Boee Wins Fifth Straight, Buffs Second In RMISA Meet

MIDWAY, Utah – Sophomore Magnus Boee picked up where he left off earlier in the month, picking up his fifth straight win and sixth overall as the Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team competed in classic races here at the RMISA Invitational at Westminster and Soldier Hollow Monday.

Boee now has six wins and a fourth place in seven races this season, putting together one of the most dominant seasons in CU history. He enabled the Buffs to move from third into second in the meet standings, which began Feb. 8-9 with slalom races at Snowbird Ski Area. CU scored 92 points in the men's race, three behind Utah, and 69 in the women's race, third most in the field, to score 161 on the day and now have 444 points with two events remaining on Tuesday. Utah leads with 553 points. Third is Denver with 384.5, followed by Montana State (369) and Alaska Anchorage rounding out the top five.

Freshman Oyvind Haugan finished fifth and senior Ryan Jackson eighth to give the Buffs three team scorers in the weighted portion of the points list. Freshman Will Koch was also impressive in 13th place, his first race since returning from competing in the World Junior Championships in Poland.

The women's team also placed four in the top 20, with freshman Weronika Kaleta leading the way in eighth place, followed shortly by sophomore Anna-Maria Dietze in ninth and junior Ezra Smith in 12th. Senior Quinn Lehmkuhl finished 18th for the Buffs. Utah's Novie McCabe won the race as the Utes put four in the top five ahead of the Buffs.

WHAT IT MEANS: The Buffs are continuing to look stronger as the season continues, which is always a good sign. Three in the top eight of the men's race is quite an accomplishment, as Jackson continues to look stronger as the season wears on, and Haugan is pushing more for top fives to go along with Boee's magnificent season. The women's team continues to place Dietze, Kaleta and Smith in the seven to 13 range as they have all season, which gives the Buffs strong contenders for the NCAA Championships. Haugan is in a solid fifth place on the RMISA NCAA Qualification list and Jackson could move up with a top 10 or two in freestyle races here this week.

UP NEXT: Nordic action continues Tuesday with the freestyle races that will close out this meet and thus the regular season, although half of the RMISA Championships are already complete on the alpine side. The Nordic teams remain in Utah all week and will compete in the conference championships Friday and Saturday.

TEAM NOTES:

The Buffs scored 92 points in the men's race, second to Utah (95) and well ahead of third place Alaska Anchorage's total of 77. On the women's side, the Buffs scored 69 points, just two behind Denver (71) but well behind Utah's total of 108.
The Buffs now have 444 points through six of eight events in the meet and are 109 behind Utah and 59.5 ahead of third place Denver.
Scoring for the Buffs Monday were Boee (40), Haugan (29) and Jackson (23) on the men's side and Kaleta (25), Dietze (23) and Smith (21) on the women's side. Those have been the team scorers in each of the seven races this season.

MEN'S INDIVIDUAL NOTES:

Magnus Boee continued his magnificent season with an impressive win in a time of 25:13.7, by 44.5 seconds over second place Sam Hendry of Utah. Boee has won five straight races, six on the season and nine in his career in 18 career starts. He has won three classic and three freestyle races this season and five classic and four freestyle in his career. His nine career wins ranks tied for 17th in CU history, tied for 12th for men's skiers and tied for sixth for men's Nordic skiers, all with Clark Matis (1967-69). His five career classic wins ranks tied for fourth most in CU history. His six season wins ranks tied for 11th in CU history, tied for sixth for men's skiers and tied for second for men's Nordic skiers. He's tied with Matis (1969), Per Kare Jakobsen (1989) and Ove Erik Tronvoll (1999) with six season wins and only Mads Stroem has more (eight in 2016). His three men's classic wins in a season is tied for third with Jakobsen (1990), Tronvoll (1998), Matt Gelso (2010) and Rune Oedegaard (2012, '13, '14 and '15), and only Tronvoll (1999) and Mads Stroem (2016) won more with four each. His five straight wins is tied for the seventh longest streak in CU history for all disciplines, along with Tronvoll (1999) and Gelso (2010), behind Line Selnes (8 in 1998), Maria Grevsgaard (7 in 2006), Joanne Reid (7 in 2013), and Matis (1969), Jana Weinberger (6 in 2006) and Stroem (6 in 2016).
Oyvind Haugan continued his stellar freshman season with another top five finish, his fourth in five races (he took sixth place in the other race). He's now finished fifth in two straight 10K classic races, but spanning 16 days as the first one was on Feb. 6. He now has two top fives in both freestyle and classic for a strong NCAA qualification seed in both disciplines.
Ryan Jackson earned his second straight top 10 and second in classic races. He continues to get stronger as the season progresses, as he finished 20th to open the season, then took 16th in the second race and then knocked on the door of the top 10 for three straight races in 12th, 11th and 11th, before now having two straight top 10s. He now has seven top 10s in 16 career races finished.
Will Koch finished 13th and has now finished in the top 13 in all five of his college races, especially impressive after returning from overseas competing in the Junior World Championships.
Wyatt Gebhardt finished 22nd and has finished in the top 25 in all seven races this season with four top 20s and one top 10.
Tyler Terranova finished 26th and has finished in the top 26 in all seven races this season with three top 20s and one top 10.

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL NOTES:

Weronika Kaleta finished eighth, her fifth straight top 10 and sixth in seven races this season. She has finished between 8-10 in five of the seven races this season. Her top 10s are split evenly with three each in classic and freestyle.
Anna-Maria Dietze finished in the top 10 for the third straight race and fifth time in seven races, with her other two finishes coming in at 11th place. She now has 10 career top 10 finishes in 18 career races.
Ezra Smith finished 12th and has finished in the top 13 in all seven races this season with four top 10s. She now has 22 top 20 finishes in 27 career races, including 21 of the 22 in the top 15. In all, 16 of her last 18 races have come in the top 15.
Quinn Lehmkuhl's 18th place finish was her 12th career top 20 in 35 career races, and five of those 12 have come this season in the last five races.
Ivy Eski finished 22nd and has finished in the top 25 in all seven races this season with five top 20 performances.

RMISA INVITATIONAL AT WESTMINSTER & SOLDIER HOLLOW TEAM STANDINGS (Through 6 of 8 Races): 1. Utah 553; 2. Colorado 444; 3. Denver 384.5; 4. Montana State 369; 5. Alaska Anchorage 318; 6. Westminster 300.5; 7. Colorado Mountain 128; 8. Alaska Fairbanks 118; 9. Wyoming 69.

MEN'S 10K CLASSIC (33 collegiate finishers)—1. Magnus Boee, CU, 25:13.7; 2. Sam Hendry, UU, 25:58.2; 3. Sigurd Roenning, UAA, 26:06.3; 4. Bjorn Riksaasen, UU, 26:12.5; 5. Oyvind Haugan, CU, 26:29.0; 6. Luke Jager, UU, 26:31.4; 7. Espen Persen, UAA, 26:31.6; 8. Ryan Jackson, CU, 26:36.1; 9. Ola Jordheim, UU, 26:44.2; 10. Bernhard Flaschberger, DU, 26:45.8. Other CU Finishers: 13. Will Koch, 27:01.8; 22. Wyatt Gebhardt, 28:07.1; 26. Tyler Terranova, 30:04.5.

WOMEN'S 5K CLASSIC (34 collegiate finishers)—1. Novie McCabe, UU, 14:24.3; 2. Julia Richter, 14:28.6; 3. Vera Norli, DU, 14:47.6; 4. Sydney Palmer-Leger, UU, 14:49.3; 5. Mariah Bredal, UU, 14:53.6; 6. Mariel Pulles, UAF, 15:00.0; 7. Astrid Stav, UAA, 15:02.3; 8. Weronika Kaleta, CU, 15:04.4; 9. Anna-Maria Dietze, 15:05.9; 10. Hanna Ray, DU, 15:10.1. Other CU Finishers: 12. Ezra Smith, 15:16.8; 18. Quinn Lehmkuhl, 15:57.8; 22. Ivy Eski, 16:30.8.

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Players Mentioned

Magnus Boee

Anna-Maria Dietze

Ivy Eski

Wyatt Gebhardt

Oyvind Haugan

Ryan Jackson

Weronika Kaleta

Will Koch

Quinn Lehmkuhl

Ezra Smith

Tyler Terranova