Wilson's Nordic Win Powers 'Cats to Third at UVM Carnival (Day 1 of 2)

Friday, February 3

Nordic- Trapp Family Lodge, Alpine- Stowe Mt.

Day 1 of 2

University of New Hampshire

Vermont

Wilson's Nordic Win Powers 'Cats to Third at UVM Carnival (Day 1 of 2)

2/3/2017 5:13:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

Results Video Highlights

STOWE, Vt. – Freshman Nordic skier Silje Wilson (Hamar, Norway) was victorious in the women's freestyle sprint and junior Nordic racer Tyler Quinn Smith (Park City, Utah) was runner-up in the men's FS sprint at Trapp Family Lodge on Friday to power the University of New Hampshire ski team to third place at the University of Vermont Carnival, which continues Saturday.

UVM Winter Carnival – February 3 (Day 1 of 2)
Overall Top 5
1. Dartmouth, 460
2. Vermont, 352
3. UNH, 331
4. Middlebury, 321
5. Williams, 300

Nordic – Trapp Family Lodge
Women's FS Sprint (Team Top 5)
1.Dartmouth, 114
2. UNH, 111
3. Vermont, 94
4. Williams, 90
5. Middlebury, 86

Women's FS Sprint (Top Wildcats)
Silje Wilson (Hamar, Norway) – 1st place, 50 points – 3:40.80
Lizzie Gill (Bozeman, Mont.) – 10^th place, 31 points – 3:49.77
Maddy Pfeifer (Andover, N.H.) – 11^th place, 30 points – 3:51.87

Men's FS Sprint (Team Top 5)
1. Dartmouth, 135
2. UNH, 111
3. Vermont, 94
4. Williams, 90
5. Middlebury, 86

Men's FS Sprint (Top Wildcats)
Tyler Quinn Smith (Park City, Utah) -2^nd place, 47 points -3:08.67
Peter Holmes (Tahoe City, Calif.) -5^th place, 39 points -3:10.86
Gavin Hess (Rochester, N.Y.) – 17^th place, 26 points -3:18.71

Alpine – Mount Mansfield
Women's Giant Slalom (Team Top 6)
1. Dartmouth, 107
2. St. Michael's, 100
3. Middlebury, 97
4. Colby, 90
5. UVM, 87
6. UNH, 81

Women's Giant Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Emma Woodhouse (Collingwood, Ontario) – 7^th place, 35 points – 1:10.75, 1:13.03: 2:23.78
Geneviève Frigon (Laval, Quebec) -16^th place, 24 points – 1:12.28, 1:13.11: 2:25.39
Katie Farrow (Toronto, Ontario) –T-18^th place, 22 points -1:11.16, 1:14.91: 2:26.07

Men's Giant Slalom (Team Top 5)
1. Vermont, 116
2. Dartmouth, 104
3. St. Michael's, 89
4. St. Lawrence, 84
5. Williams, 65
10. UNH, 27

Men's Giant Slalom (Top Wildcats)
Bryan Cookson (Vernon, British Columbia) -13^th place, 27 points – 1:09.05, 1:09.91: 2:18.96

What's Next
The UVM Carnival concludes Saturday with the women's 10K classic (9:30 a.m.) and men's 10 classic (11:30 a.m.) at Trapp Family Lodge and the slalom races at Mount Mansfield. The first men's SL begins at 9 a.m., followed immediately by the women.

NCAA Championships, Hosted by UNH
The University of New Hampshire will serve as the host school for the 2017 NCAA Skiing Championships (March 8-11) at Jackson Ski Touring Center (Nordic) and Mittersill at Cannon Mountain (Alpine). For more information on the UNH ski team, visit www.unhwildcats.com.