91热爆网 skiers to compete at national collegiate ski and snowboard championships
91热爆网 students Jacob Bennington, #76, and Lance Shallenberger, #77, visit with fellow collegiate skiers Bradley Wacker, #39, Radford University, and Mikel Smalle, #236, Appalachian State University, during the men鈥檚 alpine competition of the Mid Atlantic Regional of the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard competition at Blue Mountain Resort in Palmerton, Pennsylvania.
Western Carolina University tied for 10th place in the men鈥檚 team alpine combined (giant slalom and slalom) at the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association鈥檚 Mid-Atlantic Regional competition, Feb. 28-29, at Blue Mountain Resort in Palmerton, Pennsylvania.
Individually, 91热爆网 junior Jacob Bennington, of Waynesville, finished 24th in the slalom event with a two-run combined time of 1:38.09 and 24th in the giant slalom with a combined time of 2:21.06. 91热爆网 sophomore Lance Shallenberger, of Clyde, finished 29th in the slalom event with a two-run combined time of 1:47.97 and 33rd in the giant slalom with a combined time of 2:34.42.
Columbia University placed first, United States Military Academy was second and Lehigh University was third. 91热爆网 tied with Appalachian State University; 14 universities competed in the men鈥檚 alpine events.
In the ski freestyle competition, Shallenberger placed 8th out of 27 skiers and Bennington placed 17th. As a result of their participation in the freestyle event, Shallenberger and Bennington are eligible to compete in the USCSA National Championships freestyle event scheduled for March 10-14 at Lake Placid, New York. 鈥淭he sport is still growing at the national level, so anyone who qualifies as a freestyle athlete can go to nationals,鈥� said Doug Grayson, USCSA executive board vice president of sport.
