LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The Lees-McRae men's and women's ski & snowboard team, under head coach
Aaron Maas, captured National Championships in four team events, while senior
Lili Bauer also won the Alpine Combined Women's Snowboard Individual National Championship and six student-athletes were named Scholar All-Americans, in an outstanding week at the U.S. Collegiate Ski & Snowboard National Championships last week in Lake Placid, New York.
THE BASICS
MEET: U.S. Collegiate Ski & Snowboard National Championships
LOCATION: White Face Mountain – Lake Placid, New York
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Lees-McRae men's and women's ski & snowboard team opened the week on Tuesday with multiple events and continued daily through Saturday.
- The women's snowboard team claimed the National Championship in the Slalom on Thursday with Bauer finishing in second place overall, followed by Lindsey Fletcher in fifth, Lily Kamp in seventh, and Sarah Streett in ninth.
- Both the Lees-McRae men's and women's snowboard team also swept the National Championships in the Giant Slalom on Saturday, while the women's team picked up their third National Championship of the week by posting a first-place finish in the Alpine Team Combined standings on Saturday.
- Bauer closed out her senior year by clinching the Alpine Combined Women's Snowboard Individual National Championship, while Streett was second, Fletcher was fifth, and Kamp was 11th.
- The men's team finished in second in the Combined Alpine category with Alex Broussard finishing in second as an individual. Both the team and Broussard came in third overall for Combined Freestyle.
- Both the men's and women's teams were on the podium four out of the five days of competition with the men's team getting second place in the Slalom/Boardercorss and third in Rail Jam, while the women's team was second in Boardercross and third in Rail Jam.
- Streett, Kamp, Bauer, Aiden Gardner, Chance Markland, and Ty Kirssin all were named as USCSA Scholar All-Americans for their work in the classroom during the season.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS:
- Lili Bauer (Alpine Combined Women's Snowboard)
- Lees-McRae women's snowboard team (Snowboard Slalom)
- Lees-McRae men's snowboard team (Giant Slalom)
- Lees-McRae women's snowboard team (Giant Slalom)
- Lees-McRae women's snowboard team (Alpine Team Combined)
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