LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Sophomore Eirik Kveno (Asker, Norway/Dønski VGS) placed second in the giant slalom on Friday as the Saint Michael's College Alpine and Nordic skiing teams opened action at the two-day Saint Lawrence University Carnival, which is tripling as the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) Championship and NCAA East Regional Championship. Alpine races are occurring at Whiteface Mountain, while Nordic events are at Mount Van Hoevenberg, with both also the host venues of next month's NCAA Championship.

CARNIVAL FACTS

• Between Alpine and Nordic, Saint Michael's is sixth among 15 schools with 257 points, just short of fifth-place Colby College (262).

ALPINE
CARNIVAL FACTS

• The men earned their third straight top-two finish in the GS while placing among the top three in that discipline for the fifth time in as many carnivals. It was their eighth top-three finish in nine events this year. With 106 points, they trimmed third-place Dartmouth College (99) and fourth-place University of New Hampshire (86) while only trailing the University of Vermont (135). The runner-up finish was their best at an EISA Championship since tying for second during the 2019 GS.
• The women took seventh (63), within range of sixth-place New Hampshire (72) and fifth-place Plymouth State University (76).
• The Purple Knight men and women combined to score third-place points in Friday's GS (169), clipping Middlebury College (166) and New Hampshire (158) while finishing behind only UVM (228) and Dartmouth (225).
• Through 10 races this winter, Purple and Gold men's and women's Alpine skiers have reached the podium - necessitating a top-three finish - 10 times. Saint Michael's Alpine skiers have nearly matched their podium total between the 2018 and 2022 seasons (11).

MEN'S LEADERS

• Kveno, 2nd in giant slalom, 2:06.66 two-run combined time
  • 4th career podium
  • Finished 0.06 seconds short of leader, nearly becoming Purple Knights' first EISA event champion since Andy Gelinas '93 during the 1992 EISA Division II Championship 21K classic, and first Alpine skiing champion since Whitney Burr '90 in 1990 EISA Division II Championship GS
• Junior Simen Strand (Høvik, Norway/Dønski VGS), 9th, 2:08.20
  • 17th career top-10 finish
• First-year Gray Flanagan (West Burke, Vt./Green Mountain Valley School), 13th, 2:08.79
  • 0.56 seconds short of top 10
• Senior Max Noddings (Sun Valley, Idaho/Sun Valley Community School), T-32nd, 2:12.10
  • Started in No. 53 bib
• First-year Lawton Jones (Williston, Vt./Green Mountain Valley School), 36th, 2:12.67
  • Started in No. 49 bib

WOMEN'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Helene Kristoffersen (Rælingen, Norway/Dønski VGS), 8th in giant slalom, 2:14.48
  • 12th career top-10 finish
• Sophomore Margrethe Frøland (Rælingen, Norway/Dønski VGS), 28th, 2:18.33
• Sophomore Moa Lundén (Stockholm, Sweden/Jämtlands Gymnasium Åre), 33rd, 2:19.48
  • Started in No. 53 bib
• Sophomore Jenna Braun (Stockholm, N.J./Green Mountain Valley School), 47th, 2:30.29

NORDIC
CARNIVAL FACTS

• The men placed eighth in the 10K freestyle with 49 points, trimming Saint Lawrence (43) and Williams College (42), their closest competitors.
• The women were 10th (39) in the 5K freestyle, ahead of Bates College (34).

MEN'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Declan Hutchinson (Duluth, Minn./Marshall School), 26th in 10K freestyle, 27:13.2
• Junior Charles Martell (Essex, Vt./Essex), 35th, 27:37.8
• Senior Gaelan Boyle-Wight (Newry, Maine/Telstar Regional), 43rd, 28:15.9
• First-year Theo Castonguay (Jackson, N.H./Kennett), 44th, 28:29.1
• First-year Mitchell Townsend (Gilford, N.H./Gilford), 63rd, 30:07.7
• Senior Joey Del Toro (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge), 65th, 30:17.5

WOMEN'S LEADERS

• Junior Grace Castonguay (Jackson, N.H./Kennett), 32nd in 5K freestyle, 15:49.5
• First-year Clara Wyatt (Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman), 47th, 16:45.9
• Junior Katie Culliton (Glens Falls, N.Y./Glens Falls), 53rd, 17:33.2
• Senior Grace Erholtz (Baxter, Minn./Brainerd), 57th, 18:10.4
• Sophomore Izzy Quam (Stillwater, Minn./Mounds Park Academy), 61st, 18:18.3
• First-year Astrid Bakke (Nedre Høvik, Norway/Dønski VGS), 64th, 19:13.6

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S EVENT

• Saturday at Saint Lawrence Carnival/EISA Championship/NCAA East Regional Championship, 9 a.m.