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Saturday, January 25
Minturn, CO
All Day
University of Utah
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5/10K Classic (I)
Jordheim Wins, Three Podium in Classic as Skiing leads Denver Invite
1/25/2020 7:59 PM | Skiing
MINTURN, Colo. – Guro Jordheim won her 15th career collegiate race while Karianne Moe and Luke Jager both earned second-place finishes in the classic races to lead the Utah ski team on the first Nordic day of completion at the Denver Invitational. Utah holds a 66-point lead in the team standings over second-place Colorado going into Sunday's freestyle races.
Jordheim has won all three races in the league this season.
"I really enjoyed this day, spending it with all my fantastic teammates and friends in the sun," Jordheim said. "To top it off, Fredrik and Miles got the team celebratory cake for my 15th win, which makes me pretty humbled and thankful. Great skis, as always. Our coaches are continuing their streak with giving us good skis."
Also finishing on the podium in the women's 5-km race was Moe, earning a career-best finish. She has three career podium finishes. Leah Lange finished sixth for her third top-six finish this season while Mariah Bredal placed seventh. Julia Richter finished 11th in her first collegiate race of the year, returning after skiing a World Cup in Dresden, Germany. Utah scored a race-high 104 points in the race.
"I had a good race!" said Moe. "I felt strong in the double pole sections and at the end. It was really fun!"
In the men's race, freshman Jager earned his second podium of the season with his best finish of the year. Logan Diekmann earned his second top-five finish of the season with a fifth-place finish and Ola Jordheim finished sixth with the trio giving the Utes a race-high 93 points. Bjørn Riksaasen finished 13th on the day. Maximilian Bie did not finish. The Utes are shorthanded with Samuel Hendry and Noel Keeffe not racing this weekend.
"I was stoked," Jager said. "I really wanted to win today but Magnus [Boee] from CU made a super bold move and skied the whole race without kick wax and double poled up all the hills and I just wasn't going to be able to hang with that pace. He was super strong today! I'm happy with where my shape is at and hoping for even better days tomorrow in the pursuit and in future weekends."
Utah has 514 points, increasing its lead after alpine gained it the lead two weeks ago during the alpine portion of the meet. Colorado is second (448) with Denver third (410).
The DU Invite closes with a pursuit freestyle race, with starting times determined based on their finish times in today's race. The men's 10-km race begins at 9 a.m. with the women's 7.5-km race to follow.
"It was another good day for us under the sunny Colorado skies!" head coach Miles Havlick said. "The courses here in Minturn are quite difficult with steep climbs and many tight corners but we handled it quite well. It was a big day for Guro with her 15th collegiate win! Just incredible! Tomorrow's pursuit will be very exciting, the team is primed for another great day!"
"Another very good day for the Utes," Director of Skiing Fredrik Landstedt said. "Some new snow and temperatures close to 30 degrees (Fahrenheit) made waxing a little bit tricky. Magnus from CU who won chose to go without kick wax and double pole the race. He was super strong today. Luke had a super strong race in second. Guro is just incredible and her win today was another show of strength! Tomorrow's pursuit start will be a fun change and a great chance to fight for the top spots."
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Jordheim has won all three races in the league this season.
"I really enjoyed this day, spending it with all my fantastic teammates and friends in the sun," Jordheim said. "To top it off, Fredrik and Miles got the team celebratory cake for my 15th win, which makes me pretty humbled and thankful. Great skis, as always. Our coaches are continuing their streak with giving us good skis."
Also finishing on the podium in the women's 5-km race was Moe, earning a career-best finish. She has three career podium finishes. Leah Lange finished sixth for her third top-six finish this season while Mariah Bredal placed seventh. Julia Richter finished 11th in her first collegiate race of the year, returning after skiing a World Cup in Dresden, Germany. Utah scored a race-high 104 points in the race.
"I had a good race!" said Moe. "I felt strong in the double pole sections and at the end. It was really fun!"
In the men's race, freshman Jager earned his second podium of the season with his best finish of the year. Logan Diekmann earned his second top-five finish of the season with a fifth-place finish and Ola Jordheim finished sixth with the trio giving the Utes a race-high 93 points. Bjørn Riksaasen finished 13th on the day. Maximilian Bie did not finish. The Utes are shorthanded with Samuel Hendry and Noel Keeffe not racing this weekend.
"I was stoked," Jager said. "I really wanted to win today but Magnus [Boee] from CU made a super bold move and skied the whole race without kick wax and double poled up all the hills and I just wasn't going to be able to hang with that pace. He was super strong today! I'm happy with where my shape is at and hoping for even better days tomorrow in the pursuit and in future weekends."
Utah has 514 points, increasing its lead after alpine gained it the lead two weeks ago during the alpine portion of the meet. Colorado is second (448) with Denver third (410).
The DU Invite closes with a pursuit freestyle race, with starting times determined based on their finish times in today's race. The men's 10-km race begins at 9 a.m. with the women's 7.5-km race to follow.
"It was another good day for us under the sunny Colorado skies!" head coach Miles Havlick said. "The courses here in Minturn are quite difficult with steep climbs and many tight corners but we handled it quite well. It was a big day for Guro with her 15th collegiate win! Just incredible! Tomorrow's pursuit will be very exciting, the team is primed for another great day!"
"Another very good day for the Utes," Director of Skiing Fredrik Landstedt said. "Some new snow and temperatures close to 30 degrees (Fahrenheit) made waxing a little bit tricky. Magnus from CU who won chose to go without kick wax and double pole the race. He was super strong today. Luke had a super strong race in second. Guro is just incredible and her win today was another show of strength! Tomorrow's pursuit start will be a fun change and a great chance to fight for the top spots."
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