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March 17, 1997

Hager lifts Utah to second consecutive skiing crown

Utah's Christl Hager became the first woman to win three NCAA giant slalom championships and the Utes claimed their second consecutive National Collegiate Men's and Women's Skiing Championships title March 5-8 at Vermont.

Utah has won nine NCAA championships overall and eight since 1983, when the men's and women's competitions were combined. The Utes trailed Vermont after the first two days, but took a slim lead after the slalom events on day three. Utah finished with 686 points; Vermont finished with 6461/2.

"This is a really great group of athletes who didn't give up after the first two days," Utah coach Pat Miller said. "They knew what they had to do, and they put on some stellar performances in the final two days. They showed a great work ethic."

Vermont coach Chip LaCasse tipped his hat to the victors. "Quite frankly, a better team beat us this week," he said.

Vermont's strongest showing was in the men's giant slalom, where the Catamounts took three of the top five places. Brandon Dyksterhouse claimed the title, followed by teammates Michael Curtis (third) and Derek McClellan (fifth).

But Utah's Hager, who finished a disappointing fifth in last year's women's giant slalom, bested Colorado's Kate Davenport by eight one-hundredths of a second. The senior also finished third in the women's slalom, where teammate Marianne Winge finished second.

Utah also picked up key points in the men's 20-kilometer freestyle cross country race, narrowly missing first place as Rune Kollerud lost to fellow Norwegian Thorodd Bakken of Vermont by less than the length of a ski boot. Kollerud's twin brother, Frode, was fourth. Teammate Kurt Wulff was fifth.

Individually, Alaska Anchorage, which finished fifth overall, won three of the eight races, including both classical cross country races. Frode Lillefjell won the men's 10-kilometer race, unseating defending champion Bakken, who lost for only the third time in his collegiate career. Teammate Doris Hausleitner shocked the women's five-kilometer field. After finishing 18th in the West regionals, Hausleitner won the national championship by 1.3 seconds over Colorado's Anne Tyso. Teammate Izidor Jerman won the men's slalom.

Denver's Roberta Pergher successfully defended her women's slalom title.

Championships results

National Collegiate men's and women's skiing

TEAM RESULTS

1. Utah, 686; 2. Vermont, 6461/2; 3. Colorado, 638; 4. Denver, 536; 5. Alas. Anchorage, 522; 6. Middlebury, 464; 7. Western St., 428; 8. New Mexico, 4071/2; 9. Dartmouth, 387; 10. Bates, 259.

11. New Hampshire, 242; 12. Williams, 1521/2; 13. Wis.-Green Bay, 1461/2; 14. New Mexico, 133; 15. Montana St., 84; 16. Nevada, 76; 17. St. Lawrence, 67; 18. Massachusetts, 36; 19. Bowdoin, 34; 20. St. Michael's, 32; 21. Alas. Fairbanks, 28.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Men's giant slalom

1. Brandon Dyksterhouse, Vermont, 2:09.79; 2. Stefan Lanziner, New Mexico, 2:10.23; 3. Michael Curtis, Vermont, 2:10.45; 4. David Viele, Dartmouth, 2:10.50; 5. Derek McClellan, Vermont, 2:11.11; 6. Geoffrey Buchheister, Colorado, 2:11.59; 7. Ben Robinson, Dartmouth, 2:11.98; 8. Luis Cristobal, Western St., 2:12.09; 9. Alain Britt-Cote, Utah, 2:12.17; 10. Markus Leunig, Utah, 2:12.44.

11. Stephane Mongellaz, Alas. Anchorage, 2:12.54; 12. Stephen Anderson, Middlebury, 2:13.04; 13. Izidor Jerman, Alas. Anchorage, 2:13.21; 14. Joakim Marksten, Nevada, 2:13.51; 15. Sean Clark, Bates, 2:13.97; 16. Rok Ster, Western St., 2:14.23; 17. Erik Roland, Denver, 2:14.34; 18. Ryan Webb, Colorado, 2:14.42; 19. Adam Baron, Middlebury, 2:14.50; 20. Fredrik Esping, Western St., 2:15.28.

21. Jamie Engelking, Colorado, 2:15.29; 22. Ryan Forsyth, Utah, 2:15.71; 23. Matt Regan, New Hampshire, 2:16.00; 24. Sandy Perrins, Bates, 2:16.76; 25. Jimmy Renstroem, New Mexico, 2:16.06; 26. Eric Nagel, New Mexico, 2:17.06; 27. Keith Farnand, St. Michael's, 2:17.69; 28. Bryce Hubner, Bates, 2:18.27; 29. Joshua Silver, Middlebury, 2:18.32; 30. Thomas Erik Schaefer, Massachusetts, 2:24.02.

31. Didier Boechli, Denver, 2:27.31; 32. Andrew Pennock, Dartmouth, 3:01.13.

Women's giant slalom

1. Christl Hager, Utah, 2:14.39; 2. Katherine Davenport, Colorado, 2:14.47; 3. Jessica Ochs, Colorado, 2:14.53; 4. Wendy Scipione, Vermont, 2:14.67; 5. Marianne Winge, Utah, 2:15.04; 6. Theodora Mathiesen, Western St., 2:15.21; 7. Caroline Gedde-Dahl, Colorado, 2:15.65; 8. Catherine Lussier, New Mexico, 2:15.66; 9. Megan Brown, Vermont, 2:16.41; 10. Tina Kavcic, Utah, 2:16.72.

11. Jeanette Lunde, Denver, 2:17.22; 12. Susan Larson, Vermont, 2:17.67; 13. Narcisa Sehovic, Denver, 2:18.58; 14. Andrea Bither, Middlebury, 2:19.11; 15. Rebecca Young, Williams, 2:19.25; 16. Brooke Laundon, Middlebury, 2:20.19; 17. Frazier Blair, Williams, 2:20.35; 18. Aasa Lovell, New Mexico, 2:20.45; 19. Nicole Hale, Nevada, 2:21.34; 20. Kajsa Haakansson, New Mexico, 2:21.46.

21. Michelle Harland, Montana St., 2:21.67; 22. Zuzana Razusova, Alas. Anchorage, 2:21.94; 23. Alison Furey, Williams, 2:22.20; 24. Laura Turner, Dartmouth, 2:22.22; 25. Mia Demattei, Middlebury, 2:22.86; 26. Jessica Jacobsen, Montana St., 2:23.07; 27. Kate Maher-Melson, Dartmouth, 2:23.36; 28. Melissa Hult, St. Lawrence, 12:23.61; 29. Liz Watkins, Montana St., 2:24.21; 30. Kristina Schurrath, New Hampshire, 2:26.17.

31. Julie Minahan, New Hampshire, 2:27.31; 32. Pam Finnerty, Dartmouth, 2:27.97; 33. Roberta Pergher, Denver, 2:33.89; 34. Erin Longfellow, Alas. Anchorage, 3:09.67.

Women's 5-kilometer classical

1. Doris Hausleitner, Alas. Anchorage, 17:50; 2. Anne Tysso, Colorado, 17:51.3; 3. Eva Lowe, Colorado, 18:04.7; 4. Stine Hellerud, Utah, 18:06.6; 5. Coreen Woodbury, New Hampshire, 18:16.7; 6. Camilla Brinchman, Denver, 18:29.5; 7. Barb Jones, Northern Mich., 18:38.8; 8. Amy Crawford, Western St., 18:41.0; 9. Gina Legueir, Western St., 18:45.3; 10. Molly Enman, Middlebury, 18:54.0.

11. Hailey Wappet, Utah, 19:00.6; 12. Hege Vethe, Vermont, 19:03.3; 13. Teresa Hunt, Alas. Anchorage, 19:04.6; 14. Ahi Holt, Dartmouth, 19:06.3; 15. Kristina Andersson, Denver, 19:13.7; 16. Jessica Smith, Dartmouth, 19:14.0; 17. Leanne Lutha, Colorado, 19:23.5; 18. Emma Knutson, Alas. Anchorage, 19:26.3; 19. Sarah Walker, Vermont, 19:26.6; 20. Kelly Schalk, Wis.-Green Bay, 19:26.6.

21. Eden Shullenberger, New Hampshire, 19:30.7; 22. Arika Poulin, New Hampshire, 19:31.7; 23. Nicole Robillard, Bowdoin, 19:40.9; 24. Jessie Donavan, Middlebury, 19:43.5; 25. Kristin Tjelle, 19:43.7; 26. Annette Nilssen, Vermont, 19:44.4; 27. Amy Almquist, Nevada, 19:49.7; 28. Chris Shaner, Dartmouth, 19:54.0; 29. Jennifer Bergeron, Bates, 20:04.3; 30. Katie Gould, Bates, 20:04.9.

31. Jamie Mueller, Wis.-Green Bay, 20:07.0; 32. Niki Schroer, Western St., 20:08.6; 33. Lara Anne Dumond, Middlebury, 20:29.3; 34. Laura Anderson, Wis.-Green Bay, 20:45.7; 35. Maria Bray, Alas. Fairbanks, 21:10.0; 36. Susan Halbach, Williams, 21:14.3; 37. Carolina Barthelsson, Denver, 21:15.4; 38. Trude Haverstad, New Mexico, 21:19.1; 39. Lisa Clausen, Northern Mich., 21:22.7.

Men's 10-kilometer classical

1. Frode Lillefjell, Alas. Anchorage, 30:45.9; 2. Thorodd Bakken, Vermont, 30:48.0; 3. Justin Freeman, Bates, 31:55.4; 4. Rune Kollerud, Utah, 32:07.3; 5. Sindre Brurok, Vermont, 32:11.7; 6. David Chamberlain, Bates, 32:14.0; 7. Heiko Juhlke, Denver, 32:17.1; 8. Ondrej Valenta, Colorado, 32:30.1; 9. Frode Kollerud, Utah, 32:39.5; 10. John Blandhoel, Alas. Anchorage, 32:39.8.

11. Geir Skari, Denver, 32:57.5; 12. Dave Stewart, Vermont, 33:03.9; 13. Brad Bauer, Alas. Anchorage, 33:06.7; 14. Andrew Johnson, Middlebury, 33:24.2; 15. Hans Renaa, Colorado, 33:30.9; 16. Tore Totland, Colorado, 33:55.6; 17. Jens Johansson, Western St., 34:12.0; 18. Ivar Benberg, Denver, 34:18.4; 19. Jay Leach, Middlebury, 34:22.7; 20. Trygve Noreng, New Mexico, 34:23.1.

21. Nils Arvold, Dartmouth, 34:30.8; 22. Chad Giese, Middlebury, 34:38.2; 23. Erland Oslo, New Mexico, 34:42.8; 24. Stephen Donahue, Dartmouth, 34:48.9; 25. Bryan Fish, Wis.-Green Bay, 35:05.4; 26. Chad Tolbert, Wis.-Green Bay, 35:32.5; 27. Colin Mahood, New Hampshire, 35:33.1; 28. Jesse Downs, Northern Mich., 35:43.8; 29. Kurt Wulff, Utah, 35:49.0; 30. Josh Tesch, Wis.-Green Bay, 35:56.7.

31. Mike White, Nevada, 36:07.1; 32. Lawton Redman, St. Lawrence, 36:08.7; 33. Paul Stone, Dartmouth, 36:39.5; 34. Chris Wolski, New Hampshire, 36:42.0; 35. Frode Sundal, New Mexico, 36:46.8; 36. Adam Partridge, Williams, 36:46.8; 37. Addison Whitworth, Northern Mich., 36:47.0; 38. Brett Miller, Western St., 36:58.6; 39. David Lloyd, Northern Mich., 37:44.3.

Women's slalom

1. Roberta Pergher, Denver, 1:40.93; 2. Marianne Winge, Utah, 1:41.66; 3. Christl Hager, Utah, 1:41.75; 4. Kajsa Haakansson, New Mexico, 1:42.03; 5. Caroline Gedde-Dahl, Colorado, 1:42.26; 6. Jeanette Lunde, Denver, 1:43.63; 7. Tina Kavcic, Utah, 1:43.87; 8. Zuzana Razusova, Alas. Anchorage, 1:44.13; 9. Megan Brown, Vermont, 1:45.21; 10. Jessica Ochs, Colorado, 1:45.26.

11. Andrea Bither, Middlebury, 1:45.40; 12. Aasa Lovell, New Mexico, 1:45.47; 13. Wendy Scipione, Vermont, 1:45.69; 14. Theodora Mathiesen, Western St., 1:45.77; 15. Meghan Connelly, New Hampshire, 1:45.81; 16. Erin Longfellow, Alas. Anchorage, 1:45.98; 17. Mia Demattei, Middlebury, 1:46.12; 18. Katherine Davenport, Colorado, 1:46.28; 19. Narcisa Sehovic, Denver, 1:46.76; 20. Rebecca Young, Williams, 1:47.56.

21. Liz Watkins, Montana St., 1:48.16; 22. Susan Larson, Vermont, 1:48.92; 23. Catherine Lussier, New Mexico, 1:49.00; 24. Brooke Laundon, Middlebury, 1:50.22; 25. Kate Maher-Melson, Dartmouth, 1:50.57; 26. Laura Turner, Dartmouth, 1:51.94; 27. Frazier Blair, Williams, 1:52.33; 28. Alison Furey, Williams, 1:52.64; 29. Michelle Harland, Montana St., 1:53.25; 30. Jessica Jacobsen, Montana St., 1:54.91.

31. Melissa Hult, St. Lawrence, 1:56.47; 32. Pam Finnerty, Dartmouth, 1:56.91; 33. Julie Minahan, New Hampshire, 1:59.26; 34. Kristina Schurrath, New Hampshire, 2:55.38.

Men's slalom

1. Izidor Jerman, Alas. Anchorage, 1:28.03; 2. Stefan Lanziner, New Mexico, 1:28.27; 3. Brandon Dyksterhouse, Vermont, 1:28.33; 4. Luis Cristobal Gallardo, Western St., 1:28.51; 5. Jimmy Renstroem, New Mexico, 1:28.59; 6. Adam Barron, Middlebury, 1:29.13; 7. Ryan Forsyth, Utah, 1:29.25; 8. Andrew Pennock, Dartmouth, 1:29.30; 9. Michael Curtis, Vermont, 1:29.95; 10. Markus Leunig, Utah, 1:30.34.

11. Jamie Engelking, Colorado, 1:30.52; 12. Geoffrey Buchheister, Colorado, 1:30.58; 13. Eric Nagel, New Mexico, 1:30.73; 14. Thomas Erik Schaefer, Massachusetts, 1:31.22; 15. Ben Robinson, Dartmouth, 1:31.55; 16. Matt Regan, New Hampshire, 1:31.74; 17. Didier Boeckli, Denver, 1:32.07; 18. Erik Roland, Denver, 1:32.23; 19. Alain Britt-Cote, Utah, 1:32.38; 20. Ryan Webb, Colorado, 1:33.14.

21. Keith Farnand, St. Michael's, 1:33.33; 22. Christian Hutter, Denver, 1:33.51; 23. Rok Ster, Western St., 1:33.57; 24. Dan Harrigan, St. Lawrence, 1:34.26; 25. Sean Clark, Bates, 1:35.66; 26. Stephen Anderson, Middlebury, 1:36.87; 27. Sandy Perrins, Bates, 1:38.43; 28. Stephane Mongellaz, Alas. Anchorage, 1:39.87; 29. Derek McClellan, Vermont, 1:44.94; 30. Joshua Silver, Middlebury, 1:46.95.

31. David Viele, Dartmouth, 1:48.41; 32. Bryce Hubner, Bates, 1:49.84; 33. Fredrik Esping, Western St., 2:01.1.

Women's 15-kilometer freestyle

1. Amy Crawford, Western St., 50:38.9; 2. Gina Legueri, Western St., 50:44.9; 3. Stine Hellerud, Utah, 50:45.6; 4. Anne Tysso, Colorado, 50:49.0; 5. Eva Lowe, Colorado, 50:51.3; 6. Barb Jones, New Mexico, 51:13.9; 7. Hailey Wappet, Utah, 51:47.7; 8. Camilla Drinchman, Denver, 51:58.4; 9. Sarah Walker, Vermont, 52:15.0; 10. Teresa Hunt, Alas. Anchorage, 52:35.5.

11. Kristina Andersson, Denver, 52:38.1; 12. Molly Enman, Middlebury, 52:50.3; 13. Doris Hausleitner, Alas. Anchorage, 52:57.8; 14. Niki Schroer, Western St., 53:09.6; 15. Abi Holt, Dartmouth, 53:19.1; 16. Jessica Smith, Dartmouth, 53:22.1; 17. Maria Bray, Alas. Fairbanks, 53:31.0; 18. Hege Vethe, Vermont, 53:36.3; 19. Emma Knutson, Alas. Anchorage, 53:50.0; 20. Lara Anne Dumond, Middlebury, 53:50.5.

21. Annette Nilssen, Vermont, 54:15.9; 22. Lisa Clausen, New Mexico, 54:22.5; 23. Nicole Robillard, Bowdoin, 54:36.3; 24. Jessie Donavan, Middlebury, 54:43.0; 25. Katie Gould, Bates, 54:46.5; 26. Jamie Mueller, Wis.-Green Bay, 54:56.0; 27. Eden Shullenberger, New Hampshire, 55:04.1; 28. Arika Poulin, New Hampshire, 55:05.5; 29. Susan Halbach, Williams, 55:34.3; 30. Kelly Schalk, Wis.-Green Bay, 55:41.6.

31. Coreen Woodbury, New Hampshire, 55:47.5; 32. Carolina Barthelsson, Denver, 56:07.0; 33. Chris Shaner, 56:25.3; 34. Laura Anderson, Wis.-Green Bay, 57:33.9; 35. Kristin Tjelle, Utah, 57:56.2; 36. Jennifer Bergeron, Bates, 58:22.7; 37. Leanne Lutha, Colorado, 59:21.0.

Men's 20-kilometer freestyle

1. Thorodd Bakken, Vermont, 56:05.4; 2. Rune Kollerud, Utah, 56:05.4; 3. Frode Lillefjell, Alas. Anchorage, 56:06.0; 4. Frode Kollerud, Utah, 56:11.9; 5. Kurt Wulff, Utah, 57:45.2; 6. David Chamberlain, Bates, 57:45.8; 7. Heiko Juhlke, Denver, 57:46.5; 8. Ivar Benberg, Denver, 57:51.4; 9. Oudrej Valenta, Colorado, 57:54.9; 10. Andrew Johnson, Middlebury, 58:02.4.

11. Hans Renaa, Colorado, 58:21.2; 12. Sindre Brurok, Vermont, 59:01.2; 13. Erland Oslo, New Mexico, 59:19.4; 14. Dave Stewart, Vermont, 59:24.2; 15. Justin Freeman, Bates, 59:25.2; 16. Bryan Fish, Wis.-Green Bay, 59:25.7; 17. Adam Partridge, Williams, 59:27.7; 18. Lawton Redman, St. Lawrence, 59:27.7; 19. Jesse Downs, New Mexico, 59:33.5; 20. Brett Miller, Western St., 1:00:14.0.

21. Brad Bauer, Alas. Anchorage, 1:00:17.6; 22. Chad Giese, Middlebury, 1:00:22.3; 23. John Blandhoel, Alas. Anchorage, 1:00:46.5; 24. Josh Tesch, Wis.-Green Bay, 1:00:48.9; 25. Stephen Donahue, Dartmouth, 1:00:54.0; 26. Geir Skari, Denver, 1:01:09.1; 27. Jens Johansson, Western St., 1:01:12.0; 28. Trygve Noreng, New Mexico, 1:01:21.4; 29. Chris Wolski, New Hampshire, 1:01:30.7; 30. Addison Whitworth, New Mexico, 1:01:33.7.

31. Nils Arvold, Dartmouth, 1:01:39.2; 32. Colin Mahood, New Hampshire, 1:01:44.7; 33. Mike White, Nevada, 1:01:48.1; 34. Tore Totland, Colorado, 1:01:48.2; 35. Paul Stone, Dartmouth, 1:01:58.1; 36. Jay Leach, Middlebury, 1:02:08.8; 37. Frode Sundal, New Mexico, 1:04:33.8; 38. Chad Tolbert, Wis.-Green Bay, 1:04:36.0.