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Utah Skiing Wins NCAA Regional/RMISA Championship
2/24/2019 9:21 PM | Skiing
GIRDWOOD, Alaska – The Utah ski team closed out the win at the NCAA West Regional/RMISA Championships on Sunday afternoon with strong performances in the slalom races. Mark Engel led the Utes with his third podium of the season.
Utah won the meet with 671 points, 62 ahead of second-place Colorado (609) and 148 ahead of third-place New Mexico (523). The Utes won four of the five regular-season meets this season, their only loss a second place by five points at Montana State.
"Today was a great day," head alpine coach JJ Johnson said. "They felt some pressure today to win regionals after winning the UAA meet yesterday and they were unbelievable handling that. We were a little surprised and tentative on the snow on a different hill than yesterday during the first run, but the way we bounced back during the second run is what made them champions. They came out with full on intensity during the second run and every one of them finished and moved up. I couldn't be more proud of this group."
In addition to Engel, who earned his fourth podium of the year, the men were the top-scoring team of the day with Joachim Lien placing fourth and Addison Dvoracek finishing 10th. Lien has seven top five finishes this year while Dvoracek has placed in the top 10 eight times. Huston Philp finished 13th for the Utes with Tomas Birkner 19th and Ty Sprock 21st. Linus Walch placed 28th, competing in his lederhosen the second run after hiking his first run.
"I had a lot of fun racing my last regular season college race today!" Engel said. "Our team feels like family to me and it was awesome to ski with all the support! Congrats again to [Denver's Simon] Fournier for the win and Liam Wallace [Alaska Anchorage] on the second place finish!"
For the women, Eirin Engeset finished seventh with Kristine Aasberg ninth. Engeset has finished in the top 10 in 10 races and Aasberg, who has competed in six races this year, has finished in the top 10 in three of them. Katie Parker finished 11th and Julie Mohagen was 19th. Katie Vesterstein did not finish her first run.
"Today was a special race for me, the final RMISA race of my career," Aasberg said. "With not a lot of training I tried to ski with passion, have fun, and enjoy every turn down the course. Thanks to my teammates and coaches for making today an awesome day."
Racing their final regular-season races today was Engel, Sprock, Walch, Mohagen and Aasberg.
The NCAA Championships begin on Wednesday, March 6, in Stowe, Vermont.
Utah won the meet with 671 points, 62 ahead of second-place Colorado (609) and 148 ahead of third-place New Mexico (523). The Utes won four of the five regular-season meets this season, their only loss a second place by five points at Montana State.
"Today was a great day," head alpine coach JJ Johnson said. "They felt some pressure today to win regionals after winning the UAA meet yesterday and they were unbelievable handling that. We were a little surprised and tentative on the snow on a different hill than yesterday during the first run, but the way we bounced back during the second run is what made them champions. They came out with full on intensity during the second run and every one of them finished and moved up. I couldn't be more proud of this group."
In addition to Engel, who earned his fourth podium of the year, the men were the top-scoring team of the day with Joachim Lien placing fourth and Addison Dvoracek finishing 10th. Lien has seven top five finishes this year while Dvoracek has placed in the top 10 eight times. Huston Philp finished 13th for the Utes with Tomas Birkner 19th and Ty Sprock 21st. Linus Walch placed 28th, competing in his lederhosen the second run after hiking his first run.
"I had a lot of fun racing my last regular season college race today!" Engel said. "Our team feels like family to me and it was awesome to ski with all the support! Congrats again to [Denver's Simon] Fournier for the win and Liam Wallace [Alaska Anchorage] on the second place finish!"
For the women, Eirin Engeset finished seventh with Kristine Aasberg ninth. Engeset has finished in the top 10 in 10 races and Aasberg, who has competed in six races this year, has finished in the top 10 in three of them. Katie Parker finished 11th and Julie Mohagen was 19th. Katie Vesterstein did not finish her first run.
"Today was a special race for me, the final RMISA race of my career," Aasberg said. "With not a lot of training I tried to ski with passion, have fun, and enjoy every turn down the course. Thanks to my teammates and coaches for making today an awesome day."
Racing their final regular-season races today was Engel, Sprock, Walch, Mohagen and Aasberg.
The NCAA Championships begin on Wednesday, March 6, in Stowe, Vermont.
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