FRANCONIA, N.H. – Francesca English finished third overall in the giant slalom Wednesday leading the Catamounts on day one of the 2021 NCAA Skiing Championships from Cannon Mountain. English, Josefine Selvaag and Mathias Tefre earned All-American honors on the competition's first day. After the opening day of competition Vermont is in sixth place with 94 points, Montana State and Westminster College are tied for first with 137 points.
 
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English, a third-place finisher in the 2018 NCAA Championship slalom, matched her career best finish with a strong second run time of 1:04.87, third best in the field. Her two-run time was 2:08.58. Colorado's Cassidy Gray won the event with a combined time of 2:07.18. Selvaag finished seventh overall with a two-run time of 2:09.36. In her NCAA debut Justine Clément was a DNF on the first run.
 
Tefre earned the first All-American honors of his career placing tenth overall in the GS. His two-run time of 2:04.32 was the best on the day for the Catamounts. Westminster College's Mikkel Solbakken won the race with a combined time of 2:01.57. David Frisk placed 18th overall with a mark of 2:05.85. Declan McCormack placed 30th in the field with a two-run time of 2:08.99.
 
Nordic action highlights day two of the NCAA Skiing Championship with the women's 5k and men's 10k Classical from the Jackson Nordic Center. Action begins at 10 a.m. with the men's race followed by the women's race at noon. Live streaming is available at NCAA.com.
 
The alpine portion of the 2021 NCAA Skiing Championships will conclude on Friday with the slalom. The men's first run will begin at 9 a.m.