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March 23, 1998

Colorado claims skiing title in closest competition in 34 years

Powered by Line Selnes, who swept the two women's Nordic races, and Caroline Gedde-Dahl, who won the women's slalom, Colorado claimed the 1998 National Collegiate Men's and Women's Skiing Championships, nipping defending champion Utah by 2 1/2 points.

The team race was the closest since 1964, when Denver beat Dartmouth by 1.4 points. In 1976, Colorado and Dartmouth tied.

The event was conducted March 11-14, with Montana State serving as host.

Selnes, whose older sister Heidi swept the two women's Nordic races in 1995, claimed the five-kilometer classical in 15:49.3 on March 12, then won the 15-kilometer freestyle in 41:19.4 on the last day of the championships. Teammate Unni Eder provided depth in both races, placing second in freestyle and fourth in classical.

Gedde-Dahl became the first Colorado skier to win the women's giant slalom since Lynda McGehee won in 1986.

The Buffaloes, who last won the team championship in 1995, increased their all-time total to 14, which ties Denver for the record. Colorado widened its lead over Denver in all-time individual champions. The Buffaloes have 63. Denver, which had one champion this year, has 53.

Vermont's Thorodd Bakken dominated the men's Nordic in the same fashion as Selnes, claiming both races. Bakken successfully defended his freestyle title as Utah's Rune Kollerud finished second for the second straight year. Last year, Bakken's winning margin was a boot length. This year, his time was 2.2 seconds faster than his rival's. Rune's brother Frode was third. In classical, Frode was second; Rune was third.

In men's giant slalom, David Viele of Dartmouth became the first from his school to win since Tom Foote won in 1988. Viele's showing also was the first championship for a Dartmouth male since that same year. It was the first championship from the East region in the event since Vermont's Einar Bohmer won in 1990.

Bakken's performance aside, this was not the year to be a defending champion.

Utah was unsuccessful in its title defense. Of the other four returning individual champions, defending women's slalom champion Roberta Pergher of Denver, who had won the last two years, had the best showing, finishing third. Defending men's slalom champion Izidor Jerman of Alaska Anchorage finished seventh. Vermont's Brandon Dyksterhouse, who won last year's men's giant slalom, finished 32nd this year. Defending women's classical champion Doris Hausleitner of Alaska Anchorage finished 10th.

National Collegiate men's and women's skiing

TEAM RESULTS

1. Colorado, 654; 2. Utah, 6511Ž2; 3. Denver, 638; 4. Vermont, 5561Ž2; 5. Alas. Anchorage, 524; 6. New Mexico, 513; 7. Dartmouth, 505; 8. Middlebury, 481; 9. Bates, 205; 10. New Hampshire, 199.

11. Nevada, 193; 12. Western St., 187; 13. Northern Mich., 170; 14. Wis.-Green Bay, 154; 15. St. Lawrence, 128; 16. Williams, 103; 17. Montana St., 45; 18. St. Michael's, 38; 19. Colby, 24; 20. Alas. Fairbanks, 15; 21. Colby-Sawyer, 9; 22. St. Olaf, 8.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Women's giant slalom

1. Caroline Gedde-Dahl, Colorado, 1:52.50; 2. Jennifer Collins, Dartmouth, 1:53.16; 3. Erica MacConnell, Vermont, 1:53.20; 4. Katherine Davenport, Colorado, 1:53.23; 5. Hedda Berntsen, Middlebury, 1:53.94; 6. Sabrina Lawrence, Utah, 1:54.33; 7. Edda Mutter, Alas. Anchorage, 1:54.35; 8. Caroline VonScheven, New Mexico, 1:54.45; 9. Zuzana Razusova, Alas. Anchorage, 1:54.85; 10. Marianne Winge, Utah, 1:54.86.

11. Stina Dahlgren, New Mexico, 1:55.26; 12. Marie-Michel Tasse, Williams, 1:56.09; 13. Aasa Lovell, New Mexico, 1:56.14; 14. Jessica Ochs, Colorado, 1:56.28; 15. Roberta Pergher, 1:56.38; 16. Laura Turner, Dartmouth, 1:56.76; 17. Renate Goetzendorf, Denver, 1:57.19; 18. Jessica Jacobsen, Montana St., 1:57.32; 19. Brooke Laundon, Middlebury, 1:57.90; 20. Mimi Marceau, Western St., 1:58.05.

21. Gusty Swift, Dartmouth, 1:58.48; 22. Taylor Watts, Vermont, 1:59.18; 23. Liz Skibiski, New Hampshire, 1:59.96; 24. Ashley Davenport, Middlebury, 2:00.02; 25. Christina Haas, Colby, 2:00.21; 26. Dominique St. Arnaud, Nevada, 2:00.92; 27. Darah Schofield, Williams, 2:02.28; 28. Meghan Connelly, New Hampshire, 2:03.94; 29. Christy Salonen, New Mexico, 2:04.46; 30. Nicole Hale, Nevada, 2:05.09.

31. Alison Furey, Williams, 2:09.63; 32. Katja Tecklenburg, Denver, 2:49.27; 33. Megan Brown, Vermont, 3:15.39; 34. Alicia Howard, Utah, 3:16.38.

Men's giant slalom

1. David Viele, Dartmouth, 1:48.45; 2. Forest Carey, Middlebury, 1:48.95; 3. Christian Chedel, Vermont, 1:49.02; 4. Stefan Lanziner, New Mexico, 1:49.14; 5. Andrezej Bachleda, Denver, 1:49.82; 6. Ryan Forsyth, Utah, 1:50.65; 7. Javier Dominguez, Alas. Anchorage, 1:51.12; 8. Joakim Marksten, Nevada, 1:51.21; 9. Alexandre Lussier, Western St., 1:51.24; 10. Randy Flood, Vermont, 1:51.42.

11. Mike Elvidge, Utah, 1:51.47; 12. Christian Hutter, Denver, 1:51.52; 13. Steven Reynolds, St. Lawrence, 1:51.86; 14. Tyler Kipp, Bates, 1:51.87; 15. Josh Nolting, Colorado, 1:52.06; 16. Geoffrey Buchheister, Colorado, 1:52.08; 17. Jimmy Renstroem, New Mexico, 1:52.20; 18. Joshua Silver, Middlebury, 1:52.43; 19. Stephen Anderson, Middlebury, 1:52.62; 20. Dan Harrigan, St. Lawrence, 1:52.72.

21. Izidor Jerman, Alas. Anchorage, 1:52.03; 22. Joakim Nessem, Nevada, 1:53.04; 23. Jeremy Joseph, Dartmouth, 1:53.35; 24. Tyler Craig, Denver, 1:53.73; 25. Klaus Seiringer, New Mexico, 1:54.31; 26. Morten Kjerland, Alas. Anchorage, 1:54.52; 27. Andrew Pennock, Dartmouth, 1:56.72; 28. Alain Britt-Cote, Utah, 1:59.03; 29. Fritz Brumder, Bates, 2:00.83; 30. Thomas Vonn, St. Lawrence, 2:01.02.

31. Chad Wolk, Colorado, 2:03.41; 32. Brandon Dyksterhouse, Vermont, 2:06.89; 33. Zachary Comey, New Hampshire, 2:14.04.

Women's 5-kilometer classical cross country

1. Line Selnes, 15:49.3; 2. Kristin Tjelle, Utah, 16:09.6; 3. Irene Eder, Denver, 16:17.1; 4. Unni Odegard, Colorado, 16:29.5; 5. Kristina Anderson, Denver, 16:29.7; 6. Leana Luhta, Colorado, 16:30.4; 7. Jessica Smith, Dartmouth, 16:51.0; 8. Carolina Barthelson, Denver, 16:51.7; 9. Guro Sollid, New Mexico, 16:57.8; 10. Doris Hausleitner, Alas. Anchorage, 17:09.3.

11. Hailey Wappett, Utah, 17:17.3; 12. Barb Jones, Dartmouth, 17:26.6; 13. Kristia Joder, Utah, 17:30.8; 14. Malin Wass, New Mexico, 17:37.6; 15. Anette Nilssen, Vermont, 17:38.8; 16. Anna Kulmatiski, Middlebury, 17:41.7; 17. Carolin Mjoen, Vermont, 17:41.8; 18. Jaime Mueller, Wis.-Green Bay, 17:44.7; 19. Emma Knutson, Alas. Anchorage, 17:48.1; 20. Coreen Woodbury, New Hampshire, 17:50.0.

21. Trude Haverstad, New Mexico, 17:50.8; 22. Theo Hunt, Wis.-Green Bay, 17:52.3; 23. Laura Anderson, Wis.-Green Bay, 17:57.5; 24. Susan Angst, Middlebury, 17:59.5; 25. Abigail Larson, Northern Mich., 18:00.4; 26. Tessa Benoit, Vermont, 18:03.8; 27. Kerri Nelson, Northern Mich., 18:04.1; 28. Jennifer Bergeron, Bates, 18:08.0; 29. Erin Hamilton, Western St., 18:14.8; 30. Abi Holt, Dartmouth, 18:16.8.

31. Emily Boyle, Middlebury, 18:21.9; 32. Anna Sterner, Nevada, 18:29.8; 33. Arika Poulin, New Hampshire, 18:43.0; 34. Lyra Gordon, Alas. Anchorage, 18:43.6; 35. Sarah Kueffer, St. Olaf, 18:47.1; 36. Melissa Leier, Bates, 18:53.4; 37. Amy Vile, St. Michael's, 19:03.0; 38. Renee Kinney, New Hampshire, 19:34.0; 39. Jennifer Lane, Colby, 19:53.4.

Men's 10-kilometer classical cross country

1. Thorodd Bakken, Vermont, 27:52.6; 2. Frode Kolleruf, Utah, 27:54.8; 3. Rune Kollerud, Utah, 28:13.2; 4. Heiko Zuehlke, Denver, 28:25.1; 5. Frode Lillifjell, Alas. Anchorage, 28:29.0; 6. Justin Freeman, Bates, 28:44.1; 7. Ondrej Valenta, Colorado, 28:50.1; 8. Erlend Kroken, Alas. Anchorage, 28:58.8; 9. Ove Erik Tronvol, Colorado, 28:58.9; 10. (tie) Patrick Casey, Utah, and Sindre Brurok, Vermont, 29:04.9.

12. Kyrill Kretzschamar, Denver, 29:10.9; 13. Andreas Berbu, New Mexico, 29:16.5; 14. Geir Skari, Denver, 29:23.7; 15. Jesse Downs, Northern Mich., 29:31.9; 16. Bjorn Alvtegen, Colorado, 29:58.1; 17. Brett Miller, Western St., 30:02.8; 18. David Chamberlain, Bates, 30:03.6; 19. Andrew Johnson, Middlebury, 30:05.6; 20. Erlend Olso, New Mexico, 30:13.0.

21. Colin Mahood, New Hampshire, 30:14.4; 22. Patrick Cote, Dartmouth, 30:29.5; 23. Addison Whitworth, Northern Mich., 30:30.3; 24. Josh Tesch, Wis.-Green Bay, 30:31.4; 25. Chris Wolski, New Hampshire, 30:34.2; 26. Todd Montalbo, Alas. Anchorage, 30:38.7; 27. Stephen Donahue, Dartmouth, 30:50.8; 28. Will Rawstron, Middlebury, 30:56.1; 29. Adam Swank, Wis.-Green Bay, 31:22.5; 30. Chad Giese, Middlebury, 31:30.4.

31. Scott McArt, Dartmouth, 31:30.8; 32. Lawton Redman, St. Lawrence, 31:42.2; 33. Frode Sundal, New Mexico, 31:56.9; 34. Nick Trautz, Williams, 32:02.8; 35. Mike White, Nevada, 32:03.9; 36. Ruben Anderson, Vermont, 32:10.6; 37. Jason Lemieux, Williams, 32:12.9; 38. Morten Dehli, Alas. Fairbanks, 32:21.5; 39. Bryan Fish, Wis.-Green Bay, 32:22.3.

Women's slalom

1. Brooke Laundon, Middlebury, 1:29.77; 2. Edda Mutter, Alas. Anchorage, 1:29.81; 3. Roberta Pergher, Denver, 1:30.10; 4. Jennifer Collins, Dartmouth, 1:31.88; 5. Taylor Watts, Vermont, 1:32.49; 6. Stina Dahlgren, New Mexico, 1:32.70; 7. Sabrina Lawrence, Utah, 1:33.18; 8. Alicia Howard, Utah, 1:33.19; 9. Aasa Lovell, New Mexico, 1:33.61; 10. Marianne Winge, Utah, 1:34.01.

11. Katja Tecklenburg, Denver, 1:34.62; 12. Megan Brown, Vermont, 1:34.82; 13. Jessica Ochs, Colorado, 1:34.88; 14. Caroline Gedde-Dahl, Colorado, 1:34.93; 15. Zuzana Razusova, Alas. Anchorage, 1:35.08; 16. Nicole Hale, Nevada, 1:35.99; 17. Jessica Jacobsen, Montana St., 1:36.30; 18. Erica MacConnell, Vermont, 1:37.18; 19. Katherine Davenport, Colorado, 1:37.38; 20. Marie-Michel Tasse, Williams, 1:37.67.

21. Hedda Berntsen, Middlebury, 1:37.78; 22. Renate Goetzendorf, Denver, 1:37.97; 23. Claira Challen, Western St., 1:38.42; 24. Dominique St. Arnaud, Nevada, 1:38.97; 25. Meghan Connelly, New Hampshire, 1:39.05; 26. Laura Turner, Dartmouth, 1:40.82; 27. Ashley Davenport, Middlebury, 1:41.63; 28. Mimi Marceau, Western St., 1:42.12; 29. Liz Skibiski, New Hampshire, 1:45.56; 30. Alison Furey, Williams, 1:46.85.

31. Christy Salonen, Northern Mich., 2:05.11; 32. Caroline VonScheven, New Mexico, 2:34.13; 33. Gusty Swift, Dartmouth, 3:09.83; 34. Christina Louis Haas, Colorado, 3:19.03.

Men's slalom

1. Christian Hutter, Denver, 1:41.86; 2. Randy Flood, Vermont, 1:42.08; 3. Andrezej Bachleda, Denver, 1:42.40; 4. Geoffrey Buchheister, Colorado, 1:43.08; 5. Joakim Marksten, Nevada, 1:44.41; 6. Stefan Lanziner, New Mexico, 1:44.93; 7. Izidor Jerman, Alas. Anchorage, 1:45.98; 8. Chad Wolk, Colorado, 1:46.91; 9. Christian Chedel, Vermont, 1:47.12; 10. Andrew Pennock, Dartmouth, 1:47.18.

11. Jeremy Joseph, Dartmouth, 1:48.56; 12. Joshua Silver, Middlebury, 1:48.63; 13. Keith Farnand, St. Michael's, 1:48.97; 14. Jimmy Renstroem, New Mexico, 1:49.85; 15. Josh Nolting, Colorado, 1:49.93; 16. Joakim Sten Nessem, Nevada, 1:50.25; 17. Forest Carey, Middlebury, 1:50.41; 18. Morten Kjerland, Alas. Anchorage, 1:50.55; 19. Mike Elvidge, Utah, 1:51.21; 20. Thomas Vonn, St. Lawrence, 1:51.67.

21. Tyler Craig, Denver, 1:52.49; 22. Dan Harrigan, St. Lawrence, 1:53.70; 23. Javier Dominguez, Alas. Anchorage, 1:55.96; 24 Alexandre Lussier, Western St., 1:57.85; 25. Klaus Seiringer, New Mexico, 2:06.12; 26. Alain Britt-Cote, Utah, 2:06.22; 27. Stephen Anderson, Middlebury, 2:10.13; 28. Tyler Kipp, Bates, 2:11.05; 29. Brandon Dyksterhouse, Vermont, 2:27.02; 30. Zachary Comey, New Hampshire, 2:28.73.

31. Jeffrey Haspray, Colby-Sawyer, 2:45.10; 32. Steven Reynolds, St. Lawrence, 2:47.72.

Women's 15-kilometer freestyle

1. Line Selnes, Colorado, 41:19.4; 2. Irene Eder, Denver, 43:37.6; 3. Unni Odegard, Colorado, 44:10.6; 4. Barb Jones, Dartmouth, 44:27.1; 5. Hailey Wappett, Utah, 44:36.1; 6. Kristin Tjelle, Utah, 44:51.2; 7. Kristina Anderson, Denver, 45:06.0; 8. Leana Luhta, Colorado, 45:09.2; 9. Abi Holt, Dartmouth, 45:11.5; 10. Carolin Mjoen, Vermont, 45:16.2.

11. Jessica Smith, Dartmouth, 45:28.7; 12. Kristia Joder, Utah, 45:30.3; 13. Coreen Woodbury, New Hampshire, 45:30.9; 14. Erin Hamilton, Western St., 45:35.5; 15. Abigail Larson, Northern Mich., 45:54.5; 16. Doris Hausleitner, Alas. Anchorage, 46:02.5; 17. Carolina Barthelson, Denver, 46:06.4; 18. Tessa Benoit, Vermont, 46:09.8; 19. Jaime Mueller, Wis.-Green Bay, 46:19.3; 20. Anna Kulmatiski, Middlebury, 46:31.7.

21. Malin Wass, New Mexico, 47:08.4; 22. Guro Sollid, New Mexico, 47:13.2; 23. Susan Angst, Middlebury, 47:14.5; 24. Emma Knutson, Alas. Anchorage, 47:21.9; 25. Melissa Leier, Bates, 47:34.2; 26. Emily Boyle, Middlebury, 47:39.0; 27. Kerri Nelson, Northern Mich., 47:40.0; 28. Jennifer Bergeron, Bates, 47:47.5; 29. Trude Haverstad, New Mexico, 48:03.0; 30. Anette Nilssen, Vermont, 48:18.9.

31. Laura Anderson, Wis.-Green Bay, 48:19.5; 32. Amy Vile, St. Michael's, 48:21.9; 33. Renee Kinney, New Hampshire, 48:46.6; 34. Lyra Gordon, Alas. Anchorage, 49:13.7; 35. Anna Sterner, Nevada, 49:45.6; 36. Theo Hunt, 50:28.5; 37. Sarah Kueffer, St. Olaf, 51:05.7; 38. Jennifer Lane, Colby, 52:17.6.

Men's 20-kilometer freestyle

1. Thorodd Bakken, Vermont, 52:40.6; 2. Rune Kollerud, Utah, 53:16.4; 3. Frode Kollerud, Utah, 53:21.5; 4. Erlend Kroken, Alas. Anchorage, 53:31.5; 5. Chad Giese, Middlebury, 53:34.1; 6. Andrew Johnson, Middlebury, 53:35.1; 7. Heiko Zuehlke, Denver, 53:35.6; 8. Ove Erik Tronvol, Colorado, 53:41.5; 9. Brett Miller, Western St., 53:49.5; 10. Sindre Brurok, Vermont, 53:49.9.

11. Justin Freeman, Bates, 53:50.2; 12. David Chamberlain, Bates, 54:23.9; 13. Kyrill Kretzschamar, Denver, 54:24.3; 14. Erlend Olso, New Mexico, 55:15.8; 15. Frode Lillifjell, Alas. Anchorage, 55:16.9; 16. Patrick Casey, Utah, 55:22.2; 17. Addison Whitworth, Northern Mich., 55:25.1; 18. Patrick Cote, Dartmouth, 55:28.4; 19. Adam Swank, Wis.-Green Bay, 55:30.6; 20. Todd Montalbo, Alas. Anchorage, 55:41.8.

21. Jesse Downs, Northern Mich., 55:46.9; 22. Colin Mahood, New Hampshire, 55:52.3; 23. Lawton Redman, St. Lawrence, 56:00.8; 24. Stephen Donahue, Dartmouth, 56:01.2; 25. Ondrej Valenta, Colorado, 56:34.5; 26. Andreas Berbu, New Mexico, 56:41.6; 27. Morten Dehli, Alas. Fairbanks, 56:45.6; 28. Chris Wolski, New Hampshire, 56:51.9; 29. Jason Lemieux, Williams, 56:54.5; 30. Scott McArt, Dartmouth, 57:22.2.

31. Bryan Fish, Wis.-Green Bay, 57:29.4; 32. Will Rawstron, Middlebury, 58:07.2; 33. Frode Sundal, New Mexico, 58:20.9; 34. Ruben Anderson, Vermont, 58:30.0; 35. Josh Tesch, Wis.-Green Bay, 58:58.6; 36. Bjorn Alvtegen, Colorado, 59:23.0; 37. Nick Trautz, Williams, 59:31.9; 38. Mike White, Nevada, 1:00:12.8; 39. Geir Skari, Denver, 1:00:50.4.