January 24, 2009 (Bethel, ME) – Dartmouth extended their slim six point lead from Friday to a more commanding fifty seven point win over runner up University of Vermont at the 2009 Bates Carnival. The story was similar to yesterday, Dartmouth used the depth of each team to consistently pull out more total points than any rivals could muster.

The Dartmouth domination was particularly highlighted by the Men’s 20k freestyle race podium of Big Green skiers O’Brien, Koons, and Randall. Particularly remarkable was Randall’s performance, garnering a third place despite breaking his ski at during the mass start and having to work his way up from dead last. UVM did manage to win the
women’s 15k freestyle but only by four points over Dartmouth. The 15k was remarkable for another fact though, it marked the only race in the Bates Carnival that a Dartmouth or University of Vermont athlete did not win an event. Even more remarkable was who did it, Colby freshman Lucy Garrec who trumped University of Vermont skier Caitlin Patterson by over eight seconds in her first carnival freestyle race.

David Donaldson posted another victory for the University of Vermont in the Slalom event but Dartmouth was able to perform a one-two on the women’s side with a victory by Christine Roberts followed up by Courtney Hammond. The lower section of the leaderboard did change though. University of New Hampshire edged Middlebury by thirty-six points and Colby moved into the fourth slot over Williams in large part due to their success in the Women’s Nordic field. While the lower slots could change a bit the Bates Carnival certainly shows we’ll all be in for a classic fight between Dartmouth and the University of Vermont as the Catamounts show no signs of Dartmouth rest on their laurels. Join us again at University of New Hampshire carnival this coming Friday and Saturday with Alpine events at Attatash and Nordic events at Jackson.

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