The 2014 NCAA Skiing Championships were held in Park City, Utah and Midway, Utah on March 5–8, 2014. Utah hosted the event with alpine events at Park City Ski Resort and Nordic events taking place at Soldier Hollow in nearby Midway, UT. Utah hosted for the fourth time, all have happened in Park City, the other times being 1981, 1991 and 2000.
The Denver Pioneers won the NCAA Championship, the school's 22nd in the sport, more than any other school. The Pioneers scored 556 points and won by 68.5 points over Vermont, who scored 487.5.[1]
The NCAA skiing landscape is made up of three regions, each with one conference. The Western Region comprises the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA), the Central Region of the Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA) and the Eastern Region of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA). Qualification for the NCAA Championships is not only attained from competition in each regional.
| Regional Name | Host | Date | Alpine Venue | Nordic Venue | Team Results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western | Feb. 21-22, 2014 | Utah (639), Colorado (636), New Mexico (617.5), Denver (578.5), Montana State (445) | ||||
| Central | Feb. 15-16, 2014 | Nordic Only | Men-Northern Michigan (129), Alaska Fairbanks (122), St. Scholastica (93); Women-Northern Michigan (128), St. Scholastica (109), Alaska Fairbanks (99) | |||
| Eastern | Feb. 21-22, 2014 | Vermont (1,031), Dartmouth (905), Middlebury (664), Colby (641), New Hampshire (633) |
The NCAA Skiing Championships are coed championship made up of eight events, two events in both alpine and Nordic racing for both men and women. Alpine events are giant slalom and slalom and Nordic events are classical and freestyle (skate). In Nordic competition, there is typically one shorter interval start race and one longer mass start race, and every two years it flips.
In 2014, the events were: Women's Giant slalom and Men's giant slalom on Wednesday, March 5; Women's 5K Classical and Men's 10K Classical interval start on Thursday, March 6; Men's and Women's slalom and Men's 20K Freestyle and Women's 15K Freestyle mass start on Saturday, March 8.[2] The slalom races were originally scheduled for Friday, March 7, but were postponed a day due to course conditions.[3]
All alpine events took place at Park City and Nordic events at Soldier Hollow.
| Place | Team | M-GS | W-GS | M-CL | W-CL | M-SL | W-SL | M-FS | W-FS | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Denver | 69 | 61 | 89 | 80 | 99 | 77 | 35 | 46 | 556 | |
| 2. | Vermont | 62 | 39 | 20.5 | 65 | 82 | 111 | 37 | 71 | 487.5 | |
| 3. | New Mexico | 62 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 68 | 41.5 | 65 | 53 | 458.5 | |
| 4. | Colorado | 67.5 | 60 | 83 | 30 | 10 | 57 | 56 | 39 | 402.5 | |
| 5. | Utah | 78 | 87 | 38 | 45 | 42 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 392 | |
| 6. | Dartmouth | 29 | 25 | 40 | 37 | 26 | 24.5 | 56 | 24 | 261.5 | |
| 7. | Northern Michigan | - | - | 66 | 59 | - | - | 53 | 61 | 239 | |
| 8. | Alaska Anchorage | 49 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 40 | 235 | |
| 9. | Montana State | 28.5 | 20 | 23.5 | 32.5 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 40 | 224.5 | |
| 10. | Alaska Fairbanks | - | - | 45 | 31 | - | - | 50 | 18 | 144 | |
| 11. | New Hampshire | 7 | 38 | 1 | 13 | 42 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 140 | |
| 12. | Middlebury | 39 | 19 | - | 12.5 | 37 | 12 | - | 6 | 125.5 | |
| 13. | Colby | 3 | 26 | - | 5 | 2 | 41 | - | 0 | 77 | |
| 14. | Harvard | - | 27 | 0 | 14 | - | 11 | 1 | 8 | 61 | |
| 15. | Williams | - | 15 | 0 | 0 | - | 16 | 16 | - | 47 | |
| 16. | St. Olaf | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | 25 | 41 | |
| 17. | St. Scholastica | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 23 | - | 29 | |
| 18. | Michigan Tech | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 21 | 21 | |
| 19. | St. Michael's | 4 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 16 | |
| 20. | Bowdoin | - | - | 0 | 12 | - | - | 0 | 3 | 15 | |
| 21. | Plymouth State | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 10 | |
| 22. | Bates | - | - | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 6 | 7 | |
| 23. | St. Lawrence | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
Individual champions are the winners of each of the eight races. Ironically, for the second straight season, Denver, Colorado and Vermont both captured two individual championships with New Mexico and Utah claiming one apiece. Three of the eight skiers successfully defended their individual championships; Kristine Haugen in the women's giant slalom race;[5] Colorado's Rune Oedegaard in the men's 10K Classical race and Vermont's Anja Gruber in the women's 5K Classical race.[6] Additionally, Denver's Espen Lysdahl won the men's slalom for a second time, also winning in 2012.
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All-American honors for skiing are administered by the United States Collegiate Ski Coaches Association and are determined by race results from the NCAA Championships. The top five skiers in each race are awarded a first-team All-America honor while skiers 6-10 are awarded second-team honors.
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