HANCOCK — The Middlebury College ski team this past weekend finished third at its own Middlebury Carnival, which doubled as the eastern ski championships. Events were held at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl and the Riker Nordic Center.
Dartmouth won the carnival with 979 points, followed by Vermont (841) and the Panthers (816). Middlebury will next compete at the NCAA championships from March 7 to 10 in Colorado.
Caroline Bartlett picked up a win for the Panthers on Saturday in the giant slalom. Bartlett’s victory in 2:06.71 was the fourth of her career in the event and led the women to a second-place finish. Lexi Calcagni earned a career-best fourth-place finish in 2:08.98, and Lucia Bailey was 12th in 2:11.34.
Erik Arvidsson placed third for the second time in the carnival with a two-run time of 2:04.45. Riley Plant and Angie Duke finished 10th (2:05.35) and 11th (2:05.36), respectively, as the men’s team claimed third place.
Cate Brams led the Middlebury women in the Nordic freestyle by taking fifth in 40:15. Katie Feldman was sixth in 40:21, and Annika Landis took 16th in 42:14.
Adam Luban finished fifth in 46:35 to pace the Panther men in the 20K freestyle race. Sam Wood claimed eighth in 46:46, and Lewis Nottonson was 12th in 46:5.
On Friday both slalom teams took third in the slalom. For the men Arvidsson finished third in 1:34.63, Plant was 14th in 1:36.67, and Max Stamler took 18th in 1:37.51.
Bartlett’s ninth-place finish (1:39.38) led the women, and Lucia Bailey and Madison Lord were 15th (1:40.52) and 16th (1:40.54), respectively.
The men’s Nordic team took second in the 10K classic as Jacob Volz put in a career-best fourth-place finish in 24:39. Peter Wolter was ninth place in 24:56, and Lewis Nottonson finished 15th (25:08).
Brams paced the Middlebury women’s third-place effort by taking fifth in 14:04 in the 5K classic. Feldman was 10th in 14:30, and Alexandra Lawson took 13th (14:34).