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Utah Skiing Heads to NCAA Championships
3/2/2018 5:33 PM | Skiing
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah ski team travels to the NCAA Championships this week, hosted by Colorado in Steamboat Springs, March 7-10.
Utah is one of eight schools fielding a full team of 12 skiers (three per gender per discipline), joining Alaska Anchorage, Colorado, Dartmouth, Denver, Montana State, New Mexico and Vermont. Of the 12 skiers representing Utah at NCAA's, two skiers are returning NCAA Champions - Martin Bergström in the men's freestyle and classic races and Julie Mohagen in the women's slalom - while four skiers have previously earned All-America honors. Eight skiers are making their first appearance at the championship.
Utah, the defending NCAA champions, has finished among the top three teams at NCAA's six of the last seven seasons. Before winning the title last year, the Utes had placed third in 2016 and 2015 and put together a string of three-straight second-place finishes from 2011-13. The Utes have won 12 national titles (11 NCAA, 1 AIAW) in their history, and the 11 NCAA titles ranks third all-time behind Denver (23) and Colorado (19). Utah has 74 individual national champions, which also ranks third all-time.
The NCAA Championships will be held March 7-10. Most events will be held at Howelsen Hill with the giant slalom races at Steamboat Springs. The meet kicks off with the men's and women's giant slalom races beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 7. The Nordic teams begin on Thursday, March 8, with the women's 5-km and men's 10-km classical races beginning at 9 a.m. The men's and women's slalom races go off on Friday, March 9, with the meet closing with the men's 20-km and women's 15-km freestyle races on Saturday, March 10.
All events will be webcast live at NCAA.com.
Women's Nordic
Guro Jordheim is the top overall women's Nordic qualifier in the West. A two-time All-American in her first season last year, she is currently on a five-race win streak and has won a league-high seven races this year and finished on the podium 10 times. Leah Lange makes her first NCAA appearance after serving as an alternate last year. Lange recently had her first career podium finish in the 5-km classic at the RMISA Championships and she has four top-10 finishes on the year. Mariah Bredal is also making her first NCAA appearance in her first year at Utah, she has seven top-10 finishes with her best finish of sixth done three times this year.
Men's Nordic
Martin Bergström, who is the defending NCAA champion in both classic and freestyle, was the top overall West qualifier in men's Nordic. He leads the league with four wins this year and is tied for the league lead with eight podium finishes. Håkon Hjelstuen makes his second NCAA appearance, with his first coming as a skier at Michigan Tech in 2015 when he competed while sick at the championships. Hjelstuen has two wins this season and three podium finishes, all in races of 20-km or longer. Bjørn Riksaasen makes his first NCAA appearance in his first season at Utah, he has two top-five and eight top-10 finishes this year for the Utes.
Women's Alpine
Ann-Kathrin Breuning gets her first shot at the NCAA Championships in her first season at Utah after skiing for a non-NCAA school the previous three seasons. Breuning has seven top-five and two podium finishes this year. 2016 NCAA slalom champion and two-time All-American Julie Mohagen makes her third career NCAA appearance, she has five top-10 finishes this year. Sabine Krautgasser also served as an NCAA alternate last season.
Men's Alpine
Sam Dupratt earned All-America honors last year in the men's giant slalom at the NCAA Championships with a second-place finish. He has two podium finishes this year. Freshman Linus Walch has finished in the top six four times. Freshman Huston Philp earned four top-10 finishes on the year.
Utah is one of eight schools fielding a full team of 12 skiers (three per gender per discipline), joining Alaska Anchorage, Colorado, Dartmouth, Denver, Montana State, New Mexico and Vermont. Of the 12 skiers representing Utah at NCAA's, two skiers are returning NCAA Champions - Martin Bergström in the men's freestyle and classic races and Julie Mohagen in the women's slalom - while four skiers have previously earned All-America honors. Eight skiers are making their first appearance at the championship.
Utah, the defending NCAA champions, has finished among the top three teams at NCAA's six of the last seven seasons. Before winning the title last year, the Utes had placed third in 2016 and 2015 and put together a string of three-straight second-place finishes from 2011-13. The Utes have won 12 national titles (11 NCAA, 1 AIAW) in their history, and the 11 NCAA titles ranks third all-time behind Denver (23) and Colorado (19). Utah has 74 individual national champions, which also ranks third all-time.
The NCAA Championships will be held March 7-10. Most events will be held at Howelsen Hill with the giant slalom races at Steamboat Springs. The meet kicks off with the men's and women's giant slalom races beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 7. The Nordic teams begin on Thursday, March 8, with the women's 5-km and men's 10-km classical races beginning at 9 a.m. The men's and women's slalom races go off on Friday, March 9, with the meet closing with the men's 20-km and women's 15-km freestyle races on Saturday, March 10.
All events will be webcast live at NCAA.com.
Women's Nordic
Guro Jordheim is the top overall women's Nordic qualifier in the West. A two-time All-American in her first season last year, she is currently on a five-race win streak and has won a league-high seven races this year and finished on the podium 10 times. Leah Lange makes her first NCAA appearance after serving as an alternate last year. Lange recently had her first career podium finish in the 5-km classic at the RMISA Championships and she has four top-10 finishes on the year. Mariah Bredal is also making her first NCAA appearance in her first year at Utah, she has seven top-10 finishes with her best finish of sixth done three times this year.
Men's Nordic
Martin Bergström, who is the defending NCAA champion in both classic and freestyle, was the top overall West qualifier in men's Nordic. He leads the league with four wins this year and is tied for the league lead with eight podium finishes. Håkon Hjelstuen makes his second NCAA appearance, with his first coming as a skier at Michigan Tech in 2015 when he competed while sick at the championships. Hjelstuen has two wins this season and three podium finishes, all in races of 20-km or longer. Bjørn Riksaasen makes his first NCAA appearance in his first season at Utah, he has two top-five and eight top-10 finishes this year for the Utes.
Women's Alpine
Ann-Kathrin Breuning gets her first shot at the NCAA Championships in her first season at Utah after skiing for a non-NCAA school the previous three seasons. Breuning has seven top-five and two podium finishes this year. 2016 NCAA slalom champion and two-time All-American Julie Mohagen makes her third career NCAA appearance, she has five top-10 finishes this year. Sabine Krautgasser also served as an NCAA alternate last season.
Men's Alpine
Sam Dupratt earned All-America honors last year in the men's giant slalom at the NCAA Championships with a second-place finish. He has two podium finishes this year. Freshman Linus Walch has finished in the top six four times. Freshman Huston Philp earned four top-10 finishes on the year.
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