The Middlebury ski teams posted their best combined finish in two years, earning runner-up honors at the Dartmouth Carnival. Bradshaw Underhill won Friday's slalom event and the teams garnered numerous podium efforts. The host Big Green claimed the title for the fourth time in as many weeks with 930 points, while Middlebury tallied 800 points and The University of Vermont was third (748.5 points).
 
MEN'S NORDIC HIGHLIGHTS

• In the 7.5K individual interval start on Friday, Logan Moore finished just off the podium with a fourth-place clocking of 21:47.40.
• Mason Wheeler crossed the finish line less than a second behind in fifth place at 21:48.10, while Benjamin Jenkin was 35th (23:18.30).
• Moore continued his strong weekend during Saturday's 20K mass start, covering the course with a third-place time of 46:23.20.
• Wheeler earned 13th with a clocking of 47:16.60, while Peter Warner rounded out the scorers crossing the line in 21st place (48:21.5).

WOMEN'S NORDIC HIGHLIGHTS

• Pacing the Panthers in Friday's individual start was Shea Brams, tallying third overall with a clocking of 24:33.50.
• Sofia Scirica claimed 11th place with a time of 25:48.20, while Maggie Wagner was 0.30 seconds back in 12th crossing the line in 25:48.50.
• Middlebury locked in a trio of top-10 finishes during Saturday's 15K mass start. Brams led the charge in sixth place at 52:40.80.
• Quincy Massey-Bierman was a spot back with a time of 52:44.0, while Scirica crossed the finish line in ninth place (52:54.1).

WOMEN'S ALPINE HIGHLIGHTS

• Pacing the Panthers in Friday's slalom was Kjersti Moritz during her first career start, landing a spot on the podium with a third-place combined time of 1:41.02.
• Mika-Anne Reha recorded a clocking of 1:42.45 for 10th place, while Sophia Tozzi was the final scorer in a tie for 12th (1:42.72).
• In Saturday's giant slalom, Middlebury was led by Moritz with a fourth-place effort, completing her two trips down the mountain in 2:00.25. Her second-run performance of 1:00.65 ranked second among the competitors. 
• Reha tallied her second top-20 effort of the weekend in a tie for 17th place (2:02.49), while Tozzi had a two-run time of 2:03.26 for 30th.

MEN'S ALPINE HIGHLIGHTS

• Underhill claimed the slalom on the opening day by 0.44 seconds, completing his two trips down the mountain with a victorious combined time of 1:34.09.
• Also earning top-15 efforts in the discipline were Nicholas Unkovskoy in 12th place (1:35.47) and Dominic Shackleton two spots behind in 14th (1:35.66).
• Unkovskoy paced a trio of Panthers in the top-10 spots in the GS during Saturday's action. He earned his second podium of the winter, racing to third in 1:56.38.
• Underhill completed his weekend with a fifth-place time (1:56.90) in the event, while Shackleton rounded out the scorers in eighth with his two runs spanning 1:57.25.  

NOTES

• Underhill's win during Friday's slalom was his second in the discipline this season and fifth overall.
• Brams' podium finish on Friday was her second of the winter.
• Unkovskoy's third-place effort in Saturday's GS was a career-best performance. 

The Panthers return to competition on Friday and Saturday when they host their Middlebury Carnival at the Rikert Outdoor Center (nordic) and the Middlebury Snowbowl (alpine).