Parker McDonald '18 led the Bates men's Nordic ski team in the 10K freestyle race at the NCAA East Regional Championships on Feb. 27, 2015. (File photo by Silke Hynes/EISA)

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- Senior Hallie Grossman led the way in eighth place overall as the Bates women's Nordic ski team scored the fourth-most points of 12 squads in the 5K freestyle race of the St. Lawrence Carnival, which doubles this year as the NCAA East Region Skiing Championships.

Grossman (South Burlington, Vt.) was eighth among 69 skiers in a time of 16:32.3. Sophomore Laurel Fiddler (Crowley Lake, Calif.) placed a season-best 16th in 17:00.2, while sophomore Tara Humphries (North Yarmouth, Maine) took 22nd place in 17:07.6.

First-year Parker McDonald (Wolcott, Colo.) led the Bates men's squad to eighth place among 12 teams in the men's 10K freestyle race, finishing in a season-best 16th place out of 65 men with a time of 39:32.8. Junior Corky Harrer (Minneapolis, Minn.) was 34th in 30:49.1 and sophomore Max Millslagle (Bend, Ore.) rounded out the team's scoring in 37th (30:58.2), one-hundredth of a second ahead of sophomore teammate Nathan Moreau (Falmouth, Maine).

The EISA carnival season and NCAA East Championships conclude Saturday at Mt. Van Hoevenburg with classical technique races.