Colorado University Athletics
Hoye Skies Way to Athlete of Week
February 04, 2003 | General, Skiing
BOULDER- Freshman Men's Nordic skier Henrik Hoye earned CU Athlete of the Week after his performance this weekend at the 11th Annual Laura Sharpe Flood/CU Memorial Ski Invitational. Hoye led the team (618 points) to a dominating performance as they skied to a 53-point victory on their home Eldora Ski Resort this past Friday and Saturday.
Hoye, a Freshman from Oslo, Norway, finished second both days of the event, his best placing of his first year at CU. On Friday, Hoye fell short of 1st by one-tenth of a second in the Nordic men's 10k while skiing in windy conditions and unfamiliar high altitude. The effort helped the CU team to a 22-point lead at the halfway point of the Invitational.
Henrik continued his outstanding performance on Saturday as he again finished second place with a time of 29:49.0 behind Alaska-Anchorage's Tobias Schwoerer difficult, wet conditions. Hoye's previous top finish was at the Montana State Invitational where he finished 3rd. The dominant weekend earned CU their only 1st place finish thus far this season.
Hoye is in his first semester at the University of Colorado, traveling from Norway. Others nominated Athlete of the Week were Jessica Vanderdys (women's tennis), Maciej Dilaj (men's tennis), Glean Eddy (men's basketball), and Erika Hogan (women's alpine skiing).
WOMEN'S TENNIS: Jessica Vanderdys, Freshman, Centreville, Va. Freshmen Jessica Vanderdys won her lone singles match then teamed with fellow freshman Susan Johnson at No. 3 doubles to earn another point helping the Buffaloes defeat the United States Air Force Academy, 6-1 last Saturday. Vanderdys, from Centreville, Va., evened her season singles record at 2-2, defeated Kelli O'Bryant at No. 4 singles, 6-3, 6-2 and in doubles teamed with Johnson for the first time this season winning 8-2 at No. 3 doubles. Colorado is 3-1 on the season and ranked No. 62 nationally.
MEN'S TENNIS: Maciej Dilaj, Senior, Gdansk, Poland Senior Maciej Dilaj won a singles match and contributed to two doubles victories for the CU men's tennis team during the team's pair of near upset attempts last week. The Buffaloes, ranked No. 64th nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), were edged by identical 4-3 scores to No. 14 Auburn and No. 43 South Alabama. Dilaj, from Gdansk, Poland defeated his Auburn opponent at No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3 and teamed with freshmen teammate Chad Tsuda at No. 3 doubles for an 8-4 win. Dilaj and Tsuda teamed up again against South Alabama's No. 3 doubles team and were victorious 8-4.
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Glean Eddy, Freshman, Nashville, Tenn. Freshmen Glean Eddy recorded career-highs in rebounds and blocked shots during CU's pair of Big 12 Conference losses at Texas Tech (66-56) and at Missouri (73-70). The Nashville, Tenn. native grabbed a personal best four offensive and four defensive rebounds (eight total) off the bench at Missouri in addition to blocking four shots. His 20 minutes played at Missouri was also a season-high. Against Texas Tech, Eddy scored nine points (5-for-7 free throws) and grabbed five rebounds. In conference play, Eddy is averaging 4.8 points and 4.3 rebounds a game.
WOMEN'S SKIING (Alpine): Erika Hogan, Freshman, Holmes, N.Y. Freshman Erika Hogan placed the highest of three Buffs in the women's slalom this weekend at the 11th Annual Laura Sharpe Flood/CU Memorial Invitational. Hogan finished second, just one-one hundredths of a second behind DU's Sophie Ormond. The freshman from New York achieved this despite getting sick upon returning from a competition last weekend. Hogan helped CU to a dominating 53-point victory this past weekend.
Submitted by: Jesse Meyer, Student Assistant, Athletic Media Relations
