – DNF
Hunter Roach (Vail, Colo.) – DNF

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

Women

Benedetta Caloro – 3^rd place (55.64, 1:05.14; 2:00.78)
Hedda Martelleur (Uppsala, Sweden) – 13^th place (56.01, 1:06.42; 2:02.43)
Tianna Bruce (Avon, Colo.) –26^th place (57.49, 1:07.26; 2:04.75)
Abby Dembeck (Vail, Colo.) – DNF
Tilde Kandell (Leksand, Sweden) – DNF
Abishai Corey (Lincoln, N.H.) – DNF

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

NEXT UP • MIDDLEBURY CARNIVAL, FRIDAY, FEB. 21 | DAY 2 (A/N)
The UNH ski team continues to compete in the EISA Championships, hosted by Middlebury, on Feb. 21, when the Nordic team competes in the freestyle 20k race at Rikert Outdoor Center in Ripton, Vt., while the alpine team competes in the slalom at the Snow Bowl in Hancock, Vt.

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