Dartmouth ends Middlebury's streak by winning own carnival; UVM is runner-up

Dartmouth ends Middlebury’s streak by winning own carnival; UVM is runner-up{mosimage}Dartmouth College ended Middlebury’s run of ski success this year and kept the University of Vermont out of the win category by taking the 93rd Dartmouth Winter Carnival title.

The Big Green finished with 777 points for a 48-point margin over UVM, second at 729. Middlebury, which ended Vermont’s 31-year domination of its own carnival last week, settled for third at 713 points.

Dartmouth won three of the four events Saturday.

Individually, Courtney Calise of Dartmouth took the women’s slalom, with UVM’s Hilary McCloy and Jamie Kingsbury going 2-3 and Middlebury’s Jessica Smith in fourth.

Colby’s Warner Nickerson captured the men’s slalom. Dartmouth, led by Paul McDonald in second, took the next four places before Matt Knittle finished sixth for UVM and David Coriell was seventh for Middlebury.

In the women’s classical cross country, Dartmouth’s Alison Crocker won in 26:19.0. New Hampshire’s Kate Underwood was second in 26:38.0. Kate Newick led Middlebury with a fourth place finish. Kate Crawford and Emily Klemp went 5-6 for UVM.

Dartmouth’s Andrew Hunter posted a 28-second win over Middlebury’s Garrott Kuzzy in the men’s 20km race. Mike Sinnott of Dartmouth was third. Middlebury’s Beau Baldock, UVM’s Lowell Bailey and Dartmouth’s Eben Sargent finished in a three-way deadlock for fourth at 32:47.1.