Dartmouth was first with 898 points, the University of Vermont trailing in second with 843. Middlebury College took third with 806 points. The order of these top three teams has continued unchanged throughout the entire season thus far.
The Big Green's nordic team delivered its most dominant performance of the season -- which is saying quite a lot -- on Friday, sweeping the podium in both the men's and women's races, raking in the maximum amount of possible points in both races.
In the women's 10k freestyle, Elsa Sargent '08 grabbed the top spot in 34:28 minutes, just a few seconds ahead of captain Sara Studebaker '07 in second place and Laura Spector '10 in third.
To make matters worse for the competition, Hannah Dreissigacker '09 took seventh and Susan Dunklee '08 was 10th, giving Dartmouth five of the top ten places in the race.
In the men's 10k freestyle, captain Mike Sinnott '07 continued his nearly flawless season by grabbing another first place finish, 14 seconds ahead of Ben True '08 in second. Glenn Randall '09 took third for the Big Green, completing the sweep.
On the alpine side, the men put three in the top ten, but still fell to UVM by three points to take second place in the giant slalom.
Evan Weiss '06 led the way in first place by about a tenth of a second. Alex Felix '08 took sixth and captain Dave Chodounsky '08 was ninth to round out the scoring for the Big Green.
Last week's snowfall, oddly enough, didn't help the conditions for the downhill skiers.
"[It] definitely didn't help the races any, making the snow really soft and making the course conditions very rough," Chodounsky said.
In the women's giant slalom, Michelanne Shields '08 snagged a podium position with third place. Co-captain Sasha Acher '06 took 13th and freshman Hayley Jones was 26th.
"Even if someone has a not-so-great day or someone crashes or doesn't finish, there are other people on the team that can step up and get the good finish for the team," co-captain Alex Fucigna '07 said.
That depth helped the Big Green women pull off fifth place in the giant slalom, though rivals Middlebury and UVM were first and second.
At the end of Friday's competition, Dartmouth led the way with 455 points and UVM followed with 428. After Saturday, the Big Green had more than doubled its lead, leaving UVM and the rest of the competition in the dust.
The women's nordic team turned in the most impressive performance of the day, sweeping the top three spots yet again to single-handedly score another flawless 123 points.
Sargent stole the show again, making her victory in the classic sprint her second win of the weekend. Dunklee took second and Dreissigacker was third. Although the Panthers couldn't break the Big Green's strangle hold on the podium, Middlebury impressed as well, putting five skiers in the top eleven.
The men's nordic team squeezed its three scorers into the top ten but lost the classic sprint by a single point to the University of New Hampshire. Patrick O'Brien '10 had a solid second place finish, while True took seventh and Sinnott was 10th.
On the slopes, the alpine teams sealed the deal for the Big Green, improving from Friday and stretching Dartmouth's lead even further.
The men finished first in the slalom races, while the women took third in the event. Chodounsky took the top spot for the men. Evan Weiss was fifth and Eric Cates '08 was 13th, locking in the win for the Big Green.
On the women's side, Lindsay Mann '07 led the way in fifth place. Shields grabbed eighth and co-captain Fucigna took 16th, but that wasn't enough to hold off UVM and Middlebury from taking first and second in the race, respectively.
In the end, Dartmouth again rolled over the competition. The Big Green heads to Middlebury for the EISA Championships on Friday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, Feb. 24 for the final carnival of the season.
"Our goal is always to win," Sinnott said. "If that brings us an undefeated season, so be it. I don't think anyone will lose sleep over the issue. It's already been a great season."
Middlebury will have the home advantage and UVM will have one more shot, but so far into this dream season for Dartmouth, it's hard to imagine anyone else atop the podium.
