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Widener. Hartford. Utah Valley. Good morning and welcome to beautiful house and hill and Steamboat Springs, Colorado. This is Travis Jones on the live stream. And we are here for our seven and a half K freestyle Nordic races here at the NCAA Championships. It’s a beautiful day in Steamboat Springs,
Colorado. Sun is kind of peaking through and we are getting ready for some racing on a seriously tough course today. It’s a two and a half K loop, skiers will be skiing at three times and I got a chance to ski this thing yesterday. And the first half
Really a little bit more than half of this thing is really, really tough climbing. So I think, we’re anticipating a good battle out there today. It’s going to be a test for these athletes. Of course, these athletes representing three different NCAA regions, the Western region, the Missa, the Eastern Region, the ESEA, and
Then we’ve got the central Ccsa region. These are the top qualifier from all of those regions, so we’ve got really the creme de la creme of college skiing here in the US, men will be going first today, and we’ll be sending our first men out any minute now, and then we’ll have
A little break, and the women will start at noon mountain time , so some big guns in the field today, for sure, there’s 40 total racers in the men’s field, 40 total racers in the women’s field. And those are selected, it per region, 17 from the west,
17 from the east, and then seven from the, sorry, eight, actually from the central region. And Team totals are three per team. So a full complement would be three Nordic men, three Nordic women, three alpine men and three alpine women. And, you know, not every school achieves that. I believe this year we
Only have five schools, possibly six that have qualified the full complement. But, but here on the Nordic side, we do have quite a few schools that have the full six. So three men racing today, at 10:00, and then three women racing a little bit later. So, so far, NCAA started yesterday,
Of course, with the GS up on Mount Warner here in Steamboat, Utah took the win there, 154.5 points and then a close battle for second with Colorado and 131 37.5 Denver at 133 and Vermont and fourth at 101. Traditionally, those four teams have been the powerhouse teams at NCAAs, since 20. Well, since
The year 2000. In this century, we’ve only had two teams from the East win. In 2007, Dartmouth came away with the win and 2012 UVM came away with the win. But at, other than that, it’s been Kudou and Utah every time. With Utah on a little bit of a tear
The last few years, we now do have our first racer in the gate interval start today one every 30s. And we’ve got Derek dueling out of, Anchorage, UAA, Anchorage, Alaska, originally from the Yukon Territory. Whitehorse He’s a business admin major and he is a member of the Canadian national team as well.
He will be a good guy to kick it off today we are running this, in a seated fashion. So Jenny, really speaking, we’ll see the fastest athletes toward the end of the field, not that these front athletes aren’t quick, but in some cases, they’re a little bit younger. Kind of cutting
Their teeth. And in NCAA racing, and it looks like we are ready to go with Derek Huling. And Derek is on course. We are underway for the 2024 NCAA Championships. Nordic race here. The 7.5 K skate race here at Howelsen Hill. The course starts off with, some some flat skiing
For the first couple hundred meters and then into some significant climbing, people are going to be flying out here. We’ll see who can hold it together lap after lap. As Roger Anderson from New Hampshire out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, hits the course. Mechanical engineering major. He’s a junior
, and he was the Minnesota State champion in high school. Some great American skiers in this field here, as well as a lot of foreign skiers. Next up we’ve got Mike Uphoff skiing for University of Alaska Fairbanks. And he is from, czysta. Utah Tech in the Czech Republic.
First team all American, in the 10-K skate at nationals the last two years. And Mike is out on course. So he’s a skier who definitely has had some some success in the skate races at US nationals in the past. Next up, Zachary Ennis out of Bowdoin hometown, Canterbury, New Hampshire. Interesting to see
How a lot of these athletes from colleges that are at lower elevations will deal with the 6700ft of elevation that we have here in Steamboat. It does take some tactical knowhow if you’re not used to racing at altitude, so it’ll be interesting to see today who goes out a little too
Hard and possibly blows up, versus who kind of bides their time and skis smartly here at altitude. Next up we’ve got Ben Dalby, also a university of Alaska Fairbanks skier out of Breckenridge, Colorado. Originally mechanical engineering major, he won the, the quarter loppet in 2023, which is part of the American
Birkebeiner series. A huge, huge race, biggest in the US. About 10,000 participants every year. And the quarter is kind of the short birkie, for younger skiers, primarily. Next up, we’ve got Henrik vist Henrik from Saint Michael’s, and he is our only Saint Mike skier here, originally from Trondheim, Norway. He’s actually had quite
A successful season, was the Isa skier of the week a few weeks ago, and he is out on course in that Saint Mike’s uniform wearing bib number six. Next up, we’ll have Henry Snyder from Michigan Tech, originally out of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Really good regional skier in the, the
Khsaa, the central region, first team all region, in both skate and classic. And that team, really has blossomed in the last couple of years. Michigan Tech, Tom Smith Monahan and Kristin Smith Monahan running that program. And, they’ve got some athletes here today that I think could be could be dark horses
For podium spots. So going to be some good battles for Michigan Tech skiers today to be sure. Next up, Christopher Kalev skiing for Alaska Fairbanks. He’s from Tallinn, Estonia for Christopher has a lot of World Cup experience. He’s been a successful World Cup skier, was a first team all American. That
Means top five here at NCAA as last year. And Christopher Kalev now is out on course in skating which his is his stronger of the two events. So we’ll see what Christopher can bring here today . Next up Eli Gore out of Unh. University of New Hampshire, originally from Madison,
Wisconsin, spent some time training in Sun Valley where where I live, with our post grad team. Wisconsin state champ in 2020, and in 2022, he was on the US all academic, NCAA team, which is a big honor. And he is now out on course. Eli Gore. Let’s hear it for Eli rounding
That first corner. Now we are into our second seed. So there are four total seeds, each faster a little bit than the last. And, first up we’ve got Kristoff La Salle from Denver. Zatloukal is a Czech name. He is from Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic, he did represent Czech
In the World Championships last year, wearing bib number ten and looking strong out on course. Certainly a guy who can be in the fight here today. Next up, Zach Nemeth out of Colby that one. Sartell, Minnesota will be tackling this course and we will see how, how he’s able to
Compete against these racers out here today. And Zach is on course now for Colby. Next up, Ari Endestad from Anchorage, Alaska. Ari’s, father, Albion Agnes Scott, was a US ski team racer, very successful for many years. Ari is here today representing the University of Alaska Anchorage. He’s from Fairbanks Geomatics, major, he
Was the 2020 US junior national champ in the 10-K classic, has had a very successful junior career and is doing really well translating that to college skiing has had some big results, this season especially. So we’re going to see big things from Ari today, following his dad’s footsteps next up, Carson
Williams from Bowdoin. Originally out of Boulder, Colorado. He’s wearing bib 13. Don looking ready to go. Boulder, Colorado knows how to deal with the altitude a little bit, so even though he’s skiing for an eastern school, does have some altitude skiing experience. Looking good out of the start.
Next up, Kai Myers from Montana State University, originally out of Anchorage, Alaska. Kai skiing at Montana State. They trained pretty high there as well. So another altitude skier. A lot of these skiers that race for Western schools. You’ll you’ll note do have, you know, significant altitude skiing experience. This All right.
Ready to go Kai Myers out of Anchorage, Alaska representing Montana State University on course. Looking good as he heads out into that first turn. He’s had six top tens in his NCAA career, which is, as very solid. We’ll see if he can make today another one of those. Logan Moore out of Middlebury,
Originally from Durango, Colorado. Those guys know about skiing high, it is, the training venue at Durango is up above 8000ft. So significantly higher from here. So even though he’s racing for Middlebury, low altitude, nose altitude, here he goes on course number 15. That’s Logan Moore. Next up Mathias Haugen out of northern Michigan
University. Originally out of Skrea Norway. Management student. He’s a senior. He’s a biathlete back home in Norway, three time Norwegian biathlon champion. So that means, generally speaking, that he’s a good skater, all biathlon competitions are skating. So these guys that come from biathlon tend to be really
Strong in skate. And he now is going to have an athlete in front of him who’s coming through on a lap. So we’re starting to see some of our two and a half K lappers come through as Mathias Haugen goes on course. Next up, Florian Winker from Montana State, originally from Freiburg,
Germany. Mechanical engineering student wearing bib 17 in the start. All right. And he is on course and looking strong. Bib number three now lapping through. That’s Mike Uphoff coming through as Luke Allen out of Dartmouth, originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, stands in the start line wearing bib 18. Luke Allen now getting ready
To head out on course. Sometimes it’s helpful when you have racers coming through, when you’re starting, especially if they’re a little quicker than you. Sometimes you can jump on and get a ride, or you can just use them as motivation. Somebody to catch in front of you. Again,
We are kind of moving toward faster and faster skiers as we, drop down the start list here. Now we’re into our third seed. Next up, Johannes Flaten from, Colorado. CU buffs out of Moss, Norway. Originally, Johannes was junior world champion in 2022, so not that long ago. He’s a
Young skier, a freshman, a junior world champ, and he is going to be charging today. So Johannes Flaten on course now for the buffs. Next up, Jack Christner out of Middlebury, originally out of Ripton, Vermont. So Vermont Guy through and through. He will be starting shortly wearing bib number 20. Sustainable architecture major,
Four time all American, four time Vermont state champion, some of these eastern skiers are really, really strong. We’ll see how their altitude experience today, you know, translates out here at 6700ft in Sun Valley. Next up from Montana State, Frederik Nielsen out of Oslo, Norway, a marketing major, second skier on the Montana
State team is going to certainly be ready to bring it out here today. Looking strong, out of the start as he heads out on course. Bib 21. Frederik Nielsen . Next up, Bjorn Biesterfeld out of Vermont. University of Vermont. Always a powerhouse here at NCAAs. He is originally from Stowe, Vermont, so another,
Vermont native racing in Vermont got a lot of low altitude experience. Rice, has skied at US nationals at Soldier Hollow, so does have some high altitude experience. There also also a biathlon national team skier. So another strong skater, he did actually, he was on the, the first place team at the World
University Games this year for biathlon, which is, quite an achievement. Next up, we’ve got Christopher Karlsrud out of Northern Michigan, originally from Raufoss, Norway, he’s a grad student working on a. And he is about to hit the course here as we get some initial splits coming up on the screen
Here. This is at two and a half K. We do have Christopher Kalev leading, Zachary Ennis followed by Derek Duling. Those are our top three at this point at two and a half K. Of course two and a half K. Pretty early days here on the race course. But we’ll
See if those guys can hold it up each of these laps has significant climbing. And here is see you buff. Magnus. Bo out of Baerum, Norway. Civil engineering major. He is a two time NCAA champion in 2021. This year has been a little bit rocky for him so far. Not too bad,
Certainly still, you know, consistently skiing top ten. But I know he would love to get back to the glory of 21 and 22 here and bring home an NCAA title, certainly a guy who’s capable of doing it and will be in the fight today. Next up, Jack young
Out of Colby J. Vermont is Jack’s hometown. He skied at the, the World Cup in Canmore this year, skiing to a 23rd, which is a really, really strong, finish for a first time World Cup skier, World Cup points in his first ever World Cup start. Next up, Brian Bushey, Bryant skiing for the
University of Utah. Oh, sorry. Colin Frede. Next up, Colin Freed from Michigan Tech. Had a great year, he won the Manhattan Chico State race. Same distance as this in the ccsa. So, 7.5 skate race winner already this season. We’ll be looking to bring a big game out there today
. Now Brian Bushey from Utah originally from Montpelier, Vermont. Ski to Burke Mountain Academy in high school has been on multiple U23 and world junior teams. He did win the Soldier Hollow seven and a half k free NCAA race this year, so an MSA regional race champion, beat a
Lot of the other big dogs that are out here today in the same distance on a similarly tough course at a similar altitude. So I think Brian Bushey could be a guy to watch today as he heads out on course. And next up, Ben and Brattleboro out of Vermont from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Second team All-East skier this year has had a really solid season. The second fastest skier on the UVM team. Getting ready to hit the course here, and also will be looking to have a big day representing the University of Vermont. Now we are into our a seed skiers our number one
Seed skiers. So fastest athletes now getting ready to take to the course. These are the top skiers for their teams. So we’ve got first up Luke Fricker top skier for Northern Michigan out of Canmore, Canada, a sports science major. And as skiers start coming by here, even some
On there heading out on their last lap, he will be looking to get a ride and pull himself up to those athletes in front of him. Yeah All right. Next up will coach skiing for the University of Colorado, originally out of Peru, Vermont. Son of the world famous Bill
Koch, the only American ever to win a distance cross country World Cup until last, well, two weeks ago, when Gus Schumacher did the same thing. Will is on course. He’s been a member of the US ski team for three years, four time NCAA All-American and he will be looking to have a big
Day representing the buffs here. Next up next up, Keon Durham. As we do have skiers coming through the five K now Keilon Durham from Williams getting ready to hit the course corner. Vermont top skier for Williams looking strong out on course. And the Williams purple getting a good
Start there. Next up Finn Sweet out of Vermont Finn has been really tough this year. One of the very very best skiers out of the Eastern Division. Waterbury Center, Vermont is his hometown. He, he’s done really well, in all of the eastern races this year with six podiums, World University Games silver medalist
. Not sure how much altitude skiing experience he has got, but he’s got a pack coming in with lap times right behind him. So he will be out there skiing in front of those guys. Hopefully holding them off. Next up, Florence Knopf. Sorry. Next up fence or yeah flooring. Cop
Out of Denver Munich, Germany. Originally German national team member, bronze medalist at the Junior World Ski Championship. Rice in the relay. There he is, out on course and looking strong. Next up, Jack Lang from Dartmouth. Ski ING for, skiing for Dartmouth. Originally out of Lynn, New Hampshire. Had a top
Ten at Junior World Championships, which is a very solid result. That was in, Planica, Slovenia this year in the beautiful Julian Alps. And he is getting ready to head out on course here with the big guns. The top skiers in this a seed ready to take on this tough
Course here at Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Next up, a guy who I think is a little bit of an unknown here, but could be a dude who’s ready to get on the podium. Skyler Patton for Michigan Tech. Skyler Patton won the seven and a half K in the Ccsa the Central
Division by over a minute this year at the finals, and, has been a bit of a dark horse, has been a later developer in his career, but, at Michigan Tech has really blossomed into a world class racer. And I think we could see big things from Skyler today. Right on its heel
Heels. Joe Davies, skiing for University of Utah, originally from Pemberton, British Columbia. Civil engineering major, he won the 10-K skate at NCAA his last year. So he is looking to repeat that today. Joe Davies is ready to fly out on course representing the University of Utah. Certainly
One of the guys to watch out there. Next up, the skier who I think may be the one to watch Johnny Steele Hagenbeck from Dartmouth, originally from Ketchum, Idaho, has been absolutely dominant this year, in the East, I believe he’s won every race he started, he did
Take some time in the middle of the season to go race, in Europe, getting a 13th at the World Cup in Östersund, Sweden, in a 10-K skate, also bronze at Junior World Championships in the sprint. So Johnny Hagenbeck, definitely a guy to watch in the Dartmouth green today wearing
Bib 37. Next up, a guy who’s been pretty dominant in the West East Andreas kicking skiing for Denver, originally out of Lier, Norway, he and Johnny Hagenbeck are probably two of the top picks for today. I did go back and look at the only time they’ve raced against each
Other. This season, which was at US nationals, a race that Johnny won. Andreas was about a minute back there, but that, that’s just one point in time. So we’ll see. You know, Andreas Kicking is looking for the win today. Generally a little more of a classic skier, but very, very
Strong. Next up out of Harvard Remy Drolet. 2023 NCAA National Championship. He’s from Rossland, British Columbia, representing Harvard Alma is a force in these races, good skater, good distance skier. Represented Canada at the Olympics in Beijing, a member of the Canadian national team and an NCAA champion. So we will see
If he can get in the mix today and last out. Tom Mancini from the University of Utah from Edible France. He’s an economics major. He wrote down that he’s a ballet dance major. I don’t know whether that’s true or not, but a very successful career, member of the French national team and
Has had a fantastic season, never right at the top, but has been consistently one of the very top skiers. And his consistency has won him the top spot on the Utah team this year. The number one qualifier for Utah. And that is all of our racers now on course, and we are
Going to now start talking a little bit about split times here right now at five K, our number one skier is actually Arianna Stott. Arianna Stott out of University of Alaska Anchorage, followed by Christopher Kalev. Kalev is about six seconds back from Agnes Scott there. Ben Dolby currently skiing in third out of
University of Alaska Fairbanks. Important to remember that a lot of the big guns have not come through yet at that distance. But right now, Arianna Stott leading here on this tough steamboat course, this course is definitely one that could, could lead to somebody going out a little bit too hard. It’s
Significantly harder than the five K course that we’ll be using in a couple of days for the classic race, this one basically has all the hills that the five K does, but none of the flats, the five K does have a little bit more flat skiing in there. And now moving into first
Place at the at the five kilometer mark is Logan Moore from Middlebury. Has a lot of our big guns start coming through here. We’ll start to see our top seed skiers coming through on laps right now at the finish Derek Duling is leading it. Logan Moore in second, Arianna Stott in third, Chris
Kalev in fourth, Ben Dolby in fifth. So uaa’s Derek Duling right now leading it at the finish line. He was our very first starter bib number one, and right now sitting in first place ahead of Middlebury’s Logan Morinari and a start as a lot of our top racers make their
Way around the course. Beautiful aerial drone view there you can see the crowds here in Steamboat watching the action, steamboat Ski Town USA always pulls out big crowds for events. People love to see ski racing here in steamboat, that big corner there that you can see is, significantly steep. Climb lined
By lots and lots of spectators there. And then they’re taking a left hand turn at the top and just going uphill some more. It is, it’s a true challenge out there today which is appropriate for these top skiers here. Creme de la creme of the college racing scene. And of course, the
US college racing scene is pretty unique. It brings skiers from all over the world as a real development opportunity. So of course we have skiers from, you know, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Germany, France, all in the startlist here today. And that is because really, other than, you know,
Staying at home, in your home country and competing on your national team, this is one of the best ways for developing skiers to get out, gain experience, and ski in an incredibly competitive environment. So us college skiing, really an exciting, exciting venue and more and more. Over the last few years,
We’ve seen Americans start to really get in the fight, there’s been a great resurgence in US Nordic skiing over the last ten years or so, largely kicked off by Kikkan Randall and, now, you know, Jesse Diggins, Gus Schumacher, Simi Hamilton, many of the, the strong skiers that have been charging for the last
Ten years and helping to move the US team up in the world rankings, exciting time to be a US skiing fan, for sure. And, really happy to have all these great foreign racers here as well, helping to make our country stronger. All right, bib 21 coming through there. That’s Frederik Nielsen from Montana
State, looking strong. It’s a shot of Carson Williams from Bowdoin looking tough on these steep climbs. That section right there is really tough area to start now who’s one of our higher finishers early on coming through, leading that crew wearing bib number 12 right behind him and bib number 40.
That’s Tom Mancini looking strong. Back out. Got a couple finishers here. Christopher Kalev currently leading at the finish at five K. Our leader is Frederik Nielsen out of Montana State. Up. Bib number 20 is Jack Christner getting a shot there as 37 John Hagenbeck comes by again. John Hagenbeck I think
One of the favorites out there today. We’ll see once we start seeing some split times come through how that is holding up at five K right now our leader is Frederik Nielsen. Second place Johannes Flatten out of see you. And in third, Logan Moore out of Middlebury as we
See Magnus Bo on the screen there briefly for the University of Colorado wearing bib 24, number 11 here. That’s Zach Nemeth, Zach skiing for Colby. And as our, we’re scrolling down the screen here at, at the finish line, as we get more and more people coming across the line, current leader at the
Finish remains Christopher Kalev , followed by Ben Dolby and Derek Duling. But again, a lot of skiers out on course still, especially some of the big guns at five K Magnus Bo from See you now taking the lead at the five kilometer mark. That’s exciting development for the buffs here.
Of course. See you. The host of the NCAA championships this year here in Steamboat Magnus Bo from Ku leading Frederik Nielsen from Montana State and Johannes Flaten from Ku, as well. So right now, at the five kilometer mark, see you sitting first and third. I’m going to take a peek
At the two and a half K split here, because that’s the one that’s going to include most of our top skiers, who’ve already gone through that two and a half K mark right now. No big surprise here leading the race Johnny Hagenbeck, John Steele Hagenbeck out of Dartmouth,
Leading at two and a half K, followed by Dos Andreas Kerkeling, who has been dominant in the West this season. He he is about seven seconds behind Hagenbeck in second and at two and a half K Joe Davies, out of University of Utah in third. Florian Knopf out of due in
Fourth, and Will Koch out of Ku, currently skiing in fifth. The time difference between second and fifth is less than one second, so, Wilco still in the hunt, as is Florian Knopf. Joe Davies right there with Andreas Kiefer, King Johnny Hagenbeck right now, a little bit of a gap
Ahead of those guys at the two and a half K Alaska Fairbanks here, and you’ll hear some noise as the train comes by. The stadium here. Always exciting here in Steamboat. The stadium in steamboat is a rodeo ground in the summer, really active rodeo scene here in Steamboat Springs. So, it’s always
Exciting to be out here for a rodeo in the summer and a Nordic rodeo in the winter. As bib number 11, Zach Nemeth comes across the line there. And the split timing you’re seeing on screen will show actively where each finisher pops up when they come in. And here comes Kai
Meyers finishing it out for Montana State University, Anchorage, Alaska. What’s your cayenne’s up there? 21st place finish. And the timing on screen. There can be a little bit confusing. I mean, it’s showing John Hagenbeck down in 30th, jumping around quite a bit . Of course, Johnny is still on
Course, not yet finished. So he’s showing up on the finish results. Not sure why Andreas Kerkeling showing up 31st there. Also still out on course and at two and a half K our top three remain John Hagenbeck, Andreas Kirk and Joe Davies. Those three in a really tight battle. Johnny
A little bit of a head a little bit ahead. But then again between second and fifth, less than a second. Will cook right there in fifth, but easily within striking distance of second place. Right now we’re going to look and see at the five kilometer mark. Will Koch
And Magnus Bo leading at five kilometers, Andreas Kirk and Johnny Hagenbeck have not come through there yet, nor has Joe Davies, Johnny Hagenbeck, skiing at Dartmouth, but originally from Sun Valley, so understands the math involved and skiing at altitude, the calculus of course, is a little bit different at altitude. And here
Comes Johannes Flaten from Ku across the line. Johannes looking good there. Johannes Tennessee State in the first. Back in time of 1950. Still the first sub 20 time. He is our leader now. Johannes Flaten at the finish is the leader. First guy to go sub 20. Logan Moore from Middlebury in second. So
Looking like it’s shaping up to be a good day for the CU buffs with, both Magnus Bo and Will Koch still on course and Johannes Flaten leading of the finishers that are, actually in the pen at this point, strong skiing from the buffs, Logan Moore and Ari Agnes Scott
Hanging on in there, as well as many of our fastest seed A skiers make their way around the course at five kilometers. Now, Florian Khnopff has moved into the lead at five K again, Johnny Hagenbeck and Anders cursing. Not through there yet, nor is Joe Davies, but currently Lawrence Knopf will coach Magnus
Bo at five kilometers. Back to the finish now. Johannes Flaten still hanging in there. Frederik Nielsen from Montana State now into second, about five seconds behind Flaten, really strong racing by Flaten today. Joe Davies. On screen there wearing bib 36 from the University of Utah. He was really strong at
Two and a half K. We will see what the five K split is. Back up the lap Joe Davies into the lead at five K. Johnny Hagenbeck not yet through. There he is. Bib 37 coming through the stadium right now. Johnny Hagenbeck looking strong again. Our leader at two and a half K
And now our leader at five K, by eight seconds over Joe Davies. So Johnny Hagenbeck from Dartmouth, not really a surprise to anybody who’s seen him race this year. John has been an absolute powerhouse in every race he started, his development’s been fun to watch. Great, great racer for the US
Out of Sun Valley, Idaho here representing Dartmouth Joe Davies right now in second, about eight seconds back from Johnny University of Utah. And then Florian Keene State from Drew in third, will Coker hanging on in fourth at five K. Great for the buffs. Magnus Bo also right there in fifth. So
See you right now. Skiing fourth and fifth. Also sees here and Frederik Frederik Nielsen from Montana State, currently in sixth at five K Johannes Flaten from see u ATS in seventh. Skyler Patton in eighth. Will Koch now coming through and into fourth place. Really strong for Will. Great skiing at five K and
We will move shortly here to finish. Since most of our top skiers now are through the five K mark, the next time we see them, we’ll be here at the finish line. Our leader at the finish, of course, is Magnus Bo. That top three right now. And
It’s going to be a battle out there on course. Times are tight. Johnny Hagenbeck with a little bit of a lead at five K. We’ll see if anybody can run him down. Joe Davies maybe, or possibly a really, really strong finish by Anders or by Anders Kirchen could do it here. All
Right. Across the line there. Skyler Patton now on the screen climbing one of the last hills on course as we see number 40 Tom Mancini coming through the lap. So Tom Mancini is going to be heading out now on his lap. Last lap he was our last starter. Great shot there of
Number 37 Johnny Hagenbeck climbing that hill trying to run everybody down here. Bib 25 across the line. That’s Jack young out of Colby. Shortly followed by 21 Frederik Nielsen and 26 Colin Frede out of Michigan Tech. Colin having a good day, moving up in the field pretty effectively there. Leader
At the finish still. Magnus Bo but of course Tom Mancini out on course Johnny Hagenbeck out on course. Andreas kicking out on course. Will Koch out on course. A lot of great skiers still out there fighting. We are going to wait and see how they finish. Florian Knopf has certainly put
Himself into the conversation for due third place. At five kilometers. Frederik Nielsen still a lot of fast Keene State taking place out on the course. It’s going to be a battle here to the finish. Johannes Flaten, currently sitting in second at the finish. Frederik Nielsen sitting third, Logan Moore fourth. Brian Bushy from
University of Utah sitting in fifth as we see bib number 30, that is Will Kolk from the CU Buffaloes coming to the line would not surprise me to see. Will go to the top of the leaderboard here as soon as we see it. And sure enough, will Koch, our new leader right now.
See you one, two, three at the finish. A lot of really strong skiers still out on course, but currently will Koch, Magnus Bo and Johannes Flaten, all from CU , leading the charge with Frederik Nielsen from Montana State and Logan Moore from Middlebury rounding out the top five. Of course, we do still
Have our big, big guns out on course. Tom Mancini, John Hagenbeck, Joe Davies, Florian Knopf all in the fight out there. Andreas Kicking as well. Kicking did drop down to sixth at five K, so he may not be a podium threat. Will Koch, our current leader at the finish,
Was in fourth place at the five K mark, so we will see if his last lap was enough to pull him into the lead. As we see bib number 28 coming to the finish. This is Ben and Bravo out of Vermont from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Across the line there
. Good effort from Ben. And today. Our first seed skier is the only one still out on course now fastest racers in their divisions are the ones who are out there battling. They have the advantage of starting a little later. They get split information on the course. Here
Comes Florian Knopf out of Du wearing bib 33. One of our early leaders may well go to the top of the leaderboard there into second behind Will Koch. So great racing by Will Koch. Obviously a big last lap. Florian was ahead of him at five K, but Will managed to, to eke
It out in that last lap there. So our current leader still will. Coach Florian can opt for Du in the second. Magnus Bo from Ku hanging on in third right now as we anticipate some of our fastest athletes still coming in here, it looks like a Joe Davies
, Andreas King and of course, John Hagenbeck. And here comes bib 34 Jack Lang out of Dartmouth. A good day for him as well, right behind him. So we’ve got CU and Durham out of Williams and across the line there. I do believe that was Finn Sweet from University of
Vermont. None of those three are going to figure into the top group today. But here comes Joe Davies. Joe Davies has been pretty much second place all day to John Hagenbeck, who is not yet finished. Joe Davies goes into the lead with John Hagenbeck, Remy Drolet, Tom Mancini still out on course and
Here comes John Hagenbeck, going to certainly move into first place for Dartmouth bib 3737. Now I will have a healthy lead of 11 seconds over Joe Davies in second. Skyler Patton A really strong race for Michigan Tech may move him. Probably should move him into the top ten here.
Going to be close out on course. Really. Only Andreas Kirchen, Remy Drolet and Tom Mancini left that can do anything about Johnny Hagenbeck’s, John Hagenbeck’s lead here. There we see Tom Mancini from Utah on screen Tom charging up over the last climb. Now he’s descending down into the finish. There is a
Shot of John Hagenbeck rocking a good looking mustache. Let’s go behind his thumbs a little bit there, but I do believe that everybody’s going to come up a little bit short of John Hagenbeck today, which is, again, no surprise coming off of a third place finish at Junior World Championships in the
Sprint, coming off of a 13 place finish at the World Cup in Östersund this year. So, John, one of the rising stars of American skiing looking great out there. As bib number 38, Andreas Kicking makes his way to the finish, representing Du might have been a tough last lap
For Andreas here. Might have gone out a little hard. Yes. Ends up in ninth place, after being pretty high up in the results earlier on. And I do believe that Johnny Hagenbeck is officially. Well unofficially. Officially. Are NCAA national champion as Tom Mancini makes his way to the line, Tom. Tom
Has been strong today, but pops into third place. Strong finish and here comes bib 39. Remy Drew from Harvard Remy looking strong and national champion in classic a couple of years ago. Certainly, could be in the mix in the classic race in a couple of days here. Classic will be
Mass start, but that should do it for all of our racers today, unofficially early. Our top five right now in first, John Steele Hagenbeck out of Dartmouth with a healthy 11 second lead over Joe Davies out of the University of Utah in second. Tom Mancini, also University of Utah in
Third, will Koch from Ku and in or sorry in fourth, Will Koch from see you and in fifth, Florian Knopp from Du Magnus, Bo from See You in six, Johannes Flaten, also from Ku in sixth or in seventh, Frederik Nielsen from Montana State in eighth. Jack Lang in ninth, representing
Dartmouth, and Andreas Kurt King rounding off the top ten for Du. Great day of racing here, as we see our national champion, there with the blue headband. Looks like he’s going to get, in the middle of the shot. Maybe not. Dartmouth big green shaking hands there with Tom Mancini.
Yeah. Strong day for Utah overall, definitely good results for them. And there is our national champion John Hagenbeck there on the left looking strong. Great day for Dartmouth. Hey. And great day for Dartmouth. Overall two Dartmouth skiers in the top ten. Jack Lang also coming in in ninth today
Which is great. Strong day for Dartmouth. Strong day for Utah with second and third and also a strong day for Ku. Well, fourth, sixth, my best day race of my career. And seventh. So, we’ll have to see how that shakes out on the team scoring and where that moves everybody. But,
Overall all great day of racing here at Howelsen Hill. We will be prepping for our women’s race, which will start at noon mountain time. And we’ll look forward to seeing all of you back here on the live stream. At that time. Again, Travis Jones from here in Steamboat Springs,
Colorado, and we will be checking out shortly Hello and welcome to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. We are here for the women’s seven and a half k skate race freestyle. We call it at the NCAA National Championships for 2024. And we have 40 of the top female college skiers from both across
The country and around the world , representing colleges and universities in the East, the West and the Central Division. We’ve got athletes today that hail from all over the US, as well as racers from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Australia, all over the world. American college skiing, of course, always a very
International experience, which is something that we absolutely love here in the US a lot of the best skiers from around the world choose to come here and participate in the NCAA skiing circuit in order to further develop their ski racing careers and of course, having all that strong competition here helps
Our American skiers as well. We’ve got a great, great field today, some really strong racers, 40 total. It’s an interval start race, so we’ll be sending one every 30s and, interval start races. Of course, the nature of them is we really don’t know who wins until the last couple skiers cross the
Line, especially today, because we are front loaded a little bit , with our our skiers actually our, our very top skiers starting toward the back, and generally we set races up like that so that the skiers in the back have access to split information on the course and,
And are able to be aware of how far ahead or behind they are of the skiers in front of them. So of course, the catbird seat, is, is, the catbird seat is to be bib number 40 today. That’s Haley Brewster from Vermont, certainly one of the racers to
Watch a quick look at our team scores so far. This is after the men’s race. This morning and a full day of GS racing up on Mount Warner. We’ve got the University of Utah leading the charge right now with 244.5 points. They were last year’s champion and, have won a
Majority of the time in the last five years. So we’re in a bit of a Utah era right now, University of Colorado right there with 200 and 20.5 points and Denver in third. Right now with 193 points, Montana State sitting in fourth at 123. So strong showing by the three big Western
Powerhouse Loras Utah C u and d u, since 2023 when we started or sorry, since 2020, there have only been two winners that weren’t one of those three schools. Is, Dartmouth won in 2007. University of Vermont won in 2012, and other than that, it has been Q, D, U, and Utah all
The time in this century so far, but as I mentioned, Utah on a bit of a tear right now and we are getting ready to go here with bib number one on the line. I am Travis Jones, and we’re here in Steamboat Springs and Beth Granstrom, Anchorage, Alaska, representing UAA, is off
The line. She’s from Revelstoke, British Columbia. She is our first racer out on course on what is a very tough, very tough seven and a half K race course. It’s three laps of a two and a half K course. So we will be trying to get you split information out there today,
Giving you basically updates of results at the end of each lap, next up, Emma Reeder from Dartmouth ready to head out on course. She’s a Colorado native out of Avon, over near Vail, so she knows altitude skiing, which is a big deal for these races, we’re at 6700ft of altitude here
In steamboat, and we are on hilly, really challenging courses. So, if you’re not an experienced altitude skier, it’d be pretty easy to blow up right out of the gate here, Tuva. Bygrave now, Anchorage, Alaska. Another UAA skier. She is from Oslo, Norway. She’s a senior at UAA and she’s also Australian,
Participated in the world champs in 2021, representing Australia. And she’s represented Australia also at the under 23 world champs in 2022 and 2023. So Tuva could be one to watch out there. Next up, Greta Schultz from Colby out of Winthrop Washington originally. She’s a senior biology major at Colby College,
Heading out on to this very challenging course. The first K and a half or so of this, two and a half K loop is all climbing. Couple little breaks in there, but it is a true test, for these top level athletes. So we’re excited to see how they go
Today in the gate. Now we’ve got Selma Anderson wearing bib number five representing Du Denver Oslo, Norway. Originally. She’s a finance major at Du and just a sophomore, so she’ll have several more years of competing here at the NCAA level. Morgan Richter now from Bowdoin wearing bib number six and Edina,
Minnesota native, will be the next out as you see, drone footage of Selma Anderson rounding that first corner. Now, Morgan Richter from Bowdoin on the line, Edina, Minnesota. Of course, Gordon Winter, third College. All right, Morgan on course. Next up, Michigan Tech’s Olivia Lavin from Taby, Sweden. She’s a senior engineering
Management major. Had a great season in the Central Division College skiing in the US, divided into three divisions. There’s the Rocky Mountain Division. Misa, which constitutes schools like Duke U Utah, Montana State. And then we have the Eastern Division, a big group of schools back there. Dartmouth Middlebury. Colby.
Bates all of those strong eastern schools, including UVM, who often is, the most loaded of the eastern schools. And then we’ve got the central Division, really two schools, pretty dominant in central, and that’s Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan University. Bib number eight on the line. Now that’s Henrietta SIM from Denver out of
Oscar Norway. She’s a business analytics grad student just coming off of a ninth place finish on this very same race course at the IHSa regionals, so could see good things from her today. Next up, resenting representing unh. We’ve got Leah Venus from Oslo, Norway. She competed in the NCAA last year
Back in Lake Placid, New York. All Lee second team skier. And she is out on course now looking to have a good start here. Pretty important to keep your power output in check on this first lap. You want to ski smoothly, but these hills are so significant and the rests are
Pretty short that if you really blow yourself up out there, it would be not at all difficult to, to blow up on second or third lap out here. Bib number ten is the first of our second seed skiers. So these, these this group generally a little bit quicker. Hannah Abramson out
Of University of Colorado. She’s originally from Sweden on course, she was on the Swedish national development team for a couple of years. She, she won a bronze at the under 23 World Championships, and she was second last year in the classic race at NCAA is a little bit more of a classic skier.
Generally Jordan Giroux now from Bowdoin getting ready to head out on course as she hits the trail here in steamboat Springs. Next up, we’ve got Hannah Ray from Finland. She is representing Do University of Denver, two time second team All American at NCAA in 20 and 21.
She’s a senior. So this is her last year racing here, she also has skied at University World University games junior world championships, all representing Sweden or sorry Finland. So she is now out on course and charging next up, Maggie Wagner from Middlebury out of Edina, Minnesota. The and she has been
An All American at junior national competitions. Also an academic All American in. Getting ready to head out on to course. And there she goes. Next up, an up and coming star in American skiing, Nina Schamberger out of the University of Utah. Originally from Leadville, Colorado. If anybody knows altitude skiing, it’s Nina Schamberger.
Leadville, set at 10,200ft here in the Rocky Mountains. And, she knows how to make it work. She’s a very good skier on hilly courses like this, Nina, just a freshman. She was on the Super Tour podium this year. Super tour is, the highest level of racing that we have here in the
US, she was on the podium at the Super Tour in Anchorage this year. Also a junior Worlds competitor and, one of the top up and coming American stars next in the gate, Hattie Barker from Unh University of New Hampshire out of Underhill, Vermont, getting ready to head out on course. A Vermont state
High school champion, which is a big deal because Vermont has, an incredibly strong ski culture and lots and lots of young racers. So, to climb to the top of the Vermont High School League is impressive. She’s a sophomore at Unh, in the haaheim. Now, next to go out from Michigan Tech. Originally
Out of Lillehammer, Norway, and now skiing with, the quickly developing powerhouse that is Michigan Tech, a very, very strong program up there. Some good results for their men today. Skyler Patton skiing to a top ten, which is great. And, let’s see what sin that can do out on course representing
Michigan Tech, next up, Veronica Colletta for the University of Colorado. So skiing out of Poland, grew up racing there. She has represent Poland in the Olympics. She’s a member of the Polish national team. She’s an NCAA All American university of Colorado’s Veronica Colletta, now on course, wearing bib 17,
Looking like a strong start. She knows this course very, very well. Has skied here many times. And, we’ll be ready to bring a great performance today. Next up, Emma Strack from Saint Lawrence, originally from Williston, Vermont. She, represents the US team last year at the Open Cup finals in France
, so another up and coming star of American skiing here, Emma Strack, a junior at Saint Lawrence, now headed out on the course. Next up, Mario Poulos, representing the University of Alaska Fairbanks as Findlay from the very cool ski town of Otepaa , Estonia. Beautiful spot out in the Estonian forest. Amazing
Trails, host of World Cups. Year after year. She is a grad student and security and disaster management and she is out on course. She is a five time NCAA qualifier, 2020 or 2022 Olympian for Estonia, and she did win the sprint at the 2023 World University Games. Next up, we’re into our third
Seed, which is almost our fastest. Shea Brahms from Middlebury now from, originally out of Belmont, Massachusetts. On the line, first team All-East , All American at US nationals, seventh place at US National Championships. And she is out on course again, out onto this hilly course. Sometimes we have
To see if these altitude low altitude athletes, you know skiing for Middlebury as she is and also originally from Massachusetts, we don’t know how much altitude experience she’s got. Rosie Fordham, up next, university of Alaska Fairbanks, originally out of Sydney, Australia. She’s a junior. Statistics major. This is her
Third time at NC Double A’s. She’s a member of the Australian national team and she is going to get out there and charge. She’s had four World Cup starts this year, so no stranger to big events like the NCAA championships. Next up, Olivia Cuneo out of Bates College, originally from Vermont. So
Another low altitude raised skier, skiing at a low altitude college. But, I do happen to know Olivia. She spent some time with us in Sun Valley, Idaho, knows how to race at altitude and will be looking to have a good day here and put some of that knowledge to use. Next up,
Victoria Vibbard from northern Michigan, originally out of Oslo, Norway. This is her third NCAA as a junior. She’s an anthropology and political science major. Wearing Bib 23, Victoria Vibbard. Next up, we’ve got Astrid stove out of UAA. University of Alaska Anchorage. Astrid is a senior originally from Matoaka, Norway, and she
Was second place at the World University Games in 2023. And in this same distance, the seven and a half k skate. She was 10th this year at the University of Utah Invitational, so she’ll certainly be looking to throw down another top ten if possible out there today. Another up and
Coming star of American skiing now sliding up into the gate. We’ve got bib number 25, Ava Thurston from Dartmouth coming up next. Originally out of Waterbury, Vermont, she won the last Messiah race of the season, at Middlebury as a 20 K classic. She is the only skier to have
Beaten Haley Brewster in a college race this year, Haley Brewster, who will see she’s our last starter today, has been totally dominant in the East, and out on course. Ava Thurston, the only one to beat her. She’s a sophomore psychology major. Next up, Merle Richter, wearing bib 26 from Northern Michigan
University. Merle, originally from Germany, the town of Mortal Grunt is a senior social work major. She was third place in the US Nats, this year and the skate sprint. She’s also a very accomplished roller skier. She’s won a couple roller ski World Cups. So let’s see what Merle
Richter can do out there. As Arianna Langerud from Utah now pulls into the start gate wearing bib 27. Originally out of Oslo, Norway. There she is. She’s a senior. She won the US nationals skate sprint this year and this course could play pretty well to that. I mean, obviously they’re both skating,
But this course does favor quick application of power. You want to be quick on your feet. So a good sprinter like Arianna could be a threat out there. Next up Annie McColgan out of University of Vermont. She’s a freshman English major originally out of bend, Oregon. Skied, on the
World University Games team last year representing the US and was also a member of this year’s, Junior World championship team over in Planica, Slovenia. So another up and coming American star, Annie McColgan, Ben Vermont or bend, Oregon. She certainly knows how to ski at altitude, which is great news
For her today. Here at 6700ft in steamboat. Now we are into our AC. These are our top ranked women, the first of which is Henrietta Nielsen out of Northern Michigan University, originally from Oslo, Norway. First place in the seven and a half K skate and the 20 K
Classic at the Ccsa champs this year. So won her region in this very same race just a couple of weeks ago, and we’ll be looking to put a big performance on the board today. Elizabeth, huddle out of Vermont. Up next, Elizabeth from Stillwater, Minnesota, all East Conference skier, a senior. Public health
Major getting ready to hit the trails. And there she goes out on course for Elizabeth Huddle. Next up, another American up and coming star Kendall Kramer from the University of Alaska. Fairbanks, originally from Fairbanks, chose to stay close to home for college. She likes it cold, she’s a junior biology
Major. She she is an also an outstanding college runner. This is her third time representing, UAF here at the NCAAs, she has also represented, UAF as a runner. Three times. Cross country runner. And will certainly be in the mix today. Hills like this would have a lot of climbing, tend to be really
Good for Kendall. Next up, Sidney Palmer Ledger I think one of my picks for the possible win today, Sidney, has been second both times that we’ve run this race, on hilly courses in the West this year. So she was second here in steamboat, second at Soldier Hollow, a very, very
Good short to mid-range skate skier, you’ll see Sidney carrying a lot of tempo out here. She’s going to fly up these hills. She does have a lot of good altitude experience growing up in Park City, racing in steamboat for years or, sorry, racing in, Sun Valley as
Well. So she will be one to watch. Sidney Palmer Ledger. Next up, Emma Crum from Bowdoin out of Bristol, Vermont, in the Stargate. Now, she was seventh in skating overall rank for Asia, but she was second in the last race, the Middlebury, the Middlebury Carnival before coming here to steamboat. So
Coming off of a strong late season, we’ll see what Emma Crum can do out there today. Next up, Lucy Anderson wearing bib 34 from Unh. As we are seeing some clips of skiers coming through Lucy Anderson from Unh out of Golden Valley, Minnesota All-East first team this year. A consistent performer in both
Skate and classic. It’ll be great to see what Lucy can do out here today. Okay, next up, another one to watch. She has been dominant in skating in the West. Tilda Baumann out of Montana State originally from Alfred, Sweden, she’s a Swedish national team member, national champion in Sweden and a
National champ, at US nationals and will absolutely be one to watch. She has been at the top, for much of this season, especially in skating. So let’s see what she can bring here today. Next up is Jasmine Drolet, she is from Dartmouth. Her brother Remi skied for Harvard today in the men’s race
And did very well. Originally from Roslyn, British Columbia, she’s a junior environmental studies major. She’s part of the Canadian national team and their silver crew and she was part of the gold medal relay team this year at the U23 World Championships for Canada. Sorry, actually at the Junior World
Championships in Canada or in, in Slovenia representing Canada. Next up, Kate Oldham out of Montana State, another skier who’s had a very, very strong year, originally from Carbondale, Colorado. Good altitude skier, first at regionals in the seven and a half K skate this year. So she will be one to watch out there.
Three time junior World team member wearing bib 37. Kate Oldham on course Anna Maria Dietz now and Anna Maria Dietz is also going to be one to watch out there she is the winner of the Colorado Invitational race on this course at this distance this year, so she has already
Won an NCAA race here, it was the, the Colorado Invitational. So the eastern and central skiers were not here. But she’s proven to have chops on this course, knows how to race at altitude. And, she’s originally out of Germany, but, Colorado Buffalo Anna Maria Dietz on course and going to be a
Contender for the win today. Next up, Annabelle Needham from Michigan Tech has totally dominated the skating races in the in the Central Division this year. So she’s got three skate race wins out of Michigan Tech. Originally from Houghton, Michigan, so stayed home racing for Tom Smith Monahan and Kristin Smith Monahan up there
And, she is going to charge out there on course today. And then last out, Haley Brewster may be the one to watch today out of University of Vermont. She’s originally from Edwards, Colorado, so knows altitude. She’s a junior mechanical engineering race or major, and she has won all but one college
Race that she started this year. And she was second in that one. So she has dominated the Isa, the eastern college skiing circuit, and, it’ll be fun to see what Haley can do today. I think she may have her hands full with the likes of Tilda Bergman, Sydney Palmer, ledger,
Kendall Kramer, Kate Oldham, a lot of really, really fast skiers in this group. We are going to start looking at live timing here as we get through the course. And, we’ll have information for you here as we move through the day. So, right now we’re going to take a quick
Peek at results. At 2.5km, most of our top skiers are through the 2.5km. At this point. Leader at two and a half K right now is Astrid Staab out of Yuaa. Second place. We’ve got Selma Anderson out of Du and Nina Schamberger out of the University of Utah, currently hanging in third at
Two and a half K. Now, a lot of our very top seed skiers are still out on their first lap, so they will not have come through that two and a half K mark yet. So whether or not those positions are solidified will have to wait a little bit and
See. As we see bib number 16 that’s seeing the hare Hiram from Michigan Tech out making one of the significant climbs on this course. Really hilly short breaks as you can see the aerial drone view there, those two skiers coming up toward the spectators are on a relatively steep climb there. They’ll just
Get a little break as they go by the spectators, and then it’s right back to work. The downhills here quick, too. So it’s, it’s not one of those courses where you get a big climb, but then you get a restful downhill here in steamboat, you get a quick
Climb, and then you get a quick downhill. So you, you really have to be able to Marshall your effort a little bit and make sure that you’re on top of your recovery. Bates. Okay, so the skier in the middle of the shot right there, you can see just
Gaining on the skier in front of her about to make a pass. That is number 40 Haley Brewster, who is certainly predicted to be among the top racers there. She is making a pass on bib number seven. Bib number seven. Of course, on a different lap. But Haley Brewster going to be one
To watch out there today, we will keep an eye on how things look as she gets closer and closer to that. Two and a half K mark. Still ostrich, still leading, but there’s a shot of Haley Brewster on one of these big hills heading up and over the top. Haley Edwards, Colorado
Native, University of Vermont standout out this year again. Only lost one college race that she started in, and she was second in that one. So a force to be reckoned with out here today as more and more skiers now come through on their laps, we see a shot of Maggie Warner
From Middlebury out on course just coming through the stadium here. So she will be finishing up her second lap. Bib number 31. Coming through the stadium with her there, that is Kendall Kramer, and she is looking tough. I think Kendall’s having a good race. And at two and a
Half k now we do have a new leader Sydney Palmer Leger. No surprise there. Moving into the lead at two and a half K Sydney the two times of this race has been run this year. The seven and a half k skate in the western College region one has
Been here in steamboat, one was at Soldier Hollow. Sydney was second both days, one day she was second to Anna Maria Dietz. The other day she was second to Kendall Kramer. So you know, top of the field, we’re likely to see some of those same names emerge right now. Sydney leading
It as we get a great shot of Anna Maria Dietz herself wearing bib 38 coming up over one of these big hills. She will be one to watch for. She is not yet to that 2.5 K mark, so we don’t know how she compares to our current two and a half K leader,
Sydney Palmer ledger. There’s bib 34. That’s Lucy Anderson coming through Lucy out of unh. One of our top seeded athletes here as well All-East first team. Right on her tail bib 17. That’s Veronica Colletta from Poland representing the University of Colorado. Now coming up the hill there. Great shot of Lucy Anderson. Bib
Number two. Now coming into the finish, one of our first finishers, Emma Rider. I think she may be the first to cross the line today with a time of 2350. And she will now have to wait. It’s a long wait to see where everybody else will fall out. There you can see the
Steepness of some of those downhills here in Steamboat Springs. They’re over much faster than you want them to be after you work your butt off climbing to the top. Emma Reeder, currently leading at the finish. Time of 2350 as we see a quick shot of bib number 36. That’s Jasmine Drolet from
Dartmouth. Here comes bib number one. Now into the finish as well. That’s Beth Granstrom Beth representing Yuaa. That’s Alaska Anchorage and bib 23. Great shot of Victoria Bard from Northern Michigan coming up. One of these big climbs looking still quite clean. And now we have an update
From the two and a half K mark in to first place. Now Tilda Baumann, Tilda, just about seven seconds in front of Sydney Palmer. Ledger who’s still hanging on in second. So Tilda Baumann now taking the lead at two and a half. It’s early in the race. A lot can change.
Still Sydney Palmer ledger in second. Astrid Stobbe in third at that point at two. And a half. K Anna Maria Dietz coming through in fifth. There Nina Schamberger in sixth. So, a couple of our, our early favorites, sure enough, out there doing very, very well, their numbers for the last great
Shot of bib 27 leading up the hill. Now that’s Carey, Karia Dangaroo from Utah again. Our sprint national champion here in the US this year. More finishers now working their way in. Astrid Stobbe from Yuaa wearing bib 24 there. She’s one of our early leaders. School number eight now
Coming to the finish. That’s Henrietta Sam from Denver, originally out of Oscar, Norway. She may go into the lead of our current finishers with that. And there she is, bib number 40. Haley Brewster already caught up to bib 39 in front of her. That’s Annabelle Needham, but Haley Brewster, certainly one to
Watch this year, could be the favorite out here today we have oh no. Now, Haley has actually come through the three and a half or the two and a half. So we have a time for her. She has gone into third place. So right now, Tilda Baumann in front,
Sydney Palmer ledger second and Haley Brewster, our entire field now has completed that first two and a half K. And that’s where we stand right now. So Tilda Baumann out of Montana State with the early lead and looking great. Bib 29 Henrietta Nielsen out of Northern Michigan, originally from Oslo, Norway,
Making the climb there . Thomas More. University of the South. Emerson. In the Assumption. The top spot right now at the finish. So far, our leader is Selma Anderson. Selma out of Du. And she’s right there together with Henrietta. Sam, also from du, quite close in time. They are one and two right
Now at the finish. But as I’ve mentioned, lots of racers still out on course, including most of our top seeds as, as, that’s Hannah Abramson from. See you coming to the finish there from Sweden. Looking strong out on course as well. And at that two and a half K mark, we are still
Looking at Tilda Baumann, Sidney Palmer Ledger and Haley Brewster in a fight, Brewster just two seconds behind Palmer ledger at that point, as we see bib number 12, Hannah Ray from du, originally out of Finland, crossed the line, giving it her absolute all great shot of Lucy Anderson there, right behind
Her. Emma Crum from Bowdoin. Lucy. Lucy, of course, from, from New Hampshire. Two really strong skiers from the east out here fighting it out on the hills of Colorado. And there is number 40. She is our current third place skier at two and a half K Haley Brewster, Annabelle
Needham, right, in the fight as well. And looking at results at five kilometers, it’ll be interesting to see if we’ve had some changes. A lot of our top guns have not come through. Astrid Staff still holding on to the lead there. Selma Anderson and Rosie Fordham, our top three
Currently at five K. Again, a lot can change between now and then, the splits you’re seeing on your screen right now, a little bit confusing. Yeah, certainly, Haley Brewster is not in 31st place. Haley Brewster at two and a half, K is in third place. And as our top skiers
Make their way closer and closer to that five K mark, we’ll have a clearer idea of where they are going to fit in in the overall here, of course, close battle overall between see you and our leader Utah with du in third at the moment. So see you will
Certainly be looking to have a big day to try to close that gap going into tomorrow’s slalom race. Hey, that’s Hattie Barker from New Hampshire coming to the line there, looking strong, still bringing good energy. And here are some of our other top racers out there. The one to
Watch there is bib 38 who’s actually in the back of this train. That’s Anna Maria Dietz. She is on her second lap. These other two skiers on their final lap. That’s Shae Abrams and Marielle Poulos. Mario from Alaska Fairbanks and Shea from Middlebury, and Anna Maria Dietz, who was in the back of
That group from Colorado. So, the winner of this race last time it was contested in the West so she could be one to watch, especially as we get deeper into this race, she’s not yet to the five kilometer mark. Yeah. Lucy. Come on. Lucy Yeah. And nothing changing at two and
A half, but we are starting to see more skiers come through at five. Sidney Palmer Ledger, who is sitting in second at two and a half, is our current leader at five K but are, Tilda Baumann who? Oh, actually, Tilda did just come through Sidney Palmer. Ledger. Now, about 10s ahead up
Until the Babson. So Sidney Palmer Ledger appears to be our race leader at five kilometers. I think a very good chance that Haley Brewster, who will be coming up soon, could bump into that position. So let’s see how Haley does, Haley and Sidney know each other very well. They’ve been racing since they
Were young teenagers against each other. And, it’ll be interesting to see we’re still waiting for her to get to. For Haley to get to that five kilometer mark. Currently, Sidney Palmer ledger, Hilda Baumann and Austin Peay, sorry. Astrid. Stav, are our top three at that. At that spot. Rosie
Fordham now from UAF. Looking strong coming across the line. Just charging Rosie out of Sydney, Australia. Part of the Australian national team. Really good day for her for bib from you. Rosie moves in to first place now of our finishers. So Rosie Fordham from UAF in Australia. Great day moves into
First. At the finish. Again a lot of strong racers still out on course, so we will have to wait and see where she ends up. As Shae Brahms now comes to the line. And still at five K, we are waiting for the arrival of Haley Brewster, that will probably give us, the best
Update that we can get as to who is leading this race. Currently at five K, Sidney Palmer Ledger is our leader. And of course, in the finish, Rosie Fordham from UAF. Now she’s just going to have to wait to see if her time holds up. So it’s a bit of a
Nerve wracking wait when you’re in the stadium knowing you’ve had a good day, but knowing there’s really fast gear still out on course. So Rosie in the hot seat right now, but current leader as we get a great shot of bib 27. That’s Karina Denver from Utah, originally out of
Oslo. She was the skate sprint winner at US nationals this year, which is a great achievement. Astrid Stof now crossing the line, Astrid may move into the lead at the finish. Let’s take a look here. Astrid certainly has been. Oh, and into second. Rosie Fordham holds on, Astrid Staab into
Second. And I think that’s a great indicator of, of Rosie Fordham really turning it on in the second part of her race. Astrid Staab at five K was in fourth place. And, Rosie was down in eighth. So I think Fordham really good finish for her. It looks like she had a
Very strong last lap. Will it be enough to get her on to the podium? That’s going to be the big question for her today. But it may it may be, great racing for sure. By Rosie Fordham. And at five K Haley Brewster now through into third place. So
Sidney Palmer Ledger now at five K with everybody through looks to be the one to beat. And there she is on screen bib 32 Sidney Palmer ledger with that classic quick tempo that she has. Skating quick tempo really. But, you know Sidney always bringing quick tempo. Great at punchy
Hilly courses like this, let’s see what she can do. She had a lead of, nine seconds over second place Tilda Baumann at five K, Haley Brewster was another five seconds behind Tilda. So a pretty solid lead for Sidney. Sidney has won in NCAA before. She won both races
In 2021, and is, really, really fired up to be here today and looking to crush this course. Let’s see how she does coming in here. We’re going to keep an eye now on finish times. Currently, Rosie Fordham still sitting atop the list at the finish may well have done enough to get herself
Onto the podium today, representing UAF and Australia as bib number 27. Karina Edinboro comes across the line. Let’s see if Dangaroo has done enough to move into to the podium positions here she is into seventh place for Langerud as our top racers make their way right now again looking like it
Is Sidney Palmer ledger at the top of the stack, which is great to see. She’s had a really solid year, but has not been on top of many podiums this year, so she will be, very happy to have this opportunity to get to the top of the NCAA podium here. Bib 23 now
Coming in, that’s Victoria Bard from Northern Michigan. As we await our top finishers, 34 and 35 there, followed by 33. So of course 35 is Tilda Baumann. She is the fastest in that group. Always the highest bib number. When you see a group skiing together like that is the one
Who’s caught everybody up. And here comes Sidney Palmer. Ledger bib number 32, about to cross the line and into the lead. So there is our on course leader, Sidney Palmer ledger. She’s now in the finish. She’s just got to wait now to see if she has done enough to hold off. Jasmine
Drolet, to see if she’s done enough to hold off Anna Maria Dietz, and to see if she’s done enough to hold off Haley Brewster. The other skier at five K, Tilda Baumann, who was right there in the hunt, is also out on course and heading this way. So will Sidney have done
Enough? That is the question. As we see Kendall Kramer cross the line there. And also Elizabeth Tuttle from UVM. Here comes bib 29. This is Henrietta Nielsen from Northern Michigan. So far, no one to challenge Sidney Palmer Ledger, who has got a comfortable 45 second lead over Rosie Fordham, who’s hanging on
In second right now. Astrid Staab in third. But again, this pack of three that we see right here could shake things up a little bit. You dropped me like immediately. Way to go. Coming up, one of the last climbs out there on the far end of the course. Tilda Baumann in this
Group, I believe. Okay, coming around into the finish straight now until Tilda Baumann bib 35 is going to be the one to watch in here. Tilda was second behind Palmer Ledger at the last time. Check. And she is on your right hand side there, Tilda Baumann. Even though these other 2nd May
Finish ahead of her, her time will be significantly faster due to her higher bib number. And now we wait. Tilda is across the line, probably the only one that could still knock Sidney Palmer Ledger off the top with the possible exception of Haley Brewster, who is now on your
Screen as well. Tilda Baumann into second place, about 25 seconds behind our leader, Sidney Palmer. Ledger, who you just saw on screen. And this is the last one who can do it. Haley Brewster, University of Vermont. Oh sorry, this is not Haley. This is Jasmine Drolet, but Haley Brewster is still out
There, and we will see her charging in and bib 40 very soon . Jasmine Drolet into second place. A huge, huge last lap for Jasmine. She was skiing, just outside of the top ten and threw down a giant last lap. So that is fantastic skiing for Jasmine Drolet in the second. And here
Comes Haley Brewster. I do believe. Nope, nope 37 sorry, that’s Kate Oldham from Montana State coming in looking strong. Unlikely, I think, to threaten the times of the top three here, but looking very good. A good day for Montana State. And she crosses the line into fourth place. So that is currently
Montana State in third and fourth. Tilda Baumann and Kate Oldham great race for Kate into third and fourth for Montana. Haley Brewster now out on course . Keene State there’s bib 39. That’s Annabelle Needham from Michigan Tech coming in here and looking strong. You can see the effort on her face as she’s
Climbing these last hills. It’s all downhill shortly for her. So she is giving absolutely everything at this point. As we see Anna Maria Dietz from Ku coming across the line, having totally spent herself. Let’s see where Anna Maria Dietz ends up here last time she and Sidney Palmer Leisure went head to
Head, she got Sidney. Sidney was second, but today it may be the other way around. Anna Maria Dietz into seventh as Haley Brewster charges to the finish. Here are undefeated eastern skier this year, once defeated. Eastern skier looking very strong. Did she do enough to unseat Sidney Palmer? Ledger?
She did not. Sidney Palmer Ledger, our national champion. Unofficially, of course, by about 21 seconds ahead of Haley Brewster and an absolutely charging Jasmine Drolet, from Dartmouth, who had a fantastic third lap and got herself up into the podium positions. Very, very strong skiing from Jasmine, sixth at at five K and Skeeter
Way right up into the podium positions in third. So super exciting day for the Utes and Sidney Palmer ledger. That’s a huge result. It’s been a long time coming, she’s a very, very cool kid, I’ve had the good fortune to coach Sidney a little bit and Sun Valley and it’s
Fantastic to see that smile on her face and to see her on top of the podium here at the NCAA in Steamboat Springs. Haley Brewster a really good day. She should be very proud of that, coming off of an absolutely dominant season in the East, a very, very hard fought second
Place today. So great job by her, representing University of Vermont and Jasmine Drolet from Dartmouth skiing, just really gritty last lap to get herself from sixth up on to the podium. Then it’s the Montana state skiers. Tilda Baumann and Kate Oldham, looking absolutely tough for the Bobcats out there. Rosie
Fordham for UAF out of Australia skiing into sixth place. Astrid Staab, into seventh, representing UAA as as bib number 39. Annabelle Needham comes across the line there, in eighth place. Anna Maria Dietz out of Ku in ninth place. Lucy Anderson out of Unh. Great race for her. And in 10th, we had
Selma Anderson out of du. So, very good day for Montana State for Utah, UVM had a strong day out there as well. A lot of great racing. Of course, all of these results are unofficial at this point, none of them are published. But there you see Sidney Palmer ledger, huge smile
On her face, lots of love and support from family and friends. And, that’s a big day for Sidney. So great job by Sidney Palmer Ledger today, your national champion in the seven and a half k skate race here in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, at the 2024 NCAA Championships. And
We will be, shortly going to, podium ceremony for both the men and the women. So we’ll be seeing our top skiers, top three for men and women in their, interesting connection, both Sidney Palmer Ledger and Johnny Hagenbeck, our men’s winner, spent at least part of their careers racing out of Sun
Valley, Idaho. That program that , Rick Coppola spent many years developing and running, great to see those two strong skiers come out of that program. And we will be back with you shortly for the podium ceremonies. Thank you for watching. Travis Jones signing out here for the moment from .
Before I got. All right, ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to thank the University of Colorado and Allison Hill for hosting today’s wonderful events. Great racing out there for the award ceremony today, members of the national Collegiate men’s and women’s skiing Committee will present individual awards to the
Top eight finishers in today’s 7.5km freestyle events. We are going to start with the men in eighth place from Montana State University. Frederick Nilsen. In seventh place from the University of Colorado Coe Johannes Flaten. Jojo in sixth place. Also from the University of Colorado. Magnus Bo and Magnus in fifth place from the
University of Denver. Florian Knopf. In fourth place today from the University of Colorado, will coach. Turn the trophy around 66th and our podium finishers today with a great race out there in third place, representing the University of Utah, Tom Mancini. From. Another strong performance from Utah today in second place Joe Davies
. And your men’s seven and a half K freestyle national champion representing Dartmouth College. John Steele Hagen. Buck . Yeah Yeehaw! The classic steamboat cowboy hats. There we have our national champions for the seven and a half K. Congratulations to these men. Let’s hear it. Guys, grab your boxes. Alright. Thanks, guys. A
Couple more pics. Up there. Fantastic shot. Was Mount Warner in the background and. Says, hey, guys, grab your box. And the flags of our universities flying high there with Dartmouth College on top. John Steele Hagenbeck, our national champion today. And now on to the women’s 7.5km freestyle. In eighth place today, representing the
University of Colorado, Anna Maria Dietz. In seventh place, representing the University of Alaska Anchorage, Astrid Staab. In sixth place. Today representing the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Rosie Fordham. Not giving anyone a in fifth place today representing Montana State University, Kate Oldham. Also from Montana State. In fourth place today. Hilda Baumann.
Our podium finishers today in third place. A great ski from Dartmouth. Jasmine Drolet. In a second place today representing the University of Vermont, Hailey Brewster. And the champion of the woman. 7.5km freestyle. Represent the University of Utah. A gutsy performance today. Sydney Palmer Ledger. Oh my God. So much like.
No other way, other way. That cowboy hat looks good. Sydney All right, all right, there they are. Our women’s podium finisher is. Fantastic racing today on a really tough course. Get the flag behind you. I know, I know, and again, just want to say a quick congratulations to the
2024 NCAA skiing men’s 7.5km champion. Johnny Hagenbeck from Dartmouth College. Sorry, John Steele Hagenbeck from Dartmouth College. And on the women’s side, congratulations to the 2024 NCAA skiing Women’s champion. In the 7.5km freestyle, Sydney Palmer Ledger from the University of Utah. And we will see you all here tomorrow at Howelsen Hill for
The slalom competition in the evening prime time on the East coast, racing under the lights. Please join us here and we will look
