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Wednesday, March 8
Lake Placid, N.Y.
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Utah Ski Team Heads East for 2023 NCAA Championships
3/6/2023 4:35 PM | Skiing
Utes searching for program’s fourth straight national title and 16th all-time
| 2023 NCAA Ski Championships | |
| Date // Time (MT) | Wednesday, March 8 // 7 a.m. (Giant Slalom) Thursday, March 9 // 8 a.m. (5/10K Freestyle) Friday, March 10 // 7 a.m. (Slalom) Saturday, March 11 // 8 a.m. (20K Classic) |
| Location | Lake Placid, N.Y. Alpine: Whiteface Mountain Nordic: Mt. Van Hoevenberg |
| Live Timing | Live Championship Team Standings: Click here Alpine Timing: Men // Women Nordic Timing: Click here |
| Stream | Available through NCAA.com |
| Utah Championships Media Guide | Media Guide |
| @UtahSkiTeam Social Media | Twitter // Instagram // Facebook // #GoUtes // #UteNotes |
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – It all comes down to this week for the Utah Ski Team as the Utes trek out East for the 2023 NCAA Championships—in search of their fourth straight national crown and 16th in program history.
St. Lawrence University is serving as the host school for the 2023 NCAA Championships. Alpine races will be held at Whiteface Mountain, with giant slalom set for Wednesday, March 8 and slalom on Friday, March 10. Nordic competitions will be hosted by Mt. Van Hoevenberg, beginning with the 5/10K freestyle on Thursday, March 9 and wrapping the NCAA Championships with 20K classic on Saturday, March 11.
Each alpine race day begins at 7 a.m. MT (9 a.m. in Lake Placid) and both Nordic days begin at 8 a.m. MT (10 a.m. in Lake Placid).
Utah, winners of 15 national crowns in program history (14 NCAA championships), will race 12 athletes during the title meet—the maximum selections that a team can receive. Colorado, Dartmouth and Vermont are the only other programs to send a full quota.
On the women's alpine side, the Utes will race Madison Hoffman, Michelle Kervén and Katie Parker. The men include Bjorn Brudevoll, Wilhelm Normannseth and Gustav Vøllo. For Nordic, the women's lineup includes Sophia Laukli, Novie McCabe and Sydney Palmer-Leger, while it'll be Walker Hall, Samuel Hendry and Luke Jager for the men.
On the Utes
Utah won all six meets it competed in during the 2023 season, finishing as the RMISA Regular Season Champions with 2,821 points—ahead of Denver by 601 for second place. It was capped off by the Utes securing the RMISA and NCAA West Regional team championships, which included three individual regional champions in Wilhelm Normannseth (men's slalom) and Novie McCabe (women's classic and women's freestyle).
The Utes have combined for 22 individual victories this season—11 apiece across the alpine and Nordic sides of the house.
Utah Well-Represented in 2023 RMISA Postseason Awards
Eighteen members of the Utah Ski Team were tabbed All-RMISA last week, headlined by 10 Utes pulling in First Team laurels and four MVPs. The pack includes alpine's Madison Hoffman, Michelle Kervén, Wilhelm Normannseth, Claire Timmermann and Gustav Vøllo. Taking home First Team Nordic were Samuel Hendry, Luke Jager, Sophia Laukli, Novie McCabe and Sydney Palmer-Leger.
Jager (men's classic), McCabe (women's freestyle), Normannseth (men's slalom) and Vøllo (men's giant slalom) also raked in RMISA MVP honors.
Nordic Notes
Laukli, McCabe and Palmer-Leger make up an identical women's Nordic lineup to what Utah raced at last year's NCAA Championships at Soldier Hollow—where McCabe won the 5K classic individual title and Laukli the crown in 15K freestyle. Palmer-Leger also took home individual championships in 2021 both for 5K classic and 15K freestyle, at that time as a freshman.
McCabe owns eight wins in women's Nordic races this season—seven in her last eight starts—and podium results in eight consecutive starts. All told, the 2023 RMISA MVP for women's freestyle has won 17 college races in her career.
Laukli and Palmer-Leger traveled to Lake Placid directly from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Slovenia—an incredible feat for both, but particularly Palmer-Leger as a first-year senior. Palmer-Leger placed top-20 in the skiathlon and Laukli raced in both 10K freestyle (25th) and the skiathlon (29th).
Across the way with the men, Hendry and Jager return to the NCAA Championships stage while it's the first appearance for Hall. Hendry, a four-time All-American, took the runner-up spot at the 2022 championship meet in the 20K freestyle. Jager owns two collegiate wins this season and three in his career, while Hall heads to Lake Placid fresh off three podiums and a 2023 All-RMISA nod.
All About Alpine
Wilhelm Normannseth, Katie Parker and Gustav Vøllo lead the Utes into championship week with a combined eight previous trips to NCAAs and seven All-America citations. All three were part of Utah's NCAA Championships lineup a year ago at Park City Mountain Resort.
It's been a remarkable return this season for Utah's Madison Hoffman, after missing much of the 2022 college season and the Winter Olympics due to injury. Since returning, the two-time All-RMISA pick has posted two college wins and three other runner-up results. She paused her collegiate season in late February to race on the Nor-Am Cup circuit, picking up three podiums and a giant slalom win in Stratton, Vermont.
Parker is coming off a third-place giant slalom finish at last year's championship meet and also has two other All-America Second Team results in GS (2020 and '21). Her, Hoffman and Michelle Kervén will anchor the women's lineup.
On the men's side, Normannseth and Vøllo have combined for four All-America awards, while Brudevoll, a two-time All-RMISA honoree and 2021 regional champion in slalom, makes his NCAA debut.
Utah and Lake Placid
This is the fourth recorded time Utah will compete for the NCAA crown in Lake Placid, New York. The last was in 2015, when Utah earned a third-place team finish. Eight athletes combined for 13 All-America awards and Veronika Mayerhofer was crowned individual champion in the 5K freestyle.
The Utes also came here in 1980 and 1982—with a runner-up NCAA men's finish in '80. Back in those days, men's and women's championships were held separately with women's titles under the AIAW. The NCAA first held a combined men's and women's ski championship in 1983.
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