Buffs Qualify Full Team For NCAA Championships

INDIANAPOLIS—As was known based on a tremendous week in Alaska, the Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team have officially qualified a full 12-skier team for the NCAA Championships, set to take place in Lake Placid, N.Y., March 8-11.

The Buffs have now qualified a full team for the 12th straight season, having last gone short-handed in 2009. Colorado has won 20 National Championships (19 NCAA, 1 AIAW), second most in the nation and has 102 individual national champions (100 NCAA), most by any team in the nation.

The group of 12 skiers going for the Buffs include five Buffs that have won a race this season and nine of the 12 have at least one podium appearance and the group has a combined 24 podium appearances.

Qualifying for the Buffs are:

Hanna Abrahamsson (women's Nordic) – Nine races, all top seven, seven top 5, six podiums, one win.
Magnus Boee (men's Nordic) – 10 races, all top 20, six top 10, four top 5, three podiums, one win.
Anna-Maria Dietze (women's Nordic) – Eight races, all top six, seven top 5, three podiums, one win.
Jacob Dilling (men's alpine) – Seven races, six top 11, five top 5, four podiums, one win.
Elena Exenberger (women's alpine) – 11 races, eight top 20, three top 10.
Louis Fausa (men's alpine) – 11 races, eight top 15, six top 10, three top five, two podiums.
Filip Forejtek (men's alpine) – Eight races, four top seven, three top five, three podiums, one win.
Emma Hammergaard (women's alpine) – 11 races, seven top 8, two top 5, one podium.
Kaitlyn Harsch (women's alpine) – 11 races, seven top 20, three top 10.
Oyvind Haugan (men's Nordic) – Eight races, seven top 20, two top 10.
Weronika Kaleta (women's Nordic) – Four races, four top nine, three top five, one podium.
Will Koch (men's Nordic) – Seven races, seven top 14, six top 10, one top five, one podium.

The championships are hosted by St. Lawrence University and will take place at Mt. Van Hovenberg for Nordic races and Whiteface Mountain for alpine races in Lake Placid. This is the fourth time Lake Placid will host the NCAA Ski Championships and the Buffs have won the National Championships where Lake Placid was the sole host of the event, in 1982 and then CU's most recent title in 2015 also came in Lake Placid.

Colorado University Athletics

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Hanna Abrahamsson

Magnus Boee

Anna-Maria Dietze

Jacob Dilling

Elena Exenberger

Louis Fausa

Filip Forejtek

Emma Hammergaard

Kaitlyn Harsch

Oyvind Haugan

Weronika Kaleta

Will Koch

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