University of Denver Skiing 2019 NCAA Championships
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UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SKIING - HOME TO 24 NATIONAL CHAPMIONSHIPS University of Denver Skiing 2019 NCAA Championships LOOKING FOR NUMBER 25 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION The University of Denver ski team looks to win its second-straigt and 25th Name .................................... University of Denver National Championship when it heads Stowe, Vt. from March 6-9. The Pioneers Location .....................................Denver, Colorado have won an NCAA-record 24 team skiing championships, including nine since Address .............................2201 East Asbury Ave. Denver, CO 80208-0320 2000 and three-consecutive from 2008-10. UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SKIING - HOME TO 24 NATIONAL CHAPMIONSHIPS Founded ........................................................1864 A FULL DOZEN Enrollment ..................................................11,767 Denver is sending the full complement of skiers to the NCAA Championships. Nickname.................................................Pioneers The Pioneers qualified 12 skiers for the event, the maximum allowable number Colors .......................................... Crimson & Gold of skiers. Conference ..................................Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RETURNERS Affiliation ...................................... NCAA Division I Eight of the 12 Denver skiers set to compete in the NCAA Championship have Chancellor ...................................Rebecca Chopp been All-Americans in the past two seasons: Eivind Kvaale, Tobias Kogler, Jett Kansas Weslyan ‘74 Seymour, Taeler McCrerey, Jasmi Joensuu, Andrea Komsic, Amelia Smart and University of Chicago ‘83 Tuva Norbye. Smart is the defending National Champion in both Alpine races Director of Athletics......................... Ron Grahame and will look to defend both titles in Stowe. Univeristy of Denver ’71 Website ........................www.DenverPioneers.com FRESHEN THINGS UP Two Pioneer freshmen will be competing in Stowe at the championships in Simon Fournier and OleMarius Kirkeng. Both freshmen will be looking to make TEAM INFORMATION an impact in their first NCAA Championship. Home Ski Areas ...................... Winter Park Resort Devil’s Thumb Cross Country Center PIONEERS IN THE NCAAS Head Alpine Coach ............................ Andy LeRoy Denver holds 24 national championships in skiing, making it the most successful University of Colorado ’03 college skiing program ahead of the University of Colorado (20) and the Assistant Alpine Coach ................. Tyler Shepherd University of Utah (11). The 24 ski titles are the fourth most NCAA Division I Colorado ‘05 titles among any team in any sport. Head Nordic Coach..........................Dave Stewart Vermont ’00 TEAM OF THE MILLENNIUM Assistant Nordic Coach ................... Mads Stroem Since the start of the new millennium, Denver has won 10 of the first 18 NCAA Colorado, ‘17 Championships this century. Utah (2003, 2017), New Mexico (2004), Colorado (2006, 2011, 2013 and 2015), Dartmouth (2007) and Vermont (2012) won the MEDIA RELATIONS other eight titles. DU closed out the first decade with three-consecutive titles Dir. of Media Relations ..............Niko Blankenship Office Phone ........................... (303) 871-3942 from 2008-10. Cell Phone .............................. (513) 225-6560 Email ...................... [email protected] COACHED BY CHAMPIONS Skiing Contact .............................Hunter Yrigoyen Denver’s head coaches, alpine coach Andy LeRoy and Nordic coach Dave Cell Phone ..............................(267-566-8081) Stewart, have their fair share of championship caliber racing. As a student at E-mail ...................... [email protected] Colorado, LeRoy won the slalom at the 2000 NCAA Championships following a Website ................................ DenverPioneers.com six-year stint on the U.S. Ski Team, which included a trip to the 1998 Winter Twitter ID ..............................................DU_Skiing Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Meanwhile, Stewart was a 2006 national champion Facebook ...............University of Denver Ski Team in the sprint relay while racing professionally after graduating from Vermont. Four-year alpine assistant Tyler Shepherd received First-Team All-American MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS honors in the slalom in 2002 with Colorado. In his first year, Mads Stroem also The 2019 Denver Pioneers Skiing NCAA brings a winning background, carding three NCAA individual titles with CU , Championship Guide was published by the scoring eight All-America honors, seven of which are first-team. Denver has University of Denver Media Relations Office. This won individual championships in 21 of the last 23 years, with the only exception guide was written, designed and edited by Ryan being in 2003 and 2016. Syrkus and Hunter Yrigoyen. Photos provided by Clarkson Creative, Gepa Images, the University of Utah, Jeff Shiffrin, Alicia Carter, Steve Shanley, Ryan Syrkus, Mike Kennedy and Denver Athletics. TWITTER: @DU_SKIING | INSTAGRAM: DU_SKIING UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SKIING - HOME TO 24 NATIONAL CHAPMIONSHIPS 2019 SEASON RECAP - CU INVITE CUBuffs.com/Skiing • @CUBuffsSkiing COLORADO BUFFALOES SPORTS INFORMATION Eighth Annual University of Colorado Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational TEAM SCORES ALPINE NORDIC GS SL FS CL PTS Rk. School W M M W W M M W TOTAL BACK 1 UTAH 71 88 82 87 82 89 103 602 — 2 DENVER 80 89 102 75 54 62 55 517 -85 3 COLORADO 51 68 59 78 74 ½ 42 85 457½ -144½ 4 ALASKA ANCHORAGE 59 58 41 63 84 71 56 432 -170 5 MONTANA STATE 65 65 56 56 43 72 64 421 -181 6 NEW MEXICO 74 52 43 29 72 ½ 75 13 358½ -243.5 7 ALASKA FAIRBANKS — — — 56 44 43 57 200 -402 8 WESTMINSTER 44 33 61 — — — — 138 -464 9 WYOMING — — — 27 24 24 30 105 -497 10 COLORADO MOUNTAIN 10 18 10 — — — — 38 -564 STANDINGS Alpine Point Leaders DU 271, UU 241, MSU 186, CU 178, UNM 169, UAA 158, WMC 138, CMC 38 Alpine Women DU 182, UU 153, MSU 121, UNM 117, CU 110, WMC 105, UAA 100, CMC 20 Alpine Men DU 89, UU 88, CU 68, MSU 65, UAA 58, UNM 52, WMC 33, CMC 18 Nordic Point Leaders UU 361, CU 279.5, UAA 274, DU 246, MSU 235, UAF 200, UNM 189.5, WYO 105 Nordic Women UU 190, CU 163, DU 130, MSU 120, UAA 119, UAF 113, WYO 57, UNM 40 Nordic Men UU 171, UAA 155, UNM 147.5, CU 116.5, DU 116, MSU 115, UAF 87, WYO 48 UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SKIING - HOME TO 24 NATIONAL CHAPMIONSHIPS Men Point Leaders UU 259, UAA 213, DU 205, UNM 199.5, CU 184.5, MSU 180, UAF 87, WYO 48, WMC 33, CMC 18 Women Points Leaders UU 343, DU 312, CU 273, MSU 241, UAA 219, UNM 159, UAF 113, WMC 105, WYO 57, CMC 20 TWITTER: @DU_SKIING | INSTAGRAM: DU_SKIING UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SKIING - HOME TO 24 NATIONAL CHAPMIONSHIPS 2019 MONTANA STATE INVITATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SKIING - HOME TO 24 NATIONAL CHAPMIONSHIPS Hosted by Montana State University Bozeman, Montana Bridger Bowl - Deer Park Run (Alpine) Crosscut Mountain Sports Center (Nordic) Jan. 16-20, 2019 TEAM SCORES: ALPINE NORDIC Freestyle Classic Giant Slalom Slalom 5K 10K 15K 20K Point # Team Men Women Men Women Women Men Women Men Total 1. Colorado 73.5 85 59 72 65 70.5 100 62 587 2. Utah 52 30 65 70 104 79 89 94 583 3. New Mexico 76 75 71 51 53 108 43 92 569 4. Denver 15 102 69 97 57 49.5 49 64 502.5 5. Montana State 73 66 73 73 47 37 52 43 464 6. Alaska Anchorage 72 47 39 41 72 60 64 63 458 7. Westminster 52.5 28 75 50 -- -- -- -- 205.5 8. Alaska Fairbanks -- -- -- -- 56 50 57 36 199 9. Colorado Mtn. 19 0 12 0 -- -- -- -- 31 THE BREAKDOWNS: Alpine Point Leaders: .........CU 289.5, MSU 285, DU 283, UNM 273, UU 217, WMC 205.5, UAA 199, CMC 31 Alpine Women: ...............DU 199, CU 157, MSU 139, UNM 126, UU 100, UAA 88, WMC 78, CMC 0 Alpine Men: ...................UNM 147, MSU 146, CU 132.5, WMC 127.5, UU 117, UAA 111, DU 84, CMC 31 Nordic Point Leaders: ........UU 366, CU 297.5, UNM 296, UAA 259, DU 219.5, UAF 199, MSU 179 Nordic Women: ...............UU 193, CU 165, UAA 136, UAF 113, DU 106, MSU 99, UNM 96 Nordic Men: ...................UNM 200, UU 173, CU 132.5, UAA 123, DU 113.5, UAF 86, MSU 80 TWITTER: @DU_SKIING | INSTAGRAM: DU_SKIING UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SKIING - HOME TO 24 NATIONAL CHAPMIONSHIPS UNMLobos.com • @UNMLoboSkiing The University of New Mexico Drew Judycki Memorial Jade Enterprises Invitational Alpine: Red River Ski Area • Slalom Feb. 1-2, 2019 Nordic: Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski Area • Classic Feb. 1, 2019 • Freestyle Feb. 2, 2019 TEAM SCORES ALPINE NORDIC ½ SL1 SL2 CL FS PTS Rk. School W M M W W M M W TOTAL BACK 1 UTAH 67 71 ½ 76 72 56 86 77 100 605 ½ — 2 COLORADO 74 25 46 80 111 92 79 84 591 14 ½ 3 NEW MEXICO 76 89 65 85 50 53 91 54 563 42 ½ 4 MONTANA STATE 72 62 81 51 74 66 75 53 534 71 ½ 5 DENVER 61 103 79 62 54 43 38 57 497 108 ½ 6 ALASKA ANCHORAGE 43 53 ½ 40 29 53 60 43 56 377 ½ 228 7 ALASKA FAIRBANKS — — — — 46 54 51 40 191 414 ½ 8 WESTMINSTER 51 0 67 54 — — — — 172 433 ½ 9 COLORADO MOUNTAIN 10 29 17 0 — — — — 56 263 STANDINGS Alpine Point Leaders UNM 315, DU 305, UU 286.5, MSU 266, CU 225, WMC 172, UAA 165.5, CMC 56 Alpine Women UNM 161, CU 154, UU 139, DU 123, MSU 123, WMC 105, UAA 72, CMC 10 Alpine Men DU 182, UNM 154, UU 147.5, MSU 143, UAA 93.5, CU 71, WMC 67, CMC 46 Nordic Point Leaders CU 366, UU 319, MSU 268, UNM 248, UAA 212, DU 192, UAF 191 Nordic Women CU 195, UU 156, MSU 127, DU 111, UAA 109, UNM 104, UAF 86 Nordic Men CU 171, UU 163, UNM 144, MSU 141, UAF 105, UAA 103, DU 81 UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SKIING - HOME TO 24 NATIONAL CHAPMIONSHIPS Men Point Leaders UU 310.5, UNM 298, MSU 284, DU 263, CU 242, UAA 196.5, UAF 105, WMC 67, CMC 46 Women Points Leaders CU 349, UU 295, UNM 265, MSU 250, DU 234, UAA 181, WMC 105, UAF 86, CMC 10 TWITTER: @DU_SKIING | INSTAGRAM: DU_SKIING UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SKIING - HOME TO 24 NATIONAL CHAPMIONSHIPS 2019 NCAA SKIING UAA INVITATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SKIING - HOME TO 24 NATIONAL CHAPMIONSHIPS TEAM SCORES --------------Alpine----------------------------Nordic-------------- Giant Freestyle Classic Slalom Slalom 10K 10K Sprints Pts.