FRANCONIA, N.H. – Freshman Cassidy Gray won the Individual NCAA Championship and junior Stef Fleckenstein was second in the women's giant slalom race, propelling the Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team into third place after the first day of the NCAA Championships here at Mittersill-Cannon Mountain Ski Resort Wednesday.
On the strength of Gray and Fleckenstein, the Buffs won the women's GS race as a team with 94 points, 15 ahead of second place Westminster and 35 ahead of third place Vermont. The men's team had a series of unfortunate events that lead to junior Filip Forejtek being the only team scorer.