Completed Event: Skiing versus 20K Freestyle (M) on March 8, 2025 , , 1st
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Saturday, February 11
Minturn, Colo.
All Day
University of Utah
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10K Classical
Photo by: Tobias Albrigtsen
Normannseth Wins Slalom, McCabe Claims 10K Classic at DU Invitational
2/11/2023 5:16 PM | Skiing
Six Utes finish in top-10 of men’s 10K classic
DILLON, Colo. and MINTURN, Colo. – It was another double race day on Saturday for the Utah Ski Team, as the Utes had both the alpine and Nordic squads in action as part of the Denver Invitational. Alpine raced in slalom at Loveland Ski Area, while the Nordic team competed in 10K classic events at Maloit Park.
One more day of slalom awaits the alpine team on Sunday, while the Nordic half of the Denver Invitational is now complete. Entering the final day of competition, Utah has 559 points in the team standings and leads the meet, with Denver in second place at 457 points, a 102-point pad for the Utes.
Nordic – McCabe's 10K Classic Victory Leads Four Podiums in Mass Starts
It was yet again a strong showing for the Utes across the board with four podium finishes, headlined in part by Novie McCabe's second straight victory.
"To put six men in the top-10 and four women in the top-seven, overall this had to have been one of the best races ever for a Utah Nordic team," said director of skiing Fredrik Landstedt. "I am so incredibly proud of this group."
McCabe (36:22.3) stood atop the women's podium with her 14th career win and Sophia Laukli (37:10.6) took second. The duo highlighted four women in the top-seven as Karianne Dengerud (38:18.1) and Celine Mayer (38:18.8) took sixth and seventh, respectively.
"An incredible team effort this weekend," head Nordic coach Miles Havlick added. "The course in Minturn is arguably the most challenging of the season with many technical corners and the high altitude, but the Utes made it look easy. The women have been getting stronger and stronger in each race and today was the best men's team performance in several years. It was a great way to finish the weekend on another bluebird day in Colorado."
Samuel Hendry earned a silver medal (31:37.1) on the men's side with Luke Jager taking bronze (31:48.1). Brian Bushey capped off the scoring for Utah in fifth place (31:54.0), followed in the top-10 by Tom Mancini (seventh), Noel Keeffe (ninth) and Walker Hall (10th).
"Today was a fun day," said Jager. "We had awesome skis—the coaches knocked it out of the park. It was so great to have so many teammates around throughout the whole race. It's pretty unreal how strong the guys on this team are and I feel very, very lucky to get to spend so much time with them all. After watching the girls have an insanely good morning, it was fun for us to go out and give it our best in the thin air. I'm glad it all worked out!"
Alpine – Normannseth Wins Men's Event, Kervén Skis to Podium
Wilhelm Normannseth won the men's slalom and Michelle Kervén took silver in the women's event as the Utes totaled two podiums and had three athletes in the top-eight of the men's race.
After winning the first run in 43.32 seconds, Normannseth had a second-best time of 47.29 seconds in the afternoon run—still enough to triumph in the overall standings with a time of 1:30.61. Behind him in sixth place was Oliver Parazette (1:32.29) and Raphael Lessard in eighth (1:32.35), while Jeremy Mathers (13th) and Tomas Birkner (20th) also contributed top-20 results for the Utes.
Kervén was in second place after her morning run clocked at 43.75 seconds, ending up with a combined time of 1:30.44. Kaja Norbye took 15th and Josefine Selvaag added a 19th-place finish.
"It was a cold morning," said Kervén, "but the sun came out and it was great conditions out there. That made it easy to ski fast for a sunshine skier."
Next Up
Utah's alpine squad will return to Loveland Ski Area on Sunday to complete the Denver Invitational with one more day of slalom. The Nordic team is now off until Monday, February 20, when the Utes will compete in freestyle sprints as part of the Alaska Anchorage Invitational. That will then lead into the RMISA Championships, held in Alaska, for both the Nordic and alpine teams.
Follow the Utah Ski Team on social media @utahskiteam.
One more day of slalom awaits the alpine team on Sunday, while the Nordic half of the Denver Invitational is now complete. Entering the final day of competition, Utah has 559 points in the team standings and leads the meet, with Denver in second place at 457 points, a 102-point pad for the Utes.
Nordic – McCabe's 10K Classic Victory Leads Four Podiums in Mass Starts
It was yet again a strong showing for the Utes across the board with four podium finishes, headlined in part by Novie McCabe's second straight victory.
"To put six men in the top-10 and four women in the top-seven, overall this had to have been one of the best races ever for a Utah Nordic team," said director of skiing Fredrik Landstedt. "I am so incredibly proud of this group."
McCabe (36:22.3) stood atop the women's podium with her 14th career win and Sophia Laukli (37:10.6) took second. The duo highlighted four women in the top-seven as Karianne Dengerud (38:18.1) and Celine Mayer (38:18.8) took sixth and seventh, respectively.
"An incredible team effort this weekend," head Nordic coach Miles Havlick added. "The course in Minturn is arguably the most challenging of the season with many technical corners and the high altitude, but the Utes made it look easy. The women have been getting stronger and stronger in each race and today was the best men's team performance in several years. It was a great way to finish the weekend on another bluebird day in Colorado."
Samuel Hendry earned a silver medal (31:37.1) on the men's side with Luke Jager taking bronze (31:48.1). Brian Bushey capped off the scoring for Utah in fifth place (31:54.0), followed in the top-10 by Tom Mancini (seventh), Noel Keeffe (ninth) and Walker Hall (10th).
"Today was a fun day," said Jager. "We had awesome skis—the coaches knocked it out of the park. It was so great to have so many teammates around throughout the whole race. It's pretty unreal how strong the guys on this team are and I feel very, very lucky to get to spend so much time with them all. After watching the girls have an insanely good morning, it was fun for us to go out and give it our best in the thin air. I'm glad it all worked out!"
Alpine – Normannseth Wins Men's Event, Kervén Skis to Podium
Wilhelm Normannseth won the men's slalom and Michelle Kervén took silver in the women's event as the Utes totaled two podiums and had three athletes in the top-eight of the men's race.
After winning the first run in 43.32 seconds, Normannseth had a second-best time of 47.29 seconds in the afternoon run—still enough to triumph in the overall standings with a time of 1:30.61. Behind him in sixth place was Oliver Parazette (1:32.29) and Raphael Lessard in eighth (1:32.35), while Jeremy Mathers (13th) and Tomas Birkner (20th) also contributed top-20 results for the Utes.
Kervén was in second place after her morning run clocked at 43.75 seconds, ending up with a combined time of 1:30.44. Kaja Norbye took 15th and Josefine Selvaag added a 19th-place finish.
"It was a cold morning," said Kervén, "but the sun came out and it was great conditions out there. That made it easy to ski fast for a sunshine skier."
Next Up
Utah's alpine squad will return to Loveland Ski Area on Sunday to complete the Denver Invitational with one more day of slalom. The Nordic team is now off until Monday, February 20, when the Utes will compete in freestyle sprints as part of the Alaska Anchorage Invitational. That will then lead into the RMISA Championships, held in Alaska, for both the Nordic and alpine teams.
Follow the Utah Ski Team on social media @utahskiteam.
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