FRANCONIA, N.H. – Anna Bizyukova, Joachim Jagge Lindstol and Ben Ogden earned wins Saturday propelling the Catamounts to their 38th EISA Championship and second in a row. Vermont cruised to the title with 981 team points, 253 more than New Hampshire which placed second overall for the first time in program history. UNH was just four points better than Middlebury and 12 better than Dartmouth.
 
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Ogden won his second straight race after returning from the 2022 Beijing Olympics Saturday. He finished 1:01.5 seconds faster than Middlebury's Peter Wolter to claim the 10k Classic. Ogden finished the circuit in a time of 25:27.4. Ogden won all three EISA races he competed in this winter. Jacob Nystedt earned his fourth straight podium with a third-place finish in a time of 26:32.3. His teammate Matias Ovrum was just 8.4 seconds behind Nystedt in fourth. Greg Burt (5th, 27:03.7) and Aidan Burt (10th, 27:31.4) also placed in the top-10.
 
Bizyukova claimed her third win of the season with a time of 15:00.7 in the 5k Classic. Waverly Gebhardt was the runner up finishing 22.6 seconds after Bizyukova. Phoebe Sweet was Vermont's final scorer of the day placing 14th in a time of 16:03.9.
 
On the slopes Lindstol completed one of the most dominant EISA runs in recent memory earning his third giant slalom win of the season with a two-run time of 2:09.69. He won eight races this season and finished the campaign as the points leader in slalom and GS. Mathias Tefre tied for fifth place Saturday with a two-run time of 2:11.54. David Frisk was UVM's final scorer placing ninth in a combined run time of 2:12.46. UVM's Mackenzie Wood was 10th just .22 seconds behind Frisk.
 
Marina Vilanova led the way for UVM in the GS placing second overall with a two-run time of 2:15.69. EISA Rookie of the Year Moa Clementson finished third on Saturday .32 seconds behing Vilanova. Ella Renzoni was UVM's final scorer placing seventh overall with a two-run time of 2:17.06.
 
Next week the Catamounts will announce which of their qualified skiers will compete at the 2022 NCAA Ski Championships, which are scheduled for March 9-12 at Park City Mountain Resort and Soldier Hollow Resort in Utah.