Skiers Win at Montana State Invitational

Sunday, January 7

Bozeman, Mt.

All Day

Colorado

Montana State Invitational (Alpine)

January 07, 2007 | Skiing

By: Lindsay Lew, Associate SID

BOZEMAN, Mont. – The University of Colorado ski team's alpine squad got off to a fantastic start as one half of the defending NCAA Champion team here on Sunday morning, winning the alpine segment of the Montana State University Invitational at the Big Sky Ski Resort. The Nordic portion of the meet will take place Jan. 19-20.
The weekend got off to a rocky start for all teams, as Saturday's giant slalom races were cancelled due to extremely windy conditions and poor visibility. However the day off didn't keep the Buffaloes off the podium as junior Lucie Zikova won the women's slalom and newcomer Drew Roberts won the men's slalom.

Colorado won with a team total of 152.5 on the day, with the men's team contributing a score of 80.5, first place on their side, and the women putting up a 72, good for second in the women's results. Denver was second overall with 129 points, with Nevada in third at 120.

“I am very happy, it is a good way to start,” said CU head coach Richard Rokos. “We can build on it and having three top scorers right away and a lot of top 10 finishes gives us confidence and peace of mind for the season. Even with one race we collected a pretty solid lead.”
Zikova, who finished first or second in 10 of her 12 races in 2006, won in a total of 1:29.15 in her two runs. Her first run of 44.28 was the best run of the day on the women's side. Sophomore Lisa Perricone was seventh in 1:31.69, with Rachel Roosevelt coming in 16th at 1:33.42. Senior Kristin Taylor was 19th and freshman Leslie Fox was 25th,
“Lucie skied well both today and in the FIS event on Friday,” said Rokos. “Lisa was seventh today. She didn't have too good of a first run but she redeemed herself on the second run so she took seventh.”
In men's slalom, a pair of Colorado freshman made visits to the podium in their first collegiate meet. Drew Roberts took first with a time of 1:26.77, while classmate Stefan Hughes was second in 1:26.84. It was Hughes with the fastest run of the day, skiing to a 40.89 in his first run.
Classmate Arman Serebrakian also made the top 10, tying for ninth with Don Brockett of Montana State, both checking in with a time of 1:29.15. Sophomore Tony Cesolini was 12th (1:29.56), followed by Miles Cooke in 21st (1:31.37) and Josh Bryan in 35th (1:42.02).
The Buffaloes will return to action next weekend when they travel to Utah for the University of Utah Invitational on Jan. 12-14.

Women's Slalom Results

1.      Lucie Zikova, CU              44.28     44.87        1'29.15
2.      Stefanie Klocker, UAA         44.61     44.97        1'29.58
3.      Claire Abbe, DU               45.30     45.15        1'30.45
4.      Katie Lyons, UN               45.79     44.99        1'30.78
5.      Karin Ohlin, UNM              45.49     46.00        1'31.49
6.      Molly Ryan, DU                46.40     45.18        1'31.58
7.      Lisa Perricone, CU            46.71     44.98        1'31.69
8.      Amanda Goyne, UN              46.73     45.01        1'31.74
9.      Karine Falck, DU              45.90     46.45        1'32.35
10.     Sarah Schaedler, WSC          46.30     46.09        1'32.39
11.     Florence Roujas, DU           45.85     46.63        1'32.48
12.     Mikaela Grassl, UU            47.31     45.36        1'32.67
13.     Chirine Njeim, UU             46.47     46.22        1'32.69
14.     Jennifer Tank, DU             46.96     45.91        1'32.87
15.     Lindsay McClure, DU           46.92     46.24        1'33.16
16.     Rachel Roosevelt, CU          47.76     45.66        1'33.42
17.     Malin Hemmingsson, UNM        46.31     47.13        1'33.44
18.     Amy Beresford, UNM            47.47     46.14        1'33.61
19.     Kristin Taylor, CU            47.11     46.64        1'33.75
20.     Kristina Repcinova, UAA       47.83     46.25        1'34.08
21.     Amy Lattimer, MSU             47.96     46.17        1'34.13
22.     Chelsea Laswell, UU           46.99     47.55        1'34.54
23.     Smaranda Munteanu, UAA        47.89     47.04        1'34.93
24.     Gillian Hearn, MSU            49.10     46.15        1'35.25
25.     Leslie Fox, CU                48.02     47.29        1'35.31
26.     Allison Empey, UAA            49.15     46.48        1'35.63
27.     Jaana-Maarit Vaelimaeki, UN 48.66     47.74        1'36.40
28.     Lene Oeen Kaasa, UNM          49.32     48.38        1'37.70
29.     Lacy Saugstad, UAA            49.93     48.40        1'38.33
30.     Chichi Williams, MSU          49.96     48.64        1'38.60
31.     Courtney Saario, DU           50.91     47.84        1'38.75
32.     Emily Baker, WHT              49.96     49.78        1'39.74
33.     Rachel Walker, WHT            50.81     48.95        1'39.76
34.     Jessica Dakers, UNM           50.63     50.25        1'40.88
35.     Kelly Ryan, MSU               51.39     50.65        1'42.04
36.     Lauren Korpi, WSC             51.48     50.59        1'42.07
37.     Kate Stoddard, MSU            51.51     50.68        1'42.19
38.     Lauren Parsons, WHT           51.61     50.72        1'42.33
39.     Annie Vranizan, UN            51.70     50.66        1'42.36
40.     Lucia Paciotti, WHT           51.35     51.35        1'42.70
41.     Renee Thibodeau, WHT          51.93     51.08        1'43.01
42.     Gina Gassman, MSU             51.63     51.42        1'43.05
43.     Charlotte Gourlay, WHT        52.25     52.28        1'44.53
44.     Gretchen Glasser, MSU         53.23     53.50        1'46.73
45.     Theresa Norell, MSU           53.64     55.73        1'49.37
46.     Kristi Knaub, MSU             55.08     54.41        1'49.49
47.     Taryn O'Flynn, UN             1'00.44 49.87        1'50.31
48.     Vivian Renfro, WSC            56.28     55.11        1'51.39
49.     Spela Bertoncelj, MSU         1'01.39 50.00        1'51.39
50.     Alexandra Verdun, WSC         57.85     55.90        1'53.75
51.     Lauren Lattimer, UU           1'06.84 50.70        1'57.54
52.     Kindra Luberski, WSC          1'01.38 1'00.17      2'01.53
53.     Sonja Jennings, MSU           1'32.88 49.14        2'22.02
54.     Maria Corcorran, WHT          1'33.64 57.25        2'30.89
DFN (1st Run): Carmel McElroy, MSU; Kimberly Stephens, UU.
Men's Slalom Results:
1.      Drew Roberts, CU              41.78     44.99        1'26.77
2.      Stefan Hughes, CU             40.89     45.95        1'26.84
3.      Sean Higgins, DU              41.36     45.69        1'27.05
4.      Tor Fodnesbergene, UNM        41.77     46.00        1'27.77
5.      Alex Mach, UNM                42.17     45.76        1'27.93
6.      Kyle Kung, UU                 41.99     46.34        1'28.33
7.      Luke Patterson, UN            42.59     46.42        1'29.01
8.      Toby Lamar, MSU               43.49     45.60        1'29.09
9.      Don Brockett, MSU             43.41     45.74        1'29.15
        Arman Serebrakian, CU         43.94     45.21        1'29.15
11.     Cameron Barnes, UN            43.40     46.11        1'29.51
12.     Tony Cesolini, CU             43.92     45.64        1'29.56
13.     Benjamin Chaddock, WHT        44.70     45.09        1'29.79
14.     Cory Harris, MSU              43.83     45.99        1'29.82
15.     Robbie Massie, MSU            43.56     46.39        1'29.95
16.     Kyle Darling, UU              44.39     45.59        1'29.98
17.     Ian Dunlop, DU                43.09     46.99        1'30.08
18.     Andre Hokholt, MSU            43.45     46.86        1'30.31
19.     Scott Hume, UN                42.53     47.89        1'30.42
20.     Marco Schafferer, WSC         44.77     46.55        1'31.32
21.     Miles Cooke, CU               44.58     46.79        1'31.37
22.     Dylan Bryant, WSC             45.09     47.45        1'32.54
23.     Dan McKay, UAA                45.07     48.01        1'33.08
24.     Brad Erickson,WSC             44.95     49.08        1'34.03
25.     Tyler Smedsrud, MSU           45.75     49.23        1'34.98
26.     John Buchar, DU               49.15     45.90        1'35.05
27.     Viktor Hlas, WSC              46.62     49.44        1'36.06
28.     Bo Maciejko, WSC              46.40     50.24        1'36.64
29.     Francesco Ghedina, DU         42.39     54.67        1'37.06
30.     Jonathan Hverven, UAA         46.27     51.16        1'37.43
31.     Andre Karlsen, UN             48.01     49.93        1'37.94
32.     Kim Ringvold, UAA             49.12     50.80        1'39.92
33.     Jordan Breighner, UU          52.25     48.47        1'40.72
34.     Gaspar Perricone, UU          53.89     47.98        1'41.87
35.     Joshua Bryan, CU              41.95     1'00.07      1'42.02
36.     Tague Thorson, UU             42.69     59.76        1'42.45
37.     Olivier Lacaille, UNM         43.29     1'02.00      1'45.29
38.     Kyle Taylor, MSU              45.89     1'01.99      1'47.88
39.     Max. Meier-Meitinger, UAA     1'05.87 52.69        1'58.56
40.     Ian Lochhead, DU              43.50     1'19.35      2'02.85
41.     Andy Erickson, WHT            51.74     1'17.77      2'09.51
DSN (1st Run): Petter Soehoel Roering, UNM -- DNF (1st Run): Scott Veenis, UU
DSN (2nd Run): Adam cole, DU -- DFN (2nd Run): Beresford, UNM, Ryan Farmin, UN, Ian Bray, MSU, Jon Masdal, UNM, Lars Sunde Loeseth, UNM