The Middlebury ski teams finished in third place at the EISA Championships, accumulating 739 points during the two days of competition. The University of Vermont won the event with 943 points, while Dartmouth was second (876.5 points). This weekend also served as the Middlebury Carnival, with nordic events at the Rikert Outdoor Center and alpine races at the Snowbowl.
 
ALPINE HIGHLIGHTS

• Bradshaw Underhill was in third place after Saturday's first run of the giant slalom (GS) and posted the quickest second trip down the mountain (1:00.17) to finish as the runner-up with a combined time of 1:56.49. 
• Moving up seven spots from his first to second run was Charlie Lang, recording a 12th-place finish with a total clocking of 1:58.22.
• Will Trudeau rounded out the scorers in 18th place (1:58.49).
• On the women's side, Mika-Anne Reha narrowly missed the podium in the GS by just 0.02 seconds. She sat 13th after her initial run and posted the afternoon's second-best time of 1:03.22 to record a combined fourth-place time of 2:03.45. 
• Tatum Coutu and Katie Fynn both earned top-10 finishes. Coutu was seventh with a two-run total of 2:03.85, while Fynn placed 10th (2:04.26).

NORDIC HIGHLIGHTS

• In the 20K classic mass start, four Panthers posted top-20 efforts for the women. Shea Brams continued her stellar season with a third-place clocking of 58:22.1.
• Maggie Wagner crossed the finish line in 14th place (1:00:34.1), while Sofia Scirica was seconds behind in 16th (1:00:44.5).
• Mica Bodkins was just out of the scoring spots with a 19th-place effort (1:01:13.0).
• The men's team also landed four skiers in the top-20 spots. Logan Moore paced the squad with a sixth-place clocking of 50:48.2. 
• Jack Christner cracked the top 10 with a ninth-place finish (51:01.9).
• Peter Warner rounded out the scorers with a 16th-place effort, clocking in at 51:43.2, while Mason Wheeler posted a time of 52:25.4 for 18th place.

NOTES

• Underhill's podium finish was his third this season, with each coming in the GS.
• Brams stood on the podium for the fourth time in the last five races and the fifth time this winter.
• Lang's top-10 showing in Saturday's GS was his second of the weekend after finishing eighth during Friday's slalom. 
• The Panther men's team finished second in the giant slalom (GS) with 100 points, while the women matched that place with 111 points.
• The men's nordic team was third in the mass start with 94 points, while the women finished fourth (96 points). 

Selected Panthers will take part in the NCAA Championships from March 6-9 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado with the field being announced on February 27. The four-day national championship will feature the alpine events at Mt. Werner and Howelsen Hills, while all nordic events will be held at Howelsen Hills.