The Middlebury alpine ski team returned to action on Friday, taking part in the Dartmouth Carnival at the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, New Hampshire. The Panthers sit in fourth place with 178 points, as Vermont (251), New Hampshire (211) and Dartmouth (205) sit just ahead of Middlebury. Rob Cone took home second-place honors in the giant slalom to pace the Panther men.
Alpine action resumes on Saturday with the slalom event beginning at 9:00 a.m., while the nordic competition takes place on Saturday at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Vermont due to the lack of snow at Oak Hill. The men's 20K classical mass start race begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by the women in a 15K classical race at 10:45 a.m.
Cone crossed the line in 1:49.83, .51 seconds behind the winning time. Christopher McKenna earned a top-10 finish for the Panthers, finishing the race with a 10th-place time of 1:51.36. Middlebury's third racer was Colin Hayes, who was two spots back in 12th place with a time of 1:51.46.
The women were paced by a 14th-place effort from Caroline Bartlett, finishing the GS with a time of 1:55.75. Elle Gilbert and Katy Greene placed 22nd (1:58.41) and 24th (1:58.80) to round out the team's scorers.
