INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Men's and Women's Skiing Committee today announced the 74 men and 74 women selected to participate in the 2004 National Collegiate Men's and Women's Skiing Championships, to be held March 10-13 at Auburn Ski Club and Sugar Bowl Ski Area in Truckee, California. The championships will be hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno.

Alpine events will be run March 10 and 12 at Sugar Bowl Ski Area. The men's and women's giant slaloms will be held March 10, with the men's and women's slaloms conducted March 12. Nordic events will be held March 11 and 13 at Auburn Ski Club. The women's five-kilometer and men's 10-kilometer freestyle cross country races will be conducted March 11. The men's 20-kilometer and women's 15-kilometer classical cross country races will be held March 13.

Participants are selected on a regional basis from two designated regions for Alpine skiing (East and West Regions), and three designated regions for Nordic skiing (Central, East and West Regions). Bids are awarded to regions using a formula determined by the skiing committee. A maximum of 12 student-athletes (three per gender per discipline) may participate from an institution.

PARTICIPANTS BY DISCIPLINE AND REGION (listed alphabetically by name): ALPINE East Region - Men East Region - Women Roger Brown, Dartmouth Lindsay Brush, Middlebury Bryn Carey, New Hampshire Courtney Calise, Dartmouth David Coriell, Middlebury Ashley Carter, Williams Joe Dunn, New Hampshire Emily Copeland, Dartmouth Fred Emich, Middlebury Jamie Kingsbury, Vermont Paul Epstein, Vermont Madaileine Krebs, Vermont Chris Frank, Williams Abbi Lathrop, Colby Hunter Kaltsas, Vermont Christin Lathrop, Dartmouth Erik Kankainen, Dartmouth Jenny Lathrop, Colby Matt Knittle, Vermont Cecily Lowenthal, Williams Paul McDonald, Dartmouth Hilary McCloy, Vermont Sean McKenna, Bates Sydney Mikkelson, New Hampshire Warner Nickerson, Colby Addie Robinson, Williams Charlie Reed, Colby Laura Scripture, Middlebury John Rusten, Middlebury Jessica Smith, Middlebury Robert Saunders, Colby Jacob Stevens, New Hampshire West Region - Men West Region - Women Tahir Bisic, Colorado Spela Bertoncej, Boise State Marius Elvrum, Alaska Anchorage Jennifer Delich, New Mexico Cody Jenick, Colorado Mateja Gombac, Boise State Lars Ola Kjos, Denver Erika Hogan, Colorado David Lamb, Denver Rowena Hyldahl, Utah Lars Loeseth, New Mexico Barbara Knor, Denver Alex Mach, New Mexico Lauren Lattimer, Utah Will McDonald, Utah Julie-Pierre Leclerc, Alaska Anchorage Andreas Neuhauser, Alaska Anchorage April Mancuso, Utah Luke Patterson, Western State Erin McEachren, Colorado Gaspar Perricone, Utah Alex Munteanu, Montana State Mike Rajcan, Nevada Smaranda Munteanu, Montana State Christian Ringvold, Alaska Anchorage Sophie Ormond, Denver Peter Roering, New Mexico Pia Rivelsrud, Denver Dominick Schweiger, Denver Kathrin Spendier, New Mexico Ben Thornhill, Utah Kristin Taylor, Colorado Tommi Viirret, Nevada Rachel Walker, Whitman Hannes Zirknitzer, Whitman Margit Walter, Boise State Helena Woodrow, New Mexico Quincy Young, Nevada NORDIC Central Region - Men Central Region - Women Bryan Cook, Northern Michigan Sigrid Aas, Alaska Fairbanks Joe Graci, Northern Michigan Rachel Daw, Northern Michigan Brent Lowen, Alaska Fairbanks Sigrid Lagerfelt, Alaska Fairbanks Jonas Tetlie, Alaska Fairbanks Toni McKnight, Michigan Tech Hjalmar Westie, Northern Michigan Johanna Turunen, Alaska Fairbanks Erik Wickstrom, Alaska Fairbanks Rosy Walsh, Wisconsin-Green Bay Lindsey Weier, Northern Michigan Lindsay Williams, Northern Michigan East Region - Men East Region - Women Lowell Bailey, Vermont Claire Anderson, Middlebury Ethan Foster, Vermont Kate Crawford, Vermont Ryan Foster, Vermont Alison Crocker, Dartmouth Marshall Greene, Middlebury Elizabeth Harrington, Dartmouth Anders Haugen, Williams Emily Klemp, Vermont Andy Hunter, Dartmouth Chrissy May, Dartmouth Garrott Kuzzy, Middlebury Anna McLoon, Harvard Chris Leonards, Bates Kate Newick, Middlebury Chris Mallory, New Hampshire Kate Underwood, New Hampshire Angus McCusker, St. Lawrence Kate Whitcomb, Middlebury Colin Rodgers, Middlebury Eben Sargent, Dartmouth Mike Sinnott, Dartmouth Tim Stickney, Williams West Region - Men West Region - Women Martin Bartnes, Denver Karin Camenisch, Denver Jesse Carlstrom, Nevada Claire Critchley, Colorado Erling Christiansen, Colorado Nicole DeYong, Alaska Anchorage Christian Coe, Montana State Jessica Ford, Nevada Henning Dybendal, Utah Emma Garrard, Nevada Brian Gregg, Western State Jess Gray, Western State Dirk Grimm, New Mexico Sandra Gredig, Utah Amund Hansen, Denver Tara Hamilton, Denver Erlend Hoff, Denver Sarah Hansen, Alaska Anchorage Henrik Hoye, Colorado Jenny Hansson, Utah Brent Knight, Alaska Anchorage Barbro Hatlevik, Utah Geir-Endre Rogn, New Mexico Muriele Huberli, Colorado Tor Erik Schjellerud, Colorado Lena Jensen, New Mexico Benjamin Sonntag, Utah Mandy Kaempf, Alaska Anchorage Daniel Sonntag, Utah Niina Karvonen, Denver Eric Strabel, Alaska Anchorage Trine Lundamo, New Mexico Zach Violett, Alaska Anchorage Jana Rehemaa, Colorado Jan Vykoukal, Nevada Emily Robins, Montana State Jedd Young, New Mexico Melody Scheefer, Western State Martina Stursova, New Mexico Sari Tuovinen, Nevada PARTICIPANTS BY INSTITUTION Men's Women's Men's Women's Institution Alpine Alpine Nordic Nordic Total Alaska Anchorage 3 1 3 3 10 Alaska Fairbanks 0 0 3 3 6 Bates 1 0 1 0 2 Boise State 0 3 0 0 3 Colby 3 2 0 0 5 Colorado 2 3 3 3 11 Dartmouth 3 3 3 3 12 Denver 3 3 3 3 12 Harvard 0 0 0 1 1 Michigan Tech 0 0 0 1 1 Middlebury 3 3 3 3 12 Montana State 0 2 1 1 4 Nevada 2 1 2 3 8 New Hampshire 3 1 1 1 6 New Mexico 3 3 3 3 12 Northern Michigan 0 0 3 3 6 St. Lawrence 0 0 1 0 1 Utah 3 3 3 3 12 Vermont 3 3 3 2 11 Western State 1 0 1 2 4 Whitman 1 1 0 0 2 Williams 1 3 2 0 6 Wisconsin-Green Bay 0 0 0 1 1 

The University of Utah captured their 10th skiing team championship at last year's championships in Hanover, New Hampshire. Katrin Smigun led the Utes by sweeping the women's Nordic events, winning the five-kilometer freestyle and 15-kilometer classical cross country races. Also capturing individual titles for Utah were Ben Thornhill in the men's giant slalom and Lina Johansson in the women's slalom. Other individual event winners included Jimmy Vika of New Mexico in the men's 10-kilometer freestyle cross country, Jamie Kingsbury of Vermont in the women's giant slalom, Christopher Cook of Northern Michigan in the men's 20-kilometer classical cross country and Bradley Wall of host Dartmouth in the men's slalom.

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