Cook Closes NCAA's with All-America Honors

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Event: Skiing at 10K Classic (I) on January 4, 2026
Skiing
at 10K Classic (I)
Upcoming Event: Skiing at 20K Freestyle (M) on January 7, 2026
Skiing
at 20K Freestyle (M)
Upcoming Event: Skiing at Classic Sprints on January 9, 2026
Skiing
at Classic Sprints
Upcoming Event: Skiing at Giant Slalom on January 12, 2026
Skiing
at Giant Slalom
Upcoming Event: Skiing at Giant Slalom on January 13, 2026
Skiing
at Giant Slalom
Upcoming Event: Skiing at Slalom on January 14, 2026
Skiing
at Slalom
Upcoming Event: Skiing at Slalom on January 15, 2026
Skiing
at Slalom
Upcoming Event: Skiing versus 7.5K Freestyle (I) on January 24, 2026
Skiing
vs 7.5K Freestyle (I)
Upcoming Event: Skiing versus 15K Classic (M) on January 25, 2026
Skiing
vs 15K Classic (M)

Saturday, March 14

Newry, Maine

All Day

University of Utah

Slalom

3/14/2009 12:00 AM | Skiing

March 14, 2009

Complete Release in PDF Format

BETHEL, Maine - Senior Annalies Cook earned the first All-America honor of her career with a ninth-place finish in the 15-km freestyle on the final day of the NCAA Skiing Championships on Saturday, March 14, as the Utes closed out the championships in sixth-place.

Cook crossed the line in 39:18.3. The national biathlon team member had qualified for NCAA's each of her three years at Utah.

Although Cook at the best finish of the day, the men's Nordic team was the most consistent. Even Sletten placed 13th in the 20-km free with a time of 45:09.5 while Didrik Smith crossed the line 16th in 45:23.4. Ben Fick finished in 22nd (45:54.1).

"It was exciting to see Annalies get All-America honors and end her career on a high note," Director of Skiing Eli Brown said. "Even and Didrik were in the lead pack the whole way and that was a good result for each of them.

"I am very proud of our team and all the hard work they put in. We did our best - you have to have some good luck to win this thing. It's so competitive. Hopefully our turn to have good luck is coming up. We are going to go out and get back at it."

Also for the women, Sara Schweiger was 25th (40:49.6) and Zoe Roy finished 31st (41.07.7).

Denver won its second consecutive title with 659 points, followed by Colorado (602.5), New Mexico (602), Alaska-Anchorage (584) and Vermont (573). Utah was just behind Vermont with 568 points.