Dartmouth picking up steam as NCAAs near

Dartmouth earned its fourth carnival victory of the season Saturday in the final day of racing at the Williams Carnival in Massachusetts.  
    Nordic skiers led the way for Dartmouth on Saturday at Prospect Mountain, earning wins in both the men and women’s sprint relay events. In the men’s race, the Big Green team of Patrick O’Brien, Nils Koons and Dakota Blackhorse-Von Jess took top honors in the 3-by-3 x 1.5 kilometer classic relay
    On the women’s side, it was Dartmouth’s Susan Dunklee, Hannah Dreissigacker and Elsa Sargent who took the victory by a substantial margin
DARTMOUTH earned its fourth carnival victory of the season Saturday in the final day of racing at the Williams Carnival in Massachusetts.  
    Nordic skiers led the way for Dartmouth on Saturday at Prospect Mountain, earning wins in both the men and women’s sprint relay events. In the men’s race, the Big Green team of Patrick O’Brien, Nils Koons and Dakota Blackhorse-Von Jess took top honors in the 3-by-3 x 1.5 kilometer classic relay. Middlebury’s team of Tim Reynolds, Matthew Johnson and Patrick Johnson finished second, and the New Hampshire squad of Shane MacDowell, Rody Lageson, and Dylan McGuffin took third.
    Dartmouth men finished with 94 points, ahead of New Hampshire (87 points) and Middlebury (80 points).
On the women’s side, it was Dartmouth’s Susan Dunklee, Hannah Dreissigacker and Elsa Sargent who took the victory by a substantial margin. New Hampshire took second with its team of Marlijne Cook, Natasha Kullas and Sarah Wright. Middlebury’s Sophie McClelland, Cassidy Edwards and Robyn Anderson took third.
    Dartmouth women earned 94 points Saturday.  The University of New Hampshire earned 87, and Middlebury earned 80.
    Williams Carnival alpine racing concluded Saturday with the men’s and women’s slalom races in sunny but cold conditions at Jiminy Peak.
    Colby’s Vincent Lebrun-Fortin took his first win of the season in the men’s race, helping his team to a third-place finish, its best of the season. Lebrun-Fortin edged Bogner points leader Charles Christianson of Williams, and Greg Hardy of Vermont for the win.
    Middlebury earned the men’s victory Saturday with 78 points, thanks in part to sixth and seventh place finishes by Jacob Lund and Clayton Reed. Host Williams took second with 75 points, and Colby tallied 71 points.
    In the women’s slalom race, Dartmouth’s Courtney Hammond notched another win, her fifth of the season. She edged Catamounts Jilyne McDonald in second and Kara Crow in third.   
    Vermont led women’s team scoring with 87 points.  Dartmouth finished second with 84 points, and Middlebury took third with 71 points.  
    EISA racing resumes Feb. 22-23 at the Eastern Championships, hosted by Middlebury College.
    Information about the remaining schedule, as well as complete results and team standings can be found at https://www.eisasking.org.