NCAA: Hammond's GS win sparks Dartmouth

Dartmouth skiers shined Friday on home courses and have taken the lead after the first day of racing at the Dartmouth Carnival. 

Dartmouth skiers shined Friday on home courses and have taken the lead after the first day of racing at the Dartmouth Carnival.  
    Highlights for the defending NCAA champion Big Green included topping the men and women’s nordic team scores, and an individual giant slalom win by Courtney Hammond.
    Dartmouth leads with 376 points, while Middlebury, winner of last weekend’s Vermont carnival, sits in second. New Hampshire sits third with 323 points, one point ahead of Vermont.
    Hammond, the current Bogner points leader, edged three Vermont skiers, Jilyne McDonald, Lyndee Janowiak, and Kara Crow, for the win at the Dartmouth Skiway. The three Catamounts skied their team to first place, leaving Dartmouth in second, 10 points behind.  Middlebury currently stands in third.
    New Hampshire placed three men in the top 10 to win the GS. Michael Cremeno was second behind winner Eric Mann of Williams. UNH’s Sean McNamara was fourth and William Ford eighth. Ace Tarberry of Dartmouth took third, but couldn’t enough to help his team to a better finish than third place.
    Nordic racing at Oak Hill was once again dominated by Dartmouth, which topped both the men and women’s team scores. Individually for the women, Alexa Turzian earned the top podium position in the 5-kilometer freestyle event. She was followed closely by four consecutive Dartmouth skiers, including Bogner points leader Ida Sargent in second, and Susan Dunklee in third.  
    The Middlebury women currently stand in second place, followed by New Hampshire in third.
    Middlebury’s Simeon Hamilton took his first win of the season in the men’s 10-kilometer freestyle event, comfortably ahead of Dartmouth teammates Glenn Randall and Nils Koons, who took second and third. Colby skiers Nick Kline and Silas Gill skied strongly into the fourth and fifth positions, and helped their team place second in points standings. Middlebury is currently in third.  
    Slaloms are on tap for Saturday at the Skiway, while nordic classical races are scheduled for Oak Hill.
    Information about the remaining schedule, as well as up-to-date results and team standings can be found at https://www.eisasking.org.