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Utes Announce NCAA Qualifiers and All-RMISA Team
3/2/2010 12:00 AM | Skiing
March 2, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah ski team took its first step towards its goal of earning a 12th national title, qualifying a full team of 12 skiers for the NCAA Championships. In addition, the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association all-conference teams were announced.
The NCAA meet will be held in Steamboat Springs, Colo., March 10-13.
Utah is one of four schools to qualify a full team. Colorado and Denver in the west also have full teams while Dartmouth is the only team from the east with 12 skiers.
The Utes qualified 15 skiers, but are limited to 12 (three per gender per discipline), giving them alternate skiers in case of injury or illness.
"Qualifying a full team is a big honor for our program," Director of Skiing Eli Brown said. "We've always prided ourselves on our depth. It's exciting for us to be one of four teams in the country to qualify a full team because it gives us confidence going into the championships. We've been improving every weekend in consistency and results, and our main goal is to have everyone peak at the same time and finish on the podium as a team."
The women's alpine team is led by first-team All-RMISA pick Eva Huckova and second-team selection Anna Kocken. Huckova, who is a four-time All-American as a junior, won the giant slalom at the Utah Invite and the slalom at Montana State and did not finish outside of the top eight during the season. Kocken steadily improved throughout her freshman season, earning her first win of the year in the slalom at the RMISA meet on the NCAA tournament hill. Sofia Smith qualified for NCAA's for the first time in her career as a junior. She had seven top-15 finishes during the season.
Torjus Krogdahl paced the men's alpine squad. The second-team All-RMISA sophomore was one of the west region's best slalom skiers with five top-six finishes during the year, including second-place finishes at Utah and Montana State. Senior Kyle Kung is a three-time NCAA qualifier. He had five top-10 runs, with his best finish third in the giant slalom at New Mexico. Freshman Max Lamb recorded six top-15 finishes in his first year. He had his first podium finish in his third collegiate race, placing third in the GS at Montana State. Serving as alternates for the men's alpine team are Thomas Zumbrunn and Nick Cohee.
For the Nordic team, junior Zoe Roy led the women's squad, earning six top-10 finishes to qualify for NCAA's for the third time. She earned second-team All-RMISA honors and ended the year on a high note with a fourth-place run in the 5-km classic at the RMISA meet. Junior Sarah MacCarthy also is a three-time NCAA qualifier. She had four top-20 finishes. Sophomore Rose Kemp qualified in her first collegiate season. Kemp placed in the top 20 eight times.
Miles Havlick broke out as a freshman on the men's cross country team, earning second-team RMISA honors. He had Utah's best finish of the year, running third in the 10-km classic at the Utah Invite. Freshman Martin Liljemark, who joined the Utes just before the first race of the season, did not finish outside of the top 12 all year. Sophomore Didrik Smith qualified for the second year. His best meet of the season was the RMISA Championships, finishing eighth in the 20-km freestyle and ninth in the 10-km classic. Rolf Figi also qualified and will be an alternate.
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