LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The Crimson tallied four top-30 finishers in the freestyle sprint to complete its season-opening weekend on day two of the St. Lawrence Carnival on Tuesday at Mt. Van Hoevenberg alongside the U.S. Cross Country National Championships.
 
In Tuesday's freestyle sprint, Harvard's women's team tallied three top-30 finishers in senior Hayden McJunkin (15^th), junior Clara Lake (16^th), and junior Breagh Bridge (25^th) while sophomore Elias Soulé paced the men's team with a 17^th-place finish.
 
On day one on Sunday, both McJunkin (36^th) and Lake (37^th) came in the top 40 of the women's 10k classic.
 
As a team, Harvard finished the nordic side of the St. Lawrence Carnival in ninth place in the EISA with 205 points.
 

Harvard Highlights: Day 2

• As a team, Harvard tallied four top-30 finishes among EISA skiers, including three top 20-finishes. The women's side notched three of the program's four top-30 efforts on the day.
• Senior Hayden McJunkin paced the Crimson with a 15^th-place finish among EISA skiers in the women's freestyle sprint with a time of 3:26.77 for 26 EISA points.
• Junior Clara Lake followed directly behind her in 16^th place behind a time of 3:27.38 for 25 EISA points.
• Sophomore Elias Soulé led the men's team with a 17^th-place effort among EISA competitors in the men's freestyle sprint with a time of 2:52.48 for 27 EISA points.
• Junior Breagh Bridge rounded out Harvard's top-30 finishers with a 25^th-place finish in the women's freestyle sprint in 3:31.41 for 21 EISA points.
• Also competing in the women's freestyle sprint, sophomore Hanna Wilsey came in 33^rd (3:33.52), and junior Meredith Schwartz placed 37^th (3:35.62).
• On the men's side, first-year Braden Bellizzi added a 37^th-place finish (2:56.20, 15 EISA points) and sophomore Bennett Hutchison came in 52^nd (2:59.23, nine EISA points).

Harvard Highlights: Day 1

• Senior Hayden McJunkin led the Crimson with a 36^th-place finish in the women's 10k classic with a time of 34:27.5 for 19 EISA points.
• Junior Clara Lake came in 37^th in the women's 10k classic behind a time of 34:30.1 for 18 EISA points.
• Sophomore Hanna Wilsey placed 41^st in 34:46.8 for 17 EISA points, and junior Breagh Bridge added a 50^th-place finish in 35:04.9.
• First-year Braden Bellizzi paced the men's team with a 53^rd-place finish in 30:02.9 for 13 EISA points. 

Harvard Results 

Tuesday: Women's Freestyle Sprint

15.) Hayden McJunkin (Bib 160): 3:26.77, 26 EISA Points
16.) Clara Lake (Bib 113): 3:27.38, 25 EISA Points
25.) Breagh Bridge (Bib 112): 3:31.41, 21 EISA Points
33.) Hanna Wilsey (Bib 141): 3:33.52
37.) Meredith Schwartz (Bib 143): 3:35.62 

Tuesday: Men's Freestyle Sprint

17.) Elias Soulé (Bib 380): 2:52.48, 27 EISA Points
37.) Braden Bellizzi (Bib 480): 2:56.20, 15 EISA Points
52.) Bennett Hutchison (Bib 506): 2:59.23, 9 EISA Points
65.) Edwin Ryerson (Bib 520): 3:03.69
81.) Cyrus Hamlin (Bib 1011): 3:13.21
86.) Logan Cuddy (Bib 590): 3:14.72
89.) Caleb Boyce (Bib 1004): 3:15.56 

Sunday: Women's 10k Classic

36.) Hayden McJunkin (Bib 100): 34:27.5, 19 EISA Points
37.) Clara Lake (Bib 20): 34:30.1, 18 EISA Points
41.) Hanna Wilsey (Bib 106): 34:46.8, 17 EISA Points
50.) Breagh Bridge (Bib 17): 35:04.9
76.) Meredith Schwartz (Bib 262): 37:05.4 

Sunday: Men's 10k Classic

53.) Braden Bellizzi (Bib 520): 30:02.9, 13 EISA Points
80.) Bennett Hutchison (Bib 441): 31:36.6, 8 EISA Points
81.) Elias Soulé (Bib 464): 31:37.0, 7 EISA Points
90.) Cyrus Hamlin (Bib 580): 33:30.4
91.) Logan Cuddy (Bib 593): 33:34.4
94.) Caleb Boyce (Bib 1062): 36:33.8
DNS) Edwin Ryerson (Bib 592) 

Team Scores

1.) Vermont: 470
2.) Dartmouth: 420
3.) New Hampshire: 369.5
4.) Middlebury: 363
5.) Colby: 340
6.) Bowdoin: 292
7.) Williams: 237
8.) St. Michael's: 216
9.) Harvard: 205
10.) Bates: 167.5
11.) St. Lawrence: 124
12.) Plymouth State: 0
12.) Coby Sawyer: 0
12.) Boston College: 0 

Next Up

Harvard will compete in the alpine side of the Colby Carnival from Jan. 16-17 at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley, Maine, the alpine side of the St. Lawrence Carnival from Jan. 22-23 at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, New York, and in the nordic side of the Colby Carnival from Jan. 23-24 at Quarry Road in Waterville, Maine.