NCAA announces selections for Championships
Wed, Mar 11, 2009 - By NCAA
INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Skiing Committee announced the 74 men and 74 women selected to participate in the 2009 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships, to be held March 11-14 at Sunday River and Black Mountain in Bethel and Rumford, Maine. The championships will be hosted by Bates College.
Participants are selected on a regional basis from two designated regions for Alpine skiing (East and West Regions) and three designated regions for Nordic skiing (Central, East and West Regions). Bids are awarded to regions using a formula determined by the skiing committee. A maximum of 12 student-athletes (three per gender per discipline) may participate from an institution.
Alpine events will run March 11 and 13 at Sunday River. The men’s and women’s giant slaloms will be held March 11, with the men’s and women’s slaloms conducted March 13.
Nordic events will be held March 12 and 14 at Black Mountain. The men’s 10-kilometer and women’s five-kilometer classical cross-country races will be conducted March 12. The women’s 15-kilometer and men’s 20-kilometer freestyle races will be held March 14.
Highlights of the skiing championships will be shown on CBS at 1 p.m. Eastern time, Saturday, May 2. CBS Sports Presents Championships of the NCAA will feature highlights of 17 different NCAA championships, each taking place during the winter season.
PARTICIPANTS BY DISCIPLINE AND REGION
(listed alphabetically by name):
NORDIC
| Central Region – Men | Central Region – Women |
|
Martin Banerud, Northern Michigan |
Kelly Chaudoin, Gustavus Adolphus |
|
Tyler Kjorstad, St. Scholastica |
Anna Coulter, Alaska Fairbanks |
|
Jesse Lang, Michigan Tech |
Laura DeWitt, Northern Michigan |
|
Oskar Lund, Michigan Tech |
Ingrid Fjeldheim, Northern Michigan |
| Santiago Ocariz, Green Bay |
Carolyn Freeman, Green Bay |
| Justin Singleton, Northern Michigan |
Jenna Klein, Michigan Tech |
| Petter Sjulstad, Michigan Tech |
Julia Pierson, Alaska Fairbanks |
| Phillip Violett, Northern Michigan |
Elizabeth Quinley, Michigan Tech |
| Oyvind Watterdal, Alaska Fairbanks |
Theresia Schnurr, Alaska Fairbanks |
|
Marie-Helen Soderman, Northern Michigan |
|
|
Jill Smith, Michigan Tech |
|
| East Region – Men | East Region – Women |
| Franz Bernstein, Vermont | Robyn Anderson, Middlebury |
| Sylvan Ellefson, Bates | Kristen Bednar, St. Lawrence |
| Sam Evans-Brown, Bates | Jennie Bender, Vermont |
| Simeon Hamilton, Middlebury | Rose Brennan, Dartmouth |
| Patrick Johnson, Middlebury | Sophie Caldwell, Dartmouth |
| Nils Koons, Dartmouth | Hannah Dreissigacker, Dartmouth |
| Dimitri Luthi, Williams | Lucy Garrec, Colby |
| Patrick O’Brien, Dartmouth | Kathleen Maynard, Colby |
| Glenn Randall, Dartmouth | Elise Moody-Roberts, Middlebury |
| Juergen Uhl, Vermont | Caitlin Patterson, Vermont |
| Natalie Ruppertsberger, Bates | |
| Sarah Wright, New Hampshire | |
| West Region – Men | West Region – Women |
| Daniel Clark, Denver | Annelise Bailly, Denver |
| Ben Fick, Utah | Sadie Bjornsen, Alaska Anchorage |
| Anders Folleraas, Montana State | Jaime Bronga, Alaska Anchorage |
| Matt Gelso, Colorado | Annelies Cook, Utah |
| Tor-Hakon Hellebostad, New Mexico | Kate Dolan, Denver |
| Mike Hinckley, Denver | Polina Ermoshina, New Mexico |
| Martin Kaas, New Mexico | Maria Grevsgård, Colorado |
| Vegard Kjoelhamar, Colorado | Chelsea Holmes, Nevada |
| Harald Lovenskiold, Denver | Kaelin Kiesel, Montana State |
| Jesper Ostensen, Colorado | Antje Maempel, Denver |
| Jonathan Pluvinet, Nevada | Claire Rennie, Montana State |
| Lutz Preussler, Nevada | Laura Rombach, Alaska Anchorage |
| Simon Reissmann, New Mexico | Kristin Ronnestrand, Nevada |
| Bernhard Roenning, Montana State | Zoe Roy, Utah |
| Ryan Scott, Montana State | Sara Schweiger, Utah |
| Even Sletten, Utah | Alexa Turzian, Colorado |
| Didrik Smith, Utah | |
| Lex Treinen, Alaska Anchorage | |
| Max Treinen, Alaska Anchorage | |
| Raphael Wunderle, Alaska Anchorage |
ALPINE
| East Region – Men | East Region – Women |
| James Andersen, St. Lawrence | Veronique Archambault-Leger, New Hampshire |
| Michael Cremeno, New Hampshire | Emily Colin, Colby |
| David Donaldson, Vermont | Lindsay Cone, St. Lawrence |
| Robert Dyroff, Williams | Nicole Dvorak, Middlebury |
| William Ford, New Hampshire | Aileen Farrell, New Hampshire |
| Erik Gilbert, Vermont | Mattie Ford, Middlebury |
| Marsh Gooding, Vermont | Courtney Hammond, Dartmouth |
| Braden Harden, St. Michael’s | Micaela Holland, Bates |
| Rusty Heise, Dartmouth | Lyndee Janowiak, Vermont |
| Joshua Kernan, Colby | Jilyne McDonald, Vermont |
| Vincent Lebrun-Fortin, Colby | Emily Porter, Williams |
| Luke McLaughry, Dartmouth | Christine Roberts, Dartmouth |
| Eric Mann, Williams | Kelsey Roddick, Dartmouth |
| Sean McNamara, New Hampshire | Megan Ryley, Vermont |
| Robert Poehling, Middlebury | Cynthia Tessier, New Hampshire |
| Ace Tarberry, Dartmouth | Elizabeth Thompson, Bates |
| Andrew Wagner, Middlebury | Natasha Woodworth, Middlebury |
| West Region – Men | West Region – Women |
| Gregory Berger-Sabbatel, Nevada | Claire Abbe, Denver |
| Petter Brenna, New Mexico | Stefanie Demetz, New Mexico |
| John Buchar, Denver | Ida Dillingoeen, Denver |
| Nick Cohee, Utah | Mikaela Grassl, Utah |
| Shane Collins, Nevada | Amy Harris, Nevada |
| Halfdan Falkum-Hansen, Alaska Anchorage | Katie Hartman, Colorado |
| Nikolai Herlofson Finne, New Mexico | Malin Hemmingsson, New Mexico |
| Martin Harris, Nevada | Eva Huckova, Utah |
| Leif Kristian Haugen, Denver | Katie Lyons, Nevada |
| Stefan Hughes, Colorado | Sandra MacDonald, Alaska Anchorage |
| Jonathan Hverven, Alaska Anchorage | Carolina Nordh, Colorado |
| Egil Ismar, Alaska Anchorage | Chirine Njeim, Utah |
| Ian Lochhead, Denver | Taryn O’Flynn, Nevada |
| Gabriel Rivas, Colorado | Alexandra Parker, Alaska Anchorage |
| Drew Roberts, Colorado | Estelle Pecherand-Charmet, New Mexico |
| Thomas Schwab, New Mexico | Lisa Perricone, Colorado |
| Scott Veenis, Utah | Molly Ryan, Denver |
| Lacy Saugstad, Alaska Anchorage |
PARTICIPANTS BY INSTITUTION
|
Institution |
Men's |
Women’s Alpine |
Men's |
Women’s Nordic |
|
|
Alaska Anchorage |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
|
Alaska Fairbanks |
- | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
|
Bates |
- | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
|
Colby |
2 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 |
|
Colorado |
3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
|
Dartmouth |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
|
Denver |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
|
Green Bay |
- | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
|
Gustavus Adolphus |
- | - | - | 1 | 1 |
|
Michigan Tech |
- | - | 3 | 3 | 6 |
|
Middlebury |
2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
|
Montana State |
- | - | 3 | 2 | 5 |
|
Nevada |
3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
|
New Hampshire |
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|
New Mexico |
3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
|
|
- | - | 3ign: center">3 | 3 | 6 |
|
St. Lawrence |
1 | - | 1ign: center">1 | 3 | |
|
St. Michael’s |
- | - | - | 1ign: center">1 | |
| - | - | 1 | - | 1ign: center">1 | |
|
Utah |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
|
Vermont |
3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
|
Williams |
2 | 1 | - | 4ign: center">4 |
The University of Denver will enter the 2009 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships as the defending champion after claiming its record 19th title at last year’s championships in Montana. The Pioneers earned 649.5 team points, overcoming a 17.5-point deficit on the final day of competition to push past the second-place finishers from the University of Colorado. The University of Utah finished third.
Denver’s John Buchar claimed individual titles in both of the men’s Alpine events while Lucie Zikova of Colorado topped the field in both of the women’s Alpine events. Maria Grevsgaard, also of Colorado, claimed the individual titles in both of the women’s Nordic races. The men’s Nordic titles were split between Dartmouth College’s Glenn Randall, who won the 10-kilometer freestyle race, and Marius Korthauer of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks who claimed the 20-kilometer classical title.