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Saturday, February 22
Park City, UT
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University of Utah
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Photo by: Brooke Frederickson
Lien Wins Giant Slalom, Skiing Leads at Utah Invitational
2/22/2020 9:05 PM | Skiing
PARK CITY, Utah - Joachim Lien won his third race of the season and the Utah ski team was the top-scoring team in both the men's and women's giant slalom races to increase the Utes lead at the Utah Invitational on Saturday.
Utah holds a 163.5 lead going into the slalom races on Sunday, scoring 584 total points, leading Colorado (420.5) and Denver (418.5).
Utah scored 100 points in the women's race after placing three skiers in the top five. Eirin Engeset earned her third podium of the season, tying her career-best finish with a second-place finish. Katie Parker earned the first podium of her career with a third-place finish. Sona Moravcikova finished in the top five for the second time this season Katie Vesterstein finished 20th.
"Today was a good day!" Engeset said. "I am very excited with my second place and how well our team performed. The Utes also did a great job organizing the race!"
It was Lien's first giant slalom win of the season after previously winning two slalom races. Addison Dvoracek finished third for his fourth podium of the year. Gustav Vøllo placed eighth for his third top-10 finish of the season while Tomas Birkner finished 10th for his fourth top 10 of the year. Huston Philp finished 19th with Fredrik Maurstad 29th.
"The first run was good, and the second run I wasn't skiing well off the first pitch and thought 'let's go' and from there down it was solid," Lien said. "I'm happy to have my first giant slalom win and have Addison join me on the podium."
"It's fun because all our skiers can be in the top seven every day," head alpine coach JJ Johnson said. "We were skiing all over the place recently and we have been focused on getting everyone back together and we were ready for this week. You could see the difference - they were here first in training, here early every day and ready. Katie Parker has improved so much from last year, she skied so well. Eirin was the same Eirin. She got loose on the second run and almost went out but it was cool to watch her snap back and save it. Sona went into the second run and came to play, she was so focused. How they were fighting today was awesome. Joachim and Addison, it was the same thing. For Joachim just executed and made it down. Excited for Gustav and Tomas also. The top part of the run was incredible for Gustav."
"Another amazing day of skiing in Utah!" Director of Skiing Fredrik Landstedt said. "Awesome job by the alpine athletes and coaches today."
The Utah Invitational concludes on Sunday with the slalom races beginning at 9:15 a.m. at Park City Mountain Resort.
Utah holds a 163.5 lead going into the slalom races on Sunday, scoring 584 total points, leading Colorado (420.5) and Denver (418.5).
Utah scored 100 points in the women's race after placing three skiers in the top five. Eirin Engeset earned her third podium of the season, tying her career-best finish with a second-place finish. Katie Parker earned the first podium of her career with a third-place finish. Sona Moravcikova finished in the top five for the second time this season Katie Vesterstein finished 20th.
"Today was a good day!" Engeset said. "I am very excited with my second place and how well our team performed. The Utes also did a great job organizing the race!"
It was Lien's first giant slalom win of the season after previously winning two slalom races. Addison Dvoracek finished third for his fourth podium of the year. Gustav Vøllo placed eighth for his third top-10 finish of the season while Tomas Birkner finished 10th for his fourth top 10 of the year. Huston Philp finished 19th with Fredrik Maurstad 29th.
"The first run was good, and the second run I wasn't skiing well off the first pitch and thought 'let's go' and from there down it was solid," Lien said. "I'm happy to have my first giant slalom win and have Addison join me on the podium."
"It's fun because all our skiers can be in the top seven every day," head alpine coach JJ Johnson said. "We were skiing all over the place recently and we have been focused on getting everyone back together and we were ready for this week. You could see the difference - they were here first in training, here early every day and ready. Katie Parker has improved so much from last year, she skied so well. Eirin was the same Eirin. She got loose on the second run and almost went out but it was cool to watch her snap back and save it. Sona went into the second run and came to play, she was so focused. How they were fighting today was awesome. Joachim and Addison, it was the same thing. For Joachim just executed and made it down. Excited for Gustav and Tomas also. The top part of the run was incredible for Gustav."
"Another amazing day of skiing in Utah!" Director of Skiing Fredrik Landstedt said. "Awesome job by the alpine athletes and coaches today."
The Utah Invitational concludes on Sunday with the slalom races beginning at 9:15 a.m. at Park City Mountain Resort.
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