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The University of Utah Athletics
Team heads east for Western State Invitational
1/30/2008 12:00 AM | Skiing
Jan. 30, 2008
THIS WEEK:
The team travels to Crested Butte, Colo. to compete in the Western State Invitational. It will be the Utes' second-consecutive trip to the Centennial State, as the Nordic and alpine teams competed in the CU Invitational earlier this month. The Western State Invitational is the Utes third event of the season, and only one more RMISA event remains before the NCAA West Regional in Bridger Bowl and Bohart Ranch, Mont Feb. 22-23.
Utah last competed in the WSU Invitational in 2006, finishing fourth. Then-freshman Scott Veenis turned in a sixth-place GS finish, while Mikaela Grassl (also a freshman in 2006), posted a season-best seventh-place finish in the women's slalom.
LAST TIME OUT:
The Utes wrapped up the Colorado Invitational Sunday, Jan. 20, surging to a second-place finish with 522 points in Snow Mountain Ranch. Host Colorado was the overall winner with 549 points. The alpine portion of the invitational was held Jan. 5-6 in Steamboat Springs, with the Utes standing fourth after the downhill portion of the invite.
Snorri Einarsson led the men's contingent, finishing first in the 15K Classic. Teammate Even Sletten was a close second, finishing seconds behind his fellow Norweigan. Casey Simons earned points for the Utes as well, posting a 12th-place finish. On the women's side, Kjersti Boe placed seventh in the 5K Freestyle to lead the Utes. The 10K Classic was the best event of the weekend for the Utes, with Sara Schweiger placing fifth, Annelies Cook taking sixth, and Zoe Roy finishing eighth. Utah finished first in the Nordic team standings with 280 points. Colorado was second with 271. The Utah alpine team was fourth with 242 points.
LADIES FIRST:
Through the first two events of the season, the Ute women are leading their male counterparts in overall points, 581-526.5. In the Colorado Invitational, the women edged the men, 267-255, but there was a greater differential at the Utah Invitational, where the women finished with a 314-271.5 advantage. The team leads all RMISA schools with 1,107.5 points, while Colorado (1,092 pts.) is second and Denver (1,065 pts.) is third.
ELECTRIC EVA:
Newcomer Eva Huckova is taking the RMISA by storm. The Slovakian freshman has already notched three top-10 finishes. She was especially impressive at the Utah Invitational, only her second collegiate event, where she finished third in slalom and first in GS. Huckova hails from the city of Banska Bystricka and represented her country at the 2006 Torino Olympics, finishing 27th in the giant slalom.
SNORRI, SNORRI, HALLELUJAH:
Sophomore Snorri Einarsson turned in his second victory of 2008 at the Colorado Invitational in Winter Park.The Tromso, Norway native's victory in the 15K Classic was the fourth of his collegiate career. Einarsson won the 15K Freestyle at the 2008 Utah Invitational, and in 2007 Einarsson won the 15K Classic at the Denver Invitational and the 20K Classic at the NCAA Championships.
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