Dates and sites: East regionals are February 22-23 at Middlebury's Snow Bowl. Central regionals are February 27-28 at Giant's Ridge, Minnesota. West regionals are February 27-28 at Mount Alyeska, Alaska.

Selection date: East and Central qualifiers will be announced February 26. West qualifiers will be announced March 1.

2001 team champion: Denver.

Top team contenders: Denver, Colorado, Utah, Vermont, New Mexico, Middlebury.

Skiers to watch: Pietro Broggini, Wolf Wallendorf, Ola Berger and Tara Hamilton of Denver; Shaina Mulkern, Scott Kennison and John Minahan of Vermont; Katerina Hanusova, Nevada; Petra Svet, Utah; and Jed Schuetze and Mia Cullman of Colorado.

Utah holds the record for most individual titles won in a single championship with five in 1995.