Marius Korthauer grabbed his second silver medal at the NCAA Championship skate race.

March 5, 2008

Complete Results From NCAA Men's and Women's Freestyle Races

Senior Marius Korthauer led the Nanook charge in the first day of the NCAA Championships, grabbing his second career silver medal and first-team All-American honors with a 2nd place finish in the men's 10K freestyle race at Bohart Ranch in Bozeman, Mont. Korthauer, who claims his fifth career All-American award, completed the two laps around the 5K loop in 30:48.3 to match his career-best result at the national championships.

Korthauer, wearing bib number 30 in the interval start race, initially jumped to leaderboard's top spot when he crossed the line. With just eight other skiers remaining on the course, however, the German native could not hang on, as eventual winner Glenn Randall posted a better time just a minute later.

Teammate Vahur Teppan joins Korthauer on the All-American team. The Estonian produced an outstanding late charge to move from 23rd after the first lap to an eventual 8th-place finish. Teppan's surge forced Andy Liebner to settle for ninth, as Teppan nipped the Anchorage skier by two-tenths of a second.

On the women's side, Anna Coulter also grabbed her first All-American honor by finishing ninth in the event-opening 5K freestyle race. Coulter, who has grabbed a top-ten collegiate spot in each of her skate events this season, completed the course in 18:09.1 to improve on her 13th place finish at NCAA's last year.

Aurelia Korthauer finished 21st in the event, registering a time of 19:20.4, while Elisabeth Habermann came in 28th in 19:32.6 despite not having raced in competition since January 27. Colorado's Maria Moe Grevsgaard won the women's race handily, logging a time of 17:09.8: a good 24.2 seconds ahead of the next competitor.

Ray Sabo rounded out the field for the Nanook men, enduring a tough race in his first NCAA Championships before eventually finishing 37th. Sabo will get a chance to redeem himself, however, with Friday's upcoming classic race: a discipline in which the Whitehorse sophomore excels.

As a team, Alaska currently sits in seventh place, having amassed 135 total points (73 from the men, 62 from the women). Colorado leads the race for the NCAA team title with 186 points.

The Nanooks conclude their 2007-08 season with a final trip to Bohart Ranch on Friday, where they will compete in the mass-start classical races. The men's race, a 20K, will begin at 7:00 a.m. Alaska time, while the women's 10K starts at 9:00 a.m.