MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CALIF. – The Lees-McRae men's and women's ski & snowboard team, under head coach
Aaron Maas, battled snowy conditions last week en route to four National Championships with
Lilly Kamp taking home the Alpine Combined Individual Title and the Boarder-cross National Championship.
THE BASICS
MEET: U.S. Collegiate Ski & Snowboard National Championships
LOCATION: Mammoth Mountain – Mammoth Mountain, California
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Lees-McRae men's and women's ski & snowboard began their week on Mammoth Mountain in California with a series of winter storms that affected the competition.
- The women's snowboard claimed the National Championship in Boarder-Cross with Lilly Kamp taking home the gold in the event. Nicole Yoos placed second for the Bobcats and Lindsey Fletcher finished in 20th place.
- Kamp also took the National Championship in the Alpine Combined by virtue of the victory in Boarder-Cross and Lees-McRae claimed the title in the Alpine Team Combined standings after the competition ended.
- On the men's side, the Bobcats placed second in the nation for the USCSA Combined Alpine Snowboard after Kenneth Stanford took second in the Individual Alpine standings. Blake Broussard and Chance Markland rounded out Lees-McRae in 11th and 13th as Broussard and Markland earned second Team All-America honors.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS:
- Lilly Kamp (Alpine Combined Women's Snowboard)
- Lilly Kamp (Boarder-Cross Women's Snowboard)
- Lees-McRae women's snowboard team (Women's Snowboard Boarder-Cross)
- Lees-McRae women's snowboard team (Alpine Team Combined)
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