The Richards Group – Athletes of the Week – Hagenbuch and Drolet
3/11/2024 2:58:00 PM | Skiing, Athletics
Hagenbuch and Drolet are this week’s stellar athletes after winning national titles
HANOVER, N.H. — It was a stellar week at the NCAA Championships for the Dartmouth ski team, highlighted by two national champions, John Steel Hagenbuch in the 7.5k men's freestyle and Jasmine Drolet and the women's 20k classic, respectively. Both were first team All-Americans in each of their two events.
Their efforts are rewarded by being named The Richards Group Athletes of the Week.
Each week, DartmouthSports.com will spotlight two outstanding student-athlete – one male, one female – as Athletes of the Week. Student-athletes may be chosen based upon their efforts both on and off the field of competition.
John Steel Hagenbuch, Jr., Ketchum, Idaho, Men's Skiing
Hagenbuch began the week with a first-place finish in the men's 7.5k freestyle, good for Dartmouth's first individual national title since 2019. He finished the race 11 seconds ahead of anyone else, posting a time of 19:09.2. This season, Hagenbuch has won seven different events. He went on to place fifth in the men's 20k classic, posting a time of 56:06.3. Last season, he became the first Big Green skier in 52 years to earn first team All-America in both freestyle and classic events, then went on to do it again in 2024.
Jasmine Drolet, Jr., Rossland, British Columbia, Women's Skiing
Like Hagenbuch, Drolet won an individual national championship in one event, while also earning first team All-America distinction in the other. She began with a third-place finish in the women's 7.5k freestyle on Thursday, then posted a memorable come-from-behind victory in the women's 20k classic on Saturday. Drolet came back from fourth place with less than one thousand meters to go. At the finish, her time was 1:02.38.2, more than three seconds ahead of Vermont's Haley Brewster in second (1:02:41.5). Drolet is now a three-time first team All-American, after second team All-America distinction in the 20k classic last season (when she came in eighth).
Their efforts are rewarded by being named The Richards Group Athletes of the Week.
Each week, DartmouthSports.com will spotlight two outstanding student-athlete – one male, one female – as Athletes of the Week. Student-athletes may be chosen based upon their efforts both on and off the field of competition.
John Steel Hagenbuch, Jr., Ketchum, Idaho, Men's Skiing
Hagenbuch began the week with a first-place finish in the men's 7.5k freestyle, good for Dartmouth's first individual national title since 2019. He finished the race 11 seconds ahead of anyone else, posting a time of 19:09.2. This season, Hagenbuch has won seven different events. He went on to place fifth in the men's 20k classic, posting a time of 56:06.3. Last season, he became the first Big Green skier in 52 years to earn first team All-America in both freestyle and classic events, then went on to do it again in 2024.
Jasmine Drolet, Jr., Rossland, British Columbia, Women's Skiing
Like Hagenbuch, Drolet won an individual national championship in one event, while also earning first team All-America distinction in the other. She began with a third-place finish in the women's 7.5k freestyle on Thursday, then posted a memorable come-from-behind victory in the women's 20k classic on Saturday. Drolet came back from fourth place with less than one thousand meters to go. At the finish, her time was 1:02.38.2, more than three seconds ahead of Vermont's Haley Brewster in second (1:02:41.5). Drolet is now a three-time first team All-American, after second team All-America distinction in the 20k classic last season (when she came in eighth).
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