UVM Carnival/Henchey Memorial Eastern Cup - Results

The GRP’s Michaela Keller-Miller took the win in Sunday’s classic mass start at the Henchey Memorial. Photo - John Lazenby

Sunday - Classic, Mass start 5/10k

The final day was another distance day, changed to mass start for the quickest wrap to the day on a cold day here in Craftsbury.

Women’s 10k start. Photo - John Lazenby

In a theme for the weekend on the women’s side, a favorite toed the starting line and imposed her will early. However, this Sunday it wasn’t UVM’s Haley Brewster. Craftsbury GRP’s Michaela Keller-Miller put in a very controlled effort, with only a 0:06s difference between her first and second laps. Going thru the lap, she already had a 0:09s lead over a group of ones and twos behind her. She’d pull another 0:28s out of her chasers over the next 5k. The chasers kept the same relative positions while they lost that additional time, with Ford Sayre’s Annelies Hanna taking the silver and Orono, Maine’s Clara White rounding out the podium.

Women’s 10k results

Finish Place Skier Name Team Class Total Time Time Back From Win
1 Michaela Keller-Miller Craftsbury Ski Club SR 32:39.2 00:00.0
2 Annelies Hanna Ford Sayre U20 33:17.0 00:37.8
3 Clara White Orono High School U18 33:25.7 00:46.5
4 Astrid Longstreth Mansfield Nordic Club U18 33:26.0 00:46.8
5 Emmanuelle Paquet Rouge et Or SR 33:53.7 01:14.5

Brian Bushey took another solo win for the weekend in Sunday’s classic mass start. Photo - John Lazenby.

The men’s race quickly developed as Brian Bushey out front and the rest of the top 10 chasing behind. The 9 chasing were a loose pack spread over about as many seconds, ~0:15s behind Bushey at the lap. Bushey slightly extended his gap on the second lap over MNC Pro’s Logan Moore. Moore was quite evenly paced over the two laps, only ceding 0:10s between the 2 times. Bushey’s GRP teammate Jack Christener pulled another 0:05s out of MNC Pro Conner Roberts over the second lap and earned the last podium spot today.

Men’s 10k results

Finish Place Skier Name Team Class Total Time Time Back From Win
1 Brian Bushey Craftsbury Ski Club SR 27:38.2 00:00.0
2 Logan Moore MNC Pro SR 27:57.1 00:18.9
3 Jack Christner Craftsbury Ski Club SR 27:59.8 00:21.6
4 Conner Roberts MNC Pro SR 28:10.3 00:32.1
5 Justin Freeman M4 28:13.6 00:35.4

It wouldn’t be an Eastern Cup if there weren’t races for younger folks.

Acadia Enman took the win in the U16 girls’ category. Photo - John Lazenby

Place Name Club Time Time Back
1 Acadia Enman Mansfield Nordic Club 16:50.1 +0:00.0
2 Mia Gorman Mansfield Nordic Club 16:57.4 +0:07.3
3 Kendal Bowen Green Mountain Valley School 17:13.0 +0:22.9

The U16 boys speed away up the hill at their start. Photo - John Lazenby

Place Name Club Time Time Back
1 Wren Chalmers Stratton Mountain School 15:10.1 +0:00.0
2 Jorgen Pirrung Mansfield Nordic Club 15:10.1 +0:00.0
3 Egor Ivanov EMXC 15:43.2 +0:33.1

Saturday – Freestyle, Interval start 5/10k

Day 2 of the UVM Carnival was one for the distance skiers with a 10k freestyle interval start on tap. Some light snow overnight and into the morning greeted racers.

Catamount Brewster puling her gap open in the fresh snow. Photo - Phil Belena

Long or short, UVM’s Haley Brewster was the skier to beat at her home carnival this weekend. Once again, the Catamount posted the fastest lap times and took a 0:40s win over UNH’s Senior Hattie Barker. Barker edged her sophomore teammate Natalie Nicholas by 0:10s. Both Wildcats had skied to personal best EISA results today at Craftsbury and were the sharp end of the UNH spear that got all their scoring skiers in the top 8 with Clara Hegan’s placing. Nicholas’ ski was notable for her pacing, slowing just under 2% in lap 2 – only Bowdoin’s Emma Crum slowed less between laps in the top 10. Good skis? Perfect prep? Whatever it was, it was a great day for the Granite State women as they took the day with 126 points to UVM’s 109.

Hattie Barker chasing Brewster. Photo - Phil Belena

Women’s 10k results

Place Skier name Skier club/team Overall race time Time back
1 Haley Brewster UVM 29:13.8 00:00.0
2 Hattie Barker UNH 29:54.0 00:40.2
3 Natalie Nicholas UNH 30:04.7 00:50.9
4 Emma Crum BOW 30:14.7 01:00.9
5 Ava Thurston DAR 30:25.5 01:11.7
6 Michaela Keller‑Miller Craftsbury Ski Club 30:48.7 01:34.9
7 Shea Brams MID 30:53.6 01:39.8
8 Clara Hegan UNH 30:54.1 01:40.3
9 Greta Kilburn UVM 31:00.6 01:46.8
10 Evelyn Walton DAR 31:02.3 01:48.5

Your day 2, UNH themed podium: (L-R) Hattie Barker, UNH; Haley Brewster, UVM; Natalie Nicholas, UNH. Photo - Phil Belena

Men’s 10k results

In much the same story as Brewster in the women’s race, Craftsbury Green Racing Project skier Brian Bushey justified his seeding - though pressed by UVM’s Tabor Greenberg only 0:06s behind. Current NCAA Eastern Ranking leader Greenberg posted the fastest second lap of the men’s field, but it wasn’t enough to overhaul Bushey on his home course. Behind the Bushey/Greenberg battle though was a lot of green and gold as UVM swept the collegiate podium (and 4th place too) en route to a nearly 50 point win over Dartmouth in the teams’ score.

Behind Bushey? Nothing but Cats. Photo - Phil Belena

Place Skier name Skier club/team Overall race time Time back
1 Brian Bushey Craftsbury Ski Club 25:58.7 00:00.0
2 Tabor Greenberg UVM 26:05.2 00:06.5
3 Finegan Bailey UVM 26:12.9 00:14.2
4 Ruben Kretzschmar UVM 26:19.4 00:20.7
5 Colin Freed Mansfield Pro Nordic Team 26:21.2 00:22.5
6 Petter Bakken UVM 26:23.5 00:24.8
7 Quinn McDermott WIL 26:31.3 00:32.6
8 James Underwood CBC 26:38.1 00:39.4
9 Logan Moore MNC Pro 26:50.5 00:51.8
10 Mason Wheeler MID 26:52.5 00:53.8

Saturday was also day 1 of the Bill Henchey Memorial racing extending opportunities to a broader range of racers, including younger skiers.

U16 Girls 5k results

U16 Boys 5k results

Place Name Club Time Time Back
1 Acadia Enman Mansfield Nordic Club 15:36.5 00:00.0
2 Mia Gorman Mansfield Nordic Club 15:48.9 00:12.4
3 Kendal Bowen Green Mountain Valley School 15:52.0 00:15.5
4 Lila Marchetti Ford Sayre 16:21.6 00:45.1
5 Merritt Goodell Ford Sayre Ski Club 16:48.9 01:12.4
Place Name Club Time Time Back
1 Wren Chalmers Stratton Mountain School 14:06.0 00:00.0
2 Max Fey NYSEF 14:14.2 00:08.2
3 Jorgen Pirrung Mansfield Nordic Club 14:48.6 00:42.6
4 Isaac Nadzam Craftsbury Ski Club 14:54.9 00:48.9
5 Beau Sanders Berkshire Trails 15:06.7 01:00.7

10 person heats just meant 4 more people who finished behind Benon Brattebo in the men’s final today. Photo - Phil Belena

Haley Brewster took the qualifier, heats, semis and finals win today for the Catamounts. Photo - Phil Belena

Friday, Craftsbury played host to the UVM carnival and an experiment in sprint racing, expanding the heat qualifiers from 30 skiers to 50 skiers, with heats going from 6 to 10 skiers.

Despite the changes, some things remained constant. Qualifying monster John Schwinghamer of the Craftsbury Green Racing Project did what he does best and smashed the TT by over 7 seconds to 2nd place, with a Klaebo-esque gap of 9+ seconds to 3rd.

Men’s Qualifier top-5

Finish place Skier name Club name Time Time back
1 John Schwinghamer Craftsbury GRP 00:03:19.13 +00:00.00
2 Henrik Wist SMC 00:03:26.69 +00:07.56
3 Mason Wheeler MID 00:03:28.57 +00:09.44
4 Miles Miner WIL 00:03:28.96 +00:09.83
5 Keelan Durham Craftsbury GRP 00:03:29.29 +00:10.16

On the women’s side, UVM grad student Haley Brewster took the win with her own impressive 4s gap to second place.

Women’s Qualifier top-5

Finish place Skier name Club name Time Time back
1 Haley Brewster UVM 00:03:57.89 +00:00.00
2 Emma Crum BOW 00:04:02.14 +00:04.25
3 Mica Bodkins MID 00:04:06.37 +00:08.48
4 Meredith Schwartz HAR 00:04:09.42 +00:11.53
5 Natalie Nicholas UNH 00:04:10.17 +00:12.28

The women’s heats couldn’t have gone much more to Brewster’s plan, as she won quarter, semis and finals. None of the wins were by wide margins, but they did have the assurance of an experienced skier working her way thru the progression. Behind her, the podium for the heats ended up looking eerily similar to the qualifier as the morning’s 1-2-3 (Brewster, Bowdoin’s Emma Crum and Middlebury’s Mica Bodkins) repeated after lunch in the heats.

Women’s Finals results

Finish place Skier name Club name
1 Haley Brewster UVM
2 Emma Crum BOW
3 Mica Bodkins MID
4 Amelia Tucker DAR
5 Natalie Nicholas UNH
6 Sofia Scirica MID
7 Meredith Schwartz HAR
8 Jordan Grialou BOW
9 Lola Villafranco CBC
10 Alexandra Luxmoore UNH

Brewster’s strength was offset by Middlebury’s depth in the day’s team scoring though. Midd got its 3 scorers in the top 11 versus UVM’s 3rd skier crossing the line 19th. The Panthers women gave their men’s side a 10 point lead over the Cats going into the men’s heats and team competition.

Spectators of the men’s heats could be forgiven if they were speculating what may have been. While GRP skiers are allowed to compete in the qualifier, heats are EISA skiers only. So the 3 GRP in the top 7 (including Schwinghamer and his spectacular qualifier time) were off to do the rest of the day’s training after the morning TT instead of duking it out in the heats.

The UVM men had qualified well, but not flashily so. However, as the heats progressed, it became apparent that the hosts had great skis and the strength to put them to good use, ending the day with a 4 men in the top 10 as the Catamounts men’s team took a handy 21 point win over Middlebury in the teams’ race. Highlighting the UVM men’s dominance was Benon Brattebo and Finegan Bailey who went 1-3 with Midd’s Nathan Doughty between them.

Men’s Finals’ Results

Finish place Skier name Club name
1 Benon Brattebo UVM
2 Nathan Doughty MID
3 Finegan Bailey UVM
4 Henrik Wist SMC
5 Miles Miner WIL
6 Ruben Kretzschmar UVM
7 Peter Warner MID
8 Aaron Power DAR
9 Benjamin Lewis CBC
10 Owen Young UVM
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We’ll see everyone again tomorrow morning for a 10k freestyle interval start race.

Full results at Bullitt. Photos at Phil Belena’s gallery.

Middlebury’s Mica Bodkins en route to a 3rd place in the finals. She headlined Midd’s strong day out for the XC women as they took the team win for Friday. Photo - Phil Belena

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