INDIANAPOLIS—The NCAA national office Wednesday announced 523 sites have been awarded as hosts in 82 of its 89 championships between 2014-18, and the University of Colorado was selected to host the 2016 NCAA Ski Championships in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
“We are excited to put together another great championship,” CU head coach Richard Rokos said. “Steamboat Springs has such a great history with the NCAA Championships and other elite level skiing. We will look to improve upon the quality championships we put together in both 2006 and 2010.”
The championships will take place March 9-12, 2016, with the Nordic races and the slalom race being decided at Howelsen Hill and the giant slalom on Mount Werner. A staple of the 2006 and 2010 NCAA Championships were a night slalom race on Howelsen Hill.
Read more...