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Aage Solheim (l) and Louis Muhlen-Schulte celebrate their All-America honors in slalom on Saturday afternoon.
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Solheim, Muhlen-Schulte, McCarthy Earn All-America Honors at NCAA Skiing Championships
3/9/2019 6:54:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing, Skiing
The threesome racked-up 77 points, MSU’s highest one-day output of the championships. The total also put the Bobcats into ninth place in the final team standings.
STOWE, Vermont – Montana State alpine standouts Åge Solheim, Louis Muhlen-Schulte and Jocelyn McCarthy saved their best for last, each earning All-America status in slalom on the final day of the 2019 NCAA Skiing Championships, Saturday afternoon at Stowe Mountain Resort.
The threesome racked-up 77 points, MSU's highest one-day output of the championships. The total also put the Bobcats into ninth place in the final team standings.
Solheim, a freshman from Staarheim, Norway put two consistent races together for a two-run total of 1:42.69 to finish sixth. Muhlen-Schulte, a product of South Yarra, Australia, followed closely in a time of 1:42.93 for seventh. Muhlen-Schulte had the second fastest opening run in a time of 48.58.
"Today was a good for the Bobcats," said MSU head alpine coach Kevin Francis. "It was also an amazing day in Vermont- sunny, no wind and warm. The snow was perfect and the student-athletes were stoked.
"The second run got exciting with more challenging course sets and the top skier from the men's first run straddling a gate and it was anyone's race," Francis continued. "Åge came down first and moved up to sixth with some of his best slalom skiing of the year. Louis was next and he was going really well, before a few small mistakes knocked him off the podium into a very respectable seventh position. But he was going for the win and sometimes it doesn't work out that way. I'm so pleased with the way our freshmen performed."
Denver's Jett Seymour won the men's slalom title in 1:41.49.
The Bobcat women's team was paced by its lone competitor, senior Jocelyn McCarty of Edmonton, Alberta. McCarthy finished seventh with a two-run clocking of 1:50.51. She posted the second fastest second run of the race.
"Jocelyn had fire in her belly after a solid first run and said she was just going to go as hard as she could (second run)," Francis commented. "She came out of the gate super aggressive and executed her plan. It was a fantastic way to cap a very successful college career."
McCarthy earned Second-Team All-America honors in 2016 after placing tenth in slalom.
Laurence St. Germain of Vermont captured the women's slalom crown in 1:47.00.
Utah won the team title putting up 530.5 points. The Utes were followed by Vermont 476, Colorado 455, Dartmouth 447, Denver 409, New Mexico 330, Northern Michigan 206, Alaska Anchorage 204, MSU, and Middlebury 150, in the top 10.
Montana State will host the 2020 NCAA Skiing Championships next March.
The threesome racked-up 77 points, MSU's highest one-day output of the championships. The total also put the Bobcats into ninth place in the final team standings.
Solheim, a freshman from Staarheim, Norway put two consistent races together for a two-run total of 1:42.69 to finish sixth. Muhlen-Schulte, a product of South Yarra, Australia, followed closely in a time of 1:42.93 for seventh. Muhlen-Schulte had the second fastest opening run in a time of 48.58.
"Today was a good for the Bobcats," said MSU head alpine coach Kevin Francis. "It was also an amazing day in Vermont- sunny, no wind and warm. The snow was perfect and the student-athletes were stoked.
"The second run got exciting with more challenging course sets and the top skier from the men's first run straddling a gate and it was anyone's race," Francis continued. "Åge came down first and moved up to sixth with some of his best slalom skiing of the year. Louis was next and he was going really well, before a few small mistakes knocked him off the podium into a very respectable seventh position. But he was going for the win and sometimes it doesn't work out that way. I'm so pleased with the way our freshmen performed."
Denver's Jett Seymour won the men's slalom title in 1:41.49.
The Bobcat women's team was paced by its lone competitor, senior Jocelyn McCarty of Edmonton, Alberta. McCarthy finished seventh with a two-run clocking of 1:50.51. She posted the second fastest second run of the race.
"Jocelyn had fire in her belly after a solid first run and said she was just going to go as hard as she could (second run)," Francis commented. "She came out of the gate super aggressive and executed her plan. It was a fantastic way to cap a very successful college career."
McCarthy earned Second-Team All-America honors in 2016 after placing tenth in slalom.
Laurence St. Germain of Vermont captured the women's slalom crown in 1:47.00.
Utah won the team title putting up 530.5 points. The Utes were followed by Vermont 476, Colorado 455, Dartmouth 447, Denver 409, New Mexico 330, Northern Michigan 206, Alaska Anchorage 204, MSU, and Middlebury 150, in the top 10.
Montana State will host the 2020 NCAA Skiing Championships next March.
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