Five Earn All-America Honors in Classic, Skiing Takes Over Lead at NCAA Championships

Friday, March 8

Stowe, VT

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University of Utah

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Five Earn All-America Honors in Classic, Skiing Takes Over Lead at NCAA Championships

3/8/2019 1:30 PM | Skiing

STOWE, Vt. – Julia Richter and Maximilian Bie finished on the podium and five skiers earned All-America honors in the women's and men's classic races at the NCAA Skiing Championships on Friday as the Utes took the overall lead in the team standings going into the final day of the Championships.

Utah led all teams in both races, scoring 93 points in the women's race and 81 in the men's to bring its team total to 426.5 points, leading Colorado (361), Dartmouth (359) and Vermont (350).

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NORDIC CRUSHED IT! Podiums for @juliarichter_97 and @maximilianvbie and @kariannemoee, @gurojordheim1 and Ola Jordheim also All-Americans and a top 15 for @logandiekmann in classic led to both teams leading scoring in their races and the Utes have the team lead. One more day! Slalom races begin Saturday at 9 am ET. #goutes

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"A fantastic winter day out here in Vermont," Utah Director of Skiing Fredrik Landstedt said. "Everyone on the team skied very smart and gave it everything they had for the team. It does not happen very often that everyone has an awesome race on the same day so today was just incredible. To have three women top seven in the NCAA Championship and then have the boys following it up with two top fives and a 13th was amazing. The Nordic team definitely showed that they are the top collegiate team in the country."

In the women's race, Richter earned her sixth-straight podium finish with a second-place finish for her second All-America honor of the week. Guro Jordheim finished fourth and is now a six-time All-American for the Utes. She finished every race this year in the top five. Karianne Moe earned her first career All-America honor with a seventh-place finish, the seventh time she has finished in the top 10 this year.

"What a day!" Richter said. "I can't believe it that I made it on the podium again. It was a long, hard race and in the last lap I was alone the whole time, my legs were hurting and I just fought to the finish. I am so proud and happy for Guro and Karianne. Both skied so strong today. To see our guys crushing it out there was awesome! Huge thanks to everyone who came out there today and cheered for us. Big thanks also to our coaches for the great support!"

For the men, Bie earned his second podium of the year with a third-place finish and his second All-America honors of the championship. Ola Jordheim earned his first career All-America honor with a fifth-place run, his sixth top-five finish of the year. Logan Diekmann finished 13^th to cap off a pair of strong performances at the championships.

"What a day for skiing!" Bie said. "Great conditions and sunny. Perfect skis, awesome team and atmosphere around the course. Felt strong all day, and happy to finish on the podium!"

"It was truly a dream day here in Stowe," head Nordic coach Miles Havlick said. "The women kicked off the day with a dominating performance, as they have all year. Julia, Guro and Karianne were all skiing as good as I have seen in any race this season. I'm really psyched about their results but more impressed by the way they looked out there in general. From the start, they grabbed the race by the horns and skied with confidence. The men fed off of this energy and threw down big time. All three men were in the lead pack and joined the women with All-American honors with the exception of Logan who took an unfortunate tumble with 1-km to go. In my mind, he was top ten. These days are rare when everyone is on top form so we really have to enjoy today. A huge thanks to the groomers and organizers who have done an incredible job this week putting on a world-class event at Trapps Family Lodge!"

The NCAA Championships conclude on Saturday, March 9 with the men's and women's slalom races. First run men's is at 9 a.m. ET, first run women's at 10 a.m. ET with second runs at Noon/1 p.m. ET.