New Mexico won its first NCAA team title with its victory at the 2004 National Collegiate Men's and Women's Skiing Championships March 10-13.

Nevada hosted the championships at Donner Summit in Truckee, California. It marked the first time the championships had been held in California since 1962.

The Lobos finished with a team score of 623, holding off 2003 champion Utah, which finished second with 581 points. Denver, Colorado and Vermont rounded out the top five.

"I was born in New Mexico, skied in New Mexico and am proud to bring home the first national championship to the University of New Mexico," said head coach George Brooks, who is in his 34th year of coaching. "Our coaching staff and student-athletes did an outstanding job this season."

New Mexico took the lead from Denver, which led on days one and two of the championships, and from defending champion Utah after the men's and women's slalom events.

The Lobos' previous highest finish in the championships was 1992 when they placed second behind Vermont.

"We've been knocking on the door for a couple of years now," said New Mexico Athletics Director Rudy Davalos. "We felt good this year based on the way we've been competing against some of the top teams in the country that have won it in the past. I am extremely proud of George and (Nordic coach) Fredrik (Landstedt) for bringing home the first NCAA championship to the University of New Mexico."

New Mexico was led by Jennifer Delich, who won the women's giant slalom; Peter Roering, who finished second in the men's giant slalom; Gier-endre Rogn, who placed third in the men's 20-kilometer classical cross country; Trine Lundamo, who placed third in the women's 15-kilometer classical cross country; and Lars Loeseth, who placed third in the men's slalom.

Other individual event winners were: Henning Dybendal of Utah in the men's 10-kilometer freestyle; Sigrid Aas of Alaska Fairbanks in the women's 5-kilometer freestyle cross country; Ben Thornhill of Utah in the men's giant slalom; Dybendal in the men's 20-kilometer classical cross country; Aas in the women's 15-kilometer classical cross country; Paul McDonald of Dartmouth in the men's slalom; and Denver's Pia Rivelsrud in the women's slalom.

"We are ecstatic about finishing second," said Utah coach Kevin Sweeney. "Both teams fought tooth and nail for the title and I'm extremely proud of each and every one of our skiers. With everything that has happened to us over the season, we should have finished fourth or fifth, but we have continued to battle all season."

Team results

1. New Mexico, 623; 2. Utah, 581; 3. Denver, 568; 4. Colorado, 564; 5. Vermont, 533.5; 6. Alas. Anchorage, 504; 7. Middlebury, 495.5; 8. Dartmouth, 391; 9. Nevada, 383; 10. Alas. Fairbanks, 219; 11. Colby, 210.5; 12. Northern Mich., 198.5; 13. Williams, 178; 14. New Hampshire, 149; 15. Montana St., 127; 16. Western St., 110; 17. Boise St., 67; 18. Whitman, 62; 19. Harvard, 40; 20. Bates, 27; 21. Michigan Tech, 11; 22. Wis.-Green Bay, 1.

Individual results

Men's 10-kilometer freestyle

1. Henning Dybendal, Utah, 21:27.9; 2. Lowell Bailey, Vermont, 21:43.1; 3. Erling Christiansen, Colorado, 22:04.7; 4. Garrott Kuzzy, Middlebury, 22:04.9; 5. Martin Barnes, Denver, 22:08.4; 6. Jesse Carlstrom, Nevada, 22:08.7; 7. Zach Violett, Alas. Anchorage, 22:19.7; 8. Bryan Cook, New Mexico, 22:20.5; 9. Ethan Foster, Vermont, 22:20.8; 10. Henrik Hoye, Colorado, 22:25.3; 11. Tor Erik Schjellerud, Colorado, 22:30.3; 12. Daniel Sonntag, Utah, 22:37.5; 13. Eric Strabel, Alas. Anchorage, 22:44.9; 14. Geir-endre Rogn, New Mexico, 22:45.3; 15. Erlend Hoff, Denver, 22:46.2; 16. Ryan Foster, Vermont, 22:48.2; 17. Amund Hansen, Denver, 22:58.4; 18. Brent Lowen, Alas. Fairbanks, 23:00.8; 19. Brenton Knight, Alas. Anchorage, 23:01.7; 20. Benjamin Sonntag, Utah, 23:03.4; 21. Jonas Tetlie, Alas. Fairbanks, 23:08.6; 22. Jan Vykoulkal, Nevada, 23:10.5; 23. Dirk Grimm, New Mexico, 23:14.9; 24. Jedd Young, New Mexico, 23:18.6; 25. Erik Wickstrom, Alas. Fairbanks, 23:22.0; 26. Andrew Hunter, Dartmouth, 23:30.9; 27. Tim Stickney, Williams, 23:45.8; 28. Anders Haugen, Williams, 23:56.9; 29. Chris Mallory, New Hampshire, 23:57.7; 30. Marshall Greene, Middlebury, 24:03.4; 31. Christian Coe, Montana St., 24:12.1; 32. Hjalmar Westie, New Mexico, 24:13.0; 33. Colin Rodgers, Middlebury, 24:23.7; 34. Mike Sinnott, Dartmouth, 24:28.8; 35. Eben Sargent, Dartmouth, 24:32.9; 36. Joey Graci, New Mexico, 25:10.7; 37. Brian Gregg, Western St., 25:15.3; Chris Leonards, Bates, 25:19.2.

Women's 5-kilometer freestyle cross country

1. Sigrid Aas, Alas. Fairbanks, 11:55.5; 2. Mandy Kaempf, Alas. Anchorage, 12:03.3; 3. Barbro Hatlevik, Utah, 12:06.8; 4. Jana Rehemaa, Colorado, 12:10.5; 5. Martina Stursova, New Mexico, 12:12.0; 6. Johanna Turunen, Alas. Fairbanks, 12:16.6; 7. Trine Lundamo, New Mexico, 12:19.3; 8. Sari Tuovinen, Nevada, 12:20.5; 9. Nicole DeYoung, Alas. Anchorage, 12:21.6; 10. Jenny Hansson, Utah, 12:23.2; 11. Karin Camenisch, Denver, 12:25.3; 12. Melody Scheefer, Western St., 12:25.4; 13. Kate Newick, Middlebury, 12:28.0; 14. Kate Crawford, Vermont, 12:28.7; 15. Lena Jensen, New Mexico, 12:33.4; 16. Chrissy May, Dartmouth, 12:34.4; 17. Claire Critchley, Colorado, 12:42.5; 18. Emily Robins, Montana St., 12:44.8; 19. Alison Crocker, Dartmouth, 12:45.0; 20. Claire Anderson, Middlebury, 12:45.5; 21. Sarah Hansen, Alas. Anchorage, 12:45.9; 22. Niina Karvonen, Denver, 12:47.4; 23. Anna McLoon, Harvard, 12:48.9; 24. Lindsay Williams, New Mexico, 12:50.5; Tara Hamilton, Denver, 12:52.4; 26. Sandra Gredig, Utah, 12:53.9; 26. Muriele Huberli, Colorado, 12:53.9; 28. Lindsey Weier, New Mexico, 12:55.1; 29. Jessica Gray, Western St., 12:55.8; 30. Kate Underwood, New Hampshire, 13:01.7; 31. Kate Whitcomb, Middlebury, 13:03.9; 32. Emily Klemp, Vermont, 13:04.0; 33. Emma Garrard, Nevada, 13:08.1; 34. Liz Harrington, Dartmouth, 13:08.8; 35. Rachel Daw, New Mexico, 13:19.8; 36. Jessica Ford, Nevada, 13:27.9; 37. Sigrid Lagerfelt, Alas. Fairbanks, 13:38.7; 38. Toni McKnight, Michigan Tech, 13:55.8; Rosy Walsh, Wis.-Green Bay, 14:07.0.

Men's Giant Slalom

1. Ben Thornhill, Utah, 1:52.24; 2. Peter Roering, New Mexico, 1:52.28; Michal Rajcan, Nevada, 1:52.32; 4. Dominik Schweiger, Denver, 1:52.56; 5. Lars Ola Kjos, Denver, 1:52.65; 6. Tommi Viirret, Nevada, 1:52.66; 7. David Lamb, Denver, 1:52.71; 8. Lars Loeseth, New Mexico, 1:52.73; 9. Roger Brown, Dartmouth, 1:53.09; 10. Warner Nickerson, Colby, 1:53.30; 11. Christian Ringvold, Alas. Anchorage, 1:53.46; 12. Matthew Knittle, Vermont, 1:53.50; 13. Fred Emich IV, Middlebury, 1:54.21; 14. David Coriell, Middlebury, 1:54.26; 15. Christian Jensen, New Mexico, 1:54.27; 16. Paul Epstein, Vermont, 1:54.59; 17. Paul McDonald, Dartmouth, 1:54.67; 18. Chris Frank, Williams, 1:55.01; 19. John Rusten, Middlebury, 1:55.04; 20. Tahir Bisic, Colorado, 1:55.22; 21. Andreas Neuhauser, Alas. Anchorage, 1:55.28; 22. Erik Kankainen, Dartmouth, 1:55.57; 23. Hunter Kaltsas, Vermont, 1:55.77; 24. Sean McKenna, Bates, 1:55.87; 25. Hannes Zirknitzer, Whitman, 1:56.32; 26. Will McDonald, Utah, 1:56.64; 27. Cody Jenick, Colorado, 1:56.89; 28. Robert Saunders, Colby, 1:57.11; 29. Gaspar Perricone, Utah, 1:57.39; 30. Bryn Carey, New Hampshire, 1:57.89; 31. Joe Dunn, New Hampshire, 1:58.09; 32. Charlie Reed, Colby, 1:59.27; 33. Jacob Stevens, New Hampshire, 2:28.57; 34. Luke Patterson, Western St., 2:32.96.

Women's Giant Slalom

1. Jennifer Delich, New Mexico, 1:59.18; 2. Erika Hogan, Colorado, 1:59.67; 3. Hilary McCloy, Vermont, 1:59.77; 4. Jamie Kingsbury, Vermont, 1:59.84; 5. Pia Rivelsrud, Denver, 1:59.87; 6. April Mancuso, Utah, 2:00.10; 7. Jenni Lathrop, Colby, 2:00.22; 7. Jessica Smith, Middlebury, 2:00.22; Rowena Hyldahl, Utah, 2:00.43; 10. Abbi Lathrop, Colby, 2:00.64; 11. Courtney Calise, Dartmouth, 2:00.73; 12. Lindsay Brush, Middlebury, 2:01.10; 13. Smaranda Munteanu, Montana St., 2:01.14; 14. Madaileine Sparks-Krebs, Vermont, 2:01.20; 15. Sophia Ormond, Denver, 2:01.28; 16. Barbara Knor, Denver, 2:01.34; 17. Alex Munteanu, Montana St., 2:01.65; 18. Ashley Carter, Williams, 2:02.10; 19. Mateja Gombac, Boise St., 2:02.21; 20. Margit Walter, Boise St., 2:02.34; 21. Erin McEachren, Colorado, 2:02.53; 22. Sydney Mikkelson, New Hampshire, 2:02.55; 23. Kristin Taylor, Colorado, 2:02.93; 24. Laura Scripture, Middlebury, 2:03.30; 25. Christin Lathrop, Dartmouth, 2:03.71; 26. Helena Woodrow, New Mexico, 2:03.91; 27. Cecily Lowenthal, Williams, 2:03.98; 28. Quincy Young, Nevada, 2:04.13; 29. Addie Robinson, Williams, 2:04.48; 30. Emily Copeland, Dartmouth, 2:05.48; 31. Julie-Pierre Leclerc, Alas.-Anchorage, 2:05.85; 32. Lauren Lattimer, Utah, 2:07.71; 33. Kathrin Spendier, New Mexico, 2:29.20; 34. Rachel Walker, Whitman, 2:33.37.

Men's 20-kilometer classical cross country

1. Henning Dybendal, Utah, 53:11.9; 2. Tor Erik Schjellerud, Colorado, 53:16.7; 3. Geir-endre Rogn, New Mexico, 53:21.7; 4. Zach Violett, Alas.-Anchorage, 53:22.7; 5. Erling Christiansen, Colorado, 53:23.6; 6. Ethan Foster, Vermont, 53:28.3; 7. Dirk Grimm, New Mexico, 53:28.4; 8. Jesse Carlstrom, Nevada, 53:40.5; 9. Eric Strabel, Alas.-Anchorage, 53:47.0; 10. Lowell Bailey, Vermont, 53:50.4; 11. Henrik Hoye, Colorado, 53:51.2; Garrott Kuzzy, Middlebury, 54:12.0; 13. Daniel Sonntag, Utah, 54:17.5; 14. Bryan Cook, 54:22.2; 15. Martin Bartnes, Denver, 54:23.9; 16. Brenton Knight, Alas.-Anchorage, 54:44.8; 17. Amund Hansen, Denver, 55:08.7; 18. Erik Wickstrom, Alas.-Fairbanks, 55:25.8; 19. Ryan Foster, Vermont, 55:39.9; 20. Erlend Hoff, Denver, 56:06.0; 21. Jan Vykoulkal, Nevada, 56:40.8; 22. Marshall Greene, Middlebury, 56:40.9; 23. Benjamin Sonntag, Utah, 57:29.4; 24. Colin Rodgers, Middlebury, 57:42.3; 25. Joey Graci, New Mexico, 58:06.4; 26. Eben Sargent, Dartmouth, 58:25.3; 27. Hjalmar Westie, New Mexico, 58:49.7; 28. Brian Gregg, Western St., 58:55.0; 29. Tim Stickney, Williams, 58:56.3; 30. Christian Coe, Montana St., 58:56.8; 31. Chris Leonards, Bates, 59:08.7; 32. Jonas Tetlie, Alas.-Fairbanks, 59:12.1; Jedd Young, New Mexico, 59:19.9; 34. Andrew Hunter, Dartmouth, 59:43.8; 35. (tie) Mike Sinnott, Dartmouth, and Chris Mallory, New Hampshire, 1:00:33.3; 37. Anders Haugen, Williams, 1:03:01.5.

Women's 15-kilometer classical cross country

1. Sigrid Aas, Alas.-Fairbanks, 53:04.7; 2. Mandy Kaempf, Alas.-Anchorage, 53:12.8; 3. Trine Lundamo, New Mexico, 53:21.6; 4. Jana Rehemaa, Colorado, 53:28.4; 5. Muriele Huberli, Colorado, 53:30.0; 6. (tie) Lindsey Weier, New Mexico, and Claire Critchley, Colorado, 53:31.0; 8. Sarah Hansen, Alas.-Anchorage, 53:46.3; 9. Sari Tuovinen, Nevada, 53:53.0; 10. Jenny Hansson, Utah, 53:56.8; 11. Lena Jensen, New Mexico, 53:56.9; 12. Karin Camenisch, Denver, 54:24.6; 13. Sandra Gredig, Utah, 54:31.2; 14. Jessica Ford, Nevada, 54:43.9; 15. Tara Hamilton, Denver, 54:45.9; 16. Nicole DeYoung, Alas.-Anchorage, 54:46.9; 17. Anna McLoon, Harvard, 54:51.6; 18. Emily Robins, Montana St., 55:21.6; 19. Lindsay Williams, New Mexico, 55:26.3; 20. Martina Stursova, New Mexico, 55:36.6; 21. Kate Whitcomb, Middlebury, 55:38.2; 22. Kate Crawford, Vermont, 55:40.4; 23. Emma Garrard, Nevada, 55:43.0; 24. Barbro Hatlevik, Utah, 55:47.8; 25. (tie) Kate Underwood, New Hampshire, and Emily Klemp, Vermont, 55:51.6; 27. Rachel Daw, New Mexico, 55:25.5; 28. Johanna Turunen, Alas.-Fairbanks, 55:58.8; 29. Melody, Scheefer, Western St., 56:12.4; 30. Claire Anderson, Middlebury, 56:18.7; 31. Toni McKnight, Michigan Tech, 56:31.2; 32. Chrissy May, Dartmouth, 56:49.9; 33. Kate Newick, Middlebury, 57:04.4; 34. Sigrid Lagerfelt, Alas.-Fairbanks, 57:11.9; 35. Niina Karvonen, Denver, 57:33.9; 36. Jessica Gray, Western St., 58:34.3; 37. Alison Crocker, Dartmouth, 59:04.0.

Men's Slalom

1. Paul McDonald, Dartmouth, 1:14.09; 2. Michal Rajcan, Nevada, 1:14.22; 3. Lars Loeseth, New Mexico, 1:14.29; 4. Roger Brown, Dartmouth, 1:14.51; 5. Luke Patterson, Western St., 1:14.63; 6. Ben Thornhill, Utah, 1:15.99; 7. Petter Roering, New Mexico, 1:16.11; 8. Matthew Knittle, Vermont, 1:16.21; 9. Christian Jensen, New Mexico, 1:16.46; 10. Hannes Zirknitzer, Whitman, 1:16.73; 11. Andreas Neuhauser, Alas. Anchorage, 1:16.81; 12. Gaspar Perricone, Utah, 1:16.90; 13. David Coriell, Middlebury, 1:16.99; 14. Chris Frank, Williams, 1:17.27; 15. Christian Ringvold, 1:17.41; 16. John Rusten, Middlebury, 1:17.78; 17. Fred Emich IV, Middlebury, 1:17.98; 18. Will McDonald, Utah, 1:18.52; 19. Charlie Reed, Colby, 1:18.79; 20. Joe Dunn, New Hampshire, 1:19.17; 21. Tommi Viirret, Nevada, 1:19.33; 22. Bryn Carey, New Hampshire, 1:19.36; 23. Jacob Stevens, New Hampshire, 1:19.52; 24. Cody Jenick, Colorado, 1:20.48; 25. Tahir Bisic, Colorado, 1:20.74; 26. Warner Nickerson, Colby, 1:21.05; 27. Marius Elvrum, Alas. Anchorage, 1:22.68; 28. Hunter Kaltsas, Vermont, 1:23.19; 29. Erik Kankainen, Dartmouth, 1:23.95; 30. Lars Ola Kjos, Denver, 1:27.80; 31. Robert Saunders, Colby, 1:27.95; 32. Dominik Schweiger, Denver, 1:43.50; 33. Paul Epstein, Vermont, 1:44.51.

Women's Slalom

1. Pia Rivelsrud, Denver, 1:22.80; 2. Courtney Calise, Dartmouth, 1:23.40; 3. Barbara Knor, Denver, 1:24.01; 4. Jessica Smith, Middlebury, 1:24.81; 5. Hilary McCloy, Vermont, 1:25.07; 6. Erin McEachren, Colorado, 1:25.10; 7. Jamie Kingsbury, Vermont, 1:25.23; 8. April Mancuso, Utah, 1:25.38; 9. Helena Woodrow, New Mexico, 1:25.47; 10. Kathrin Spendier, New Mexico, 1:25.57; 11. Abbi Lathrop, Colby, 1:25.64; 12. Sophia Ormond, Denver, 1:25.95; 13. Lindsay Brush, Middlebury, 1:26.13; 14. Julie-Pierre Leclerc, 1:26.14; 15. Jenni Lathrop, Colby, 1:26.35; 16. Laura Scripture, Middlebury, 1:26.42; Quincy Young, Nevada, 1:26.63; 18. Christin Lathrop, Dartmouth, 1:27.05; 19. Rowena Hyldahl, Utah, 1:27.16; 20. Addie Robinson, Williams, 1:27.41; 21. Jennifer Delich, New Mexico, 1:27.48; 22. Spela Bertoncej, Boise St., 1:27.91; 23. Kristin Taylor, Colorado, 1:28.14; 24. Lauren Lattimer, Utah, 1:28.50; 25. Emily Copeland, Dartmouth, 1:28.53; 26. Alex Munteanu, 1:28.69; 27. Cecily Lowenthal, Williams, 1:28.90; 28. Ashley Carter, Williams, 1:29.13; 29. Rachel Walker, Whitman, 1:30.23; 30. Sydney Mikkelson, New Hampshire, 1:34.39; 31. Madaileine Sparks-Krebs, Vermont, 1:44.37; 32. Mateja Gombac, Boise St., 1:47.87.