Middlebury Carnival

Some great racing this past weekend at Middlebury Carnival!  As a team we were 2nd for the entire weekend, behind only Dartmouth!  Many personal bests, and it was great to see Jordan Fields in 4th in the 20k skate, as well as Hannah Cole in 10th, and Hannah Benson in 12th.  I think we all thought at one point that we would put two men on the podium after Eli and Jordan went off the front, half way through the men's 20k skate, which was super excited and promising for the future!

Hannah Benson in the lead pack during the women's 15k skate - She finished 12th!

Hannah Cole skiing to 10th place!

Tsaina cracked the top 30 for 29th place!

Post race hugs and congrats!

Start of the men's 20k.

Eli and Jordan leading the race!

Braden skied a gutsy race for 10th place.

Eli, Jordan, and Braden went off the front right after the half way point! Jordan finished 4th and Eli 5th.

Great skiing from these two during the women's 15k Skate!

Hannah Cole during the women's team sprint relay.

Hannah Benson and Ingrid giving the coaches feedback on their skis.

Sarah Becker skiing in the team sprint B-final

Tsaina striding through the lap during the team sprint B-final.

Conditions changed fast between the women's race and the men's, and most men decided to double pole - including Eli and Braden.

Braden anchored our first men's team to 2nd place!

Jack Schrupp and Luke Costley led our 2nd men's team to 6th place

Eli tagged Braden with a decent lead going into the final lap.

Jordan tags Nick Gardner during the men's B-final.

Nick with a healthy lead!

Nick and Jordan handily won the B-final for an 11th place overall finish.

Hannah Cole back in the top 10!

Three boys in the top 10 on Friday!

Second place podium in the team sprint!