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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Getting contributions from nearly every player on the roster, the Sierra Nevada College men’s snowboard team came home Sunday from Winter Park, Colo., with the 2009 United States Collegiate Skiing and Snowboarding Association’s overall national title.
The Eagles placed first in all four men’s events, with four different athletes winning.
“It was great for the guys to have every event won by a different athlete,” coach Jeff Corrado said.
Junior Spencer Cordovano won the giant slalom as SNC won the event, sophomore Spencer Reeves won boardercross, freshman Tucker Norred won the slopestlye, as SNC won the event, and sophomore Austen Butler led the charge in halfpipe by placing first, as the team also won.
Coach Jeff Corrado said he was impressed by the women’s team as well, which placed second, as freshman Devon Crowther took the overall crown.
“We got incredible finishes from Devon, (freshman) Jesse Kott and (sophomore ) Nora Johannessen,” Corrado said. “Devon had an awesome attitude and really stepped it up to get the overall individual.”
Crowther placed first twice, in halfpipe and boardercross, and also finished in the top 10 in slopestyle (fourth) and giant slalom (second).
Kott had two top-10 finishes in halfpipe (fourth) and slopestyle (third), while Johannessen finished eighth in boardercross and ninth in halfpipe.
The story this weekend was very different for the SNC skiers, though.
For the first time in 17 years, SNC did not bring home the overall men’s and women’s titles.
A couple of close finishes against Utah’s Westminster College — including a three-way tiebreaker loss to Westminster for the men’s overall and a .16 second loss in women’s giant slalom— left the Eagles in second place for both teams.
“It just shows you the league is getting better,” Zagar said. “It’s better and better every year. I think my girls were a little disappointed, but that’s how it goes.”
Freshman Hedvig Spaengs stood out for the women’s team, taking the third overall spot by winning the slalom. Senior Caroline Bergstroem also finished in the top-10 overall with a seventh-place mark.
On the men’s side, the team placed second overall after a team giant slalom victory and a fourth place in the GS.
Junior Mickey Ross placed second overall.
Check Wednesday’s Bonanza for an in-depth recap of the event.
The Eagles placed first in all four men’s events, with four different athletes winning.
“It was great for the guys to have every event won by a different athlete,” coach Jeff Corrado said.
Junior Spencer Cordovano won the giant slalom as SNC won the event, sophomore Spencer Reeves won boardercross, freshman Tucker Norred won the slopestlye, as SNC won the event, and sophomore Austen Butler led the charge in halfpipe by placing first, as the team also won.
Coach Jeff Corrado said he was impressed by the women’s team as well, which placed second, as freshman Devon Crowther took the overall crown.
“We got incredible finishes from Devon, (freshman) Jesse Kott and (sophomore ) Nora Johannessen,” Corrado said. “Devon had an awesome attitude and really stepped it up to get the overall individual.”
Crowther placed first twice, in halfpipe and boardercross, and also finished in the top 10 in slopestyle (fourth) and giant slalom (second).
Kott had two top-10 finishes in halfpipe (fourth) and slopestyle (third), while Johannessen finished eighth in boardercross and ninth in halfpipe.
The story this weekend was very different for the SNC skiers, though.
For the first time in 17 years, SNC did not bring home the overall men’s and women’s titles.
A couple of close finishes against Utah’s Westminster College — including a three-way tiebreaker loss to Westminster for the men’s overall and a .16 second loss in women’s giant slalom— left the Eagles in second place for both teams.
“It just shows you the league is getting better,” Zagar said. “It’s better and better every year. I think my girls were a little disappointed, but that’s how it goes.”
Freshman Hedvig Spaengs stood out for the women’s team, taking the third overall spot by winning the slalom. Senior Caroline Bergstroem also finished in the top-10 overall with a seventh-place mark.
On the men’s side, the team placed second overall after a team giant slalom victory and a fourth place in the GS.
Junior Mickey Ross placed second overall.
Check Wednesday’s Bonanza for an in-depth recap of the event.
