Nathan Moreau '17 finished among the Bates men's team's top three on both days of the Dartmouth Carnival. (Ian Nesbitt/EISA)
CRAFTSBURY, Vt. -- Junior Hallie Grossman placed 11th in the women's 15K classic race and senior Sean Woods placed 17th in the men's 20K classic to lead the Bates Nordic ski team on the second day of the Dartmouth Carnival at Craftsbury Nordic Ski Center.
Grossman (South Woodstock, Vt.) was 11th out of 65 competitors in a time of 51:46.8. First-year Sadie James (Avon, Maine) placed a career-best 15th, in 52:25.7, to finish off an outstanding carnival, and sophomore Gracie Wright (Rutland, Vt.) was 28th (54:17.2) to give Bates the sixth-most points among 12 women's squads.
Woods (Gypsum, Colo.) recorded a season-best result in a classic race, covering the 20-kilometer course in 59:21.9. Sophomore Corky Harrer (Minneapolis, Minn.) and first-year Nathan Moreau (Falmouth, Maine) were back-to-back for the second day in a row, at 34th (1:00:50.8) and 35th (1:01:09.0), respectively, to round out the men's team's scoring.
Bates' combined alpine and Nordic ski teams scored 392 carnival points to finish seventh among 16 participating teams.
Bates competes at the Williams Carnival next weekend, with alpine events at Jiminy Peak in Hancock, Mass.
Friday Recap
Grossman placed 12th among 69 collegians, highlighting the freestyle races for the Bates Nordic ski teams Friday at the Dartmouth Carnival.
Grossman finished the women's 5K freestyle race in 15:38.8, 12th fastest among 69 collegiate competitors. James and sophomore Jane McLarney (Lowell, Mass.) were only 0.2 seconds apart from one another, with James 28th in 16:16.0 and McLarney 29th in 16:16.2, rounding out the women's team scoring. First-year Tara Humphries (North Yarmouth, Maine) placed 31st at 16:17.4.
The Bates men's team was led by Woods, who covered the 10-kilometer course in 28:02.5, 30th fastest among 69 collegians. Moreau and Harrer came in 38th and 39th, respectively, in 28:19.1 and 28:20.6. Senior captain Jordan Buetow (Fairbanks, Alaska), normally the team's frontrunner, did not race.
