February 12, 2011 (Hanover, NH) – Day two of the 101st Dartmouth Winter Carnival saw the hosts earn the team victory as Dartmouth’s Sam Tarling won the men’s 20km mass start classic race while UVM’s Caitlin Patterson outclassed the women’s field again in their 15km mass start classic competition.

The men contested two laps of a twisting 10km loop at the Dartmouth Cross Country Ski Center with a total elevation gain of 359m, while the women completed one lap of the men’s course and one lap of the 5km Storrs Pond loop from yesterday’s freestyle race.

Series leader Patterson proved to be unbeatable again scoring yet another convincing win finishing in a time of 51:45.6 with a 34.2 second margin over second place finisher Rosie Brennan from Dartmouth. Close behind was Brennan’s teammate Annie Hart  another 3s back in third edging out Clare Egan (UNH) by 2.3 seconds for the final step of the podium. Dartmouth’s green took 5th with Steph Crocker at 46.3 seconds behind Patterson.

Dartmouth’s Tarling and team mate Eric Packer repeated their respective 1-2 punch performances from Friday as the 20km classic race came down to a sprint with a thrilling photo finish with only a tenth of a second separating them at the line – 1:00:31.3 vs 1:00:31.4 respectively.

Franz Bernstein (UVM) was also in the running but couldn’t match the final push of the two leaders and crossed the line 1.4 seconds behind the winner to round out the podium.

Fourth place finisher Nils Koons (DAR) came in at 32.1 seconds down, and Scott Patterson (UVM) sprinted for fifth, crossing at 1:01:08.0, a tenth of a second over Chase Marston (MID) and 0.8 seconds ahead of seventh placed David Sinclair (DAR). Series leader Alexander Howe was 9th at 1:02:08.5.

Dartmouth now sits with 528 points while University of Vermont has 476 in second while Middlebury is in third with 318.

EISA Nordic action continues February 18-19 with the Middlebury Carnival in Ripton, VT.

Women’s results HERE.
Men’s results HERE.