NCAA: It's tight at the top in EISA opener

By Published On: January 20th, 2007Comments Off on NCAA: It's tight at the top in EISA opener

JEFFERSONVILLE, Vt. – Dartmouth racers captured all four individual wins Friday in the St. Michael’s Carnival, the EISA season-opener, and the race for the team title is extremely tight halfway through the meet.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Vt. – Dartmouth racers captured all four individual wins Friday in the St. Michael’s Carnival, the EISA season-opener, and the race for the team title is extremely tight halfway through the meet.
    Middlebury leads the pack with 360 points, while Dartmouth is in second with 357 and Vermont is third with 355.
    “Even though we’re in third place we’re still in it for sure,” Vermont director of skiing and head alpine coach Bill Reichelt said. “We’re hoping to have the Nordic team perform well in the relays tomorrow, and in the slalom anything can happen. If we have a good day we can pull it out.”
    Dartmouth flexed its muscle the most in the men’s 10-kilometer freestyle event at the Sleepy Hollow Nordic Center as Big Green racers Michael Sinnott and Ben True finished 1-2. Sinnott won in 27 minutes, 24.6 seconds to beat True by slightly more than 20 seconds. Vermont’s Anders Folleras was third (28:19.8), Sylvan Ellefson of Bates College fourth (28:22) and Tim Reynolds of Middlebury fifth (28:23.60). Two other Dartmouth skiers finished in the top 10.
    Hannah Dreissigacker led three Dartmouth skiers in the top 10 in the women’s 5 km free, winning in 15:30.9 over Middlebury’s Jenny Hamilton (15:35.5). Vermont’s Carina Hamel (15:40.9) was third, Middlebury’s Cassidy Edwards fourth (15:47.70) and New Hampshire’s Sarah Wright fifth (16:07.30). Four Middlebury racers finished in the top 10.
    On the alpine side, Michelanne Shields of Dartmouth won the two-run giant slalom at Smugglers Notch in 1:54.51, edging Vermont’s Kara Crow by about a half-second (1:55.26). Bates’ Megan Papineau was third (1:55.64), New Hampshire’s Cynthia Tessier fourth (1:56.15) and Vermont's Chelsea Lynch fifth (1:56.51).
    Polishing off the Dartmouth sweep was Francis Fortin-Houle winning the men’s GS in 1:49.45. Vermont freshman Erik Gilbert finished second in 1:49.84. Middlebury racers Andrew Wagner (1:50.25) and Alec Tarberry (1:50.43) were third and fourth, and Dartmouth’s Alex Feliz finished rounded out the top five (1:50.86).
    The St. Michael’s Carnival continues Saturday with men and women’s 3-by-3 1 km Nordic freestyle sprint relays and the alpine slalom races.

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