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Saturday, March 14
Lake Placid, N.Y. (Whiteface Mountain)
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Utah Skiing Finishes Third at NCAA Championships
3/14/2015 12:00 AM | Skiing
March 14, 2015
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - The Utah ski team finished third to conclude the NCAA Championships on Saturday morning, with Andy Trow earning All-America honors in the slalom to leads the Utes.
Utah scored 471 points during the meet, trailing champion Colorado (505) and second-place Denver (478). Vermont (443) in fourth and New Mexico in fifth (402) rounded out the top five teams.
Utah went into the final day trailing Colorado by seven points, 388 to 381. Both men's teams struggled in the tricky slalom races with Trow recording the only top-10 finish between the two schools. CU increased its margin over the Utes to 10 points following the men's race, and took the win during the women's slalom with a pair of Buff skiers finishing in the top 10. Denver had a very strong alpine showing to move into second.
Over the past five years, Utah has three second-place finishes and one third-place finish in the final NCAA standings.
Trow recorded his fourth career All-America honor and third in the slalom with a seventh-place finish. He also earned All-America honors in Thursday's giant slalom races. Joergen Brath finished 15th while Endre Bjertness was 26th for the Utes. Bjertness skied the fourth-fastest second run of the day.
Ana Kobal was the top finisher for the women, placing 12th. Kristiina Rove placed 17th and Chloe Fausa was 20th.
"A tough, tough day for the Utes today," Utah head alpine coach Jaka Korencan said. "Congrats to Andy for gutsy performances in both runs and finishing his college carrier as an All-American in both events. Unfortunately we didn't perform well as a team. Mistakes and nerves were affecting our skiing today quite a bit. We were too much on a defensive side, trying to protect second place and hoped to outski CU. However, finishing third overall as a team is quite an accomplishment and I want to congratulate the team for a great fight over the last four days of the Championships!"
The Utes finished the NCAA Championships with eight athletes combining for 13 All-America honors, with one individual national championship (Veronika Mayerhofer, 5-km freestyle).
"This is a tremendous team and I'm very proud," Utah Director of Skiing Kevin Sweeney said. "To be on the podium is an excellent accomplishment. We have a good mix of young and experienced veterans, and I think we did a good job. We couldn't have done much else differently. Everyone charged. It is the championships and interesting stuff goes on. The alpine team was in a very difficult situation today. They were skiing for the team finish, and I have to give them a lot of credit to be able to do that. Andy and Ana did awesome - they did exactly what we needed them to do, which was ski conservatively but score well. It is difficult to find that balance.
"To have that many All-Americans is really exceptional. It is a good indicator that we are in the hunt. I really think this is a championship caliber team. The athleticism is there, we have good energy and everyone is humble. They were really psyched to go for it and ski as a team. It is so competitive right now - this championship was a slugfest. It was cool to be in a position that we had a chance to win it, and I think it will take some time for that sting to go away. It wasn't all about today either, although that is how the meet is portrayed. There were several places we missed some points, and I think there are some skiers who aren't super happy with their performances."
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