It was a tough day for the Alaska Nanook skiers in the second and final day of racing at the 2010 NCAA Championships. Altitude, a hard course, and a long race all contributed to less than average performances for the Blue and Golds four racers Saturday morning.
. "I am very proud of our team. Each skier prepared well and gave it his/her best. It just wasn't our day."
As a team the Nanooks finished 15th overall (including alpine) and 11th among the Nordic teams. The University of Denver won the national title, while the host Colorado Buffaloes finished runners-up.
While the collegiate races are done for the season, the Jerome and Nanook assistant coach Matt Dunlap will take a small group of skiers who did not qualify for NCAAs to the Canadian Nationals next week in Whitehorse, Canada.
NCAA Championship Team Scores (Final; 8 events)—1. Denver 785.5; 2. Colorado 714; 3. New Mexico 677; 4. Utah 595; 5. Dartmouth 523; 6. Vermont 516.5; 7. Alaska Anchorage 506; 8. Montana State 402; 9. New Hampshire 303; 10. Middlebury 270.5; 11. Nevada 258; 12. Williams 176; 13. Colby 172.5; 14. Northern Michigan 166; 15. Alaska 118; 16. Bates 98; 17. Wisconsin-Green Bay 88; 18. St. Lawrence 75, 19. Michigan Tech 30, 20. Wellesley 25; 21. St. Michael's 19; 22. Gustavus Adolphus 7.
Men's 20-Kilometer Freestyle—1. Franz Bernstein, UVM, 49:19.7; 2. Martin Kaas, UNM, 49:20.9; 3. Matt Gelso, CU, 49:23.5; 4. Harald Loevenskiold, DU, 49:26.0; 5. Bernhard Roenning, MSU, 49:27.7; 6. Tyler Reinking, MSU, 49:31.1; 7. Ryan Scott, MSU, 49:32.6; 8. Patrick Johnson, MID, 49:33.6; 9. Lex Treinen, UAA, 49:41.6; 10. Santiago Ocariz, UWG, 49:44.3; 11. Michael Schallinger, UAA, 49:47.4; 12. Didrik Smith, UU, 49:48.7; 13. Benjamin Knowles, SLU, 49:49.5; 14. Dimitri Luthi, WIL, 49:50.1; 15. Tor-Hakon Hellebostad, UNM, 49:50.8; 16. Jesper Ostensen, CU, 49:57.9; 17. Martin Liljemark, UU, 49:59.4; 18. Andrew Dougherty, DU, 50:02.0; 19. Vegard Kjoelhamar, CU, 50:15.5; 20. Charlie Smith, UN, 50:31.8; 21. Kristian Soerlund, DU, 50:34.4; 22. Miles Havlick, UU, 50:35.4; 23. Elias Bucher, UN, 50:36.3; 24. Pierre Niess, UNM, 50:38.3; 25. Nils Koons, DAR, 50:40.1; 26. Eric Packer, DAR, 50:41.1; 27. Patrick O'Brien, DAR, 50:41.4; 28. Eric Wolcott, SLU, 50:44.0; 29. Dylan McGuffin, UNH, 51:13.8; 30. George Cartwright, NMU, 51:43.4; 31. Tyler Kornfield, Alaska, 52:00.0; 32. Tor Christopherson, UAA, 52:02.5; 33. Oskar Lund, MTU, 52:11.4; 34. Chris Bowler, NMU, 52:18.1; 35. John Parry, Alaska, 52:34.1; 36. Zachary Wetherell, SLU, 53:02.8; 37. Wyatt Fereday, CBC, 53:25.2; 38. Kevin Cutts, NMU, 54:19.5; 39. Jens Brabbit, GAC, 55:09.5.
Women's 15-Kilometer Freestyle—1. Antje Maempel, DU, 41:03.0; 2. Alexa Turzian, CU, 41:09.0; 3. Eliska Hajkova, CU, 41:42.5; 4. Maria Graefnings, UN, 42:23.7; 5. Rosie Brennan, DAR, 42:25.9; 6. Polina Ermoshina, UNM, 42:34.7; 7. Mari Elden, DU, 42:36.2; 8. Jaime Bronga, UAA, 42:46.5; 9. Kaelin Kiesel, MSU, 42:47.9; 10. Joanne Reid, CU, 43:05.0; 11. Kate Dolan, DU, 43:08.9; 12. Laura DeWitt, NMU, 43:26.2; 13. Zoe Roy, UU, 43:34.5; 14. Monica Marksvarden, NMU, 43:36.5; 15. Stephanie Hiemer, UAA, 43:43.9; 16. Caitlin Patterson, UVM, 43:51.6; 17. Carolyn Freeman, UWG, 43:59.1; 18. Casey Kutz, MSU, 44:02.7; 19. Lucy Garrec, CBC, 44:06.4; 20. Mellie Park, MSU, 44:09.5; 21. Laura Rombach, UAA, 44:30.3; 22. Rose Kemp, UU, 45:04.6; 23. Linn Klaesson, UNM, 45:08.5; 24. Ida Sargent, DAR, 45:09.4; 25. Claire Egan, WC, 45:12.9; 26. Aurelia Korthauer, Alaska, 45:16.6; 27. Katie Bono, DAR, 45:21.2; 28. Caitlin Curran, UVM, 45:23.6; 29. Anya Bean, UNH, 45:34.8; 30. Alice Nelson, WIL, 45:39.5; 31. Sarah MacCarthy, UU, 45:51.2; 32. Natalie Ruppertsberger, BAT, 46:07.1; 33. Jennie Bender, UVM, 46:21.4; 34. Christina Gillis, NMU, 47:02.2; 35. Natasha Kullas, UNH, 47:11.7; 36. Lauren Fritz, MID, 47:13.2; 37. Theresia Schnurr, Alaska, 47:50.2 38. Kristin Ronnestrand, UN, 48:18.1; Did Not Finish: Henna Riikonen-Purtsi, MTU.
