March 6, 2003

Complete Results

Dartmouth Skiway, N.H. - - The University of Denver ski team kicked off alpine action today with the men and women each placing a skier in the top-10 of the giant slalom events. The Pioneers moved up four places in the team standings to fifth (236.5) and now sit 33 points behind fourth place Colorado (263.5).

Denver's French connection delivered in day two, with sophomore Sophie Ormond (Grand-Bornand, France) carving up a fourth place finish with a time of 2:10.52 in the women's giant slalom. The two underclassmen on the squad delivered solid finishes as well, with freshman Sophia Baeck (Saltsjoebaden, Sweden) coming in 19th with 2:12.99 on the clock and sophomore Barbara Knor (Unhausen, Austria) earning 22 with a time of 2:14.25.

Local junior Chris Berg (Dillon, Colo.) led the team in the ultra-competitive men's giant slalom by finishing .02 seconds behind Dartmouth's Patrick Biggs for seventh with a time of 2:00.48. Also earning a top-20 time was sophomore Dominik Schweiger (Waengle, Austria) who took 19 with a time of 2:02.82.

The NCAA Skiing Championships will shift back to nordic action tomorrow with the men and women competing in the classical events. The women's 15K runs from 7-8:15 a.m. (MST) and the men compete in the 20K from 8:30-9:15 a.m.

                         NCAA SKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS                                03/06/2003                                TEAM SCORES
            1.   UNVERSITY OF UTAH                  UU    357.0            2.   UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO           UNM   290.5            3.   UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT              UVM   284.0            4.   UNVERSITY OF COLORADO              CU    263.5            5.   UNIVERSITY OF DENVER               DU    236.5            6.   MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE                 MID   209.5            7.   DARTMOUTH COLLEGE                  DAR   205.0            8.   UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA               NEV   190.5            9.   UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE        UNH   184.0           10.   UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA-ANCHORAGE     UAA   167.5           11.   UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA-FAIRBANKS     UAF   137.0           12.   COLBY COLLEGE                      CBC   129.5           13.   NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIV             NMU   129.0           14.   WILLIAMS COLLEGE                   WIL   111.5           15.   WESTERN STATE COLLEGE              WSC    62.0           16.   BATES COLLEGE                      BAT    48.0           17.   WHITMAN COLLEGE                    WHT    19.0           18.   MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY           MSU    17.0           19.   HARVARD UNIVERSITY                 HAR    13.0           20.   MICHIGAN TECH UNIVERSITY           MTU    13.0           21.   UNIV OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY        WGB     2.0           22.   ST. CLOUD STATE                    SCS     1.0


                           WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM 1) UU 103.0  2) UVM  82.0  3) DU  75.0  4) UNM  72.0  5) CU  62.5  6) CBC  61.5 7) MID  55.0  8) WIL  54.5  9) DAR  47.0 10) UNH  42.0 11) NEV  33.5 12) WSC  30.013) WHT  19.0 14) MSU  12.0 15) UAA  10.0
                            MEN'S GIANT SLALOM 1) UU 109.0  2) UVM  88.0  3) MID  84.5  4) DAR  73.0  5) CBC  68.0  6) CU  63.0 7) DU  54.0  8) UNH  54.0  9) UNM  49.5 10) WIL  35.0 11) NEV  30.0 12) UAA  28.013) WSC  16.0
                         WOMEN'S 5K FREE TECHNIQUE 1) UNM  94.0  2) UU  92.0  3) NEV  87.0  4) CU  81.0  5) NMU  77.0  6) UAF  74.0 7) UAA  59.5  8) DU  58.5  9) DAR  28.0 10) UNH  27.0 11) BAT  23.0 12) WIL  22.013) MID  14.0 14) UVM  14.0 15) HAR  13.0 16) WSC   8.0 17) MSU   5.0 18) WGB   2.019) SCS   1.0
                         MEN'S 10K FREE TECHNIQUE 1) UVM 100.0  2) UNM  75.0  3) UAA  70.0  4) UAF  63.0  5) UNH  61.0  6) DAR  57.0 7) CU  57.0  8) MID  56.0  9) UU  53.0 10) NMU  52.0 11) DU  49.0 12) NEV  40.013) BAT  25.0 14) MTU  13.0 15) WSC   8.0