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Wednesday, January 17
Park City, UT
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University of Utah
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Alpine Utes Take Center Stage This Week at Utah Olympic Park
1/16/2024 2:00 PM | Skiing
Utah begins the RMISA schedule with alpine halves of the Westminster and Utah invitational meets
PARK CITY, Utah – While the Nordic season is already underway, fans will have their first chance to see alpine action this week as the Utah Ski Team competes at the Utah Olympic Park over four days from Wednesday through Saturday, January 17-20.
The Utes and teams from across the RMISA will compete in two days of slalom and two days of giant slalom, as the debut of collegiate racing at the Spencer F. Eccles Olympic Mountain Center at the UOP. One day of each race discipline will be scored into the Westminster Invitational and Utah Invitational.
Race Day Parking
Fans can park free of charge in the main lot of the Utah Olympic Park, which is within walking distance of the Spencer F. Eccles Olympic Mountain Center. Click here for a map of the lot's location on Google Maps, which will also allow you to enter your starting point for driving directions.
The Basics
All events free admission
Westminster Invitational (Utah leads with 353 points after Nordic races)
Utah Invitational (Utah leads with 382 points after Nordic races)
Seven new alpine Utes have joined the Utah Ski Team for the 2024 season, breaking down to six freshmen and one transfer in Mikkel Solbakken. Solbakken, the 2021 NCAA men's individual champion in giant slalom, comes up the road from Westminster, while the rookies include Celia Abad, Melanie Dahlberg, Maddie Kaiserman, Kaila Lafreniere, Sindre Myklebust and Jay Poulter.
Click here to read about the newest Utes on the alpine side.
Poulter Tabbed to Team USA for Alpine Junior Worlds
Freshman Jay Poulter has been selected to represent the United States at the 2024 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, announced by U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Poulter is one of 16 athletes tabbed to Team USA, with junior worlds scheduled for January 28 through February 3 in Haute-Savoie, France.
Rewind on 2023
The 2023 Utah Ski Team continued one of the strongest runs in modern collegiate history, capturing the program's fourth straight NCAA Championship and 16th national title all-time. It included an individual sweep on the women's side as Madison Hoffman won both the GS and slalom crowns, the first women's alpine double champion since 2019 and first by a Ute since 1990.
During the regular season, the squad logged an RMISA-best 1,347 alpine points. It set the stage for Hoffman's dominance at NCAAs and a runner-up men's slalom performance by Wilhelm Normannseth.
Five All-America awards, 13 individual victories and 27 podiums were recorded by the Utes alpine squad throughout the entirety of the 2023 collegiate racing season. Normannseth was named RMISA men's slalom MVP and Gustav Vøllo took home the same honor in men's GS.
Next Up
The Utes and the rest of the RMISA will hit a little break after this week's races. Alpine resumes competition on Thursday, February 1 in a giant slalom race leading into the Colorado Invitational, while both the alpine and Nordic squads will compete in the meet beginning on Friday, February 2 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Follow the Utah Ski Team
Follow the Utes on social media (@utahskiteam).
The Utes and teams from across the RMISA will compete in two days of slalom and two days of giant slalom, as the debut of collegiate racing at the Spencer F. Eccles Olympic Mountain Center at the UOP. One day of each race discipline will be scored into the Westminster Invitational and Utah Invitational.
Race Day Parking
Fans can park free of charge in the main lot of the Utah Olympic Park, which is within walking distance of the Spencer F. Eccles Olympic Mountain Center. Click here for a map of the lot's location on Google Maps, which will also allow you to enter your starting point for driving directions.
The Basics
All events free admission
Westminster Invitational (Utah leads with 353 points after Nordic races)
- Wednesday, January 17 – 9 a.m. – Slalom
- Friday, January 19 – 9:15 a.m. – Giant Slalom
Utah Invitational (Utah leads with 382 points after Nordic races)
- Thursday, January 18 – 8:30 a.m. – Slalom
- Saturday, January 20 – 9:15 a.m. – Giant Slalom
Seven new alpine Utes have joined the Utah Ski Team for the 2024 season, breaking down to six freshmen and one transfer in Mikkel Solbakken. Solbakken, the 2021 NCAA men's individual champion in giant slalom, comes up the road from Westminster, while the rookies include Celia Abad, Melanie Dahlberg, Maddie Kaiserman, Kaila Lafreniere, Sindre Myklebust and Jay Poulter.
Click here to read about the newest Utes on the alpine side.
Poulter Tabbed to Team USA for Alpine Junior Worlds
Freshman Jay Poulter has been selected to represent the United States at the 2024 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, announced by U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Poulter is one of 16 athletes tabbed to Team USA, with junior worlds scheduled for January 28 through February 3 in Haute-Savoie, France.
Rewind on 2023
The 2023 Utah Ski Team continued one of the strongest runs in modern collegiate history, capturing the program's fourth straight NCAA Championship and 16th national title all-time. It included an individual sweep on the women's side as Madison Hoffman won both the GS and slalom crowns, the first women's alpine double champion since 2019 and first by a Ute since 1990.
During the regular season, the squad logged an RMISA-best 1,347 alpine points. It set the stage for Hoffman's dominance at NCAAs and a runner-up men's slalom performance by Wilhelm Normannseth.
Five All-America awards, 13 individual victories and 27 podiums were recorded by the Utes alpine squad throughout the entirety of the 2023 collegiate racing season. Normannseth was named RMISA men's slalom MVP and Gustav Vøllo took home the same honor in men's GS.
Next Up
The Utes and the rest of the RMISA will hit a little break after this week's races. Alpine resumes competition on Thursday, February 1 in a giant slalom race leading into the Colorado Invitational, while both the alpine and Nordic squads will compete in the meet beginning on Friday, February 2 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Follow the Utah Ski Team
Follow the Utes on social media (@utahskiteam).
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