Led by a trio of All-America performances, all three College of Idaho teams placed in the Top-5 in today's SlopeStyle competition at the USCSA National Championships at Sunday River Resort in Bethel, Maine.

The women's snowboard team had the best finish, placing third overall - as McKinley Carbone placed fourth and Sarah Silva placed fifth in the event, both earning All-America honors.  Sierra Nevada won the team title, followed by Westminster College, and the Lady Yotes.

Behind a pair of Top-20 finishes by Sarah Silva and McKinley Carbone, The College of Idaho opened the 2012 USCSA National Championships with a sixth-place team finish in the women’s snowboard giant slalom this morning at Sunday River Resort in Bethel, Maine.

Silva, who earned a pair of All-America honors last season, placed 14th overall with a two-run time of 2:41.11, while Carbone, in her first national championship, placed 16th with a time of 2:43.56.

COMING UP: Freestyle/Snowboard teams at USCSA National Championships, Sunday River, Maine, March 5-10.

LAST WEEK: at USCSA Western Regionals (Steamboat, Colo.) – Men (7th of 16), Women (7th of 16)

Zach Shenk finished ninth today to lead The College of Idaho men's alpine ski team to an eighth-place finish in the giant slalom at the USCSA Western Regionals in Steamboat, Colo.

Shenk had the sixth-fastest time in the morning run, with his time of 1:33.24 just over three seconds behind the individual champ, Olle Friberg, of Rocky Mountain.  Zach Tomilnson placed 29th for the Yotes (1:36.87) and Greg Wanta took 41st (1:41.92).