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3.4 - [RELEASE] USCSA 43rd Annual Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships in Lake Placid, NY
- Apr 18
- 4 min read
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jay Moyer
UNITED STATES COLLEGIATE SKI AND SNOWBOARD ASSOCIATION HOSTS 43rd ANNUAL U.S. COLLEGIATE SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSTM
LAKE PLACID, New York. March 4th 2022 - The U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) will host its 5-day long annual Collegiate National ChampionshipsTM from March 6-12th, 2022 in Lake Placid, NY. Over 510 competitors will compete for National collegiate titles in alpine, nordic, snowboard and freeski events at the same sites that hosted the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics.
Event partners include the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), Nalgene, Skratch Labs, Borah Teamwear, Reliable Racing, MiiR, Outdoor Master, Hestra, Swix Sports, Corbeaux, Atomic, Rolflex, Patagonia, High Peaks Cyclery, SYNC and Ship Skis.
USCSA is the only ski and snowboard league where colleges and universities compete and qualify for postseason competition as a team. This emphasis on team performance is a departure from the typical individual or world cup scoring format often found in skiing. Allowing entire teams to qualify for the USCSA Collegiate National ChampionshipsTM also allows for a greater number of competitors to attend the event, with over 200 alpine athletes, 200 freeski and snowboard athletes, and 100 nordic athletes competing this week at Lake Placid, NY.
“All of us at the USCSA are ecstatic to both be back in Lake Placid, New York and back at our National Championships after a long two-year hiatus,” said USCSA President Chris Shumeyko. “It’s hard to believe that our 2020 National Championships coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Everyone in this organization from our student-athletes & coaches, to our volunteers have worked tirelessly to get back here today. I couldn’t be more excited for our teams to take to the snow!”
Teams began their quest to qualify for the U.S. Collegiate Skiing and Snowboarding National ChampionshipsTM in their local conference competitions, held across 11 conferences spanning the nation, this December. Top teams from each conference attend one of 6 regional championships, which decide who ultimately qualifies to participate in events at the Collegiate National Championship. Results from all events can be found at www.uscsa.org.
Teams representing 54 colleges and universities are competing at the 2022 USCSA Collegiate National ChampionshipsTM. This includes alpine, snowboard, freeski, and nordic teams which qualified through their regional championships, including powerhouses such as Babson College (Alpine), Castleton University (Alpine, Nordic), Clarkson University (Alpine, Nordic), the University of Wyoming (Nordic), Liberty University (Freeski, Snowboard), Rocky Mountain College (Alpine, Freeski), St Olaf College (Alpine, Nordic), and Sierra Nevada University (Alpine, Freeski, Snowboard). A full list of qualified institutions is attached.
Beginning March 8th, the USCSA Broadcast Network will bring audiences over 60 hours of LIVE, multi-camera HD video coverage from all three competition venues at its web portal: http://www.uscsa.com/broadcast. Scott "Boss" Hogg returns to lead the USCSA Broadcast Team at alpine, joined by legendary snowboard announcer Mark Oliver aka “The Beav” at snowboard/freestyle, as well as Bob “Coach” Underwood and Jared Newell at nordic. Visit https://www.uscsa.org/broadcast for more information, including live-timing, daily schedules, and on-demand archived broadcasts.
The USCSA is the sports federation for collegiate team ski racing and snowboarding in America. The USCSA believes that student-athletes of all levels and abilities should have access to quality and exciting venues of competition. USCSA athletes agree that our team orientation fosters a collaborative approach across their collegiate athletic and academic careers, and often this mentality proves indispensable in their adult lives and careers. The organization includes 184 colleges from coast to coast, fielding 5,146 male and female, alpine, freestyle, cross-country, snowboarding and nordic ski jumping athletes in over 300 events annually.
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For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact jmoyer@uscsa.org
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Babson College Castleton University Clarkson University Colgate University Colorado Mesa University Colorado State University Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Hobart and William Smith Colleges James Madison University Lafayette College Lees-McRae College Liberty University Messiah University Michigan Technological University Northeastern University Northern Michigan University Paul Smith's College Pennsylvania State University Rocky Mountain College San Diego State University Sierra Nevada University Springfield College St. Joseph's College of Maine St. Olaf College Syracuse University The College of Idaho United States Military Academy United States Air Force Academy University of California, Davis University of California, San Diego University of Colorado Boulder University of Connecticut University of Maine at Farmington University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Minnesota - Twin Cities University of Minnesota Duluth University of Nevada University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin Madison University of Wyoming Western Colorado University Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Babson College Brown University Castleton University Clarkson University Colgate University College of St. Scholastica Colorado Mesa University Colorado State University Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Hobart and William Smith Colleges James Madison University Lafayette College Liberty University Messiah University Michigan Technological University Northeastern University Northern Michigan University Paul Smith's College Pennsylvania State University Rocky Mountain College San Diego State University Sierra Nevada University St. Joseph's College of Maine St. Olaf College Syracuse University The College of Idaho United States Military Academy United States Air Force Academy University of California, Berkeley University of Colorado Boulder University of Connecticut University of Idaho University of Maine at Farmington University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Minnesota - Twin Cities University of Nevada University of Southern California University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Wisconsin Madison University of Wyoming Virginia Tech Western Colorado University Whitman College Worcester Polytechnic Institute |