PARK CITY, Utah — Warm weather and rain were factors in the third day of the NCAA Ski Championships being postponed, as the course was deemed too dangerous for the slalom races to be held.
Race officials surveyed the course and had initially hoped for a delay of the men’s and women’s competition, but in the end, made the decision to delay both until Saturday. They will now be run at the same time as the final two cross country freestyle events.
Denver leads at the midway point with 299, with host Utah second with 248; the defending national champion Buffaloes are third with 240.5 and New Mexico fourth with 231; the first eastern school is a distant fifth, as Vermont has 186.5 points. The leader at the midway point had won six titles in a row until last year, when Vermont led Colorado by 21½ points through four events only to see CU rally on the last day; the team in the lead at the halfway mark has claimed 10 of the last 13 championships.
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