2013 NCAA Skiing Championships
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The 2013 NCAA Skiing Championships were held in Ripton and Middlebury Vermont on March 6–9, 2013. Middlebury College hosted the event with alpine events at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl and Nordic events taking place at the Rikert Nordic Center. The competition was won by the Colorado Buffaloes after compiling the largest final-day comeback in NCAA Skiing Championships history.[1] Twenty-one teams from three regions sent skiers to compete for the NCAA collegiate team championship and individual titles.
The NCAA skiing landscape is made up of three regions, each with one conference. The Western Region comprises the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA), the Central Region of the Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA) and the Eastern Region of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA). Qualification for the NCAA Championships is not only attained from competition in each regional.
| Regional Name | Host | Date | Alpine Venue | Nordic Venue | Team Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western | Montana State Bobcats | Feb. 22–23, 2013 | Bridger Bowl, Bozeman, MT | Bohart Ranch, Bozeman, MT | Colorado (905.5), Denver (859), Utah (805), New Mexico (755), Montana State (738.5)[2] |
| Central | Michigan Tech Huskies | Feb. 21–22, 2013 | Nordic Only | Michigan Tech Trails and Recreational Forest, Houghton, MI | Men-Northern Michigan (130), Alaska Fairbanks (123), St. Scholastica (95);[3] Women-Alaska Fairbanks (129), Northern Michigan (124), Michigan Tech (100)[4] |
| Eastern | Bates Bobcats | Feb. 21–22, 2014 | Sunday River, Newry, ME | Black Mountain, Rumford, ME | Vermont (939.5), Dartmouth (908.5), New Hampshire (690), Middlebury (689), Williams (568)[5] |
Venues and events
The NCAA Skiing Championships are coed championship made up of eight events, two events in both alpine and Nordic racing for both men and women. Alpine events are giant slalom and slalom and Nordic events are classical and freestyle (skate). In Nordic competition, there is typically one shorter interval start race and one longer mass start race, and every two years it flips.
In 2013, the events were: Women's Giant Slalom and Men's Giant Slalom on Wednesday, March 6; Women's 5K Classical and Men's 10K Classical interval start on Thursday, March 7; Women's and Men's Slalom on Friday, March 8; and Women's 15K Freestyle and Men's 20K Freestyle mass start on Saturday, March 9.
All alpine events took place at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl and Nordic events at the Rikert Nordic Center.
Team results
| Place | Team | M-GS | W-GS | M-CL | W-CL | M-SL | W-SL | M-FS | W-FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Colorado | 75 | 100.5 | 91 | 102 | 82.5 | 59 | 73 | 125 | 708 |
| 2. | Utah | 67.5 | 97 | 87 | 98 | 45 | 86 | 133 | 51 | 665 |
| 3. | Vermont | 115 | 112 | 67 | 95 | 91 | 84 | 34 | 55 | 653 |
| 4. | Denver | 98.5 | 112 | 54 | 63 | 55 | 101 | 59 | 86 | 629 |
| 5. | Dartmouth | 23 | 53.5 | 85 | 102 | 51.5 | 90 | 90 | 99 | 594 |
| 6. | New Mexico | 89 | 55 | 74 | 62 | 91 | 78 | 63 | 64 | 576 |
| 7. | Alaska Anchorage | 52.5 | 34 | 108 | 80 | 52 | 41 | 58 | 68 | 493.5 |
| 8. | New Hampshire | 106.5 | 59 | 27 | 36 | 95 | 67 | 5 | 66 | 461.5 |
| 9. | Montana State | 47 | 56 | 48 | 49 | 51 | 49 | 63 | 59 | 422 |
| 10. | Middlebury | 52 | 31 | 53 | 42 | 103 | 21 | 42 | 13 | 357 |
| 11. | Northern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 54 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 84 | 278 |
| 12. | Williams | 0 | 33 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 36 | 14 | 143 |
| 13. | Colby | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| 14. | Alaska Fairbanks | 0 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 | 25 | 103.5 |
| 15. | St. Lawrence | 29 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 89 |
| 16. | Bates | 0 | 20 | .5 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 57.5 |
| 17. | Harvard | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 18. | Maine-Presque Isle | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 38 |
| 19. | St. Scholastica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 35 |
| 20. | St. Michael's | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 21. | Bowdoin | 0 | 0 | 0 | .5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
Source:[6]
Individual champions
Individual champions are the winners of each of the eight races. Denver, Colorado and Vermont both captured two individual NCAA Championships while New Mexico and Utah had one apiece. Denver's Kristine Haugen became just the second alpine woman since 1990 and fifth overall to sweep the individual championships.[7]
- Women's Giant Slalom
- Kristine Haugen, Denver
- Men's Giant Slalom
- Jonathon Norbotton, Vermont
- Women's Slalom
- Kristine Haugen, Denver
- Men's Slalom
- Joonas Rasanen, New Mexico
- Men's 10K Classical
- Rune Oedegaard, Colorado
- Women's 5K Classical
- Anja Gruber, Vermont
- Women's 15K Freestyle
- Joanne Reid, Colorado
- Men's 20K Freestyle
- Miles Havlick, Utah
Source:[6]