NCAAs: Fields set for championships
The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Skiing Committee has announced the 74 men and 74 women selected to participate in the 2007 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships, to be held March 7-10 at Attitash and Jackson XC in Mount Washington Valley, New Hampshire. The championships will be hosted by the University of New Hampshire.
THE NCAA Men’s and Women’s Skiing Committee has announced the 74 men and 74 women selected to participate in the 2007 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships, to be held March 7-10 at Attitash and Jackson XC in Mount Washington Valley, New Hampshire. The championships will be hosted by the University of New Hampshire.
Participants are selected on a regional basis from two designated regions for alpine skiing (East and West regions), and three designated regions for nordic skiing (Central, East and West regions). Bids are awarded to regions using a formula determined by the skiing committee. A maximum of 12 student-athletes (three per gender per discipline) may participate from an institution.
Nordic events will be held March 7 and 9 at Jackson XC. The women’s five-kilometer and men’s 10-kilometer freestyle cross-country races will be conducted March 7. The men’s 20-kilometer and women’s 15-kilometer classical races will be held March 9.
Alpine events will run March 8 and 10 at Attitash. The men’s and women’s giant slaloms will be held March 8, with the men’s and women’s slaloms conducted March 10.
Highlights of the skiing championships will be shown on CBS at 1 p.m. Eastern time, Saturday, May 5. CBS Sports Presents Championships of the NCAA will feature highlights of 17 different NCAA championships; each taking place during the winter season.
PARTICIPANTS BY DISCIPLINE AND REGION (listed alphabetically by name):
ALPINE
East Region – Men East Region – Women
Evan Barrett, Williams Veronique Archambault-Leger, UNH
Zac Brown, Vermont Kate Bragg, Vermont
Jody Centauro, Colby Lindsay Brush, Middlebury
David Chodounsky, Dartmouth Kara Crow, Vermont
Joseph Dunn, New Hampshire Jennah Durham, Williams
Alex Felix, Dartmouth Aileen Farrell, New Hampshire
Willie Ford, New Hampshire Mattie Ford, Middlebury
Erik Gilbert, Vermont Hayley Jones, Dartmouth
Greg Hardy, Vermont Kelsey Levine, Williams
Josh Kernan, Colby Lindsay Mann, Dartmouth
Dan Loman, Bates Dorothy Muirhead, Middlebury
Eric Mann, Williams Megan Papineau, Bates
Sean McNamara, New Hampshire Emily Sampson, Bates
Leo Menard, Bates Michelanne Shields, Dartmouth
Clayton Reed, Middlebury Ashley Spina, Vermont
Alex Tarberry, Middlebury Cynthia Tessier, New Hampshire
Andrew Wagner, Middlebury Liz Thompson, Bates
Evan Weiss, Dartmouth
West Region – Men West Region – Women
Cameron Barnes, Nevada Claire Abbe, Denver
Don Brockett, Montana State Spela Bertoncelj, Montana State
Josh Bryan, Colorado Karine Falck-Pedersen, Denver
John Buchar, Denver Amanda Goyne, Nevada
Adam Cole, Denver Mikaela Grassl, Utah
Tor Fodnesbergene, New Mexico Malin Hemmingsson, New Mexico
Francesco Ghedina, Denver Heidi Hillenbrand, Colorado
Stefan Hughes, Colorado Stefanie Klocker, Alaska Anchorage
Scott Hume, Nevada Amy Lattimer, Montana State
Kyle Kung, Utah Katie Lyons, Nevada
Toby LaMar, Montana State Carmel McElroy, Montana State
Lars Loeseth, New Mexico Chirine Njeim, Utah
Alex Mach, New Mexico Karin Ohlin, New Mexico
Luke Patterson, Nevada &nbs
p; Lisa Perricone, Colorado
Drew Roberts, Colorado Sarah Schaedler, Western State
Tague Thorson, Utah Kim Stephens, Utah
Scott Veenis, Utah Jenny Tank, Denver
Lucie Zikova, Colorado
NORDIC
Central Region – Men Central Region – Women
Martin Banerud, Northern Michigan Anna Coulter, Alaska Fairbanks
Bill Bowler, Northern Michigan Julia Coulter, Alaska Fairbanks
Kevin Heglund, Michigan Tech Linn Dale, St. Olaf
Marius Korthauer, Alaska Fairbanks Jenna Klein, Michigan Tech
Jesse Lang, Michigan Tech Aurelia Korthauer, Alaska Fairbanks
Santi Ocariz, Wisconsin-Green Bay Kristina Owen, Michigan Tech
Henri Soom, Alaska Fairbanks Elizabeth Quinley, Michigan Tech
Vahur Teppan, Alaska Fairbanks Morgan Smyth, Northern Michigan
Phil Violett, Northern Michigan Lindsey Weier, Northern Michigan
Lindsay Williams, Northern Michigan
East Region – Men East Region – Women
Fred Bailey, Colby Kristen Bednar, St. Lawrence
Sylvan Ellefson, Bates Emilia Demarchis, Vermont
Anders Folleras, Vermont Susan Dunklee, Dartmouth
Simeon Hamilton, Middlebury Kalie Dunn, St. Lawrence
Nick Kline, Colby Cassidy Edwards, Middlebury
Glenn Randall, Dartmouth Carina Hamel, Vermont
Tim Reynolds, Middlebury Jenny Hamilton, Middlebury
Michael Sinnott, Dartmouth Katrina Howe, Vermont
Benjamin True, Dartmouth Elsa Sargent, Dartmouth
Juergen Uhl, Vermont Sara Studebaker, Dartmouth
Chris Ziegler, Vermont
West Region – Men West Region – Women
Christian Coe, Montana State Annelise Bailly, Denver
Matt DeCarufel, Nevada Mandy Bowden, Montana State
Snorri Einarsson, Utah Paige Brady, Nevada
Fabian Figi, Utah Annelies Cook, Utah
Matt Gelso, Colorado Polina Ermoshina, New Mexico
Andy Liebner, Alaska Anchorage Brittany Greer, Alaska Anchorage
Patrick Neel, Western State Maria Grevsgard, Colorado
Karl Nygren, Colorado Chelsea Holmes, Nevada
Nathan Park, Montana State Kara LaPoint, Denver
Lutz Preussler, Nevada Sarah MacCarthy, Utah
Rene Reisshauer, Denver Lenka Palanova, Colorado
Andy Richmond, Western State Claire Rennie, Montana State
Kit Richmond, Colorado Kasandra Rice, Alaska Anchorage
Erlend Saetre, New Mexico Kristin Ronnestrand, Colorado
Paul Schauer, Alaska Anchorage Sara Schweiger, Utah
Havard Selseng, Denver Devon Spika, Whitman
Even Sletten, Utah Laura VanAlst, New Mexico
John Stene, Denver &n
bsp; Jamie Woelk, Montana State
Rahael Wunderle, Alaska Anchorage Melanie Zemp, New Mexico
The University of Colorado, Boulder, will enter the 2007 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships as the defending champion after claiming last year’s crown in dramatic fashion. The Buffaloes finished with 658 team points, 98 more than its nearest contender, second-place finisher New Mexico University, thereby achieving the fourth-largest margin of victory in the championship’s 53-year history. After bouncing back from a sixth-place start on the first day, Colorado mounted the biggest comeback ever under the current scoring format, and did so one skier short of a full 12-member team.
The Buffaloes claimed four individual titles in addition to the team title. Sophomore Lucie Zikova won the women’s slalom, while sophomore Kit Richmond won the men’s 20-kilometer freestyle race. Senior Jana Rehemaa swept the women’s nordic events, claiming the title for both the women’s 5-kilometer classic race as well as the women’s 15-kilometer freestyle race. Denver University’s John Stene captured the remaining nordic title, the men’s 10-kilometer classic. On the alpine side, senior Abbi Lathrop of Colby College won the women’s giant slalom, while freshman Scott Veenis of the University of Utah won the men’s. Dartmouth’s Karl Johnson rounded out alpine competition with the national title in men’s slalom.