Friday, March 11
Park City, UT/Park City Mountain Resort
9 a.m.
Montana State University
vs
Slalom
Kristiane Bekkestad placed third in slalom on Friday afternoon to earn First-Team All-America honors at the 2022 NCAA Skiing Championships at Park City Mountain Resort.
Photo by: Brett Wilhelm
Bekkestad Earns First-Team All-America Honors, Cats Sixth at NCAAs
3/11/2022 8:17:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing, Skiing
Kristiane Bekkestad joined Riley Seger and Nellie Talbot as a First-Team All-American after placing third in slalom at the 2022 NCAA Skiing Championships at Park City Mountain Resort on Friday afternoon.
Montana State sophomore Kristiane Bekkestad joined Riley Seger and Nellie Talbot as a First-Team All-American after placing third in slalom at the 2022 NCAA Skiing Championships at Park City Mountain Resort on Friday afternoon.
The product of Aal, Norway opened with the second fastest time posting 50.94. She followed with the fourth fastest time in the second race (54.94) for a two-run total of 1:45.88, just .28-seconds behind slalom champion Katie Hensien of Denver, who clocked 1:45.40.
MSU also received points from Talbot, 18th, 1:50.22, and Brynne Hitchcock, 21st, 1:50.86.
The Bobcat men were paced by Dawson Yates, who placed 17th in 1:56.78. He was followed by Isak Staurset, 22nd, 1:57.88, and Seger, 27th, 2:05.58.
Behind Bekkestad's lead, MSU moved from ninth to sixth in the team standings. Defending national champion Utah holds a slim lead at the top with 405 points. The Utes are followed in the top 10 by Vermont 377.5, DU 372.5, Colorado 368, Westminster 231, MSU 184, Middlebury 180.5, New Hampshire 164, Alaska Anchorage 158, and Dartmouth 130.
The Nordic freestyle races will close out the NCAA Skiing Championships on Saturday morning at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah.
The product of Aal, Norway opened with the second fastest time posting 50.94. She followed with the fourth fastest time in the second race (54.94) for a two-run total of 1:45.88, just .28-seconds behind slalom champion Katie Hensien of Denver, who clocked 1:45.40.
MSU also received points from Talbot, 18th, 1:50.22, and Brynne Hitchcock, 21st, 1:50.86.
The Bobcat men were paced by Dawson Yates, who placed 17th in 1:56.78. He was followed by Isak Staurset, 22nd, 1:57.88, and Seger, 27th, 2:05.58.
Behind Bekkestad's lead, MSU moved from ninth to sixth in the team standings. Defending national champion Utah holds a slim lead at the top with 405 points. The Utes are followed in the top 10 by Vermont 377.5, DU 372.5, Colorado 368, Westminster 231, MSU 184, Middlebury 180.5, New Hampshire 164, Alaska Anchorage 158, and Dartmouth 130.
The Nordic freestyle races will close out the NCAA Skiing Championships on Saturday morning at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah.
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