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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The Vermont ski team dominated the slalom races on Day 2 of the EISA Championships. The Catamounts swept the podium in both the men's and women's races to help lead UVM to its fifth straight EISA Championship and 35th in program history.
The Catamounts piled up 1,001 points to win the title. Dartmouth followed in second with 782 points and New Hampshire was third (770 points). Vermont completed the EISA Circuit unbeaten for the 19th time since 1979 and extended its carnival win streak to 21 straight victories.
RELATED LINKS
Team Scores (.pdf)
Men's Slalom Results (.pdf)
Women's Slalom Results (.pdf)
Men's Classic Results (.pdf)
Women's Classic Results (.pdf)Elli Terwiel led the Catamounts in the women's slalom race. She posted the fastest time of the day (54.84) in her first run and finished with a total time of 1:52.85.
Kristian Riis-Johannessen, finished second (1:53.66) and
Laurence St. Germain was third (1:54.24) to complete the Catamount podium.
In the men's race
Will St. Germain won his first EISA title with a time of 1:50.61. Teammates
Taylor Wunsch (1:51.76) and
Sandy Vietze (1:51.87) finished second and third, respectively to complete the sweep for Vermont.
In the women's classic race four Catamounts finished in the top-10, led by Marion Wood's fifth place finish, her best of the season. Woods crossed the finish line in a time of 53:51.6.
Annika Taylor of New Hampshire won the race with a time of 53:10.8 and the Middlebury duo of Heather Mooney and Kelsey Phinney rounded out the podium.
MK Cirelli was the second Catamount across the finish line to place seventh overall. Alayna Sonneysen and
Stephanie Kirk followed in ninth and 10th place, respectively.
The Vermont men's Nordic team also had a strong showing in the classic race.
Jorgen Grav led five Catamounts among the top-10 finishers. Grav was the runner-up in the race, posting a time of 59:51.2.
Patrick Caldwell of Dartmouth won the race with a time of 57:27.2 and fellow Big Green teammate Fabian Stocek earned third place with a time of 59:52.0.
Jack Hegman and
Rogan Brown finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Tobias Trenkle and
Ben Hegman rounded out the top-10 finishers for the Catamounts and
Cole Morgan was 11th.
Up next for the Catamounts are the 2015 NCAA Chmampionships, March 11-14, at the same venues where the EISA Championships were just held. The alpine events will be at Whiteface Mountain, while the Nordic races will be held at Mt. Van Hoevenberg.
