Word: nordics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite single-digit membership, the Harvard Nordic and Alpine ski teams registered solid individual results in the 1998-99 season and worked to ensure greater team success in future years. Competing in the 12-team Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA), the teams traveled to a series of carnivals throughout the northeast...
While Harvard has sent Nordic skiers to the NCAA championships in past years, this year the team finished towards the bottom of the circuit...
Captain Kellin King led the women's Nordic skiers throughout the year and was Harvard's highest finisher from either team, consistently registering top-30 finishes in many of the carnivals. King's best finish came at the Williams carnival, where she placed 25th in the pursuit race, a two-day event that combines results from classical and skating races...
Freshman Kate Damon also turned in a solid year, providing a steady second finisher for the team scoring. In Nordic skiing the top three finishers from each team determine the team's overall standing. Damon's best finish came at the Vermont carnival where she took 37th in the 15-km classic race...
...Nordic team trains on rollerskis in the fall off-season, travels to a Weston golf course during weekdays in the winter, and is on the road every weekend after winter finals until mid-March. The team took a Christmas training trip to Quebec to get more on-snow time, as well as an intersession trip to Waterville Valley...