NCAA Ski Teams Announced

Rossie Brennan won both EISA women's races this past weekend (Photo: Ruff Patterson) — Rossie Brennan will lead the eastern women at the NCAA Championships (Photo: Ruff Patterson)

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.

Natalie Ruppertberger will represent host Bates at the NCAA Championships (Photo: Lincoln Benedict)

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):

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

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.

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