SKIING NOTEBOOK
The final carnival of the 2022 EISA campaign is set for this weekend in New Hampshire. The EISA Championships and NCAA East Regional Nordic races will be held at the Jackson Nordic Center while alpine action will be at Cannon Mountain. The Catamounts will be seeking their 38th EISA title after winning in 2020 at Middlebury. Vermont defeated the Panthers by a single point in 2020 to earn their first league title since 2016.
 
Please note the Nordic and alpine events switched days due to the forecasted heavy snowfall Friday.
 
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MIDDLEBURY CARNIVAL SCHEDULE (All Times Subject to Change)
Friday, February 25
9:30 a.m. – Women's/Men's Slalom
10 a.m. – Men's 10k Classic
12 p.m. – Women's 5k Classic
Saturday, February 26
9:30 a.m. – Women's/Men's GS
10 a.m. – Men's 20k Freestyle
12 p.m. – Women's 15k Freestyle
*Please note times are subject to change
 
NCAA EAST REGIONAL
Berths in the NCAA Championships to be held March 9 through March 12 at Park City Mountain Resort and Soldier Hollow Resort in Utah are on the line this weekend as the best racers look to back up their Eastern rankings and nail down official spots.
 
NYSTEDT RECEIVES WEEKLY EISA AWARDS
After the Middlebury Carnival Jacob Nystedt was honored as EISA Skier of the Week, given to the highest point getters on a given weekend (although you can only earn the honor once a season). Jacob Nystedt won his first ever EISA race on Friday, followed by an immediate second on Saturday, both rapid times. On Friday, he finished the classic 10k with a time of 24:00.9. Nystedt's time on Saturday was 51:56.7.
 
GREAT MEMORIES FOR TEFRE AT CANNON MOUNTAIN
Junior Mathias Tefre has fond memories of Cannon Mountain. Last March he became fifth Catamount in program history to claim the men's slalom national title. His two-run time of 1:29.09 won the Catamounts 69th all-time individual national championship by six hundredths of a second.
 
RETURNING DEPTH FOR THE CATAMOUNTS
With the added year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Catamounts 2022 roster is stacked with returning talent. UVM returns five All-Americans from the 2021 NCAA Championships. Mathias Tefre was the National Champion in the slalom and he was joined by Justine Clément (slalom) and Francesca English (GS) as First Team All-Americans. Anna Bizyukova (classic) and David Frisk (slalom) were Second Team All-Americans along with Tefre (GS) and English (slalom).