Nordic Ski | 1/26/2025 3:01:00 PM

Ripton, V.T. - The combination of Joey Rouhana, Matthew Clarner and Finn Payne shone on Sunday as the Clarkson University Nordic Skiing team closed out day two of the Middlebury Invitational at the Rikert Outdoor Center. 

Teams competed in the classic team sprint,  a relay-competition with three athletes making up a team who alternately ski 3 legs of a minimum of 1 km and a maximum 1.5km each with all competitors skiing the same loop.

The trio of Rouhana, Clarner and Payne made up the Clarkson A team, combined for a 29:52.61 and first place out of 24 teams, and were the only team to come in under 30 minutes. The Dartmouth A team and Paul Smith's College A team followed in second and third place, respectively, rounding out the day's top three. In ninth place overall, the Clarkson B team of Torsten Brickley, Silas Bartol and Adam Jansen crossed the finish line at 33:03.32, just three seconds behind the eighth place finishers. Rounding out the competition for the Golden Knights in 13th at 35:14.52 were Oliver Dolcino and Patrick Murray of a combined Clarkson C team with Declan Rogers from SLU. 

For the women, Skylar Francis, Raegan Joly and Clare Janas made up the lone Golden Knight team for the day. The trio combined for a time of 49:29.01, good for a 21st place finish out of 25 teams. 

Both the men and women will be back in action February 1st and 2nd as they take part in the Paul Smith's Invitational at the Visitor Interpretive Center in Paul Smiths.