PARK CITY, Utah — The University of Colorado placed three skiers in the top 10 of the giant slalom, as the Buffaloes began their national title defense here Wednesday in the 61st annual NCAA Skiing Championships.
Host Utah claimed the second largest first-day lead since the sport went coed in 1983, as the Utes amassed 165 points thanks to a strong alpine performance, the better of their two disciplines. Denver and New Mexico are tied for second with 130, while the Buffs are on their heels in fourth with 127.5. Vermont is a distance fifth at this juncture (101), and Alaska-Anchorage is sixth, over 100 points behind (62).
This marks just the third time the host school has led after day one at the NCAA meet in the last 25 years. Vermont is the other team to do so when it hosted in Stowe, leading by 30 points in 2005 and by 23 points in 1997, both times over Utah.
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