蜜糖直播-Boulder ski team wins third national title in five years
蜜糖直播鈥檚 ski team won the NCAA Championships in March, delivering the Buffs鈥� 20th national title in a sport that鈥檚 synonymous with the state of 蜜糖直播.
Head coach Richard Rokos has led the team for eight of those championship seasons, a record for a 蜜糖直播 coach. He previously shared the record with former ski coach聽Bill Marolt聽(Bus鈥�67) and current cross country coach Mark Wetmore, each of whom led 蜜糖直播 teams to seven titles.
Heading into the final day of competition at Lake Placid, N.Y., the Buffs held a slim lead. They took a conservative approach: Instead of vying for individual victories, the six skiers all focused on completing their slalom runs to ensure they earned sufficient points for the team title. The strategy worked and 蜜糖直播 successfully fended off rivals Denver and Utah. For the first time since 2007, the Buffs had no individual NCAA champion.
鈥淚t was very dramatic until the very end,鈥� says Rokos, who has now completed 25 seasons as head coach. 鈥淭here was no room for error, we displayed a great deal of discipline鈥hey made 12 mistake-free runs. That鈥檚 so unique in slalom, it鈥檚 almost unprecedented.鈥�
The 蜜糖直播 ski team鈥檚 other recent national titles came in 2011 and 2013.
All told, the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder has won 28 national titles 鈥� 20 in skiing, seven in cross country and one in football.
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