RIPTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College Nordic skiing team capped its half of the Saint Michael's Carnival on Saturday at the Rikert Outdoor Center, as a pair of women clinched top-50 performances in the mass-start 15K classic. Alpine will finish the carnival with races on Feb. 3-4 at Smugglers' Notch Resort in Jeffersonville.

CARNIVAL FACTS

• Through the opening Nordic leg of the Saint Michael's Carnival, the Purple Knights are 11th among 11 schools with 125 points.

WOMEN'S LEADERS

• First-year Astrid Bakke (Nedre Høvik, Norway/Dønski VGS), 43rd in mass-start 15K classic, 54:07.01
• Sophomore Izzy Quam (Stillwater, Minn./Mounds Park Academy), 49th, 55:00.5
• Junior Katie Culliton (Glens Falls, N.Y./Glens Falls), 68th, 59:24.2
• First-year Jocelyn Sommers (Dalton, Mass./Wahconah Regional), 70th, 1:02:18.4
• Senior Grace Erholtz (Baxter, Minn./Brainerd), 71st, 1:03:22.3
• Junior Cambelle Nutting (Vassalboro, Maine/Maranacook Community), 72nd, 1:11:00.7

MEN'S LEADERS

• First-year Mitchell Townsend (Gilford, N.H./Gilford), 55th in mass-start 15K classic, 46:59.1
• Senior Gaelan Boyle-Wight (Newry, Maine/Telstar Regional), 63rd, 48:22.4
• Senior Joey Del Toro (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge), 74th, 50:32.4
• First-year Theo Castonguay (Jackson, N.H./Kennett), 76th, 51:39.8

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S EVENT

• Friday at the University of New Hampshire Carnival, 9 a.m.
• Alpine races have been moved to Burke Mountain Resort in East Burke, Vt., while Nordic will compete at Jackson (N.H.) Nordic Center.