USCSA Hosts 42nd Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships
The five-day-long annual U.S. Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association (USCSA) Collegiate National Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y. are underway and nearly 500 competitors are set to compete for national collegiate titles in alpine, nordic, snowboard and freeski events.
USCSA is the only ski and snowboard league where colleges and universities compete and qualify for post-season competition as a team. Emphasis on team performance is a departure from the typical individual or FIS World Cup scoring format often found in skiing and snowboarding, allowing entire teams to qualify for the USCSA Collegiate National Championships. The format 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.
“Coming to Lake Placid is always a treat for the USCSA,” said USCSA Executive Director Alec Tandara-Kuhns. “Between the historic venues, flexible and accommodating organizing staff and close proximity for a majority of the teams, Nationals in Lake Placid have been instant classics.”
Teams began their quest to qualify for the U.S. Collegiate Skiing and Snowboarding National Championships in their local conference competitions, held across 11 conferences spanning the nation this December. Top teams from each conference attend one of six regional championships, which determines who ultimately qualifies to participate in events at the Collegiate National Championship. Results from all events can be found at www.uscsa.com.
Teams representing 71 colleges and universities are competing at the 2020 USCSA Collegiate National Championships. This includes alpine, snowboard, freeski, and nordic teams which qualified through their regional championships, including powerhouses such as Westminster College (Snowboard), the University of Wyoming (Nordic), University of Colorado Boulder (Freeski), Rocky Mountain College (Alpine), and James Madison University (Snowboard).
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. 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 http://www.uscsa.com/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 their 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 162 colleges from coast to coast, fielding 4,954 male and female, alpine, freestyle, cross-country, snowboarding and nordic ski jumping athletes in over 300 events annually.
For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact atandkuhns@uscsa.com
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