PARK CITY, Utah. – Women's alpine senior Mia Hunt of the Denver Pioneers ski team might have put together two of her best performances in the final two races of her collegiate career.
 
Hunt registered her first podium in giant slalom on Wednesday at the 2026 NCAA Championships and returned to the stage on Friday with a second-place finish in the women's slalom on the final day of alpine events at Utah Olympic Park.
 
"It feels really cool," Hunt said of her two podium finishes to wrap up her college chapter. "Honestly, the best thing I could have expected. There are so many people here that I know and are here to support me, my old coaches and stuff. I couldn't really have asked for anything more."
 
The Park City, Utah, native once again used a speedy second run and moved from the bronze position in the morning to a silver spot to cap off a memorable week in her hometown. Hunt earned her sixth career podium—fifth in slalom—and fourth runner-up, with all of those trips to the stage occurring in her final campaign with the Pioneers.
 
Hunt's total time of 1:35.70 was 1.99 seconds behind national champion Justine Lamontagne (1:33.71). The Montana State Bobcat also won the giant slalom on Wednesday to mark the fourth consecutive year that a women's alpine skier swept the events at the national championships. Colorado's Louison Accambray (1:35.80) placed third after climbing up from sixth after run 1.
 
Lamontagne put down a dominant performance as she had a 1.69-second lead after the first run and no skier in the field was likely to catch her as long as the 2026 Canadian Olympian didn't make any major mistake in the afternoon. She didn't, though Hunt did her best to catch her.
 
"My mindset in general was to just really go for it," Hunt said of her plan for the day. "I knew I had good skiing in me, and I just had to let the nerves go and let myself do what I needed to do. I tried to quiet my thoughts and just go for it and not really think about it."
 
DU's other two women's finishers were freshman Cecilia Pizzinato in 20th and graduate student Sara Rask in 27th. Rask was gunning down the hill in her second run and was poised to climb up the leaderboard, but she slid out at the second-to-last gate to lose valuable momentum and time just before the finish line.
 
Senior Christian Soevik led Denver in men slalom by coming in seventh to earn his second All-American award at this year's championships. Senior Adrian Minde Hunshammer placed 14th and freshman Pietro Motterlini came in 19th.
 
"Mixed feelings about the championship—a lot of great moments, mixed in with some disappointment," said Denver Otto Tschudi Head Alpine Skiing Coach Joonas Rasanen. "We had a lot of high expectations for the week and felt that we left a lot on the table. We're super happy for Mia. This is a long time coming for her, and we're happy to see all of her hard work pay off. This senior group is really special to us, and they are leaving this program better than when they got here. We're super proud of them and excited for the future. Onto to 2027 in Stowe."
 
Dartmouth's Oscar Zimmer won the men's slalom individual national title, while Middlebury's Julian Arthur was second and Utah's Johs Herland was third.
 
DU remained in third place in the overall team standings with 314.5 points, 10 points up on Montana State after the Bobcats recorded the second-most on the day (126). Colorado recorded the most at 127 points to take the overall lead (415) but is only 6.5 points ahead of host and defending national champion Utah (408.5) going into the fourth and final day of the meet.
 
UP NEXT: The National Championships conclude on Saturday morning with the Nordic 20K freestyle from Soldier Hollow Nordic Center in Midway. The women kick off the mass start races at 8:30 a.m. MT before the men take to the distance course at 10:15 a.m. MT.
 
 
DENVER WOMEN SLALOM INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
2. Mia Hunt, 1:35.70 (46.03/49.67)
20. Cecilia Pizzinato, 1:58.53 (49.47/49.06)
27. Sara Rask, 1:42.38 (47.25/55.13)
 
DENVER MEN SLALOM INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
7. Christian Soevik, 1:34.63 (48.40/46.62)
14. Adrian Minde Hunshammer, 1:36:06 (50.28/45.78)
19. Pietro Motterlini, 1:36.82 (51.29/45.53)
 
TEAM STANDINGS (through 6-of-8 events): 1. Colorado 415; 2. Utah 408.5; 3. Denver 314.5; 4. Montana State 304.5; 5. Middlebury 229; 6. Dartmouth 222; 7. Vermont 213; 8. Alaska Anchorage 156; 9. New Hampshire 149.5; 10. Nevada 107; 11. Colby 106; 12. Alaska Fairbanks 93.5; 13. Westminster 69; 14. Northern Michigan 51; 15. Michigan Tech 36.5; 16. Harvard 32; 17. Boston College 20.5; 18. St. Lawrence 18.5; 19. St. Michael's 17; 20. Williams 14; 21. St. Scholastica 2; 22. Bowdoin 1
                                    
WOMEN'S SLALOM TOP 10 (29 finishers): 1. Justine Lamontagne, MSU, 1:33.71;
2. Mia Hunt, DU, 1:35.70; 3. Louison Accambray, CU, 1:35.80; 4. Tea Kiesel, MSU, 1:35.96; 5. Carissa Cassidy, CBC, 1:36.14; 6. Ella Bromee, UAA, 1:36.54; 7. Erica Lynch, NEV, 1:36.63; 8. Cydnie Timmermann, UVM, 1:36.81; 9. Hedda Martelleur, UNH, 1:37.00; T10. Lily Sewell, MSU, 1:37;45; T10. Benedetta Caloro, UNH, 1:37.45.
Lily Sewell, MSU, 1:37;45;
 
MEN'S SLALOM TOP 10 (30 finishers): 1. Oscar Zimmer, DAR, 1:33.77; 2. Julian Arthur, MID, 1:34.02; 3. Johs Herland, UU, 1:34.07; 4. Pierick Charest, UU, 1:34.09; T5. Filip Wahlqvist, CU, 1:34.41; T5. Feb Allasina, CU, 1:34.41; 7. Christian Soevik, DU, 1:34.63;  8. Felix Lindenmayer, UVM, 1:35.26; 9. Torius Hepsoee, MSU, 1:35.27; 10. Oskar Gillberg, UVM, 1:35.68.


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