Dartmouth wraps up regular season with strong results at UNH carnival

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The sixth and final carnival of the season was hosted by UNH at Mittersill last week. The athletes battled fresh snow and low light at their final carnival of the season. It was the last opportunity to qualify for NCAA Championships, and the pressure was on. 

Joachim Jagge Lindstoel (UVM)

UVM was the top team overall with 981 total points, including Nordic results, but the only alpine event UVM won this week was the men’s GS. Dartmouth swept the rest, which includes the men’s and women’s slaloms and the women’s GS. UVM was the highest scoring alpine team with 461 points for the weekend, while Dartmouth was second with 408 points.

The women

UVM, Dartmouth and Middlebury were represented on the women’s slalom podium. 

Moa Clementson won by 0.45 seconds. This was the UVM freshman’s third NCAA slalom win of the season. Dartmouth sophomore Olivia Holm claimed the first carnival slalom podium of her career in second place. In third was Lucia Bailey. The Middlebury senior has had a strong year, collecting five NCAA podiums in her final season. 

“The snow was great at Cannon, and it was so much fun racing on such good conditions,” said Clementson. Her results matched her words, as she had a great weekend, landing on the podium both days. 

The women’s GS was the only podium to feature two athletes from the same school. This included two UVM athletes: Marina Vilanova in second and Moa Clementson in third. 

Moa Clementson (UVM)

Clementson has had better results in slalom than GS this season, but finally snagged a GS podium this week. She was particularly happy with this result, saying, “It felt especially good to get a GS podium and to share it with a teammate.” 

Hannah Utter is in her fifth year at Dartmouth, and has capitalized on it. Her win on Saturday propelled her up the rankings, landing her in sixth overall and third for Dartmouth. 

The final top-five ranked women are as follows: Marina Vilanova; Stephanie Lebby; Ellie Curtis; Lucia Bailey; Gwen Wattenmaker.

The NCAA skiing selections will be announced on March 1.

The men

Both the men’s slalom and GS had three different schools on the podium each day. The slalom podium featured UVM, SMC and Dartmouth athletes, while the GS had UVM, Dartmouth and Middlebury. 

UVM junior Joachim Jagge Lindstoel won the slalom by a commanding 1.83 seconds. Simen Strand, a sophomore at SMC, snagged second place. Rounding out the podium in third place was Dartmouth freshman Oliver Morgan. 

The conditions were reportedly phenomenal despite the rapidly falling snow. “I think the icy surface in the slalom was the best snow of the year,” said Morgan. 

The surface for the GS was less consistent than the slalom according to Morgan, who said the course was “fast, bumpy and generally challenging.” They essentially skied the same course twice, as it was only redressed for the second run. 

Despite this course report, Morgan snagged a GS podium, which he shared with Lindstoel for a second consecutive day. 

Oliver Morgan (Dartmouth)

Morgan was just 0.34 seconds behind Lindstoel, who snagged his eighth carnival win of the season with his GS win on Friday. Morgan was just behind him in second, 0.34 seconds out. In third was Middlebury senior Justin Alkier, who was just 0.13 off of Morgan. Alkier had a pair of first and third place GS finishes at his home carnival the previous week. 

Prior to this week, Kalle Wagner was the only Dartmouth athlete qualified for NCAAs – an unusual situation for Big Green. With only two more opportunities to qualify and the pressure on, Oliver Morgan and Olof Hedelin will be joining him in Park City. 

“I was really happy that as a group we were able to deal with the higher stakes,” said Morgan. 

The final top-five ranked men are as follows: Joachim Jagge Lindstoel (UVM); Justin Alkier (MIDD); Bradshaw Underhill (MIDD); Bastan Meisen (UNH); Oliver Morgan (DAR). 

To see the full rankings for men and women, click here.

The NCAA skiing selections will be announced on March 1. 

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About the Author: Lexi Hanus

Raised on the east coast, Lexi grew up ski racing for Burke Mountain Academy. She later went on to race for Colby College's Division I alpine ski team while pursuing a B.A. with a major in Sociology. She began her role as content coordinator for Ski Racing Media in July, 2021, and is currently based in Boston, Massachusetts.