HANCOCK, Vt. - University of Denver freshman Kristine Haugen (Lommendalen, Norway) won the NCAA individual championship in women's giant slalom, one of five Pioneers to earn All-America honors on Wednesday, putting DU in second place after the first day of the NCAA Championships at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl.
Haugen, whose brother Leif Kristian Haugen won the 2010 men's GS for the Pioneers, finished with a time of 2:04.60, beating Colorado's Brooke Wales by 1.33 seconds. Haugen is just the second Pioneer women's skier to take the individual national title in GS, joining Ida Dillingoen who won in 2011.
Sophomore Devin Delaney (North Conway, N.H.) earned All-America Second Team honors by finishing seventh in 2:07.51, and freshman Tianda Carroll (Jasper, Alberta) came in 13th at 2:08.18.
In the men's GS sophomores
Trevor Philp (Calgary, Alberta),
Max Marno (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) and
Espen Lysdahl (Asker, Norway) all earned All-America Second Team honors. Philp was seventh in 2:03.84, just 0.72 seconds behind winner Jonathon Nordbotten of Vermont. Marno was right behind Philp in eighth place at 2:03.89, and Lysdahl finished in a tie for ninth with 2:03.90.
The NCAA Championships continue in Middlebury, Vt., through Saturday. The remaining schedule:
Thurs., March 7 - Women's 5K Classical/Men's 10K Classical
Fri., March 8 - Men's Slalom/Women's Slalom - Live Results will be available at http://www.barttiming.com/eisa/Results13/ncaa13.htm
Sat., March 9 - Men's 20K Freestyle/Women's 15K Freestyle
NCAA Championship Team Scores (2 of 8 events)
1. Vermont, 227.0
2. Denver, 210.5
3. Colorado, 175.5
4. New Hampshire, 165.5
5. Utah, 164.5
6. New Mexico, 144.0
7. Montana State, 103.0
8. Alaska Anchorage, 86.5
9. Middlebury, 83.0
10. Dartmouth, 76.5
11. Colby, 43.0
11. St. Lawrence, 43.0
13. Williams, 33.0
14. Harvard, 22.0
15. Bates, 20.0
16. St. Michaels, 11.0
Women's Giant Slalom All-Americans
First Team
Kristine Haugen, Denver
Brooke Wales, Colorado
Kristina Riis-Johannessen, Vermont
Kristiina Rove, Utah
Kate Ryley, Vermont
Second Team
Ana Kobal, Utah
Devin Delaney, Denver
Geordie Lonza, Williams
Mary Sackbauer, Middlebury
Thea Grosvold, Colorado
Men's Giant Slalom All-Americans
First Team
Jonathon Nordbotten, Vermont
Jeremy Elliot, Utah
Coley Oliver, New Hampshire
Christopher Acosta, New Mexico
Sean Higgins, Vermont
Second Team
Taylor Vest-Burton, New Hampshire
Trevor Philp, Denver
Max Marno, Denver
Andreas Adde, Alaska Anchorage
Espen Lysdahl, Denver
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