Out of a field of competitive nominees, the 2026 EISA Alpine & Nordic Coaches of the Year are Patrick Weaver and Abby Copeland. Congratulations to Coach Weaver & Coach Copeland! Photos courtesy of University of Vermont & Middlebury Athletics Patrick Weaver University of Vermont In an exceptional season for the Catamounts, Patrick Weaver led his Nordic squad to an impressive 37 individual podium finishes and two overall team carnival victories. His athletes consistently perfor

Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, Midway, UT All photos cour tesy of Stephen Cloutier An exciting season of racing came to a close last week with the 2026 NCAA Skiing Championships at Soldier Hollow Nordic Center in Midway, Utah. Originally scheduled to be held at Crosscut Mountain Sports Center in Bozeman, Montana, the races were relocated due to insufficient snow cover as a result of the West's warm winter. On both days of racing, the skiers competed on a narrow strip of manmad

Rikert Outdoor Center, Ripton, VT All photos courtesy of Phillip Belena The roaring cheers from Rikert Outdoor Center might still be ringing in the EISA racers' ears, even a week after the carnival season came to a close with the EISA Championships. Hosted by Middlebury College last weekend in Ripton, Vermont, the final stop of the 2026 carnival circuit was truly a set of races to be remembered. Family and friends lined the trails with cowbells, posters, speakers, flags, horn

In an exciting conclusion to the carnival season at Rikert Outdoor Center, the Middlebury Carnival nordic skiers of the week are Ava Thurston and John Steel Hagenbuch of Dartmouth. Congratulations to Ava and John! Photos Courtesy of Phillip Belena Ava Thurston Dartmouth Ava Thurston put on strong performances at Rikert Outdoor Center, claiming two podium finishes at the EISA Championships. On Friday, Thurston took the victory by a large margin in the women's 7.5k classic indi