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Jacob Dilling has two top 10 finishes in his first three races despite starting back in the field.
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Forejtek Hits Podium At Bridger Bowl To Open RMISA Invitational
January 20, 2022 | Skiing
BOZEMAN, Mont.–Senior Filip Forejtek picked up his second podium in three races and the men's team won the slalom race as the third day of skiing here Thursday at Bridger Bowl was the first day as calculated for the RMISA Invitational for the Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team.
While the Buffs won the men's race on the strength of Forejtek's second place performance plus top 10 finishes from Louis Fausa (sixth) and Jacob Dilling (10th), the women's team had just one finisher with Elena Exenberger in 15th place. The resulting effects meant the Buffs took a hit in the team standings and sit in fifth place after the first day of the meet.
Denver leads after the first day with 159 points with Montana State in second with 150 and Utah just one point back of the Bobcats with 149. Westminster scored 137 followed by the Buffs with 103, rounding out the top five.
Forejtek had the third-fastest first run and moved up one spot in the second run to take second, just 19-hundredths behind race winner Francesco Gori from Westminster. Along with his win in Tuesday's giant slalom race, Forejtek now has 15 career podium performances in 37 career races and two in three races this season. He needs one more podium to enter the program's top 20 list and is ranked tied for 15th for men's skiers and tied for seventh for men's alpine skiers with his 15 career podiums.
Fausa and Dilling both picked up top 10 performances for the second time in three races, both also doing so in the giant slalom race on Tuesday. Joey Young, who had the 24th fastest first run, won the second run and moved all the way up to 13th place in the process.
Exenberger started 36th overall and moved up to 26th after the first run and then had the fourth-fastest second run to move up another 11 spots and finish 15th. She now has two top 15 finishes early in her career despite lower starting bibs being her first season on the college circuit.
WHAT IT MEANS: The Buffs had another up and down day, winning the men's race but having just one of four skiers finish in the women's race. That's ski racing but there are signs that the potential is there for this team to compete and build on this early season success that will hopefully pay off later in the season. On the men's side, Forejtek has proven yet again he's one of the best skiers in both disciplines while Fausa and Dilling now both have top 10 finishes in both disciplines, as well. Hammergaard had one of the top second runs in Tuesday's GS and Exenberger one of the top in Thursday's slalom, proving they can both compete at a high level. When the Buffs get Madgalena Luczak back from the Olympics and the experience of Kailyn Harsch returning, they should start putting up strong results.
UP NEXT: The first half of the first leg of the season is now complete and the alpine teams will travel from Bozeman, Mont., to Park City, Utah, where from Sunday to Tuesday, they will finish out alpine portion of the RMISA Invitational as well as complete the Utah Invitational. At that point, the regular season will be halfway complete for both alpine and Nordic teams.
TEAM NOTES:
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
MEN'S INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
RMISA INVITATIONAL TEAM STANDINGS (Through 2 of 8 Races): 1. Denver 159; 2. Montana State 150; 3. Utah 149; 4. Westminster 137; 5. Colorado 103; 6. Colorado Mountain 90; 7. Alaska Anchorage 75.
MEN'S SLALOM (37 collegiate finishers)—1. Francesco Gori, WMC, 1:42.00; 2. Filip Forejtek, CU, 1:42.19; 3. Leon Nikic, UAA, 1:42.58; 4. Wilhelm Normannseth, UU, 1:42.77; 5. Henry Heaydon, MSU, 1:43.16; 6. Louis Fausa, CU, 1:43.38; 7. Tobias Kogler, DU, 1:43.43; 8. Gustav Vollo, UU, 1:43.64; 9. Dawson Yates, MSU, 1:43.66; 10. Jacob Dilling, CU, 1:43.77. Other CU Finishers: 13. Joey Young, 1:43.95; 20. Max Bervy, 1:44.7; 28. Alex Birkner, 1:48.36; 37. Bobby Ryan, 2:12.98. Did Not Finish First Run: Chase Seymour.
WOMEN'S SLALOM (23 collegiate finishers)—1. Kristiane Bekkestad, MSU, 1:46.69; 2. Katie Hensien, DU, 1:47.25; 3. Madison Hoffman, UU, 1:47.60; 4. Eleri Smart, DU, 1:48.00; 5. Galena Wardle, DU, 1:48.57; 6. Evelina Fredricsson, WMC, 1:48.74; 7. Ainsley Proffitt, CMC, 1:48.88; 8. Nora B rand, DU, 1:48.95; 9. Hannah Saethereng, WMC, 1:49.06; 10. Katie Vesterstein, UU, 1:49.27. CU Finisher: 15. Elena Exenberger, 1:49.76. Did Not Finish First Run: Emma Hammergaard. Did Not Finish Second Run: Cleo Braun, Katie Fleckenstein.
While the Buffs won the men's race on the strength of Forejtek's second place performance plus top 10 finishes from Louis Fausa (sixth) and Jacob Dilling (10th), the women's team had just one finisher with Elena Exenberger in 15th place. The resulting effects meant the Buffs took a hit in the team standings and sit in fifth place after the first day of the meet.
Denver leads after the first day with 159 points with Montana State in second with 150 and Utah just one point back of the Bobcats with 149. Westminster scored 137 followed by the Buffs with 103, rounding out the top five.
Forejtek had the third-fastest first run and moved up one spot in the second run to take second, just 19-hundredths behind race winner Francesco Gori from Westminster. Along with his win in Tuesday's giant slalom race, Forejtek now has 15 career podium performances in 37 career races and two in three races this season. He needs one more podium to enter the program's top 20 list and is ranked tied for 15th for men's skiers and tied for seventh for men's alpine skiers with his 15 career podiums.
Fausa and Dilling both picked up top 10 performances for the second time in three races, both also doing so in the giant slalom race on Tuesday. Joey Young, who had the 24th fastest first run, won the second run and moved all the way up to 13th place in the process.
Exenberger started 36th overall and moved up to 26th after the first run and then had the fourth-fastest second run to move up another 11 spots and finish 15th. She now has two top 15 finishes early in her career despite lower starting bibs being her first season on the college circuit.
WHAT IT MEANS: The Buffs had another up and down day, winning the men's race but having just one of four skiers finish in the women's race. That's ski racing but there are signs that the potential is there for this team to compete and build on this early season success that will hopefully pay off later in the season. On the men's side, Forejtek has proven yet again he's one of the best skiers in both disciplines while Fausa and Dilling now both have top 10 finishes in both disciplines, as well. Hammergaard had one of the top second runs in Tuesday's GS and Exenberger one of the top in Thursday's slalom, proving they can both compete at a high level. When the Buffs get Madgalena Luczak back from the Olympics and the experience of Kailyn Harsch returning, they should start putting up strong results.
UP NEXT: The first half of the first leg of the season is now complete and the alpine teams will travel from Bozeman, Mont., to Park City, Utah, where from Sunday to Tuesday, they will finish out alpine portion of the RMISA Invitational as well as complete the Utah Invitational. At that point, the regular season will be halfway complete for both alpine and Nordic teams.
TEAM NOTES:
- The Buffs scored the fifth most points on the day, the most in the men's race with 85 and sixth most in the women's race with 18. The 103 points is three more than Wednesday's slalom thanks to the men jumping from 57 points up to 85.
- The men's team scored 85 points with Forejtek leading the way with 37 followed by Fausa with 27 and Dilling with 21.
- The trio of Forejtek, Fausa and Dilling all had top 10 performances for the second race out of three on the season, and the Buffs won both races, one each in giant slalom and slalom.
- The women's team had just one scorer with Exenberger picking up 18 points off her 15th place finish.
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
- Elena Exenberger finished 15th, her second top 15 finish in her first three college races. She moved up to 15th after starting way back in 36th place, moving up 10 spots after the first run and another 11 after the second on the strength of the fourth-fastest second run in the field.
- Emma Hammergaard didn't finish the first run and Cleo Braun and Katie Fleckenstein both didn't finish the second run.
MEN'S INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
- Filip Forejtek finished second, his second podium in three races this season and 15th podium of his career, and his seventh in slalom action.
- Forejtek's 15 podiums ties for 21st in CU history for all skiers, ties for 15th among all men's skiers and ties for seventh in men's alpine with Stephan Heinzsch and Ola Johansen.
- Forejtek picked up his seventh career, tied for seventh in CU history for men's alpine skiers with five other skiers, including Jimmy Heuga, Jeff Temple and Johansen.
- Forejtek now has seven podiums in 18 career slalom starts, and that 38.8 percent is seventh best in CU history.
- Louis Fausa sixth place finish matches the best slalom performance of his career. He was also sixth last season at the CU Invitational. He now has seven top 10 performances in 15 career races, and three in eight for slalom races.
- Jacob Dilling finished 10th and now has two top 10 performances in his first three college races, and one in each discipline.
- Joey Young started his 52nd career race, just four away from the CU record for an alpine skier since skiing went coed in 1983, and he finished 13th, his second straight top 15 slalom performance. In 22 career slalom finishes, he's been in the top 10 a total of 17 times.
- Max Bervy finished 20th for his third straight top 20 to open the season. He now had 15 top 20s in his career in 28 finished races and 37 race starts, and now has five straight top 20 finishes dating back to last season.
- Alex Birkner finished 28th, Bobby Ryan had to hike on both his first and second run and finished 37th while Chase Seymour didn't finish the first run.
RMISA INVITATIONAL TEAM STANDINGS (Through 2 of 8 Races): 1. Denver 159; 2. Montana State 150; 3. Utah 149; 4. Westminster 137; 5. Colorado 103; 6. Colorado Mountain 90; 7. Alaska Anchorage 75.
MEN'S SLALOM (37 collegiate finishers)—1. Francesco Gori, WMC, 1:42.00; 2. Filip Forejtek, CU, 1:42.19; 3. Leon Nikic, UAA, 1:42.58; 4. Wilhelm Normannseth, UU, 1:42.77; 5. Henry Heaydon, MSU, 1:43.16; 6. Louis Fausa, CU, 1:43.38; 7. Tobias Kogler, DU, 1:43.43; 8. Gustav Vollo, UU, 1:43.64; 9. Dawson Yates, MSU, 1:43.66; 10. Jacob Dilling, CU, 1:43.77. Other CU Finishers: 13. Joey Young, 1:43.95; 20. Max Bervy, 1:44.7; 28. Alex Birkner, 1:48.36; 37. Bobby Ryan, 2:12.98. Did Not Finish First Run: Chase Seymour.
WOMEN'S SLALOM (23 collegiate finishers)—1. Kristiane Bekkestad, MSU, 1:46.69; 2. Katie Hensien, DU, 1:47.25; 3. Madison Hoffman, UU, 1:47.60; 4. Eleri Smart, DU, 1:48.00; 5. Galena Wardle, DU, 1:48.57; 6. Evelina Fredricsson, WMC, 1:48.74; 7. Ainsley Proffitt, CMC, 1:48.88; 8. Nora B rand, DU, 1:48.95; 9. Hannah Saethereng, WMC, 1:49.06; 10. Katie Vesterstein, UU, 1:49.27. CU Finisher: 15. Elena Exenberger, 1:49.76. Did Not Finish First Run: Emma Hammergaard. Did Not Finish Second Run: Cleo Braun, Katie Fleckenstein.
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