Boee Sweeps, Buffs Take Second At Own Invitational

ASPEN, Colo. – Sophomore Magnus Boee won his fourth straight race, leading the Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team to a second place finish at the conclusion of its own Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational here Saturday at Aspen High School.

In addition to Boee's win, the men's team had three of the top five with in the 10K classic race with senior Ryan Jackson in fourth and freshman Oyvind Haugan in fifth, and the women's team had three in the top 10 of the women's 5K classic race with Ezra Smith leading the way in sixth, sophomore Anna-Maria Dietze seventh and freshman Weronika Kaleta ninth.

The Buffs won the men's race with an even 100 points, topping Utah by eight points to earn the most men's Nordic points for the second straight meet. The Utah women did sweep the women's podium as Julia Richter won for the second straight day, picking up 111 points to the Buffs total of 75. The final steam standings have Utah winning with 708.5 points with Colorado taking second with 629. Montana State finished third with 577 points, followed by Westminster (362), Denver (289), Alaska Anchorage (242.5) and Colorado Mountain (174).

Boee's four straight wins are the most consecutive wins since Mads Stroem won six straight in the 2015 season, and he now has five wins on the season, most since Stroem won eight in that same season.

WHAT IT MEANS: Boee is having a special season, there's no doubt about it. The better news for the Buffs is for the second straight meet, they won the men's Nordic competition as a team, since Haugan began skiing. Without freshman Will Koch, who is overseas competing at the Junior World Championships, Jackson and Gebhardt both broke through for top 10 finishes the last two days. On the women's side, Kaleta got the team's first podium of the season and CU's trio of her, Dietze and Smith are consistently finishing in the top 10.

UP NEXT: Action will shift back to alpine, which hasn't been in action in almost a month since the CU and DU Invitational took place Jan. 9-12. The alpine teams will be competing in Utah the majority of February with three meets in the span of 12 days between Feb. 8-19. After the alpine action is concluded, the Nordic teams will head to Utah for two meets from Feb. 22-27 to close out the regular season and RMISA Championships.

TEAM NOTES:

The Buffs 175 points on Saturday, picking up 100 points in the men's race and 75 in the women's race. The Buffs finished the CU meet with 629 points, 79.5 behind Utah's total of 708.5 and 52 ahead of Montana State's third-place total of 577.
CU remained in second place after moving up from fourth on Friday and have now finished second in all three Nordic portions of meets and closed in on Utah's regular season lead in men's Nordic points. For the season, Utah has scored 546 points in men's Nordic action and the Buffs 526.
Scorers for the Buffs Friday were Boee (40), Jackson (31) and Haugan (29) on the men's side and Smith (27), Dietze (25) and Kaleta (23) on the women's side.
Utah won the CU Invitational for the third straight season as the Buffs haven't won their own meet since 2015, the longest drought for the Buffs in their own meet. Utah has now won 67.5 RMISA regular season meets since 1983, extending its lead over CU's total of 62 by 5.5 meets.

MEN'S INDIVIDUAL NOTES:

Boee's win is his fourth straight, fifth of the season and eighth of his career. It's also the 655th in CU history. His eight career wins are now in the top 20 in CU history, tied for 18th, and also rank tied for 13th for men's skiers and tied for seventh for men's Nordic. He now has four career wins in both freestyle and Nordic races. His four classic wins ranks sixth in CU history and his four freestyle rins ranks tied for fifth all-time. His five season wins is tied for 19th in CU history overall, tied for 12th for men and tied for fifth for men's Nordic. He now has three freestyle wins this season, tied for third most in CU history and his two classic wins matching his total from 2020 is tied for 10th in program history. His four straight wins are the most since Mads Stroem won six straight to close out his career in the 2016 season.
Jackson has now maintained or improved his finish in all six races after suffering an injury during the off season. He had been knocking on the door of the top 10 for three straight races, and crashed that door down all the way into the top five in fourth place. He matched his second-best career classic finish and it marks his third career top 5 and sixth career top 10 finish.
Haugan continued the solid start to his career and how has finished in the top six in all four of his career races with three top five finishes.
Wyatt Gebhardt finished 14th, his fourth straight top 20 finish and second straight top 15 as he took ninth in Friday's freestyle sprints. He now has 18 career top 20 finishes in 26 career races.
Tyler Terranova's 15th place finish is his second straight top 15 finish and third of the season. In 36 career races, he now has six top 20 finishes, half of which have now come in the last four races.

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Smith's sixth place finish is her second straight sixth and third in the last four races. She has finished in the top 10 in four straight races, the longest streak of her career. In 26 career starts, she now has 12 career top 10s.
Dietze's seventh place finish was her second straight top 10 and she's finished in the top 11 in all six races this season with four top 10s. She has nine top 10 finishes in 17 career races.
Kaleta's ninth-place finish gives her five top 10s in her first six career races, the other finish being 12th. She also has one top five and podium appearance, which came Friday in the sprint races with her third place finish.
Quinn Lehmkuhl finished 11th as she continues to post the best results of her career her senior season. She's finished in the top 20 in four straight races and along with her 11th place classic finish, she was 12th in Friday's freestyle races, earning new career bests in both disciplines. She now has 11 top 20 finishes in 34 career races, with four of those 11 coming in the last four races.
Ivy Eski's compiled her fourth straight top 20 finish and fifth in six races in her freshman season. She also has three top 15 finishes, including two straight.

TEAM STANDINGS (FINAL): 1. Utah, 708.5; 2. Colorado 629; 3. Montana State 577; 4. Westminster 362; 5. Denver 289; 6. Alaska Anchorage 242.5; 7. Colorado Mountain 174.

WOMEN'S 5K CLASSIC (17 collegiate finishers)—1. Julia Richter, UU, 17:13.0; 2. Mariah Bredal, UU, 17:16.9; 3. Karianna Moe, UU, 17:27.2; 4. Sophia Mazzoni, MSU, 17:34.6; 5. Vera Norli, DU, 17:38.0; 6. Ezra Smith, CU, 17:49.0; 7. Anna-Maria Dietze, CU, 18:19.6; 8. Abigail Jarzin, UU, 18:22.9; 9. Weronika Kaleta, CU, 18:28.7; 10. Adrianna Proffitt, MSU, 18:47.9; 11. Quinn Lehmkuhl, CU, 18:58.5; 12. Aubrey LeClair, MSU, 19:06.4; 13. Emma Albrecht, MSU, 19:22.8; 14. Emma Larsson, DU, 19:27.9; 15. Ivy Eski, CU, 19:31.9; 16. Gracie Shanley, DU, 20:24.3; 17. Sadie Cotton, DU, 21:23.9.

MEN'S 10K CLASSIC (18 collegiate finishers)—1. Magnus Boee, CU, 30:42.7; 2. Bjorn Riksaasen, UU, 31:14.1; 3. Ola Jordheim, UU, 31:47.1; 4. Ryan Jackson, CU, 31:47.5; 5. Oyvind Haugan, CU, 31:59.5; 6. Bernhard Flaschberger, DU, 32:32.0; 7. Eli Jensen, MSU, 32:40.6; 8. Reed Godfrey, MSU, 32:46.5; 9. Borgar Norrud, DU, 32:51.7; 10. Noel Keeffe, UU, 33:04.0; 11. Eli Hermanson, MSU, 33:12.4; 12. Ti Donaldson, 33:24.4; 13. Ole Marius Kirkeng, DU, 33:34.3; 14. Wyatt Gebhardt, CU, 33:40.6; 15. Tyler Terranova, 34:27.3; 16. Jimmy Colfer, DU, 34:29.4; 17. Ti Godfrey, 35:12.7; 18. Evan Barbier, DU, 39:05.9.

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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