2002 NCAA Skiing Championships

2002 NCAA Skiing Championships

Tournament information
Sport	College skiing
Location	Girdwood, Alaska
Administrator	NCAA
Host(s)	University of Alaska Anchorage
Venue(s)	Alyeska Resort
Teams	23
Number of events	8
Final positions
Champions	Denver (17th overall, 3rd co-ed)
1st runners-up	Colorado
2nd runners-up	Utah

The 2002 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska as part of the 49th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate slalom and cross-country skiing in the United States.

Two-time defending champions Denver, coached by Kurt Smitz, again won the team championship, the Pioneers' third co-ed title and seventeenth overall.

Venue

Main article: Alyeska Resort

The championships were hosted at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, with the University of Alaska Anchorage as hosts.

These were the second championships held in Alaska (1987 and 2002).

Program

Men's events

• Cross country, 20 kilometer freestyle
• Cross country, 10 kilometer classical
• Slalom
• Giant slalom

Women's events

• Cross country, 15 kilometer freestyle
• Cross country, 5 kilometer classical
• Slalom
• Giant slalom

Team scoring

Alyeska

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Championships site

Rank	Team	Points
	Denver (DC)	656
	Colorado	612
	Utah	6091⁄2
4	New Mexico	569
5	Vermont	5211⁄2
6	Nevada	444
7	Dartmouth	4121⁄2
8	Northern Michigan	327
9	New Hampshire	3101⁄2
10	Alaska Anchorage	310
11	Middlebury	296
12	Williams	175
13	Alaska Fairbanks	1631⁄2
14	Western State	154
15	Bates	116
16	Montana State	82
17	Colby	601⁄2
18	St. Lawrence	60
19	St. Olaf	59
20	Harvard	39
21	Saint Michael's	25
22	Michigan Tech	20
23	Bowdoin	19

• DC – Defending champions
• Debut team appearance

See also

• List of NCAA skiing programs