NCAA Championships: Rivas and Hemmingsson win slaloms, UVM leads teams

The 2009 NCAA Championships rolled on today with men’s and women’s slalom races under sunny skies at Sunday River, Maine.

The University of Colorado’s Gabriel Rivas put down the fastest run of the day to capture the men’s slalom. The University of New Mexico’s Peeter Brenna clocked the fastest second-run time to secure the silver medal, while The University of Denver’s Leif Haugen grabbed his second medal of these championships in third. Haugen’s first medal came yesterday with a silver in the GS.

UNM had a strong showing at the women’s race as the top two spots were taken by Malin Hemmingsson and Estelle Pecherand in first and second, respectively. Pecherand notched her second medal of the event, following her silver medal performance in yesterday’s GS. Jilyne McDonald of the University of Vermont took home the bronze.

The top-three team standings are neck-and-neck as UVM (484) now leads DU (482) by only two points. UNM is right in it with 481 points of their own. The University of Utah stands in fourth with 444 points.

Today’s races conclude this year’s NCAA alpine competition as the championships turn to tomorrow’s final 15K (women’s) and 20K (men’s) cross country races.

For complete results click here.

The 2009 NCAA Championships rolled on today with men’s and women’s slalom races under sunny skies at Sunday River, Maine.

The University of Colorado’s Gabriel Rivas put down the fastest run of the day to capture the men’s slalom. The University of New Mexico’s Peeter Brenna clocked the fastest second-run time to secure the silver medal, while The University of Denver’s Leif Haugen grabbed his second medal of these championships in third. Haugen’s first medal came yesterday with a silver in the GS.

UNM had a strong showing at the women’s race as the top two spots were taken by Malin Hemmingsson and Estelle Pecherand in first and second, respectively. Pecherand notched her second medal of the event, following her silver medal performance in yesterday’s GS. Jilyne McDonald of the University of Vermont took home the bronze.

The top-three team standings are neck-and-neck as UVM (484) now leads DU (482) by only two points. UNM is right in it with 481 points of their own. The University of Utah stands in fourth with 444 points.

Today’s races conclude this year’s NCAA alpine competition as the championships turn to tomorrow’s final 15K (women’s) and 20K (men’s) cross country races.

For complete results click here.