UNH to Host 2021 NCAA Ski Championships

Marius Solbakken and the alpine team will compete at Mittersill on March 10 and 12 (Photo by Stephen Cloutier).

DURHAM, N.H.— The University of New Hampshire athletic department announced Monday that it will host the 2021 NCAA Skiing Championships on March 10-13 at Jackson Ski Touring Center and Mittersill at Cannon Mountain.

This will be the sixth time UNH has hosted NCAAs, and the first time since 2017, when the University of Utah won the national championship. Middlebury College, the originally scheduled host school, is not participating in athletics this season.

Alpine events will take place at Cannon Mountain on Wednesday, March 10 and Friday, March 12. Nordic competition at Jackson XC is slated for Thursday, March 11, and Saturday, March 13. Per University COVID-19 safety protocols, no spectators will be permitted at either Cannon Mountain or Jackson XC.

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The venues are one hour apart and the NCAA headquarters for the championships will be at the Omni Mount Washington Hotel, next to the Bretton Woods Ski Resort.

"When we heard that Middlebury College could not host as a staff, we decided to look into hosting," said Cory Schwartz, UNH's Coordinator of Skiing / Nordic head coach. "We felt it was important for Eastern Skiing (EISA) to keep the championships in the east if possible. We reached out to Cannon and Jackson, and they were excited to bring the best collegiate skiers in the country to New Hampshire. This will be our sixth time hosting, which shows the state and school can provide championship-level races."

Lucinda Anderson will lead the Nordic 'Cats in action at Jackson XC on March 11 and 13 (Photo by FlyingPointRoad.com).

One of the interesting aspects of the championships is that men and women, alpine and Nordic skiers, all compete as one team. The two genders and different skiing disciplines compete in separate races, but for one final score and one final championship.

"We have been working with the UNH administration, Cannon, Jackson and the NCAA to provide a safe week of training and racing," stated Schwartz. "Personally, this will be my last NCAAs as a host school, so to be able to provide one more NCAA Championship to collegiate skiing is very rewarding, especially during this year dealing with the pandemic."

Here is the current schedule of events. Dates/events subject to change. All events are scheduled to be streamed on ncaa.com.

Date	Discipline	Event	Venue
Wednesday, March 10	Alpine	Women's GS/ Men's GS	Mittersill
Thursday, March 11	Nordic	Men's 10K Classic / Women's 5K Classic	Jackson XC
Friday, March 12	Alpine	Men's SL / Women's SL	Mittersill
Saturday, March 13	Nordic	Women's 15K Free / Men's 20K Free	Jackson XC

For more information about the NCAA Skiing Championships visit www.ncaa.com/sports/skiing.

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