HANCOCK, Vt. - Senior Helene Kristoffersen (Rælingen, Norway/Dønski VGS) and junior Lawton Jones (Williston, Vt./Green Mountain Valley School) both cracked the top 15 in Friday's slalom on day one of the Middlebury College Carnival at the Middlebury Snow Bowl.
 
CARNIVAL FACTS

• Between the Alpine and Nordic teams, Saint Michael's stands seventh among 15 schools after day one with 188 points, only 16 short of sixth-place Williams College.

MEN'S LEADERS

• Junior Lawton Jones (Williston, Vt./Green Mountain Valley School), 11th in slalom, 1:33.14 two-run combined time
  • Career-high finish
  • 2nd top-15 finish of season and career
  • 2nd-best second run (46.78)
  • Stood tied for 26th following opening run
• Junior Gray Flanagan (West Burke, Vt./Green Mountain Valley School), 34th, 1:35.18
• Sophomore Petter Wendelborg (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), 46th, 1:37.52

WOMEN'S LEADERS

• Senior Helene Kristoffersen (Rælingen, Norway/Dønski VGS), 12th in slalom, 1:37.99 two-run combined time
  • 7th top-15 finish of season
• Sophomore Emma Bergner (Malung-Sälen, Dalarna, Sweden/Stjerneskolan), 42nd, 1:43.95

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S EVENT

• Saturday at Middlebury Carnival, 9 a.m.