Montana State University
Giant Slalom
Bobcats Set For 68th NCAA Skiing Championships
3/9/2021 5:25:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing, Skiing
Montana State travels east to New Hampshire for the 68th Annual NCAA Skiing Championships.
STEEPED IN TRADITION - 2021 NCAA SKIING CHAMPIONSHIP: Montana State travels east to New Hampshire for the 68th Annual NCAA Skiing Championships. Hosted by the University of New Hampshire, the alpine events will be held at Cannon Mountain in Franconia, while the Nordic races will be at Jackson Nordic Center, in Jackson. The Montana State ski teams are coached by Kevin Francis (alpine) and Adam St. Pierre (Nordic).
The schedule for the championships: (times subject to change)
March 10 Men's & Women's Giant Slalom 7 a.m. (MST)
March 11 Women's & Men's 5/10K Freestyle 8 a.m. (MST)
March 12 Women's & Men's Slalom 7:30 a.m. (MST)
March 13 Men's & Women's 20/15K Classic 8 a.m. (MST)
ABOUT THE BOBCATS: Montana State qualified a full team of 12 student-athletes for this week's NCAA Skiing Championships. Participating 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. Montana State will look to post its best-ever finish at the NCAAs this week. Its top finish - fourth - came in 1969 and 2016.
ALL-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INTERCOLLEGIATE SKI ASSOCIATION: Five Montana State skiers were named to the All-Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association team. Zanden McMullen, Nellie Talbot and Tegan Wold were named first-team all-RMISA, while Louis Mühlen-Schulte and Åge Solheim garnered second-team honors. The teams are determined by the final NCAA Qualification lists that are used to select skiers to represent their schools at the NCAA Championships. McMullen, MSU's only Nordic racer named all-RMISA, has an outstanding regular season for the Bobcats. The product of Anchorage, Alaska had four top five performances, including one podium (a top three finish) this winter. McMullen placed second in the 20-kilometer classical race at the RMISA Invitational at Utah in January. Wold, a sophomore from Vail, Colo., recently won the RMISA slalom title. On the season, she recorded six top 10 finishes and reached the podium on four occasions- all in slalom. Talbot, also a sophomore from Vail, registered three top 10 showings, including a runner-up and third place finish in giant slalom at the Denver Invitational. Mühlen -Schulte and Solheim led the Bobcat men's alpine squad this winter. Mühlen -Schulte, a junior from South Yarra, Australia notched eight top 10 finishes and three podiums, including a runner-up finish in giant slalom at the RMISA Championships. Solheim, from Staarheim, Norway, tallied eight top 10 finishes, including a season-best fourth place in slalom at the Colorado Invitational.
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