SKIERS STAND SECOND IN OWN INVITE

Friday, February 20

Eldora, Colo.

8:15 GS, 9:30 Classical

Colorado

Colorado Invitational (GS/FS)

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February 20, 2004 | Skiing

By: CUBuffs.com

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ELDORA - With 10 inches of new snow and clear skies as a backdrop, Tor Erik Schjellerud claimed the 10-kilometer classic for the host school as the University of Colorado posted seven top-10 finishes as the Buffaloes stood in second place after the first day of their own 12th annual CU/Laura Sharpe Flood Memorial Invitational here Friday at Eldora Mountain Resort.

Denver leads the field as just 19 points separates the top three teams. With 286 points, the Pioneers have a 16- point edge on the Buffs (270), who hold a three-point advantage on New Mexico (267). Nevada (218) and Utah (216) are battling it out for fourth going into Saturday's final four events.

"Cross country obviously took full advantage of their home turf," said head coach Richard Rokos. "The way they presented themselves today was outstanding. They reinforced their seed position for NCAA's and can go into tomorrow's race relaxed. Our women's downhill team did a great job with a couple of good runs here. Our guys tried their best, but starting back in this field is extremely difficult because of last night's new snow which I hope freezes overnight and is harder tomorrow."

Schjellerud's win was the first for the January transfer who had a pair of runner-up, a third and fourth place finish entering today's home meet. He covered the 10k course in 26 minutes 4.6 seconds to finish a comfortable 30 seconds ahead of New Mexico's Geir-Endre Rogn (26:34.4) and Utah's Henning Dybendal (26:37.3).

While Erling Christiansen was sidelined due to illness, Henrik Hoye tied a season best fourth place finish in the event in 26:45.3. Men's nordic team captain Nick Sterling (28:40.7) also finished a season best 13th and in scoring position for the second time this season. Freshman Tim Damrow (29:55.7) rounded out CU's efforts this morning.

Jana Rehemaa's runner-up finish in the women's 5k version in 15:24.7 was her fourth of the season as her quest for her first collegiate win will have to wait another day. The sophomore trailed New Mexico's Martina Stursvoa who won in 14:52.3 and at 3-0, remains undefeated in the discipline in '04. Muriele Huberli and Claire Critchley finished in a 5th/6th punch respectively with just 1.3 seconds separating the two. Huberli's season best classical finish was done so in 15:37.4, followed by Critchley's third top-10 finish in 15:38.7. Brooke Rygg's 17:08.1 23rd place finish was a meet best for the sophomore.

In the men's and women's giant slalom, the Buffs' combined for a seven top-20 finishes, led by Erika Hogan's sixth place effort in 2:07.11, matching her finish a year ago in this meet. Women's alpine captain Erin McEachren's 2:07.52 ninth place finish was a four-place improvement over her first run standing and was her strongest in the discipline this season as she continues to strengthen her case for the NCAA Championships roster. Eighth after her 1:03.65 first run, Kristin Taylor's 1:04.44 second brought her to a respectable 13th place final finish. Five-time All-American Mia Cullman finished a disappointing 17th, out of scoring position for only the fourth time in her four year career and two spots ahead of Julie Czesnowski (2:09.43). After being disqualified in the first run in this race a year ago, Sarah Fisher made the Buffs' biggest first to second run improvement as the sophomore was 47th after the first run and improved 17 places to finish 30th in 2:15.05.

The men's downhill team had to overcome unfavorable starting positions on an already soft course, but was still able to put together respectable finishes. Tahir Bisic continues to pace the men's downhill team as the junior was in 18th overall after his first run and finished a team best 14th among collegiate skiers in a two-run time of 2:01. Still fighting for a spot on the NCAA roster, Fritz Ernemann and Cody Jenick finished 20th and 21st respectively in the GS. Making the "flip" after the morning's first run, Ernemann had the true first run of the afternoon when Denver's Aaron Bolduc DNF'd his second run and he finished 20th in 2:03.03. Jenick put together a two-run day of 2:03.78 to finish 21st. Brad Hogan, who is redshirting the 2004 season, finished seventh in the overall standings (1:59.99) and alum Tyler Shepherd 20th (2:01.89).

The meet concludes Saturday with the slalom beginning at 8:15 a.m., followed by the nordic team's freestyle at 9:30.

COLORADO SKIER POST-RACE QUOTES

Bruce Cranmer, Nordic Coordinator
On Racing At Home: "We'll, it's great not having to travel and being on your home course is always kind of nice. You know what it's like to go hard here, you know where the traffic is. We're a little sick, so we're not as healthy as we'd like to be, but it's nice being close to home and having good conditions."
On Jana Rehemaa: "I think Jana had a decent race, she's one that has had a cold, so she was borderline today. But Muri and Claire were solid."
On Tor Erik Schjellerud: "His was our first win in cross country, and it's a good victory because it's on our home course. He's getting better and better. He's on track and I think he'll do really well in regionals."

Claire Critchley

General: "It was a tough course, pretty difficult. It was hard because of the high altitude, and being all uphill at the end, you don't get any rest. We're lucky because it was a nice day and it made the race more enjoyable. It seems like it's always snowing or bad weather."
On Skiing At Home: "It's nice because we know how to ski the course, and we know the course really well. We know when to rest and when to push ourselves. It was a good preparation for (NCAA) regionals because Crested Butte has a similar course."

On Her Race: "I didn't have a very good race today. I was tired and have been sick and it makes it harder on my body. As a team we did very well though."

Jana Rehemaa
General: "It was hard, but it was really nice weather today. But the race was hard because of the elevation. I was all right, but I've been a little sick this week, so that's why I was satisfied (with my performance)."

Tor Erik Schjellerud
General: "It's hard to ski at this altitude, but we had a good feeling. It was hard from 1.5 to 3 kilometers, but it's always nice to have home races because you know where to push it and where to take it easy. Today was my day and next week we don't know."

Henrik Hoye
General: "It was a good race. I was kind of tired after the first lap because the course is a tough one. You have to be strong because the race is hard to recover from. There were good conditions with the snow last night. It may the setting in the tracks easier to ski on. I'm satisfied with the season. The field is strong and the competition, tough. I've had a descent season and have gotten better with everything that I've done."

Erika Hogan
General: "I was able to make up some time on the second run b/c it was straighter and faster and there were bigger holes"

Erin McEachren
General: "The second run was straight and a good set. You were able to get some good lines. We really want to win this meet, so we've definitely got some confidence going into tomorrow. And tomorrow is our event, so we're pretty motivated."

ALPINE NORDIC

Giant Slalom Classical

Rk Team men women men women TOTAL

1 DENVER 79 74 73 60 286

2 COLORADO 49 65 76 80 270

3 NEW MEXICO 61 64 65 77 267

4 NEVADA 72 48 50 48 218

5 UTAH 49 51 56 60 216

6 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 71 11 55 53 190

7 MONTANA STATE 17 68 30 29 144

8 WESTERN STATE 30 9 39 33 111

9 WHITMAN 31 39 15 19 104

10 BOISE STATE 0 15 0 0 15

ALPINE POINT LEADERS: Denver 153, New Mexico 125, Nevada 120, Colorado 114, Utah 100, Montana State 85.

NORDIC POINT LEADERS: Colorado 156, New Mexico 142, Denver 133, Utah 116, Alaska 108, Nevada 98.

SEASON TOTALS (3 meets): Denver 1689, New Mexico 1675, Colorado 1522, Utah 1520, Colorado 1522, Nevada

1057, Alaska 1049?, Montana State 744?, Western State 718?, Whitman 593, Boise State 290?.

ELDORA, Colo. --- Here are the results of Friday's alpine and nordic races in the 12th Annual Laura Sharpe Flood Memorial/University of Colorado Ski Invitational (KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: UAA?Alaska-Anchorage; BSU--Boise State; CU?Colorado; DU?Denver; MSU?Montana State; UNM?New Mexico; UN?Nevada; UU?Utah; WSC?Western State; WHT?Whitman; *?designates non-scorer for team points):

Men's Giant Slalom

Rk Bib Skier Team Time Pts

1 ( 3) Dominik Schweiger DU 1:59.26 30

2 (15) Tommi Viirret UN 1:59.63 29

3 (31) Andrea Neuhauser UAA 1:59.81 28

4 ( 9) Michal Rajcan UN 1:59.93 27

5 (12) Petter Roering UNM 2:00.03 26

6 (10) David Lamb DU 2:00.13 25

7 (17) Todd Ligare DU 2:00.26 24

8 ( 7) Lars Loeseth Sunde UNM 2:00.28 23

9 (11) Einar Marius-Elvrum UAA 2:00.48 22

10 (14) Christian Ringvold UAA 2:00.81 21

11 (33) *Sean Higgins DU 2:01.29 ?-

12 ( 5) David Duncan UAA 2:01.38 --

13 (16) Tahir Bisic CU 2:01.67 20

14 ( 4) Andi Wieser UU 2:01.77 19

15 (34) Hannes Zirknitzer WHT 2:02.09 18

16 (40) Will McDonald UU 2:02.15 17

17 (26) Andre Karlsen UN 2:02.49 16

18 (35) *Ian Dunlop DU 2:02.83 --

19 (43) Fritz Ernemann CU 2:03.03 15

20 (38) Cody Jenick CU 2:03.78 14

21 (37) Gaspar Perricone UU 2:04.39 13

22 (25) Alexander Freberg UNM 2:04.66 12

23 (19) Ben Brown WSC 2:04.75 11

24 (56) Jacob Down WSC 2:06.19 10

25 (58) Graham Irving WSC 2:06.42 9

26 (64) Nathaniel Johnson WHT 2:06.87 8

27 (42) Reinhard Neuhauser UAA 2:07.01 --

28 (39) Tyler Smedsrud MSU 2:07.81 7

29 (51) Robbie Massie MSU 2:09.17 6

30 (59) Chris McCullough WHT 2:10.06 5

31 (41) *Cain Mahan DU 2:16.93 ?-

32 (18) Christian Jensen UNM 2:18.58 --

33 (48) Wes Powell MSU 2:19.02 4

Did Not Start

(21) *Christopher Berg DU

Did Not Finish (1st Run)

( 1) Benjamin Thornhill UU

( 6) Lars Ola Kjos DU

(22) Alex Mach UNM

(29) Luke Patterson WSC

(45) *Benjamin Kuruvila DU

(57) Billy Moss WSC

Did Not Finish (2nd Run)

(20) Aaron Bolduc DU

(50) Michael Read CU

(53) Christopher Gibson MSU

Women's Giant Slalom

Rk Bib Skier Team Time Pts

1 ( 8) April Mancuso UU 2:04.70 30

2 ( 4) Pia Rivelsrud DU 2:05.19 29

3 ( 7) Smaranda Munteanu MSU 2:05.23 28

4 ( 6) Jennifer Delich UNM 2:05.28 27

5 ( 5) Sophie Ormond DU 2:07.00 26

6 (19) Erika Hogan CU 2:07.11 25

7 (12) Alexandra Munteanu MSU 2:07.35 24

8 (16) Kathrin Spendier UNM 2:07.40 23

9 (26) Erin McEachren CU 2:07.52 22

10 ( 3) Rowena Bright UU 2:07.61 21

11 (17) Quincy Young UN 2:07.80 20

12 (18) Barbara Knor DU 2:07.98 19

13 (10) Kristin Taylor CU 2:08.09 18

14 (25) Rachel Walker WHT 2:08.13 17

15 (32) Crystal Wright MSU 2:08.74 16

16 (23) Amber Gale UN 2:09.05 15

17 ( 2) Mia Cullman CU 2:09.20 --

18 (20) Helena Woodrow UNM 2:09.22 14

19 (13) Julie Czesnowski CU 2:09.43 --

20 (33) Catherine Baskins MSU 2:09.93 --

21 (47) Kristina Revello UN 2:10.31 13

22 (52) Julia Babilis WHT 2:11.05 12

23 (27) Christina Metzger DU 2:12.15 --

24 (41) Andrea Drew MSU 2:12.28 --

25 (43) *Rebekah Levine MSU 2:13.73 --

26 (44) Jacqueline Marceau DU 2:13.74 --

27 (37) Jennifer Shively UNM 2:14.05 --

28 (58) *Brenna Kelleher MSU 2:14.47 --

29 (51) Jessica Hamilton UAA 2:14.48 11

30 (54) *Sarah Fischer CU 2:15.05 --

31 (60) *Victoria Amorello WHT 2:16.62 --

32 (57) Renee Thibodeau WHT 2:17.10 10

33 (55) *Polly Hopkins MSU 2:17.42 --

34 (59) *Hilary Turner MSU 2:18.06 --

35 (62) Maria Corcorran WHT 2:18.34 --

36 (64) Vivian Renfro WSC 2:23.14 9

37 (34) Christie Higman UN 2:27.67 --

38 (72) Jill Mendenhall BSU 2:34.19 8

39 (71) Hannah Stauts BSU 3:04.46 7

Did Not Finish (1st Run)

( 1) Spela Bertoncelj BSU

(24) Brooke Gaisford WSC

(38) Jazz Centauro WSC

(39) Jamie Hansen UNR

(67) Langely McNeal WHT

Did Not Finish (2nd Run)

( 9) Margit Walter BSU

(15) Lauren Lattimer UU

(21) Mateja Gombac BSU

(22) Gladys Weidt UNM

(36) Julie-Pierre LeClerc UAA

(50) Christine Novotny UN

Men's 10K Classical

Rk Bib Skier Team Time Pts

1 (35) Tor Schjellerud CU 26:04.6 30

2 (34) Geir Endre Rogn UNM 26:34.4 29

3 (39) Henning Dybendal UU 26:37.3 28

4 (28) Henrik Hoye CU 26:45.3 27

5 (36) Erlend Hoff DU 26:53.2 26

6 (24) Amund Hansen DU 27:05.5 25

7 (33) Zach Violett UAA 27:16.8 24

8 (37) Jesse Carlstrom UN 27:22.2 23

9 (26) Martin Bartnes DU 27:38.7 22

10 (27) Dirk Grimm UNM 28:09.8 21

11 (21) Benjamin Sonntag UU 28:20.9 20

12 (13) Zach Hill DU 28:24.0 --

13 (15) Nick Sterling CU 28:40.7 19

14 (16) Brent Knight UAA 28:55.1 18

15 (32) Jan Vykoukal UN 29:02.2 17

16 (19) Andy Richmond WSC 29:08.5 16

17 (25) Jedd Young UNM 29:12.8 15

18 (29) Christian Coe MSU 29:21.2 14

19 (31) Eric Strabel UAA 29:26.4 13

20 ( 8) Tim Damrow CU 29:55.7 --

21 (12) Jacob Zehnder UNM 30:17.1 --

22 (30) Ryan Ahern WSC 30:19.0 12

23 (14) Paul Schauer UAA 30:31.9 --

24 (38) Brian Gregg WSC 30:35.4 11

25 (23) Ben Crawford UN 30:42.7 10

26 (11) Kevin Taylor WSC 30.43.0 --

27 ( 5) Hennie Kashiwa DU 30:44.6 --

28 (22) Travis Hansen MSU 30:59.9 9

29 (20) Tony Bozzio UU 31:04.5 8

30 ( 4) Donovan Walsh UN 31:13.2 --

31 ( 7) Casey Fagerquist UAA 31:24.7 --

32 ( 3) James Letson WSC 31:42.3 --

33 ( 2) Brennan Walsh UN 31:49.3 --

34 (10) Ryan Holtan MSU 31:52.0 7

35 ( 9) Alex Fesnard WHT 34:04.6 6

36 ( 6) Charlie Erdman WHT 34:18.8 5

37 (18) Jon Loffler WHT 34:32.0 4

Did Not Start

(17) Erling Christiansen CU

Women's 5K Classical

Rk Bib Skier Team Time Pts

1 (43) Martina Stursova UNM 14:52.3 30

2 (44) Jana Rehemaa CU 15:24.7 29

3 (39) Karin Camenisch DU 15:32.8 28

4 (41) Mandy Kaemph UAA 15:37.1 27

5 (24) Muriele Huberli CU 15:37.4 26

6 (32) Claire Critchley CU 15:38.7 25

7 (33) Lena Jensen UNM 15:40.4 24

8 (27) Trine Lundamo UNM 15:41.0 23

9 (30) Barbro Hatlevik UU 15:47.6 22

10 (35) Sarah Hansen UAA 15:50.4 21

11 (21) Sandra Gredig UU 15:56.6 20

12 (28) Tara Hamilton DU 16:08.0 19

13 (17) Andrea Roberts UNM 16:12.0 --

14 (38) Jenny Hansson UU 16:15.1 18

15 (45) Sari Tuovinen UN 16:25.0 17

16 (20) Emma Garrard UN 16:30.8 16

17 ( 6) Jessica Ford UN 16:32.7 15

18 (40) Emily Robins MSU 16:34.5 14

19 (19) Niina Karvonen DU 16:36.8 13

20 (16) Sally Johnson UN 16:43.0 --

21 (31) Paige Brady UN 16:59.2 --

22 (25) Melody Scheefer WSC 16:59.9 12

23 (12) Brooke Rygg CU 17:08.1 --

24 (13) Linda Pettersson UU 17:09.4 --

25 (42) Jessica Gray WSC 17:12.9 11

26 (36) Kelly Ahern WSC 17:22.5 10

27 (22) Laura Vulaas WHT 17:26.4 9

28 (34) Mandy Bowden MSU 17:27.5 8

29 ( 9) Pirkko Pulkkanen UNM 17:31.9 --

30 (23) Rachel Goldstein MSU 17:41.2 7

31 ( 8) Ashley McQueen UU 17:52.2 --

32 (10) Courtney Dauwalter DU 17:59.9 --

33 (37) Tara Gregg WHT 18:01.4 6

34 ( 4) *Janelle Kinner UNM 18:01.6 --

35 (14) Charis Gullickson MSU 18:07.3 --

36 (26) S. Kumpufainen UAA 18:08.1 5

37 (15) Davya Baker UAA 18:08.8 --

38 ( 1) *Sarah Hardee WHT 18:17.0 --

39 ( 5) *Sarah Schoen WHT 18:30.2 --

40 ( 7) Emma Lohr WHT 18:56.0 4

41 (29) Holly Brooks WHT 18:56.2 --

42 (18) Emma Catmur WHT 20:04.3 --

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