Northeastern Huskies alpine ski team

The Northeastern Huskies Alpine Skiing team is a United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) alpine skiing program that represents the Northeastern University. The Huskies are a member of the Thompson Division in the Eastern Conference (ECSC). They are currently based out of the main Northeastern University campus in Boston, Massachusetts. [2]

Northeastern Huskies alpine ski team
UniversityNortheastern University
Skiing associationUnited States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association
ConferenceECSC
Thompson Division
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Home mountainSki Bradford
NicknameAmerica's Team
ColorsRed and Black[1]
         
Years active1971–2012, 2013–present
USCSA national championships
16th place (2016 men), 11th place (2014 women)
ECSC Regional championships
6th place (2016 women), 5th place (2016 men)
Thompson Division championships
4 (2014–2015 men & women)

The team is currently composed of 13 female and 13 male racers, skiing as individual teams for scoring purposes only. Since their school-sanctioned suspension for the entirety of the 2013 season, both teams went first in 8 of 11 regular season races during the 2014 season to handily win both Thompson Division championships, ski to their highest-place regionals finish in the past 15 years, and make their first team appearances at the USCSA National Championship in team history.[3] So far, NUST has improved on last years marks, with the men's team winning 7 of a possible 9 season races and the girls winning all 9, the first time a team has gone undefeated during the Thompson Division regular season. Both teams advanced to the 2015 ECSC regionals held at West Mountain Ski Area, NY. Both the men's and women's teams also advanced to the 2016, 2017, and 2018 ECSC regionals events, also held annually at West Mountain, NY.

History

Northeastern boasted one of the best ski teams on the East Coast from the mid 1950s until late 1970s. In fact, it had the largest team budget on the East Coast- exemplified nicely by a huge Mercedes bus for weekend transportation. Ed Elliot was the Director of Alumni Affairs and coach in the late 60's and early 70's. Unfortunately, the program was cut due to budget restrictions at the university, which spanned the '80s and early 1990s. Finally, in 1992, student Michael Alekson reinstated the men’s team as a club sport (to be quickly followed by the women's side). NU consistently placed in the top 3 teams in the McBrine Division of the then NCSA (National Collegiate Ski Association, the predecessor to the USCSA). After 4 years in the McBrine Division, new head coach Chris Haigh strategically moved the Huskies into the more competitive Thompson Division; not only was the level of talent much greater in the new division, but races were closer in location relative to Boston, and also pitted NU against intra-city rival schools such as Boston University and Tufts. Fittingly enough, the Thompson Division in which Northeastern still competes was named after a decorated NU ski coach from the 1960s. Following a temporary one year hiatus, Dan Wigmore and Victoria Hone reformed the team for the 2014 season. The team quickly returned to form and has experienced great success since then.

Season-by-season standings[4][5]

Season standings may only be traced to their archival inception of 1999, and are as follows:

Men's team
YearOverall Record (Places)Overall Division StandingRegionalsNationalsHead Coach
123456789101112
1999 671087788678thChris Haigh
2000 6877788777767thChris Haigh
2001 566787654766thChris Haigh
2002 Season standings vacated
2003 3443233333443rd9thChris Haigh
2004 98109109101010101010thChris Haigh
2005 751088115942938thChris Haigh
2006 6779109971069thChris Haigh
2007 37556655875thT-11thChris Haigh
2008 76765574576thChris Haigh
2009 67256464555thChris Haigh
2010 23434232T-2ndT-9thChris Haigh
2011 3233243443rd8thChris Haigh
2012 24211134643rd7thChris Haigh
2013 University-sanctioned suspension
2014 111421131111st5th9thDan Hutner
2015 31411111411st6thMaddie Whittier
2016 111111111st5th

Women's team
YearOverall Record (Places)Overall Division StandingRegionalsNationalsHead Coach
123456789101112
1999 94986797678thChris Haigh
2000 3588788853887thChris Haigh
2001 875665565476thChris Haigh
2002 Season standings vacated
2003 787799101087888thChris Haigh
2004 10999101010910101010thChris Haigh
2005 75109111188889108thChris Haigh
2006 9981010389417thChris Haigh
2007 102231245323rdT-11thChris Haigh
2008 13444343343rd9thChris Haigh
2009 34546228384thT-9thChris Haigh
2010 232824323rdT-10thChris Haigh
2011 2344432343rd10thChris Haigh
2012 32342323323rd11thChris Haigh
2013 University-sanctioned suspension
2014 311121112111st4th11thDan Hutner
2015 11111111211st5thMaddie Whittier
2016 111111111st6th

References
  1. "Northeastern Athletics Logo Sheet". August 13, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2014-03-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-03-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://users.wpi.edu/~skiteam/WPIWebPage/WebPages/MNUresults.html
  5. http://www.uscsa.com/uscsa-results
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