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Scott Jerome
University of Alaska-Fairbanks

March 14, 2006

Recap of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Ski Team’s Championship Season

Central Collegiate Ski Association Regional Championship, Houghton, Michigan
February 18-19, 2006
  • Overall Team Title (second for UAF)
  • Men’s Team Title
  • Women’s Team Title
  • Men’s 15 km free technique champion, Marius Korthauer
NCAA Skiing National Championship, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
March 8-11, 2006
  • 10th place overall (among 24 teams)
  • 5th place among Nordic teams (top five are: Colorado 414, Dartmouth 289.5, Denver 280, New Mexico 274, Alaska Fairbanks 271)
  • Nanooks beat UAA by one point in Nordic (271-270)
  • Two silver medals (sophomore Marius Korthauer in the 10 km classical and senior Johanna Turunen in the 15 km free technique)
  • Four All America performances (Korthauer in 10 km classical and 20 km free technique, Turunen in 15 km classical, and junior Bart Dengel in 20 km free technique)
UAF Johanna Turunen sprinting to the silver medal, NCAA Skiing National Championships, March 11, 2006 (Credit: Lee Bernson)