2015 NCAA Skiing Championships

The 2015 NCAA Skiing Championships will be held in Lake Placid, New York on March 11–14, 2015.[1][2] St. Lawrence will host the event with all alpine and Nordic events taking place at Olympic Center. It is the first time St. Lawrence will serve as host of the championship for the first time and it is the third time it will be held in Lake Placid, the other times being 1980 and 1982.[3][4]

Regional Competitions

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 championships will take place two or three weeks prior to the NCAA Championships.

Venues And Events

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 2015, the events are: Men's Giant Slalom and Women's Giant Slalom; Men's and Women's Classical; Men's and Women's Slalom; and Men's and Women's Freestyle. One alpine race is normally run to completion and the other normally alternates between men and women's first and second runs. Nordic distances are 5K and 15K for women's races and 10K and 20K for men's. One Nordic race will be an interval start and the other a mass start.

All events will take place at Olympic Center in Lake Placid.[4]

References
  1. "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites"
  2. Feehan, C.J. "NCAA selects championship hosts through 2017", Ski Racing Magazine, 11 December 2013. Retrieved on 26 February 2014.
  3. "SLU To Host 2015 Ski, Track Championships", Watertown Daily Times, 11 December 2013. Retrieved on 26 February 2014.
  4. "St. Lawrence To Host 2015 Skiing Championship", SaintsAthletics.com, 11 December 2013. Retrieved on 26 February 2014.
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