While many members of the Harvard squad finished well at the Middlebury Carnival, one skier had a more painful weekend. On one of her free runs between slalom races, freshman Rebecca Nadler took an unfortunate fall over an unmarked cliff.

“When I landed I was ejected from my skis and did a few somersaults,” Nadler said. “I’m totally fine. I just have a bit of a sore back, and I scratched my face up a little bit…It could have been a lot worse.”

And indeed it could have been. Nadler had already qualified for NCAA Nationals, so she has a different goal for the EISA Championships this upcoming weekend.

“It would be awesome to get on that podium, but I’d really like to get some solid runs in just to get my confidence again and not hold back,” Nadler said.

While Nadler will be skiing to get her confidence back, the rest of the team will be looking to qualify for NCAA Nationals in their final regular season races of the season.

Mitchell feels confident in Harvard’s ski team after this weekend’s result.

“People really started to piece it together,” Mitchell said. “Also, this weekend’s races are at Sunday River, which is a facility we’ve trained extensively at this year and over the last few years. So, all the athletes feel very comfortable there and are comfortable with the hill. The kids seem to ski pretty well on that hill, so I’m pretty hopeful.”