2021 NCAA Skiing Champions!
Saturday, March 13
The Utah Skiing program won the 2021 NCAA Championship today in New Hampshire! Full recap coming soon on this site.
The Utah Skiing program won the 2021 NCAA Championship today in New Hampshire! Full recap coming soon on this site.
- 14th NCAA Championship in program history and 28th National team title in Utah Athletics history.
- Utah Skiing has won 3 of the last 4 NCAA Championships contested (2017, 2019, 2021) and was leading the 2020 Championships at halfway point when it was halted because of the pandemic; no champion was crowned
- Utah Director of Skiing Fredrik Landstedt wins his fourth national team title with three different programs (Utah 2019 & 2021, New Mexico 2004, Colorado 1995).
- Sydney Palmer-Leger, freshman from Park City, won today's 15K Freestyle after winning Thursday's 5K Classical race to give her a sweep of the women's Nordic races at the 2021 NCAA Championships.
- Raises Utah’s all-time total to 110 individual national champions, and 78 by the skiing program
- 32nd and 33rd by a Utah women's skier and 10th and 11th on the women’s Nordic side
- Palmer-Leger’s double marks the 12th time a Utah skier has won two races at a national championship event; first since Martin Bergstrom in 2017 (10K Classical, 20K Freestyle).
- Novie McCabe finished third today after her third-place performance Thursday to pick up her second All-America honor of the Championships
- Samuel Hendry finished second in today's men's 20K Freestyle after claiming third in Thursday's 10K Classic for his second All-America honor of the week
- Bjorn Riksassen finished 10th today and earned All-America for the second time as well, after finishing fifth on Thursday
- Utah won 16 All-America honors by 10 student-athletes at the 2021 NCAA Championships
Wow! Awesome performance by the Utah Ski Team! Congrats on claiming the National Championship. ???????????? ????
— Ruth V. Watkins (@RuthVWatkins) March 13, 2021
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@utahskiteam @utahathletics https://t.co/swAO2pyBP3
Despite all the challenges, the dynasty that is Utah Skiing does it again!!! Congrats to all the student-athletes and coaches who never let up! https://t.co/58E755F8Fn
— Mark Harlan (@MarkHarlan_AD) March 13, 2021
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— Utah Athletics (@utahathletics) March 13, 2021
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Back like we never left! pic.twitter.com/y3wO74E3wO
— Utah Ski Team (@utahskiteam) March 13, 2021
