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End of Season Sees Ninth-Place Finish

Rolfes posted the Crimson’s strongest finish in the women’s 5k freestyle race with a 21st-place mark.

“It’s great that she had her best race at the end of the season,” City said.

Stock, meanwhile, placed 31st in the men’s 10k freestyle race. The freshman did not compete in Sunday’s 20k classic mass start so that he could rest up for the junior Olympics.

Junior Caroline McHugh joined Sheils, Tofte, and Rolfes as the only Harvard skiers to post top-30 finishes this weekend with a 24th-place result in the giant slalom.

Junior Kevin McNamara, sophomore Esther Kennedy, and Nordic co-captain Cara Sprague all managed to take top-40 finishes over the course of the weekend.

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McNamara came in the 36th spot in the giant slalom on Sunday despite dropping a ski pole in one of his runs. The junior took 37th in Saturday’s slalom.

Kennedy placed 34th in the 15k classic mass start race, just ahead of Sprague, who came in 37th, and Rolfes, who took 38th.

“Cara ended her season not quite where she wanted to be,” City said. “She’s one of those seniors who’s doing a thesis and applying to medical school...I was proud of the work she did to pull that [race] off.”

While the team will miss Sprague, who finished sixth in the classic event at last year’s EISA championships, it will return a strong core of talented young skiers next season.

“I think we’ve got a good base,” City said. “It’s an exciting place to build from.”

—Staff writer Christina C. McClinock can be reached at ccmcclin@fas.harvard.edu.

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