CAMP FORTUNE, Quebec â€Ã‚“ The NMU womenâ€Ã‚™s alpine skiteam is competing at the St. Lawrence Carnival this weekend.  After the first day of competition the teamis ninth place with 27.5 points in the slalom event as the University ofVermont is leading the slalom event with 86 points.  The event includes cross country skiing.  Overall the â€Ã‚˜Cats are in 11^thplace.

In the womenâ€Ã‚™s slalom on Saturday, Jazz Centauro led theâ€Ã‚˜Cats with a 30^th place showing in the event.  She covered the course in 1:48.26.  Danielle Denbleyker was 35^th in atime of 1:51.00. 

Lori Hellowell was the next â€Ã‚˜Cat to place as she was 43^rd(1:54.62).  Kate Hosking was 46^th(1:55.43) and Meri Koski was 52^nd (2:02.90) for NMU.

The event will conclude on Sunday.