Thursday, March 8
Steamboat Springs, Colo.
All Day
University of Utah
at
NCAA Championships (5/10K Classic)
Photo by: Brooke Frederickson
Martin Bergström Wins NCAA Classic Skiing Championship
3/8/2018 4:47 PM | Skiing
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. – Utah skier Martin Bergström won his second-straight NCAA classic title on Thursday afternoon in Steamboat Springs, Colo., as the Utah ski team stands third overall in the team standings after day two of racing. In the women's classic race, Guro Jordheim and Mariah Bredal both earned All-America honors.
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Bergström won the 10-km race by eight seconds over Colorado's Petter Reistad. He has three NCAA titles, including the 2017 freestyle title. This season, Bergström has five victories and nine podium finishes. Utah had the second-most points in the race behind Denver with 62 points, as Bjørn Riksaasen finished 13th for the Utes and Håkon Hjelstuen finished 20th.
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In the women's 5-km race, Jordheim earned her third career All-America honor with a fourth-place run. She has 12 top five finishes this season. In her first year at Utah, Bredal finished seventh for her first career All-America honor. She has eight top 10 finishes this year. Leah Lange finished 24th for the Utes.
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The Utes trail Colorado (276) and Denver (267) in the team standings with 235 points. A pair of EISA schools, Dartmouth (217.5) and Vermont (162) stand fourth and fifth.
The races continue on Friday, March 9, with the men's and women's slalom races, held in the evening with first runs beginning at 6:45 p.m.
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Bergström won the 10-km race by eight seconds over Colorado's Petter Reistad. He has three NCAA titles, including the 2017 freestyle title. This season, Bergström has five victories and nine podium finishes. Utah had the second-most points in the race behind Denver with 62 points, as Bjørn Riksaasen finished 13th for the Utes and Håkon Hjelstuen finished 20th.
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In the women's 5-km race, Jordheim earned her third career All-America honor with a fourth-place run. She has 12 top five finishes this season. In her first year at Utah, Bredal finished seventh for her first career All-America honor. She has eight top 10 finishes this year. Leah Lange finished 24th for the Utes.
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The Utes trail Colorado (276) and Denver (267) in the team standings with 235 points. A pair of EISA schools, Dartmouth (217.5) and Vermont (162) stand fourth and fifth.
The races continue on Friday, March 9, with the men's and women's slalom races, held in the evening with first runs beginning at 6:45 p.m.
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The defending champ is back on top! Martin Bergström wins the 10-km classical race for @utahskiteam at the #NCAA Championships! #goutes pic.twitter.com/QUnF5en6H1
— Utah Athletics (@utahathletics) March 8, 2018
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