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NCAA MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SKIING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCE SELECTIONS FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS INDIANAPOLIS—The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Skiing Committee announced Tuesday the 74 men and 74 women selected to participate in the 2007 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships, to be held March 7-10 at Attitash and Jackson XC in Mt. Washington Valley, New Hampshire. The championships will be hosted by the University of New Hampshire. Participants are selected on a regional basis from two designated...

Dartmouth College prevailed as NCAA Eastern Regional Champions this past weekend at Middlebury College’s 84th Winter Carnival EISA championships at the Rikert Touring Center. Second place went to the University of Vermont, and third to Middlebury College. Still reeling from the nearly three feet of snow that fell one week ago, the crews at Middlebury worked through the week to ensure firm conditions for Friday’s 5/10km individual skate race and Saturday’s mass start classic 15/20km....

NORDEN, Calif. – Denver University was crowned Western Regional NCAA champions on Saturday with 426 points. The University of Colorado was second, University of Utah was third, and University of Alaska-Anchorage forth. Men's 10 km Skate Interval Start (Feb. 23) 1 John Stene DU 27:36.7 2 Andy Liebner UAA 27:46.2 3 Snorri Einarsson UU 27:48.8 4 Matthew Gelso CU 28:03.5 5 Rene Reisshauer DU 28:09.2 6 Havard Selseng DU 28:11.7 7 Patrick Neel WSC 28:29.2...

Here are a good bunch of photos from the skate race of the NCAA central region championship. 10k skate for men, 5k skate for women. All photos by Erik Mundahl Anders Gillis Ingrid Fjeldheim Karl Walzack Marius Korthauer Morgan Smyth The Coach Gauntlet

The 2007 NCAA Central College Regional Championships were contested this weekend at the Al Qual Trails near Marquette, Michigan. Hometown Northern Michigan University had strong performances nearly sweeping every race to reclaim the crown from 2006 Champions University of Alaska Fairbanks. Saturday’s race was held in traditional Upper Peninsula weather with snow falling heavily and swirling in all directions and temperatures in the teens. The competitions were held on the challenging Olympic loop which many...

The Central Region Ski Championships are Saturday (Feb. 17) and Sunday (Feb. 18) at the Al Quaal Recreation Area in Ishpeming, Mich. All 12 teams from the Central Collegiate Ski Association are competing; at stake is the conference championship plus 19 slots for the NCAA Skiiing Championships in next month. The Alaska Nanooks last season wrested the CCSA title away from Northern Michigan University, which had won the crown every year since 1999 (Alaska and...

Led by first-place finishes in six of eight disciplines and a team-high score in each of those six events, the Dartmouth College ski team captured first place with 784 points in the University of New Hampshire Winter Carnival that was held Jan. 26-27. The Nordic events were held at Jackson XC while Attitash was the alpine venue. Dartmouth was followed by the University of Vermont (701 points), Middlebury College (668) and University of New Hampshire...

The 23rd Winter Universiade (University Games) will be taking place in Turin (ITA) from 17th to 27th January. However, there are reports that the cross country races might be cancelled. “The organizing committee informed us this morning that the cross-country events might be cancelled. But the courses of the Alpine skiing and ski jumping are good enough for the competitions,” said Ren Hongguo, head of the Chinese delegation. The whole continent of Europe has less...

Results and photos from RMISA University of Utah Invitational, held at Soldier Hollow on Jan 13 & 14. Results for Utah-RMISA Classic Soldier Hollow, Utah 1/13/07 For more info on the Western regional NCAA races, go to: www.rmisa.org Photos by UAA coach Trond Flagstad, sent to us by UU coach Eli Brown.

HOUGHTON, Mich. (Jan. 7) — Northern Michigan University took College Cup honors at the 2007 U.S. Cross Country Championships at the Michigan Tech Nordic Training Center in Houghton. The Wildcats rode the skis of their two Olympic veterans, Lindsey Weier and Lindsay Williams, to victory. Weier and Williams placed first and second among collegians in both the 5km classic and 10km freestyle races. On the men's side, Darmouth made strong showing in both the 15km...

The Central Collegiate Ski Association has launched a Web site that can be accessed at www.ccsaski.com The site, which went live last week, serves to increase the exposure of the 12-team CCSA by providing Nordic skiing news, results, photos, and more. There are also links to each program’s school Web site for rosters, schedules and other information. CCSA Preview, part 2 (This is the second of a two-part series profiling the 12 schools in the...

The Central Collegiate Ski Association has launched a Web site that can be accessed at

From the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Races canceled, so Alaska claims Cup By Matias Saari Published November 13, 2006 Posted in Sports The Alaska Nanooks were declared victors Sunday in the Alaska Nordic Cup. But they didn’t win the way they would have liked. With temperatures stuck around 10 below Sunday morning at Birch Hill Recreation Area, race officials unanimously decided to cancel relay races scheduled between the Nanooks and the University of Alaska Anchorage. That...

The University of New Hampshire will be the host of the 54th NCAA Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships March 7-10, 2007 at Attitash and Jackson XC in the Mt. Washington Valley of New Hampshire. This is the fourth time the University of New Hampshire has hosted the Skiing Championships, with the last being in 1995. Skiing is the official state sport, which makes these events very important for the state of New Hampshire. These events...

The international skier comes to Utah as a two-time Olympian SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah ski team announced today the hiring of Wendy Wagner as its assistant nordic coach. The Park City, Utah, native will take the place of former assistant Josh Smullin. “I’m very excited that Wendy approached me about coaching at Utah,” said head coach Eli Brown. “She has an outstanding personality, a strong will and a great sense of...

By John Meyer Denver Post Staff Writer Steamboat Springs – After spending most of February watching Bode Miller turn complacency into an Olympic ideal – at least in his mind – it was a treat to see the NCAA ski championships last week in Ski Town USA. The racers gave it their best, which is more than you could say for Miller's Sestriere Shutout. The top teams dearly wanted to win, an impulse Miller apparently...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – The University of Colorado is back on top of the collegiate skiing world, as after another dominant Nordic performance on Saturday, the Buffaloes cruised to the fourth largest margin of victory in history in claiming the 53rd annual NCAA Championship. Colorado won its first national championship since 1999 and the school's 16th NCAA title in the sport. Overall, it's the 17th national ski championship for the school counting the 1982 AIAW one...

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)....

HOUGHTON, MI — The University of Alaska Fairbanks Nordic ski team captured the men’s, women’s and overall team championships at the 2006 Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA) Championships at the Tech Trails on Sunday Feb 19. UAF Sophomore Marius Korthauer (Bonndorf, Germany) claimed the men’s regional championship in the 15km freestyle skate race, finishing first overall with a time of 41:37.3 and qualified for the NCAA Championships as the top-ranked skier in the CCSA. Following...

A snowy Friday and Saturday saw the last of the eastern college races contested at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Vermont–the final qualifying opportunity for those trying to secure a spot in the upcoming NCAA National Championships in Colorado on March 11th. This weekend Middlebury was the official host team, and on Day 1 they had a lot to cheer about with Garrot Kuzzy and Evelyn Dong each winning the men's and women's mass-start 20km/15km...