Denver University (DU) and the University of Colorado (CU) used strong performances by their cross country skiers to move into first and second place in the team competition at the 2006 NCAA Championships in Steamboat Springs, Colorado on Thursday.
Denver University men's cross country team placed all three of its skiers in the top ten, led by John Stene who won the race by 13 seconds over Marius Korthauer of University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Bryan Cook (Northern Michigan University – NMU) was the top American in the race, earning third place.
Colorado (CU) is right behind DU in the overall standings thanks to a win by their women's cross country team. CU's Jana Rehemaa won the women's 5K classic by seven seconds over her teammate, Maria Grevsgaard. Two-time Olympian Lindsey Weier of NMU placed third and was the top American.
Colorado was the strongest combined (men & women) nordic team on the day, earning 198 points. DU was second with 178 points, and Dartmouth College was third with 134.5 points. In the overall (alpine and nordic, men and women) DU has a 30 point lead over CU, while the University of New Mexico (UNM) is third.
On Friday the alpine skiers will race slalom, and on Saturday the NCAA championships will wrap up with the cross country free technique races.
WOMEN'S 5K CLASSIC OFFICIAL RESULTS 03/09/2006 TECHNICAL DATA TD MARY PELTO (USA) CHIEF OF RACE TODD WILSON (USA) HD 74 m JURY MEMBERS CORY SCHWARTZ (UNH) MC 25 m TROND FLAGSTAD (UAA) TC 162 m SNO 0 DOUG OUREN (USA) SNOWING TEMP AIR: 0 PL BIB NAME TEAM TIME PTS 1 38 REHEMAA, Jana CU 16:29.6 39.0 2 30 GREVSGAARD, Maria CU 16:36.0 38.0 3 33 WEIER, Lindsey NMU 16:54.3 37.0 4 35 MAEKI, Anna—karin DU 16:55.8 36.0 5 29 RICE, Kasandra D UAA 17:06.0 35.0 6 24 KOCHEN, Tami NMU 17:06.5 34.0 7 39 PALANOVA, Lenka CU 17:17.5 33.0 8 12 CRAWFORD, Kate UVM 17:19.4 32.0 9 17 OWEN, Kristina MTU 17:19.7 31.0 10 26 SCHWEIGER, Sara UU 17:20.3 30.0 11 32 ENGESLAND, Ingvild DU 17:24.3 29.0 12 19 NAEF, Nicole UU 17:26.8 28.0 13 36 CROCKER, Alison DAR 17:33.1 26.5 13 28 VALAAS, Laura WHT 17:33.1 26.5 15 25 EDWARDS, Cassidy MID 17:35.6 25.0 16 21 JAQUES, Crystin UNM 17:37.4 24.0 17 31 TURUNEN, Johanna UAF 17:38.6 23.0 18 34 DUNKLEE, Susan DAR 17:42.9 22.0 19 27 HAVLOVA, Pavla UAF 17:51.6 21.0 20 20 HAMEL, Carina UVM 17:53.5 20.0 21 11 VAN ALST, Laura UNM 18:00.0 19.0 22 9 QUIGGLE, Ashley WSC 18:12.3 18.0 23 15 DONG, Evelyn MID 18:13.2 17.0 24 37 JOKELA, Anja UVM 18:16.3 16.0 25 1 DEYONG, Nicole UAA 18:21.3 15.0 26 23 ROGNMO, Marit UNM 18:22.3 14.0 27 13 JOHNSON, Sally UNR 18:22.6 13.0 28 5 MCQUEEN, Ashley UU 18:27.4 12.0 29 16 BOHMOVA, Eva UNR 18:30.4 11.0 30 14 WINTERS, Johanna R UWGB 18:41.2 10.0 31 6 KINSMAN, Joanna UNH 18:42.9 9.0 32 18 NILSSON, Karin DU 18:47.0 8.0 33 7 BOWDEN, Mandy MSU 18:53.8 7.0 34 3 RENNIE, Claire MSU 18:56.1 6.0 35 2 HOLMES, Chelsea UNR 19:10.0 5.0 36 4 MCELROY, Kaitlyn BAT 19:35.1 4.0 37 10 HAMILTON, Jenny MID 20:07.0 3.0 38 8 DAW, Chandra GAC 22:29.2 2.0 Did Not Start *** TRYGSTAD—SAARI, Kris DAR : 0.0 MEN'S 10K CLASSIC OFFICIAL RESULTS 03/09/2006 TECHNICAL DATA TD MARY PELTO (USA) CHIEF OF RACE TODD WILSON (USA) HD 74 m JURY MEMBERS STEN FJELDHEIM (NMU) MC 25 m ETHAN TOWNSEND (SLU) TC 324 m SNO 0 DOUG OUREN (USA) TEMP AIR: 0 PL BIB NAME TEAM TIME PTS 1 37 STENE, John DU 27:57.7 39.0 2 38 KORTHAUER, Marius UAF 28:10.0 38.0 3 31 COOK, Bryan NMU 28:10.6 37.0 4 29 REISSHAUER, Rene DU 28:39.7 36.0 5 30 TRUE, Benjamin DAR 28:43.1 35.0 6 21 CHRISTIANSEN, Erling CU 28:56.8 34.0 7 34 HOYE, Henrik Wol CU 28:58.9 33.0 8 27 GRIMM, Dirk UNM 29:06.4 32.0 9 33 ROGN, Geir Endre UNM 29:15.6 31.0 10 25 SELSENG, Haavard DU 29:25.4 30.0 11 39 DAMMEN, Kjetil Hag UAA 29:26.0 29.0 12 26 SINNOTT, Michael DAR 29:34.5 28.0 13 24 WICKSTROM, Erik UAF 29:50.8 27.0 14 12 PREUSSLER, Lutz UN 29:54.4 26.0 15 19 GREGG, Brian UAA 29:55.3 25.0 16 36 UHL, Juergen UVM 30:07.0 24.0 17 20 RANDALL, Glenn DAR 30:08.5 23.0 18 23 SONNTAG, Benjamin UAA 30:10.8 22.0 19 32 RICHMOND, Kit CU 30:13.5 21.0 20 17 DENGEL, Bart UAF 30:22.8 20.0 21 16 GJOEMLE, Erik UU 30:24.4 19.0 22 11 ELLEFSON, Sylvan BAT 30:35.5 18.0 23 14 COE, Christian MSU 30:41.8 17.0 24 13 FOSTER, Ryan UVM 30:42.4 16.0 25 22 OSTHUS, Anders UVM 30:45.5 15.0 26 9 IVERSON, Mark MSU 30:52.1 14.0 27 7 DAYTON, Joshua E WSC 30:57.5 13.0 28 28 NYGREN, Karl STO 31:05.9 12.0 29 5 RICHMOND, Andrew R WSC 31:07.8 11.0 30 35 KUZZY, Garrott MID 31:15.8 10.0 31 10 KIESEL, Jess UU 31:22.7 9.0 32 3 YOUNG, Jeddediah UNM 31:41.3 8.0 33 18 FIGI, Fabian UU 31:55.7 7.0 34 8 DITTY, Aaron MTU 31:55.8 6.0 35 2 KARNEDY, Hunter SLU 32:08.8 5.0 36 15 REYNOLDS, Tim MID 32:47.7 4.0 37 4 HUBBARD, Seth BAT 32:57.7 3.0 38 1 KURTZ, David WSC 33:49.9 2.0 39 6 WHITCOMB, Jacob A MID 35:24.3 1.0 DAY 2 TEAM RESULTS Team GIANT SL Classic SLALOM Freestyle TOTAL TOTAL 1 DU WOMEN 11.0 25.0 38.0 8.0 29.0 36.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 147.0 MEN 22.0 25.5 38.0 30.0 36.0 39.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 190.5 337.5 2 CU WOMEN 13.0 35.0 36.0 33.0 38.0 39.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 194.0 MEN 9.0 16.0 0.0 21.0 33.0 34.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 113.0 307.0 3 UNM WOMEN 10.0 15.0 21.0 14.0 19.0 24.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 103.0 MEN 15.0 28.0 37.0 8.0 31.0 32.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 151.0 254.0 4 UU WOMEN 17.0 19.0 20.0 12.0 28.0 30.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 126.0 MEN 24.0 29.0 39.0 7.0 9.0 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 127.0 253.0 5 UVM WOMEN 12.0 31.0 37.0 16.0 20.0 32.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 148.0 MEN 18.0 32.0 0.0 15.0 16.0 24.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 105.0 253.0 6 DAR WOMEN 14.0 30.0 0.0 22.0 26.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 92.5 MEN 25.5 33.5 0.0 23.0 28.0 35.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 145.0 237.5 7 UAA WOMEN 9.0 28.0 33.0 15.0 35.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 120.0 MEN 12.0 0.0 0.0 22.0 25.0 29.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 88.0 208.0 8 UNH WOMEN 27.0 29.0 32.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 97.0 MEN 17.0 21.0 35.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 73.0 170.0 9 MID WOMEN 22.0 26.0 0.0 3.0 17.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 93.0 MEN 11.0 23.0 27.0 1.0 4.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 76.0 169.0 10 UNR WOMEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 11.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.0 MEN 14.0 30.0 36.0 26.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 106.0 135.0 11 UAF WOMEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.0 23.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.0 MEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 27.0 38.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 85.0 129.0 12 BAT WOMEN 16.0 18.0 23.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 61.0 MEN 8.0 20.0 0.0 3.0 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 49.0 110.0 13 NMU WOMEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.0 37.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 71.0 MEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.0 108.0 14 MSU WOMEN 34.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 47.0 MEN 10.0 0.0 0.0 14.0 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 41.0 88.0 15 WIL WOMEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MEN 31.0 33.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 64.5 64.5 16 WSC WOMEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 MEN 19.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 11.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 45.0 63.0 17 CBC WOMEN 39.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.0 MEN 7.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 59.0 18 MTU WOMEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.0 MEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 37.0 19 WHT WOMEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.5 MEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.5 20 BSU WOMEN 24.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.0 MEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.0 21 STO WOMEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 22 UWGBWOMEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 MEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 23 SLU WOMEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 24 GAC WOMEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 MEN 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0