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Two Wins and Three Podiums on Day Two of RMISA Championships
2/24/2023 10:13 PM | Skiing
McCabe takes women’s 5K freestyle, Normannseth triumphs in men’s slalom in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska and GIRDWOOD, Alaska – Novie McCabe earned her 16th career collegiate victory in the women's 5K freestyle and Wilhelm Normannseth had his eighth triumph as a Ute with a men's slalom victory, as the Utah Ski Team climbed up to second place in the team standings at the 2023 RMISA Championships.
The alpine portion of the RMISA Championships is now complete; Saturday will close a week of competition in Alaska with men's and women's 20K classic races to finish the meet. Utah, which has 427 ½ points and is in second place, trails Montana State (446) for the lead by 18 ½ points. Saturday's competition will be the final races before the NCAA Championships in Lake Placid, New York, from March 8-11.
Alpine – Normannseth and Kervén Ski to Podium
In the final alpine races of the regular season, Wilhelm Normannseth won the men's slalom and Michelle Kerven posted a runner-up effort on the women's side at Alyeska Resort.
"The conditions were a little tougher today," said head alpine coach JJ Johnson. "Michelle was a rockstar again. We were a little depleted on the women's side and had some hiking. But she really performed and just continues to impress this year. On the guys' side, Willy was so athletic and continues to ski so well. To win in the amount he has this year has been incredible. Bjorn's finish shows his maturity in what's doing out there. All in all, a decent day and a battle for us, a lot of happy seniors. Some tears, but I'm proud of the whole crew. An emotional day, but the crew did well."
Normannseth (1:28.26) was aided by a second-place opening run time of 42.18 seconds, adding another top-five trip down the hill in the afternoon to remain atop the field. Jeremy Mathers, who finished seventh in the race (1:29.46), had a top-five run in the morning as well. Rounding out the scoring for Utah was Bjorn Brudevoll in ninth place (1:29.68) and Raphael Lessard was just off the top-10 in 11th place. Tomas Birkner, appearing in what is expected to be his final regular season race as a Ute, earned a top-15 finish.
Kervén clocked 41.77 seconds in the morning, sitting third at the break. Her second run of 47.07 seconds was sixth, but there was plenty of shuffling in the rest of the morning top-10 that bumped her up to the silver medal (1:28.84).
Josefine Selvaag returned to action placing 22nd for Utah (1:33.05) and Claire Timmermann closed out the scoring for the Utes, clocking a time of 1:52.67 for 33rd place.
As today marked the final alpine races of the RMISA Championships and regular season, each of the senior student-athletes were recognized and donned senior race bibs. For Utah on the alpine side, the ceremony included Tomas Birkner, Bjorn Brudevoll, Katie Parker, Josefine Selvaag and Katie Vesterstein.
Nordic – McCabe Wins Freestyle; Four Men in Top-Eight
Novie McCabe clocked 13:51.3 in the 5K freestyle—about three seconds ahead of Alaska Fairbanks' Mariel Pulles—securing the 16th win of her collegiate career at Government Peak.
"Today was a solid day for us," said head Nordic coach Miles Havlick. "No one skied out of their minds, but there were some very solid races across the board. The courses are quite challenging here at Government Peak so there were definitely a few tired bodies out there today. Novie continues to impress with her consistency and dominance. Sixteen victories in her career so far is mind-blowing. We are looking to finish Regionals out on a high note tomorrow!"
Karianne Dengerud contributed a ninth-place result (14:43.2), and Ezra Smith shared 16th place (15:04.1). Celine Mayer also worked into the top-20 on the day.
Utah claimed the Nos. 5-8 spots in the men's race, led by Luke Jager (26:24.4) in fifth, Walker Hall (26:29.3) and Brian Bushey rounding out the scoring in seventh place (26:33.3). Samuel Hendry was right behind Bushey taking eighth.
Follow the Utah Ski Team on social media @utahskiteam.
The alpine portion of the RMISA Championships is now complete; Saturday will close a week of competition in Alaska with men's and women's 20K classic races to finish the meet. Utah, which has 427 ½ points and is in second place, trails Montana State (446) for the lead by 18 ½ points. Saturday's competition will be the final races before the NCAA Championships in Lake Placid, New York, from March 8-11.
Alpine – Normannseth and Kervén Ski to Podium
In the final alpine races of the regular season, Wilhelm Normannseth won the men's slalom and Michelle Kerven posted a runner-up effort on the women's side at Alyeska Resort.
"The conditions were a little tougher today," said head alpine coach JJ Johnson. "Michelle was a rockstar again. We were a little depleted on the women's side and had some hiking. But she really performed and just continues to impress this year. On the guys' side, Willy was so athletic and continues to ski so well. To win in the amount he has this year has been incredible. Bjorn's finish shows his maturity in what's doing out there. All in all, a decent day and a battle for us, a lot of happy seniors. Some tears, but I'm proud of the whole crew. An emotional day, but the crew did well."
Normannseth (1:28.26) was aided by a second-place opening run time of 42.18 seconds, adding another top-five trip down the hill in the afternoon to remain atop the field. Jeremy Mathers, who finished seventh in the race (1:29.46), had a top-five run in the morning as well. Rounding out the scoring for Utah was Bjorn Brudevoll in ninth place (1:29.68) and Raphael Lessard was just off the top-10 in 11th place. Tomas Birkner, appearing in what is expected to be his final regular season race as a Ute, earned a top-15 finish.
Kervén clocked 41.77 seconds in the morning, sitting third at the break. Her second run of 47.07 seconds was sixth, but there was plenty of shuffling in the rest of the morning top-10 that bumped her up to the silver medal (1:28.84).
Josefine Selvaag returned to action placing 22nd for Utah (1:33.05) and Claire Timmermann closed out the scoring for the Utes, clocking a time of 1:52.67 for 33rd place.
As today marked the final alpine races of the RMISA Championships and regular season, each of the senior student-athletes were recognized and donned senior race bibs. For Utah on the alpine side, the ceremony included Tomas Birkner, Bjorn Brudevoll, Katie Parker, Josefine Selvaag and Katie Vesterstein.
Nordic – McCabe Wins Freestyle; Four Men in Top-Eight
Novie McCabe clocked 13:51.3 in the 5K freestyle—about three seconds ahead of Alaska Fairbanks' Mariel Pulles—securing the 16th win of her collegiate career at Government Peak.
"Today was a solid day for us," said head Nordic coach Miles Havlick. "No one skied out of their minds, but there were some very solid races across the board. The courses are quite challenging here at Government Peak so there were definitely a few tired bodies out there today. Novie continues to impress with her consistency and dominance. Sixteen victories in her career so far is mind-blowing. We are looking to finish Regionals out on a high note tomorrow!"
Karianne Dengerud contributed a ninth-place result (14:43.2), and Ezra Smith shared 16th place (15:04.1). Celine Mayer also worked into the top-20 on the day.
Utah claimed the Nos. 5-8 spots in the men's race, led by Luke Jager (26:24.4) in fifth, Walker Hall (26:29.3) and Brian Bushey rounding out the scoring in seventh place (26:33.3). Samuel Hendry was right behind Bushey taking eighth.
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