Boee, Lervik Hit Podium As Buffs Finish Second In Own Invitational

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS—Senior Anne Siri Lervik and freshman Magnus Boee both hit the podium and led the Colorado Ski Team as four Buffs earned top five finishes at Howelsen Hill Sunday in the CU Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational.

The Buffs again had a solid day, better than Saturday's but not quite up to the performance of Utah, as the Utes ran away with the meet title, scoring 745 points to 641 for CU, taking it by over 100 points. CU was then over 100 points up on third place Alaska Anchorage (523), who surpassed Denver (496.5) on the final day.

Boee was with the race leaders through the first three-and-a-half laps and just couldn't keep pace with race winner Samuel Hendry over the last 2K of the race to finish second. He took fifth in Saturday's freestyle races to give him two top five finishes to open his career. Senior Ryan Jackson finished fourth in an impressive performance as the Buffs two newcomers led the way.

Lervik finished third to earn a podium performance, the ninth of her career. She was injured in the fall and although she trained hard, this was her first time on snow this winter, earning two top five finishes to lead the Buffs. Junior Hedda Baangman finished fifth and had a photo finish with Utah's Mariah Bredal for fourth place. Freshman Anna-Maria Dietze also had an impressive race, finishing 11th for the Buffs.

The Nordic teams remain center stage on the college skiing circuit, as they will head to Maloit Park near Vail next weekend to finish out the Denver Invitational.

TEAM NOTES:

The Buffs scored 87 points in the men's race and 84 in the women's to earn 171 on the day and move up to 641 for the meet.
Utah finished with 108 points in the men's race and 96 in the women's to finish with a total of 745.
Utah beat Colorado by 104 points, which beat third place Alaska Anchorage by 118 points. UAA had 523 points with Denver (496.5) and Montana State (426.5) rounding out the top five and Westminster (243), Alaska Fairbanks (230), Colorado Mountain (143) and Wyoming (67) rounding out the team standings.

WOMEN'S NORDIC NOTES:

Lervik finished third to earn her ninth career podium and 19th career top five finish in 37 career finishes. She also has 25 top 10 finishes.
Baangman finished fifth for her 14th career top five finish and 19th career top 10. ???????
Dietze finished her first meet with 11th and 13th place finishes.
Sophomore Ezra Smith finished 15th, freshman Bridget Donovan 16th and junior Quinn Lehmkuhl 23rd to round out the Buffs.
For Donovan, this was the first 15K race of her life, earning an impressive top 20 finish.

MEN'S NORDIC NOTES:

Boee's second place finish is his first career podium performance and he now has two top five finishes in his first two college races.
Jackson finished 15th on Saturday as classic is his stronger discipline, in fifth he earned his first career top five and top 10 finish.
Andrew Potyk finished 17th as the Buffs third scorer. It's the ninth time he's scored for the team in his career and his 18th career top 20 finish and second of the season.
Wyatt Gebhardt finished 19th for his 10th career top 20 and fourth in classic action. ???????
Sondre Bollum had a bit of an off day finishing 22nd, just the third time in his career he's finished outside the top 20.
Sophomore Tyler Terranova finished 29th to close out the Buffs performers.

WHAT IT MEANS: The first meet of the season is usually a testing ground to see how you stack up against the competition. Utah certainly threw the gauntlet down, but it's a long season and most teams are preparing to be at peak physical condition in March for NCAA Championships.

QUOTEWORTHY:

Coming Soon.

UP NEXT: The Nordic teams will continue action in the Denver Invitational next weekend at Maloit Park. The classic races will happen Saturday and freestyle races Sunday as the Buffs currently sit in fourth place in those meet standings but just 28 points out of second place.

TEAM—1. Utah 745; 2. Colorado 641; 3. Alaska Anchorage 523; 4. Denver 496.5; 5. Montana State 426.5; 6. Westminster 423; 8. Alaska Fairbanks 230; 9. Colorado Mountain 143; 10. Wyoming 67.

MEN'S 20K CLASSIC (33 collegiate finishers)—1. Samuel Hendry, UU, 56:28.0; 2. Magnus Boee, CU, 56:49.2; 3. Sigurd Roenning, UAA, 57:28.4; 4. Ryan Jackson, CU, 57:59.9; 5. Ola Jordheim, UU, 58:21.7; 6. Logan Diekmann, UU, 58:59.7; 7. Luke Jager, UU, 59:22.6; 8. Noel Keeffe, UU, 59:23.8; 9. J.C. Schoonmaker, UAA, 59.23.9; 10. Ole Marius Kirkeng, DU, 59:26.0. Other CU Finishers: 16. Andrew Potyk, 1:00:37.9; 19. Wyatt Gebhardt, 1:01:29.2; 22. Sondre Bollum, 1:02:08.5; 29. Tyler Terranova, 1:04:23.0.

WOMEN'S 15K CLASSIC (31 collegiate finishers)—1. Guro Jordheim, UU, 48:59.2; 2. Leah Lange, UU, 49:52.4; 3. Anne-Siri Lervik, CU, 50:03.2; 4. Mariah Bredal, UU, 50:13.1; 5. Hedda Baangman, CU, 50:13.2; 6. Emma Tarbath, MSU, 50:34.3; 7. Karianne Moe, UU, 50:34.3; 8. Mariel Pulles, UAA, 50:34.9; 9. Anna Darnell, UAA, 51:38.3; 10. Vera Norli, DU, 51:47.2. Other CU Finishers: 11. Anna-Maria Dietze, 52:09.7; 15. Ezra Smith, 53:34.2; 16. Bridget Donovan, 54:19.1; 23. Quinn Lehmkuhl, 55:40.1.

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