Jericho, VT - Senior Alyssa Dausman (Syracuse, NY) swept the three races this weekend and classmate Alex Benway (Queensbury, NY) won the overall title on the men's side as the Clarkson University Nordic Ski team won the ECSC Nordic Ski Regionals held at the Ethan Allen Biathlon Range.

The Clarkson women took the top spot among four teams with 18 points, while Cornell (101), Army (102) and Wellesley (108) finished well behind the pace of the Golden Knights. The men's team also took top honors with a first place finish among five squads, scoring 29 points, ahead of Army (74), Cornell (79), Paul Smith's (116), and Hamilton (169).

On the women's side, Clarkson took the top four spots in each of the three races. Opening with the 15-kilometer Classic event, Clarkson had seven skiers finish in the top 10 among 31 participants, led by Dausman, who finished the race in 49 minutes, 40 seconds. Classmates Andrea Walsh (Underhill Center, VT) and Emily Garrant (Marcellus, NY) finished the scoring with second and third place showings, respectively. Junior Rachel Bachman (Queensbury, NY) was fourth, followed by senior Audrey Keene (Hilton, NY) in fifth. Sophomore Eleanor Vane (Fairport, NY) took eighth, freshman Olivia Dawson (Scottsville, NY), and senior Kallie Desmond (Central Square, NY) came in 10th.

In the 1,000-meter Sprint, Dausman again took the top spot, with Dawson claiming second and Walsh finishing third. Keene was fourth, Garrant was sixth, and Vane was 10th as six skiers finished in the top 10. In the 8-kilometer Skate race, Dausman was able to place first by a wide margin in 23:09, winning by more than a minute. Walsh was second and Garrant finished third once again and Clarkson continued to dominate with Bachman coming in fourth, Dawson taking fifth, and Keene placing sixth. Freshman Taryn Dausman (Syracuse, NY) rounded out the top 10 as Clarkson again had seven in the first 10 spots.

The men weren't quite as dominant as the women, but they still cruised to the regional title. In the 15-kilometer Classic event on Saturday, Alex Benway won with a time of 39:11. The Knights had four more skiers in the top 10 as Andrew Klem (Dalton, MA) came in third and Tim Sick (Chambersburg, PA) placed fifth. Senior Bryan Rose (Honeoye Falls, NY) and junior Zach Russo (Fayston, VT) finished back-to-back in seventh and eighth place, respectively.

In the 1,000-meter Sprint, freshman Brad Denton (Honeoye Falls, NY) took the top spot for the Knights by placing second overall in 2:27.5. Benway was just a second behind Denton in third place, and another second behind Benway was Tim Sick in fifth place. Rose placed sixth and Klem came in seventh as Clarkson had five skiers in the top seven. Ned Burnett (Winthrop, ME) placed ninth and Dan Smith (Webster, NY) came in 10th.

In the 8-kilometer Skate, Benway returned to the top spot by finishing just one second under 20 minutes. Sick took third in 20:18 and Denton rounded out the scoring for Clarkson with a sixth-place showing. Klem was seventh and Rose finished eighth to round out Clarkson's five skiers in the top 10.