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2021/22 SKI TEAM pre and regular season news, results and discussion (@ RMISA Championships/ NCAA Regionals, Steamboat, Feb. 23-26, VIDEO STREAMS)

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No big new news from the ski team yet for this coming season, but figured I'd start this now so IT is ready as things spring up.

Just to put various things I/ we do know about now:

1) The biggest news of the off-season was the retirement of long-time and VERY successful Head Coach Richard Rokos (thankfully, he is listed as a Volunteer Assistant in this year's roster). It was obviously a huge hole to fill, but based on anything a fan outside the program can see, the Buffs did as well as anyone could possibly hope for, as the new coach, Andy LeRoy, (His roster page - https://cubuffs.com/sports/skiing/roster/coaches/andy-leroy/3803 ), is a Buff alum, and most recently was head coach at one of the Buff's main rivals, DU, where he coached the Pioneers to 6 team national championships in his 15 year tenure. (I 1st posted about his hiring in this dedicated March thread - https://www.allbuffs.com/threads/andy-leroy-named-head-ski-coach-at-colorado.147592/ .)

2) 1st pre-season press conference, as part of CU's Winter Sports Media Day, with Coach LeRoy can be seen in the below Youtube video-



3) The team had its main annual fundraiser, the Ski Ball, late last week. Some pix from the event-



4) I just noticed the team has a schedule posted already. (Article describing it is available at https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/8/28/skiing-rmisa-releases-2022-ski-schedule.aspx. ) The Buffs are scheduled to be in action beginning Jan. 2, 2022 and going through March 12th:

DateTimeAtRaceLocationTournament
January 2, 2022 (Sunday)All DayAwayFreestyle SprintsMidway, UtahUtah Invitational
January 6, 2022 (Thursday)All DayAway10/15K Classical (I)Midway, UtahUtah Invitational
January 24, 2022 (Monday)All DayAwayGiant SlalomPark City, UtahUtah Invitational
January 25, 2022 (Tuesday)All DayAwaySlalomPark City, UtahUtah Invitational
January 7, 2022 (Friday)All DayAwayClassic SprintsMidway, UtahRMISA Qualifiers & Exhibition
February 18, 2022 (Friday)All DayNeutralGiant SlalomAspen, Colo.RMISA Qualifiers & Exhibition
February 25, 2022 (Friday)All DayHomeSlalomSteamboat Springs, Colo.RMISA Qualifiers & Exhibition
February 26, 2022 (Saturday)All DayHomeDual SlalomSteamboat Springs, Colo.RMISA Qualifiers & Exhibition
January 15, 2022 (Saturday)All DayNeutral5/10K Freestyle (I)Sun Valley, IdahoMontana State Invitational
January 16, 2022 (Sunday)All DayNeutral10/15K Classical (I)Sun Valley, IdahoMontana State Invitational
January 18, 2022 (Tuesday)All DayNeutralGiant SlalomBozeman, Mont.Montana State Invitational
January 19, 2022 (Wednesday)All DayNeutralSlalomBozeman, Mont.Montana State Invitational
January 20, 2022 (Thursday)All DayNeutralSlalomBozeman, Mont.RMISA Invitational
January 23, 2022 (Sunday)All DayNeutralGiant SlalomPark City, UtahRMISA Invitational
February 5, 2022 (Saturday)All DayNeutral5/10K Classical (I)Fairbanks, AlaskaRMISA Invitational
February 6, 2022 (Sunday)All DayNeutral10K Freestyle (M)Fairbanks, AlaskaRMISA Invitational
February 1, 2022 (Tuesday)All DayNeutral5K Freestyle (T)Fairbanks, AlaskaAlaska Fairbanks Invitational
February 2, 2022 (Wednesday)All DayNeutral10K Classical (P)Fairbanks, AlaskaAlaska Fairbanks Invitational
February 19, 2022 (Saturday)All DayNeutralGiant SlalomAspen, Colo.Denver Invitational
February 20, 2022 (Sunday)All DayNeutralSlalomAspen, Colo.Denver Invitational
February 23, 2022 (Wednesday)All DayHomeGiant SlalomSteamboat Springs, Colo.RMISA Championships
February 24, 2022 (Thursday)All DayHomeSlalomSteamboat Springs, Colo.RMISA Championships
February 25, 2022 (Friday)All DayHome5/10K Classical (I)Steamboat Springs, Colo.RMISA Championships
February 26, 2022 (Saturday)All DayHome15/20K Freestyle (M)Steamboat Springs, Colo.RMISA Championships
March 9, 2022 (Wednesday)All DayAwayGiant SlalomPark City, UtahNCAA Championships
March 10, 2022 (Thursday)All DayAway5/10K Classic (I)Midway, UtahNCAA Championships
March 11, 2022 (Friday)All DayAwaySlalomPark City, UtahNCAA Championships
March 12, 2022 (Saturday)All DayAway15/20K Freestyle (M)Midway, UtahNCAA Championships

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Since I always forget the scoring system in skiing, I have posted the below in various prior years' threads. (I'm assuming/ hoping there's no change this year.) -

"Scoring in NCAA Skiing- the top 30 finishers of each race earn points. The scores earned for the top 8 finishers from 1st through 8th are 40 (for 1st place)-37-34-31-29-27-25-23. After that, the 9th through 30th places earn one point less for each lower place finish, so for example 9th place earns 22 points, 10th place 21 points, etc., all the way down to the 30th place finisher, who earns 1 point."
(Note-at the NCAA championships, teams can only bring 3 athletes of each gender for each type of skiing (Alpine and Nordic), so all their finishes count. For earlier season races with more than 3 racers per team competing in each event, only the top 3 finishers for each team get their finishes counted when calculating their (and other) team's scores.)"
 
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BOULDER – Freshman Magdalena Luczak and would-be sophomore Cass Gray are both in Soelden, Austria, where the 2021-22 World Cup season will commence this weekend with giant slalom races.

Luczak, a true freshman, is making her third start on the World Cup stage, and second in GS. She skied at Spindleruv Mlyn in the Czech Republic in March 2019. For Gray, who's taking this season off from CU to prepare for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, it's her fifth World Cup start with the other four all coming last year, all in GS at Kranjska Gora, Slovakia; Kronplatz, Italy and Jasna, Slovakia. She registered two top 30 finishes in those four races and had nine World Cup points last season.

"Magdalena and Cass are two of the best young skiers in the world," CU coach Andy LeRoy said. "We're excited to watch them get their seasons underway this weekend in Soelden while the rest of the team hits the snow for the first time at Copper Mountain. We're aiming to prove that skiing in college and on the World Cup don't have to be mutually exclusive. Both have aspirations of skiing in Beijing come February and that journey starts this weekend for both of them."

Luczak will be skiing in bib 54 and Gray in bib 66. There are a total of 75 skiers on the start list. Should either move into the top 30 in the first run, they will advance to the second run would earn World Cup points with solid second runs. Both skiers were seeded based on their current FIS points in GS, with Luczak currently holding 19.53 points and Gray 27.03.
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The GS races on the Rattenbach Glacier high above Soelden, Sweden, mark the first race of the World Cup season. The first run will take place Saturday at 10 a.m. local time, Central European Time, which is 2 a.m. Mountain Time early Saturday morning. The second run will commence at 1:15 p.m. CET/5:15 a.m. MT.

It appears as if NBC is working hard to come to an agreement with several European rights holders to show World Cup races on the Olympic Channel and Peacock streaming service. As of two days ago, the situation looked bleak, with Geoff Mintz from Ski Racing reporting that no deal had been reached and that new CEO of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association Sophie Goldschmidt has been in contact with NBC and working to achieve a positive outcome for this weekend's races in Soelden as well as future races on the calendar. As of Friday morning, the events in Soelden have appeared under "Live & Upcoming" on the Peacock app.

Meanwhile back in Colorado, the remainder of the alpine team will hit the snow for the first time at Copper Mountain this weekend. Copper has facilitated early season training for the U.S. National Team and other local, regional and national racers, including college racers, since 2011. Friday marks the opening day for that in 2021 and the resort expects about 300 athletes to train on the mountain's Copperpolis and Ptarmigan trails.
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Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/11/24/skiing-buffs-pre-college-racing-season-underway.aspx

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COPPER MOUNTAIN & STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.– The pre-collegiate racing season is well underway with alpine teams taking part in the first North American Cup races of the 2021-22 season in Copper Mountain while the Nordic teams head to Rabbit Ears pass near Steamboat Springs to get on the snow for the first time this season.

COPPER MOUNTAIN NOR-AMS

On the alpine side, several current and former CU skiers were at Copper Mountain as the Nor-Am Cup season got underway with two GS and two slalom races for each gender over the past six days.
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The next Nor-Am Cup competition is in Lake Louise Dec. 6-10, but will only consist of downhill and Super G races so no current Buffs are scheduled to compete. The next slalom and GS competition on the Nor-Am circuit is in Panorama, Canada, Dec. 12-18, where several Buffs are slated to attend.

NORDIC TEAMS HIT SNOW AT RABBIT EARS

On the Nordic side, the Buffs and several college teams normally open the season in West Yellowstone with a week's worth of training followed by the first FIS race of the season. Due to lack of snow, the Buffs and several other teams relocated to Rabbit Ears pass just outside Steamboat Springs. While there is no official FIS race, the teams work together to set up time trails and other training opportunities for those in attendance.

The first FIS races of the season will take place in Duluth, Minn., Dec. 4-5 with a few Buffs slated to compete.

LUCZAK EUROPEAN TOUR CONTINUES

Freshman Magdalena Luczak was forced to skip the World Cup slalom races in Levi last weekend and is next scheduled to compete in two GS races at Mayrhofen, Austria on the European Cup Tour on Nov. 28-29, both races replacing GS races from other venues on the tour. She will stay in Austria for two European Cup slalom races at Pass Thurn on Dec. 2-3.

WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES UPCOMING

The 30th Winter World University Games is upon us, slated to take place Dec. 11-21 in Lucern, Switzerland. Coach Richard Rokos will again lead the alpine teams for the United States, a role he has served in many times in the past. Five Buffs are slated to compete at World University Games, an event similar to the Olympic Games for students around the world. Magnus Boee and Fredrik Nilsen are both scheduled to compete in men's Nordic races while Kaitlyn Harsch will compete in women's alpine and Filip Forejtek and Bobby Ryan will compete in men's alpine action at the event.
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Article on various Buffs busy on the slopes and the trails in various places around North America and Europe-



Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/12/9/skiing-ski-buffs-competing-worldwide.aspx

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BOULDER - Several current and former Buffs have been active worldwide early in the ski season with action taking place all over the world including Canada, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Austria, and here in the United States.

This is the second update of the pre-college racing season and while many current Buffs were active earlier in November, the focus the shifted to some former Buffs as we moved into December.

Former Alpine Buffs

Stef Fleckenstein, who has one season of eligibility remaining and is taking a year off of CU to focus on an Olympic push, had her first World Cup appearance in four years at Lake Louise, Canada, where she took part in two downhill races and one Super G race. She took 38th and 39th in the two downhill races and was 41st in the Super G Dec. 3-5.
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Former Nordic Buffs

On the Nordic side, former Buffs Petra Hyncicova, Alvar Alev and Joanne Reid began their respective World Cup seasons, as well.
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As for the current contingent of Buffaloes, the alpine teams were mostly quiet on the racing front since the season-opening Nor-Am races at Copper Mountain November.

Magdalena Luczak is in Europe competing in both European Cup and World Cup races ahead of the college season. ...
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The remainder of the women's alpine team and the men's alpine team were home training at Eldora since the series at Copper Mountain and several will next head to Panorama, Canada, for NorAm Cup races Dec. 14-18.

Current Nordic Buffs

On the Nordic side, since the Buffs training week over Thanksgiving on Rabbit Ears pass near Steamboat Springs, four men's skiers began their official racing seasons.
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The women's Nordic team has been busy training and the Kaleta's trip to Europe for the World Cup races in Davos will be the first racing action for any of them.

WUG Cancelled

The 30th Winter World University Games slated for Dec. 11-21 have been canceled, with the announcement coming just 13 days prior to the start of the games in Lucern, Switzerland. Former coach Richard Rokos was set to lead the US alpine team at the games and five Buffs were slated to compete, Kaitlyn Harsch and Bobby Ryan in alpine for Team USA, Filip Forejtek in alpine for the Czech Republic and Magnuss Boee and Fredrik Nilsen in Nordic for Norway.
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Preview as the team begins its season tomorrow, with the Nordic crew (with quite a few missing) in action in Utah-




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/1/1/s...day-as-nordic-teams-look-strong-for-2022.aspx

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MIDWAY, Utah–Each year when the calendar turns the page to a new year, that always signifies that the collegiate ski season isn't far behind.

And this year the wait is less than most as the Colorado Buffaloes Nordic teams will get their 2022 season underway on the second day of the new year Sunday at the Utah Invitational. Collegiate results from the Utah Invitational will be taken from the U.S. National Championships here at Soldier Hollow Sunday through Thursday.

Women's Nordic Team Preview
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Utah Invitational Preview

Who: Teams from the RMISA, Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Fairbanks, Colorado, Colorado Mountain, Denver, Montana State, Utah, Westminster, and Wyoming.

What: The Utah Invitational, results being pulled from the U.S. Nordic National Championships.

When: The Utah meet will take place Jan. 2-25. The Nordic portion will use races on Jan. 2 (Freestyle Springs) and Jan. 6 (10/15K Classical) while the Jan. 7 Classic Sprint race will serve as an extra RMISA Qualifier. The alpine portion of the meet will take place Jan. 24-25.

Where: Soldier Hollow Resort in Midway, Utah.

Buffs Outlook: For the Utah meet specifically, the Buffs will be a little short-handed on both the men's and women's side. On the men's side, Haugan will miss the meet due to NCAA rules while Jackson will be competing at the Canadian Olympic qualifying races.

On the women's side, just three Buffs will compete at Utah with Abrahamsson, Dietze and Eski all out for various reasons. Eski will miss at least the first two meets due to injury, Abrahamsson will miss two of the three races in Utah due to NCAA rules and Dietze will miss the Utah meet while skiing in Europe.

"We'll be a little light in Utah, but we should be closer to full strength by Montana State," Weinberger said.

The Utah Invitational being part of the U.S. National Championships also throws a few other wrinkles in the mix. First, almost all college teams from all three regions will have some representation at the meet, so it almost serves as a pre-national type of meet. The official RMISA results will only take into account the skiers from RMISA schools and not other schools, however.

It also adds an extra wrinkle for Koch and Maurer, who are trying to qualify for the Junior World Championships. If they make the U.S. team for that meet, they would miss the RMISA Championships in late February but would still be eligible for the NCAA Championships as long as they meet NCAA qualification standards before the regional meet.
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Link to live timings - http://www.summittiming.net/races/race_results_for_us_champs_2022.php
(With this race being the "US Cross Country Ski Championships and Super Tour", so I assume including both collegiate AND non-collegiate athletes, assume these results may not give team scores.)

Sprint qualifier start list - http://summittiming.net/race_result...s_nationals_free_sprint_qualifier_220102b.pdf
(From this, qualifying races have interval starts, with the 1st male skier is scheduled to start around 9:00 AM MT, while the 1st women's qualifier is scheduled to begin around 10:20 AM.)

Link to links to sprint brackets for those who advance from the qualifying races (no names listed as I type this) - http://summittiming.net/race_results/2022/us_champs/us_champs_sunday_sprint_heats/sprint_heats.html
(From this, sprint bracket races MAY begin around 12:30, but it's not very clear to me.)

Live video (??? Utah's preview article shows this as a link. Hopefully it will work. It shows coverage beginning at 7:45 AM MT.) -

and/ or


 
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Per the 1st video link above, the start of the racing this morning has been delayed due to cold. Per the announcer, it's only supposed to be a 30 minute or so delay, so the men should be starting relatively soon.
 
In the men's race, looks like sophomore Will Koch gives the Buffs their 1st individual win of the season, in their 1st race, as he's showing 1st overall in the sprint qualifier (which includes pros and prep racers in addition to collegians)! The 2 other CU scorers look to be junior Magnus Boee (30th overall) and frosh Fredrik Nilsen in 55th.
(IF I'm understanding how these races work, Mr. Boee's 30th place finish makes him the last skier who qualifies for this afternoon's main sprint bracket.)

Women's interval start has just begun.
 
Article on yesterday's season opening races-




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/1/2/skiing-boee-hits-podium-four-buffs-in-top-10-at-utah-invite.aspx

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MIDWAY, Utah–Junior Magnus Boee hit the podium in third place and four members of the Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team finished in the top seven Sunday as the college racing season got underway with freestyle sprint races here at Soldier Hollow at the Utah Invitational. As a team, the Buffs sit in third place in the RMISA team standings after the first day as the meet sits alongside the U.S. National Championships.

Utah led the way in both the men's and women's race and on the strength of a 1-3-6 finish on the women's side, take an early lead in its own Invitational with 187 points. Alaska Anchorage and the Buffs are tied for second with 148 points. Alaska Fairbanks sits in fourth with 133 points followed by Montana State (115) and Denver (110) in a close battle for fifth.

"Overall, it's a good start to the season," Nordic coach Jana Weinberger said. "We're missing some key people and only had three women racing today. We're tied for second place, and I think we can move up after the classic races later this week."
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WHAT IT MEANS: The 2022 season is underway and despite the Buffs missing six skiers for a variety of issues, they managed to pick up 146 points on the day and are just four points out of second place, a good start to the season. Utah looks strong again on the Nordic side, but it will be fun to see the battle heat up as the Buffs return to full strength.

UP NEXT: Collegiate teams will remain in Utah for the entire week. U.S. National Championship races continue Tuesday, but the races that day will not count for college. Thursday's classic races will then conclude the Nordic half of the Utah Invitational and Friday teams will count the classic sprint races as an extra NCAA qualifier.

TEAM NOTES:
  • The Buffs scored 146 points on the day and sit in third place, four points behind Alaska Anchorage (150) in second place and 44 points behind leader Utah (190).
  • The Buffs scored 78 points in the men's race as Boee (34 points), Koch (25) and freshman Fredrik Nilsen (15) scored. The top three men's teams were separated by just seven points, with Utah (85) winning and UAA (79) taking second.
  • The Buffs scored 74 points in the women's race as Weronika (31 points) and Karolina (29) were joined by freshman Kili Lehmkuhl (14 points) in her first collegiate race.
  • Four Buffs made their collegiate debuts, two women and two men. Karolina Kaleta led the way with a fifth place finish in the women's race followed by Lehmkuhl in 21st. On the men's side, Nilsen finished in 19th place as the third team scorer and Alexander Maurer was 25th.
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UTAH INVITATIONAL TEAM STANDINGS (Thru 2 of 8 Events): 1. Utah 187; 2. Alaska Anchorage & Colorado 148; 4. Alaska Fairbanks 133; 5. Montana State 115; 6. Denver 110; 7. Wyoming 46.
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Articles after Thursday and Friday's racing.

Looks like the Nordic wing of the team is coming together early in the season with some VERY good performances as more and more of the team is able to race, highlighted by junior Magnus Boee earning the 1st Buff individual win of the year yesterday, and freshman Hanna Abrahamsson and sophomore Weronika Kaleta earning podium finishes Thursday and Friday, respectively.







 
Preview as the Nordic group stays in the spotlight, with races scheduled today and tomorrow in Sun Valley, Idaho. The 1st race (Women's 5K freestyel) is starting any minute now.
(Looks like the Alpine group will finally start its season in a few days with their 1st races scheduled this Tuesday, which starts a BUSY period for them with 6 races scheduled over ~8 days.)



Direct link to article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/1/14/skiing-nordic-buffs-head-to-sun-valley-for-msu-invitational.aspx

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KETCHUM, Idaho–The Colorado Buffaloes Nordic Ski Team has traveled from Midway, Utah, to Ketchum, Idaho this past week and is prepared to take on teams from across the RMISA in the Montana State Invitational, held here in conjunction with the Sun Valley Nordic Invitational this weekend.

A USSS Super Tour event, the races will be held in conjunction with Montana State and Intermountain Cross Country.

After two days of training on the course, the races begin Saturday with the women's 5K and men's 10K freestyle races. The women's race will start at 9:30 a.m. MT in an interval format followed by the men's race starting at 11:30 a.m. Sunday's action will feature the men's 15K and women's 10K classic races with the men's race slated to start at 9:30 a.m. and the women's race set for 11:30 a.m.

Live timing will be available at: https://my.raceresult.com/189629/

The Buffs, who finished third in the Utah Invitational which pulled results from the U.S. National Championships last week, will be aided in strength by the return of Anna-Maria Dietze on the women's side and Ryan Jackson and Oyvind Haugan on the men's side.
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Live results - https://my.raceresult.com/189629/
 
Article after today's racing. (Per the article above, the Nordic crew gets a pretty long (~2 week) break after tomorrow's long Classic races, that begin at 9:30 AM MT (men's) and 11:30 AM.) -



Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/1/15/...ead-buffs-into-third-at-msu-invitational.aspx

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KETCHUM, Idaho–Led by fourth place finished by both freshman Hanna Abrahamsson and junior Magnus Boee, the Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team sits in third place, just one point out of second here Saturday in Sun Valley after the first day of the Montana State Invitational.

The Buffs finished fourth as a team in the women's race and third in the men's race and sit in third place with 139 points, just one point behind Alaska Fairbanks (140). Utah leads the way with 204 points. Alaska Anchorage is fourth with 129 points followed by Denver (121), Montana State (109) and Wyoming (56).

"Today was kind of a medium day," CU Nordic Coach Jana Weinberger said. "I'm not happy about being behind UAF. We've been racing a lot, I think people are tired, but we will look to finish this trip strong tomorrow, get into second place and try to get closer to Utah. Tomorrow is another day, we'll do better tomorrow."

The Utes swept the women's race, followed by Abrahamsson in fourth place, her third straight top five finish to begin her career. She was the only CU skier in the top 10, however, as junior Anna-Maria Dietze was next in 14th place in her first collegiate race of the season, with Karolina Kaleta also scoring for the Buffs in 17th place.
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On the men's side, Boee's fourth place finish is the 23rd top five finish in his 27 career races, and his 16th straight top five finish. Will Koch finished seventh on the men's side followed by Fredrik Nilsen in 15th as the Buffs third team scorer. For Koch, he has now finished seventh in both freestyle races this season and has four straight top 10 finishes to start his sophomore campaign. He had four top 10 finishes all of his All-American freshman season.
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MONTANA STATE INVITATIONAL TEAM STANDINGS (Thru 2 of 8 Events): 1. Utah 204; 2. Alaska Fairbanks 140; 3. Colorado 139; 4. Alaska Anchorage 129; 5. Denver 121; 6. Montana State 109; 7. Wyoming 56.
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Recaps after Monday's and Tuesday's action. Great to see the Alpine group have their best results of the season yesterday!




 
The Nordic group had their best team result of the season up in Alaska Tuesday and Wednesday.






Direct link to the day 2 results - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/2/2/skiing-buffs-win-uaf-nanook-invitational.aspx

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FAIRBANKS, Alaska – In what is believed to be the closest meet standings in 46 seasons, the Colorado Buffaloes Ski team used five top seven finishes, including podiums from Hanna Abrahamsson and Will Koch, to successfully come back and win the Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks Invitational crown here Wednesday evening at Birch Hill.

The Buffs entered the day just 14.5 points behind the Utes and outscored them by 16 points to win the meet 340.5-339. The 1.5 point differential is the closest known meet since the 1976 NCAA Championship when Colorado and Dartmouth tied for the NCAA Championship.

Down 14.5 points, the women skied first and CU's performance of Abrahamsson, who finished third, along with junior Anna-Maria Dietze, who finished fourth, and freshman Karolina Kaleta, who finished sixth, gave the women a tie with the dominant Utah team, 92-92, in the first race of the day.

Koch then took third in the men's race while junior Magnus Boee finished seventh and freshman Fredrik Nilsen 12th to score 78 points. Utah finished eighth, ninth, and 14th to score 62 points, win the race by 16 points, and the meet by just 1.5 points.

It's the Buffs' first meet victory since winning the Montana State Invitational in 2019. Since that meet, the Buffs have finished second 11 times, including once this season, every time to the Utes. Behind the two Pac-12 schools in the RMISA, Denver finished third with 306 points, and host Alaska Fairbanks finished fourth with 263. Alaska Anchorage passed Montana State, 226.5-209, for fifth place to round out the team scoring.

"It definitely feels good," Nordic coach Jana Weinberger said. "It's been a while since we beat Utah, since anybody beat Utah. It's good to see the women skiing to their potential, Karolina is getting stronger and stronger after being sick, Anna-Maria is getting back as well. Hanna has been skiing great. On the men's side, Will has been training so hard this year and racing really well. His first podium is a result of his dedication and hard work. Magnus struggled a little with the cold today, his legs got cold and he wasn't able to move as well as he's able to. But when he's not 100 percent he's still gives us a seventh place finish."
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UP NEXT: RMISA teams now have two days off before competing in two more races over the weekend. The Besh Cup series in Fairbanks will have more than just RMISA teams competing and will be scored as the RMISA Invitational, a generic meet that on the alpine side consists of the extra races conducted in Park City and Bozeman earlier this season.
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UAF Nanook Invitational Team Results (FINAL): 1. Colorado 340.5; 2. Utah 339; 3. Denver 306; 4. Alaska Fairbanks 263; 5. Alaska Anchorage 226.5; 6. Montana State 209.
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Sound like the Nordic group is rounding into form.




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/2/5/skiing-three-buffs-podium-in-alaska.aspx

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FAIRBANKS, Alaska--Hanna Abrahamsson, Magnus Boee, and Will Koch all hit the podium as the Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team had another outstanding day of skiing in Alaska with the continuation of the RMISA Invitational here at Birch Hill Saturday.

Abrahamsson and Boee were both runners up in the women's 5K and men's 10K freestyle races and just behind Boee in third place was Koch. All six scoring Buffs were in the top seven, in fact, as Anna-Maria Dietze finished sixth and Karolina Kaleta on the women's side and Fredrik Nilsen on the men's side both finished seventh.

The Buffs entered the RMISA Invitational, which included extra alpine races from Utah and Montana State for team-scoring purposes, in fifth place and moved up two spots into third. The women scored the second-most points in the field with 89 behind Utah's 100, and the men won their race with 96 points ahead of Utah (87) and Denver (81).

Utah had scored 520 points through six of eight races and Denver is second with 439 points. The Buffs moved past Westminster and Montana State and now have 399 points with the Bobcats in fourth with 390 and Westminster rounds out the top five with 299.

Abrahamsson got her second runner-up finish in her freshman season and third podium appearance. Boee picked up his 20th career podium performance in second place and Koch picked up his second straight podium, the first two of his career.
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UP NEXT: The final day of racing in Alaska will also close out the RMISA Invitational. After Sunday's races, the regular season will be complete for the Nordic teams ahead of the RMISA Championships at the end of February. Sunday's races are part of the Besh Cup in Alaska, and will consiste of 10K classic races for both men and women.
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RMISA Invitational Team Results (Through 6 of 8 Races): 1. Utah 520; 2. Denver 439; 3. Colorado 399; 4. Montana State 390; 5. Westminster 299; 6. Alaska Anchorage 261; 7. Colorado Mountain 181; 8. Alaska Fairbanks 114.
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Not sure, but live results for today's races may (???) be available at https://zone4.ca/race/2022-02-06/fef2c96a/results/ .

If I'm reading right, the women are scheduled to start their 10km Classic race at 1:25 PM MT (11:25 AM in Alaska), then the men, also racing 10km, are supposed to start around 2:00 PM MT.
 
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The Alpine group started a busy stretch today, with 5 days of racing scheduled over the next 8 days (with the last 2 being the conference championships).



Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/2/17/skiing-four-buffs-pick-up-top-10s-in-rmisa-qualifier.aspx

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COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo.—Led by a fourth-place finish from Filip Forejtek, four Colorado Buffaloes picked up top 10 finishes Thursday in giant slalom races as part of an RMISA Alpine Qualifier ahead of the Denver Invitational here at Copper Mountain Resort.

Along with Forejtek, sophomore Louis Fausa finished sixth and Jacob Dilling ninth in the men's race and Emma Hammergaard had the fastest second run on the women's side to finish eighth. Two more Buffs finished in the top 20 with Elena Exenberger on the women's side and Alex Birkner on the men's side both finishing 16th.

The races as part of the Denver Invitational were originally scheduled to take place in Aspen Jan. 18-20 but were relocated to Copper Mountain and Keystone. Friday's GS races will be a part of the team standings for the DU Invitational, which will wrap up Monday at Keystone with slalom races. There were no team results for Thursday's races.

The teams will then head straight to Steamboat Springs where alpine action will continue Wednesday with the RMISA Championships, which also comprise both the NCAA West Regional and the Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational.

WHAT IT MEANS: The final stretch run for the alpine teams has begun as the alpine skiers have races seven of the next 10 days through the RMISA Championships. It was especially good to see Fausa return to action after suffering an injury in Park City. The short-handed women's team will be even more so as Cleo Braun suffered an injury and will miss Friday's GS races. The women's team is still missing Katie Fleckenstein, who has missed the last three races, and Magdalena Luczak, who is still in Beijing competing in the Winter Olympics.

UP NEXT: Another GS race awaits the alpine teams Friday with the races counting toward team scoring for the DU Invitational, and alpine only meet this season. After a weekend off, the DU meet will conclude Monday in Keystone before teams head to Steamboat Springs for four days of alpine action starting Wednesday.
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Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/2/18/skiing-dilling-men-push-buffs-into-second-at-du-invitational.aspx

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COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo.—Freshman Jacob Dilling earned his first collegiate podium and the Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team put three in the top five of the men's giant slalom race here at Copper Mountain Resort Friday, pushing CU into a tied for second place in the team standings at the midpoint of the alpine-only Denver Invitational.

Dilling had the fastest first run in the field, leading by two-tenths, but in the end, missed his first win by just seven-hundredths of a second to Denver's Tobias Kogler. Senior Filip Forejtek and sophomore Louis Fausa finished fourth and fifth, respectively, giving the Buffs three in the top five and a valuable 97 team points, easily winning the race as a team.
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UP NEXT: The Denver Invitational will wrap Monday (Feb. 21) at Keystone Resort before teams head from there straight to Steamboat Springs for the RMISA Championships, which will take place Feb. 23-26 with a busy slate of events that on the alpine side includes four days of racing with an extra slalom qualifier and a parallel exhibition event.
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The Alpine group is back in action tomorrow with women's and men's slaloms. This will end the regular season and DU Invite with the teams, I'm assuming, heading right from these races (At Keystone) to the conference championships / NCAA western regionals in Steamboat Springs that begin this Wednesday.

Live timings for tomorrow:

Women's (9:30 AM scheduled 1st run start & 12:45 PM for 2nd run.) - https://www.live-timing.com/race2.php?r=234204

Men's (10:30 AM scheduled 1st run start & 1:30 PM for 2nd run.) - https://www.live-timing.com/race2.php?r=234205
 
Article after yesterday's racing. (Next up are the conference championships/ NCAA regionals!) -




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/2/21/skiing-buffs-finish-third-at-denver-invitational.aspx

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KEYSTONE, Colo.—Four members of the Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team finished in the top 10 of the slalom races Monday here at Keystone, including a career-best sixth place for Emma Hammergaard, but it wasn't quite enough to keep the Buffs from slipping into third place as the alpine-only Denver Invitational came to a close.

Junior Emma Hammergaard led the women's team with a sixth-place finish, the best of her career, on the strength of the third-fastest second run in the field to open the day. Senior Kaitlyn Harsch (13th) and freshman Elena Exenberger (14th) couldn't quite pull in top 10 finishes, but both were within a second of the accomplishment. The women finished fourth, scoring 64 points, 11 more than in the GS races Friday.

On the men's side, the Buffs placed three in the top 10 with freshman Jacob Dilling finishing sixth, sophomore Louis Fausa seventh, and senior Filip Forejtek ninth. The Buffs had their chances to push for a meet title as the three all sat in the top six after the first run which included Fausa having the third-fastest first run in the field. But each of the three slipped a spot or two in their second runs and the Buffs finished third in the race as a team with 74 points.

The Buffs finished the meet with 288 points, 44 behind Utah's total of 332 while Westminster finished with 313. Behind the was the host Denver Pioneers in fourth with 266 points while Montana State rounded out the top five with 240 points.

WHAT IT MEANS: The Buffs never strive to finish third in a meet, but being an alpine-only meet and being short-handed on the women's side, coming within 44 points of Utah is not unsurmountable. The Buffs have already proven they can hand with Utah on the Nordic side by winning the UAF Nanook Invitational earlier in February. Whether the Buffs win the RMISA or NCAA Championships or not, at the end of the regular season they are a threat to do just that, and that's about all you can ask for in college skiing.

UP NEXT: The postseason is upon the college skiing world with the RMISA Championships on deck. The Buffs will host the races Feb. 23-26 in Steamboat Springs, making the meet both the Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational as well as the NCAA Western Regional. Alpine events will take place all four days, with the RMISA Championship GS races taking place Wednesday, slalom races Thursday, an extra slalom qualifier Friday, and a parallel slalom exhibition Saturday. On the Nordic side, the classic races will take place Friday and the freestyle races Saturday. All RMISA Championship races will be live-streamed by CU on both YouTube and Facebook.
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Don't see a dedicated preview (guess the last paragraph in the above post is it?), but the team is scheduled to compete at the RMISA (Conference) Championships (also counts as the NCAA Western Regional) beginning tomorrow, with the Alpine group starting things up with a Giant Slalom tomorrow.

It was very cool to hear that the host Buffs are, for the 1st time ever for a regional, going to have a video stream of the action this week. BIG props to the Athletic Dept. and to whoever is producing this.

Live Timings:

Women (Looks like 1st run is scheduled to begin at 8:30 AM MT, with the 2nd run following at ???) - https://www.live-timing.com/race2.php?r=234328

Men (Looks like 1st run is scheduled to begin at 12:30 PM MT, with the 2nd run following at ???) - https://www.live-timing.com/race2.php?r=234401


Video stream (Also available on Facebook ). Coverage listed as beginning at 8:20 AM MT -

 
Per the live timing page, there's a short delay to the start of this morning's women's race, with 8:45 AM now scheduled.
 
And it looks like the start is now imminent, as they have their 1st forerunner heading down the course (although the stream just cut out).
 
Article after today's opening races for the RMISA Championships. Buffs end the tie in 3rd place, with teams close ahead and behind them.




Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/2/23/...ls-buffs-to-third-at-rmisa-championships.aspx

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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.—Junior Emma Hammergaard finished second and after the snow settled on one of the strangest men's races in recent history, the Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team sits in third place here Wednesday after the first day of the 2022 RMISA Championships, which triple as the NCAA West Regional and the CU Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational.

After it was all said and done, Utah took the overall lead with 164 points, 12 ahead of Denver's total of 152 with Colorado (138.5) and Westminster (138) both close behind. Montana State rounded out the top five with 114 points.

Hammergaard got her first career podium and first top five finish, setting her career best finish for the second straight race. After finishing eighth a total of eight times, she broke through with a sixth-place finish Monday in a slalom race for the Denver Invitational, then continued her success Wednesday with her first podium.

Freshman Magdalena Luczak also made her collegiate debut with a fifth-place finish. After being stuck in Europe because of multiple COVID-related issues before and throughout the Winter Olympics, she landed in Denver on Tuesday afternoon and drove to Steamboat Springs ahead of the west regional.
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WHAT IT MEANS: Ski racing can be unpredictable, and that's exactly what transpired Wednesday to kick off the conference and regional championships. The good news is the Buffs are just 25.5 points out of first place after a strange day of racing. With six of eight races still remaining, the title is up for grabs. Individually, Hammergaard's result will help dramatically with NCAA Qualification and having Magdalena Luczak back and finishing in the top five helped the women to its best day of the season.

UP NEXT: The alpine teams will host the second of four days of competition but close out the RMISA Championship portion of the week with slalom races Thursday at Howelsen Hill. Friday will see the Nordic teams get underway with the 5K women's and 10K men's freestyle races and an extra slalom qualifier, all at Howelsen Hill. Competition will conclude Saturday with the women's 15K and men's 20K classic races and a parallel slalom exhibition on the women's side.
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RMISA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM SCORING (Thru 2 of 8 Races): 1. Utah 164; 2. Denver 152; 3. Colorado 138.5; 4. Westminster 138; 5. Montana State 114; 6. Colorado Mountain 102.5; 7. Alaska Anchorage 99.
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The Alpine group stays in the spotlight tomorrow, as the women and men each race 2 slalom runs. Once again, looks like streaming should be available on the BuffsTV Youtube account.




Live timings:

Women (1st run scheduled to begin at 9:30 AM MT and the 2nd at noon.) - https://www.live-timing.com/race2.php?r=234466

Men (1st run scheduled to begin at 10:30 AM MT and the 2nd at 1:00 PM.) - https://www.live-timing.com/race2.php?r=234465
 
Today's 1st Nordic race (men's shorter (10K) Interval start Classic***) has begun. Women's 5K Classic is scheduled to begin at noon MT.

***I'm seeing today's races being referenced as BOTH Classic and Freestyle, and I don't know for sure how to tell the 2 apart. I'm going with Classic here since that's what the announcer and cubuffs schedule say they are.

Stream -

 
In addition to the Nordic races, there are also women's and men's slalom qualifying races today. Although they don't count for team scoring purposes as far as the Conference Championships are concerned, I'm sure all the skiers are looking to improve their rating so as to be in line for better bib numbers at the NCAA Championships.

Live Timings -
Women's (1st run is completed, with it looking like the 2nd run scheduled to begin at 11:15 AM MT.) - https://www.live-timing.com/race2.php?r=234655

Men's (2nd run is in process, with 2nd runs scheduled to begin at 11:45 AM MT.) - https://www.live-timing.com/race2.php?r=234659

Looks like free live stream for these races are available at https://www.sswsc.org/events/CUInvitational22 .
 
Article summarizing yesterday's racing. (A few good individual results, but overall not a great day for CU.)



Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/2/24/...ffs-at-second-day-of-rmisa-championships.aspx

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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.—Freshman Jacob Dilling placed fifth in the men's slalom race and the Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team slipped to fourth place here at Howelsen Hill after day two of the RMISA Championships, which triple as the NCAA West Regional and the CU Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational.

Dilling's fifth place finish was one of the bright spots for the Buffs on an otherwise rough day of skiing. He sat in seventh place after the first run and moved up two spots after putting down the fifth-fastest second run of the day. It was his second-best slalom finish of the season and second top five performance in the discipline this season.

CU was without Filip Forejtek, who is taking the next few days off to rest up and prepare for the NCAA Championships in a few weeks. Bobby Ryan was the Buffs next best finisher on the men's side in 18th place.

On the women's side, the Buffs top finisher was senior Kaitlyn Harsch, who had the second-fastest second run and finished 13th. Elena Exenberger also had a top 20 finish on the women's side in 18th place. Freshman Magdalena Luczak was on her way to a solid finish in her first collegiate slalom but fell on her first run just a few gates from the finish and had to hike.

The Buffs, third entering the day by just a half-point, slipped one position to fourth and finish the alpine portion of the meet with 241.5 points. Utah holds a slip six-point advantage over Westminster, 334-328, and Denver is third with 288 points. Behind the Buffs is Montana State with 233 points.
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UP NEXT: The alpine portion of the RMISA Championships, NCAA West Regional and Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational are now complete, but the alpine skiers are far from done competing in Steamboat. The teams will have an extra slalom qualifier Friday and then compete in a parallel slalom exhibition on Saturday. Meanwhile the Nordic teams pick up the action as part of the RMISA Championships Friday with a 5K women's and 10K men's freestyle races. They will close out the meet on Saturday with the 15K women's and 20K men's classic races.
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