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Johansen, Trulsrud, Baangman Highlight Sunday’s Skiing Action
January 07, 2018 | Skiing
Johansen and Trulsrud lead Buffs on opening day of MSU Invite, Hedda Baangman wins 20K classic race at the U.S. Cross Country Championships
BIG SKY, Mont. — Junior Ola Johansen won the men's giant slalom and classmate Tonje Trulsrud finished second on the women's side to lead the Buffs on the opening day of the Montana State Invitational held at Big Sky Resort.
Despite the two top finishes, Colorado as a team stands in fourth place of the MSU Invite after two of eight events with 129 points. New Mexico is in the early lead with 173 points on the backing of two podium finishes (one apiece in the men's and women's race) and four total in the top five (two apiece, men and women).
For Johansen, this is his fourth career race victory and three of those have come in the giant slalom.
"It was a very good start for me and I didn't expect to be that far up this early in the college season," said Johansen, who the day before took second place in the giant slalom RMISA alpine qualifier. "I have made four really good runs, so I am really happy."
Trulsrud led the Buffalo women's team with her second place finish. She stood fourth after the first run, but her second run time of 1:05.53 was the second fastest in the field and allowed her to move up two spots and record the 10th podium finish of her career, eight of which have been in giant slalom races.
Also noteworthy from Sunday was Hedda Baangman of the women's Nordic team winning the women's 20K classic at the 2018 U.S. Cross Country Championships. Her time of 1:00:55.3 topped Caitlin Patterson, who earlier in the week had captured the 10K freestyle and freestyle sprint events, for the title. The race was not a part of the official NCAA circuit, but nonetheless a very impressive result capturing the title at a national championship race.
Christina Rolandsen finished eighth in the 20K race, Anne Siri Lervik ninth and Ane Johnsen 20th. The race took place at Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska.
THE WOMEN'S RACE: For Trulsrud, this was the fourth time in her career she has come in second place in a giant slalom race and ironically three of those have come in the first team meet to start the season. Her freshman year, she opened with a second place GS finish in the first race of her career and in 2017 at the MSU Invite, she placed second as well in the GS in the first team meet of the season.
Sophomore Andrea Arnold, who stood 17th after the first run, put together a solid second run and was able to move up a spot to 16th and match the best finish of her young career. Her finish helped CU finish third among the women's teams with 73 points, trailing New Mexico (94), who placed three in the top seven, and Denver (80).
Junior Nora Christensen was one spot out of the top 10, finishing with a two-run time of 2:11.21 for 11th. Sophomore Isabella Fidjeland placed 30th with a total time of 2:16.49.
THE MEN"S RACE: CU men's team was at a disadvantage down a man with David Ketterer racing in Sunday's World Cup slalom race at Adelboden, Switzerland (there, he did not qualify for the second run). Then with Bobby Moyer and Joey Young both not completing their first run, that put CU down to just two eligible scorers.
Johansen more than did his part to help the team by winning the race.
Then, in a pressure situation knowing he had to finish his run, junior Max Luukko came through and did just that to notch a 16th place finish and help the men's squad secure a total of 56 points with two finishers. You have to go back to the 2004 season to find a race where only two Buffs scored points in a men's alpine race; that came in the Utah Invitational to start the season, occurring in the slalom event.
CU finished fifth out of eight teams in the men's race Sunday.
NOTEWORTHY: Johansen had twice finished second in the giant slalom at his two previous MSU Invite appearances, but broke through on Sunday to finally win it. He stood second behind Utah's Samuel Dupratt after his first run with a time of 1:01.68. He was able to move ahead of him to win the race by beating Dupratt's second run time by three tenths of a second. Johansen's second run time of 1:05.45 was the third fastest overall in the field of collegiate racers.
WHAT IT MEANS: Colorado will have some ground to make up if it wants to win the MSU Invite for a second consecutive season. The Buffs have won the meet six times in its existence, which is the most of any RMISA program.
NEXT UP: The Buffs are back at the Big Sky Resort Monday for the running of the men's and women's slalom races. Live timing is available at www.ussalivetiming.com.
RESULTS
Montana State Invitational | Day One | Giant Slalom
Big Sky, Mont. (Big Sky Resort)
Overall Team Standings (2 of 8 events complete)
1. New Mexico 173; 2. Denver 153; 3. Utah 133; 4. Colorado 129; 5. Montana State 121; 6. Alaska-Anchorage 102; 7. Westminster College 86; Colorado Mountain College 37.
Women's Giant Slalom (finishers):
1. Katharine Irwin, UNM, 2:09.23; 2. Tonje Trulsrud, CU, 2:09.42; 3. Kristine Aasberg, DU, 2:09.59; 4. Ann-Kathrin Breuning, Utah, 2:09.68; 5. Rebecca Fiegl, UNM, 2:10.04; 6. Tuva Norbye, DU, 2:10.06; 7. Haley Cutler, UNM, 2:10.48; 8. Charley Field, UAA, 2:10.50; 9. Stephanie Gartner, MSU, 2:10.65; 10. Georgia Burgess, UAA, 2:11.05. Other CU Finishers: 11. Nora Christensen, 2:11.21; 16. Andrea Arnold, 2:12.16; 30. Isabella Fidjeland, 2:17.16
Women's Giant Slalom Team Scores
1. New Mexico 94; 2. Denver 80; 3. Colorado 73; 4. Utah 58; 5. Alaska-Anchorage 57; 6. Montana State 47; 7. Westminster College 45; 8. Colorado Mountain College 9.
Men's Giant Slalom (finishers):
1. Ola Johansen, CU, 2:07.13; 2. Samuel Dupratt, Utah, 2:07.35; 3. Vegard Busengdal, UNM, 2:07.71; 4. Tobias Kogler, DU, 2:08.06; 5. Tyler Theis, UNM, 2:08.10; 6. Jeffrey Bell, MSU, 2:08.10; 7. Garret Driller, MSU, 1:08.11; 8. Jett Seymour, DU, 2:08.22; 9. Dominic Unterberger, UAA, 2:08.40; 10. Patrick Carry, MSU, 2:08.45. Other CU Finishers: 16. Max Luukko, 2:08.71; Bobby Moyer, DNF; Joey Young, DNF
Men's Giant Slalom Team Scores
1. New Mexico 79; 2. Utah 75; 3. Montana State 74; 4. Denver 73; 5. Colorado 56; 6. Alaska-Anchorage 45; 7. Westminster College 41; 8. Colorado Mountain College 28.
Despite the two top finishes, Colorado as a team stands in fourth place of the MSU Invite after two of eight events with 129 points. New Mexico is in the early lead with 173 points on the backing of two podium finishes (one apiece in the men's and women's race) and four total in the top five (two apiece, men and women).
For Johansen, this is his fourth career race victory and three of those have come in the giant slalom.
"It was a very good start for me and I didn't expect to be that far up this early in the college season," said Johansen, who the day before took second place in the giant slalom RMISA alpine qualifier. "I have made four really good runs, so I am really happy."
Trulsrud led the Buffalo women's team with her second place finish. She stood fourth after the first run, but her second run time of 1:05.53 was the second fastest in the field and allowed her to move up two spots and record the 10th podium finish of her career, eight of which have been in giant slalom races.
Also noteworthy from Sunday was Hedda Baangman of the women's Nordic team winning the women's 20K classic at the 2018 U.S. Cross Country Championships. Her time of 1:00:55.3 topped Caitlin Patterson, who earlier in the week had captured the 10K freestyle and freestyle sprint events, for the title. The race was not a part of the official NCAA circuit, but nonetheless a very impressive result capturing the title at a national championship race.
Christina Rolandsen finished eighth in the 20K race, Anne Siri Lervik ninth and Ane Johnsen 20th. The race took place at Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska.
THE WOMEN'S RACE: For Trulsrud, this was the fourth time in her career she has come in second place in a giant slalom race and ironically three of those have come in the first team meet to start the season. Her freshman year, she opened with a second place GS finish in the first race of her career and in 2017 at the MSU Invite, she placed second as well in the GS in the first team meet of the season.
Sophomore Andrea Arnold, who stood 17th after the first run, put together a solid second run and was able to move up a spot to 16th and match the best finish of her young career. Her finish helped CU finish third among the women's teams with 73 points, trailing New Mexico (94), who placed three in the top seven, and Denver (80).
Junior Nora Christensen was one spot out of the top 10, finishing with a two-run time of 2:11.21 for 11th. Sophomore Isabella Fidjeland placed 30th with a total time of 2:16.49.
THE MEN"S RACE: CU men's team was at a disadvantage down a man with David Ketterer racing in Sunday's World Cup slalom race at Adelboden, Switzerland (there, he did not qualify for the second run). Then with Bobby Moyer and Joey Young both not completing their first run, that put CU down to just two eligible scorers.
Johansen more than did his part to help the team by winning the race.
Then, in a pressure situation knowing he had to finish his run, junior Max Luukko came through and did just that to notch a 16th place finish and help the men's squad secure a total of 56 points with two finishers. You have to go back to the 2004 season to find a race where only two Buffs scored points in a men's alpine race; that came in the Utah Invitational to start the season, occurring in the slalom event.
CU finished fifth out of eight teams in the men's race Sunday.
NOTEWORTHY: Johansen had twice finished second in the giant slalom at his two previous MSU Invite appearances, but broke through on Sunday to finally win it. He stood second behind Utah's Samuel Dupratt after his first run with a time of 1:01.68. He was able to move ahead of him to win the race by beating Dupratt's second run time by three tenths of a second. Johansen's second run time of 1:05.45 was the third fastest overall in the field of collegiate racers.
WHAT IT MEANS: Colorado will have some ground to make up if it wants to win the MSU Invite for a second consecutive season. The Buffs have won the meet six times in its existence, which is the most of any RMISA program.
NEXT UP: The Buffs are back at the Big Sky Resort Monday for the running of the men's and women's slalom races. Live timing is available at www.ussalivetiming.com.
RESULTS
Montana State Invitational | Day One | Giant Slalom
Big Sky, Mont. (Big Sky Resort)
Overall Team Standings (2 of 8 events complete)
1. New Mexico 173; 2. Denver 153; 3. Utah 133; 4. Colorado 129; 5. Montana State 121; 6. Alaska-Anchorage 102; 7. Westminster College 86; Colorado Mountain College 37.
Women's Giant Slalom (finishers):
1. Katharine Irwin, UNM, 2:09.23; 2. Tonje Trulsrud, CU, 2:09.42; 3. Kristine Aasberg, DU, 2:09.59; 4. Ann-Kathrin Breuning, Utah, 2:09.68; 5. Rebecca Fiegl, UNM, 2:10.04; 6. Tuva Norbye, DU, 2:10.06; 7. Haley Cutler, UNM, 2:10.48; 8. Charley Field, UAA, 2:10.50; 9. Stephanie Gartner, MSU, 2:10.65; 10. Georgia Burgess, UAA, 2:11.05. Other CU Finishers: 11. Nora Christensen, 2:11.21; 16. Andrea Arnold, 2:12.16; 30. Isabella Fidjeland, 2:17.16
Women's Giant Slalom Team Scores
1. New Mexico 94; 2. Denver 80; 3. Colorado 73; 4. Utah 58; 5. Alaska-Anchorage 57; 6. Montana State 47; 7. Westminster College 45; 8. Colorado Mountain College 9.
Men's Giant Slalom (finishers):
1. Ola Johansen, CU, 2:07.13; 2. Samuel Dupratt, Utah, 2:07.35; 3. Vegard Busengdal, UNM, 2:07.71; 4. Tobias Kogler, DU, 2:08.06; 5. Tyler Theis, UNM, 2:08.10; 6. Jeffrey Bell, MSU, 2:08.10; 7. Garret Driller, MSU, 1:08.11; 8. Jett Seymour, DU, 2:08.22; 9. Dominic Unterberger, UAA, 2:08.40; 10. Patrick Carry, MSU, 2:08.45. Other CU Finishers: 16. Max Luukko, 2:08.71; Bobby Moyer, DNF; Joey Young, DNF
Men's Giant Slalom Team Scores
1. New Mexico 79; 2. Utah 75; 3. Montana State 74; 4. Denver 73; 5. Colorado 56; 6. Alaska-Anchorage 45; 7. Westminster College 41; 8. Colorado Mountain College 28.
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