VANCOUVER, B.C. –
Lucas Underkoffler placed second in both of today's Northwest Collegiate Ski Conference qualifiers, securing the NWCSC individual title and helping the College of Idaho to their third NWCSC team championship in the last four years at Grouse Mountain.
Race 1 Results Race 2 Results
Combining the final two slalom races into one day, the Yotes – C of I placed second in the morning race before dominating the field in the afternoon set of runs to claim the overall team championship.
Underkoffler had the fastest first run of the morning session, but got clipped at the line by 15-hundredths of a second for the gold by University of Idaho's Boomer Vuori (1:26.32).
Trevor Trimble placed eighth and
Brady Nilsson took 12th – as C of I's team time of 4:31.45 was second to Washington State (4:25.44).
Later in the day, the Yotes placed three in the Top-10 to earn the team victory – with Underkoffler in second (1:29.32), Nilsson in third (1:31.07) and
Jarod Esnoz in eighth (1:36.75). C of I's team time of 4:37.14 – 15 seconds clear of second-place British Columbia.
Andrew Brinker took 14th in the evening race; while
Anthony Schifone placed 16th and
Arnav Virmani taking 19th in the morning run for the Yotes.
Underkoffler earned his fourth-straight All-NWCSC selection, with Nilsson earning his second All-NWCSC nod, while Trimble, a freshman, earned his first.
C of I takes next weekend off in preparation for the USCSA Western Regionals, at Snow King Resort in Jackson, Wyo.
