In the past two weeks, the Nordic skiing team has continued its impressive season by bringing home two more top-10 finishes at weekend carnivals.
 
On the first weekend of February, the team travelled to Stowe, Vt., to compete at the University of Vermont Carnival, where it finished ninth out of 13 teams. This marked the first time since 2009 that Bowdoin—which placed eighth the previous weekend—earned two consecutive top-10 finishes in winter carnivals. 

According to Head Coach Nate Alsobrook, this trend is especially impressive considering the conference in which Bowdoin has been competing. 

“We really are going up against some of the best teams in the country, and just pushing ourselves to the middle of the conference is an accomplishment in itself,” he said. 

Several skiers had strong performances in the carnivals—Kaitlynn Miller ’14 took ninth overall in the women’s 5K freestyle and captain James Crimp ’13 took 23rd in the 10K freestyle. 
The following weekend at the Dartmouth Carnival held in Craftsbury, Vt., Bowdoin lengthened its streak of top-10 finishes to three. The team again snagged a ninth- place finish, with more strong performances from Miller, Crimp and captain Hannah Wright ’13. Miller skied to a third-place finish in the women’s 5K classic, the highest mark in any event by a Bowdoin skier in program history. 

On Saturday, Bowdoin also competed in the first relay races of the season, with both the men’s and women’s teams placing 15th overall.
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Today Bowdoin will travel to Vermont again for the Middlebury Carnival before heading on to its conference championships in Rumford, Maine the next week. Alsobrook hopes to finish in the middle of the pack in these two upcoming carnivals.