Woods (New Gloucester, Maine) recorded another top-30 finish, placing 25th out of 61 women, racing to the finish in the 5K freestyle in a time of 14:07.2. She earned 19 carnival points and six NCAA points. The women also got carnival points from sophomore Olivia Skillings (Portland, Maine) and first-year Sarah Gallagher (Dummerston, Vt.), who placed 38th and 42nd respectively. Skillings finished in a time of 14:40.2 and Gallagher came in about eight seconds later in 14:48.4. 

Combined, the Bates women scored 44 carnival points for the Bobcats.

On the men's side, Barber (Wilton, Maine) placed 38th out of 68 competitors, racing to the finish in the 10K freestyle in 24:59.6. He earned 14 carnival points to pace the Bobcats. Sophomore Henry Raff (Hailey, Idaho) didn't finish far behind Barber, coming in 43rd overall in a time of 25:12.0, earning 11 carnival points. First-year Eli Grossman (South Burlington, Vt.) rounded out the scoring for the Bates men with a time of 25:44.0, good for 52nd place and nine carnival points. 

Combined, the Bates men scored 34 carnival points for the Bobcats.

The Bates Nordic skiing teams combined with the alpine squads to score 190 carnival points on day one of the carnival, good for 8th out of 16 scoring schools. Currently, Bates is just 10 points behind seventh-place Bowdoin with four events remaining for the four teams. 

The Bobcat Nordic teams compete in the classical technique races on Saturday to wrap up the Middlebury Carnival.