Jayden Buckrell Earns All-American Honors at First Day of NCAA Championship

Wednesday, March 11

Alpine GS - Utah Olympic Park, Park City, Utah

10:45 AM (1st Run) / 2 PM (2nd Run)

University of New Hampshire

NCAA Championships

Photo by: Jamie Schwaberow

Jayden Buckrell Earns All-American Honors at First Day of NCAA Championship

3/11/2026 5:50:00 PM | Skiing

Buckrell paced the Wildcats with a 10th place result.

PARK CITY, Utah — Sophomore Jayden Buckrell (Collingwood, Ontario) (58.06, 58.63; 1:56.69) skied to a tenth-place result in the men's giant slalom, earning Second Team All-American honors to headline the University of New Hampshire's ski team's opening day at the NCAA Championship.

On the men's side, the Wildcats finished in fifth place with 41 points while the women's squad tied for seventh place with 31 points on the day. As a team, the Wildcats finished the first day in sixth place with 72 points.

Listed below are the results from the giant slalom:

Men

Jayden Buckrell – 10^th place (58.06, 58.63; 1:56.69)
Roman Elvidge (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) – 11^th place (58.25, 58.47; 1:56.72)

Click HERE to view the full men's race results.

Women

Hedda Martelleur (Uppsala, Sweden) – 13^th place (1:05.83, 1:01.37; 2:07.20)
Benedetta Caloro (Rome, Italy) – 18^th place (1:05.48, 1:03.10; 2:08.58)
Tilde Kandell (Leksand, Sweden) – DNF

Click HERE to view the full women's race results.

NEXT UP • NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, THURSDAY, MARCH 12 | DAY 2 (Nordic)
The UNH ski team continues the NCAA Championships on Thursday, March 12, as the Nordic team competes in the 7.5k classic race at Soldier Hollow Nordic Center in Midway, Utah.

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