Bobcats Qualify Full Team for NCAA Skiing Championships
3/2/2021 5:01:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing, Skiing
Montana State qualified a full contingent of 12 student-athletes for its NCAA Championships team.
BOZEMAN, Mont. – The NCAA Men's and Women's Skiing Committee announced today the 73 men and 73 women selected to participate in the 2021 National Collegiate Men's and Women's Skiing Championships, to be held March 10-13 at Cannon Mountain in Franconia, N.H. and the Jackson Nordic Center in Jackson, N.H.
Montana State qualified a full contingent of 12 student-athletes for its NCAA Championships team.
In all, seventeen teams qualified for the NCAA meet, including eight with the full complement of 12 participants. Joining MSU with a full team is Alaska Anchorage, Colorado, Denver, New Hampshire, St. Lawrence, Utah, and Vermont.
Qualifying for the Bobcats are Louis Mühlen-Schulte, Åge Solheim, and Riley Seger- men's alpine; Tegan Wold, Nellie Talbot, and Kristiane Bekkestad- women's alpine; Zanden McMullen, Reed Godfrey and Eli Jensen- men's Nordic; and Sophia Mazzoni, Adrianna Proffitt and Aubrey Leclair- women's Nordic.
Jensen, the only senior on the men's Nordic squad, will be making his fourth straight NCAA appearance. The Boise, Idaho product finished 32nd in freestyle at last year's NCAA meet in Bozeman. Sophomore Zanden McMullen is coming off a strong regular season that saw him place fifth at the Junior World Ski Championships in early February. McMullen was also the only American named to the All-Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association First-Team. Godfrey will be making his NCAA Championships debut next week.
The Bobcat women's Nordic contingent is led by Aubrey Leclair, who is making her second straight NCAA appearance. Leclair placed 32nd in freestyle at last winter's championships. Sophia Mazzoni, who is a mid-year transfer from Michigan Tech, and Adrianna Proffitt, one of only a few true-freshmen to qualify, will be skiing their first championships.
Montana State's men's alpine team is loaded with experience heading into next week. Solheim and Mühlen-Schulte both garnered Second-Team All-America honors last season, placing sixth and tenth respectively, in giant slalom. The duo also earned Second-Team All-America kudos in 2019, finishing sixth and seventh, respectively, in slalom. Seger will be making his second appearance. Last March, he did not finish his first run of giant slalom.
Talbot, who earned First-Team All-America accolades after finishing runner-up in giant slalom at last year's NCAA Championships in Bozeman, returns for her second NCAA meet, as does Tegan Wold. Wold finished 23rd in giant slalom last year. This season, the Vail, Colo., product won the RMISA slalom title. Bekkestad, of Aal, Norway, will be making her first NCAA championships as a Bobcat.
Last winter, MSU placed seventh in an abbreviated championship that was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic at the midway point of the meet.
The University of New Hampshire will serve as host school for this season's NCAA Skiing Championships.
Montana State qualified a full contingent of 12 student-athletes for its NCAA Championships team.
In all, seventeen teams qualified for the NCAA meet, including eight with the full complement of 12 participants. Joining MSU with a full team is Alaska Anchorage, Colorado, Denver, New Hampshire, St. Lawrence, Utah, and Vermont.
Qualifying for the Bobcats are Louis Mühlen-Schulte, Åge Solheim, and Riley Seger- men's alpine; Tegan Wold, Nellie Talbot, and Kristiane Bekkestad- women's alpine; Zanden McMullen, Reed Godfrey and Eli Jensen- men's Nordic; and Sophia Mazzoni, Adrianna Proffitt and Aubrey Leclair- women's Nordic.
Jensen, the only senior on the men's Nordic squad, will be making his fourth straight NCAA appearance. The Boise, Idaho product finished 32nd in freestyle at last year's NCAA meet in Bozeman. Sophomore Zanden McMullen is coming off a strong regular season that saw him place fifth at the Junior World Ski Championships in early February. McMullen was also the only American named to the All-Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association First-Team. Godfrey will be making his NCAA Championships debut next week.
The Bobcat women's Nordic contingent is led by Aubrey Leclair, who is making her second straight NCAA appearance. Leclair placed 32nd in freestyle at last winter's championships. Sophia Mazzoni, who is a mid-year transfer from Michigan Tech, and Adrianna Proffitt, one of only a few true-freshmen to qualify, will be skiing their first championships.
Montana State's men's alpine team is loaded with experience heading into next week. Solheim and Mühlen-Schulte both garnered Second-Team All-America honors last season, placing sixth and tenth respectively, in giant slalom. The duo also earned Second-Team All-America kudos in 2019, finishing sixth and seventh, respectively, in slalom. Seger will be making his second appearance. Last March, he did not finish his first run of giant slalom.
Talbot, who earned First-Team All-America accolades after finishing runner-up in giant slalom at last year's NCAA Championships in Bozeman, returns for her second NCAA meet, as does Tegan Wold. Wold finished 23rd in giant slalom last year. This season, the Vail, Colo., product won the RMISA slalom title. Bekkestad, of Aal, Norway, will be making her first NCAA championships as a Bobcat.
Last winter, MSU placed seventh in an abbreviated championship that was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic at the midway point of the meet.
The University of New Hampshire will serve as host school for this season's NCAA Skiing Championships.
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