RUMFORD, Maine – The Vermont ski team swept the four races on Saturday on day three of the Bates Carnival to come from behind and claim the carnival win with 826 points. Ben Ogden and Haley Brewster won the 10k Freestyle races at Black Mountain and Mathias Tefre and Caroline Jones won the rescheduled slalom races at Sunday River. In total Vermont earned seven podiums on Saturday.
 
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Results: Men's 10k Freestyle | Women's 10k Freestyle | Men's Slalom | Women's Slalom
Team Scores
 
On an all-around dominant day, the men's Nordic team stood out claiming four of the top five spots. Ogden won his 15th EISA race with a time of 22:21.2. Jacob Nystedt earned second again with his time of 23:18.5. Bjorn Westervelt was UVM's final scorer placing fourth overall in a time of 23:34.8. His teammate Petter Bakken placed fifth just 2.9 seconds behind Westervelt.
 
Brewster was UVM's top finisher for the second straight day as she won the 10k Freestyle in a time of 27:34.4. Waverly Gebhardt earned her first podium of the season placing third in a time of 28:13.0. UVM's final scorer was Annie McColgan who placed eighth in a time of 28:47.0.
 
On the slopes Jones won her first EISA race for the Catamounts. She had the third-fastest second run time of 48.33. Her combined run time was 1:38.21. UVM's Justine Clément finished .15 seconds behind Jones to claim second place and her first podium of the season. Marina Vilanova was UVM's final scorer placing 13th overall in a two-run time of 1:41.36. First year Cydnie Timmerman earned the first top-20 spot of her collegiate career with a two-run time of 1:41.95.
 
Tefre, the two-time defending NCAA slalom champion, took care of business for Vermont Saturday with a two-run time of 1:26.00. He finished .16 seconds ahead of Dartmouth's Cooper Puckett. Cole Palchak finished fifth overall for the Catamounts, his best-ever finish on the EISA circuit. His two-run time was 1:26.86. Vermont's final scorer of the day was Diego Holscher who placed 34th with a combined run time of 1:31.19.
 
The Catamounts will return to action next weekend for the St. Michael's Carnival. Alpine races will be held at Smuggler's Notch Resort while the Nordic races have been moved to the Rikert Nordic Center. With ever-changing weather conditions please check EISASkiing.org and UVMAthletics.com for up-to-date competition times and dates.
 
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