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Nordic Buffs Continue Season At Utah Invitational
January 22, 2026 | Skiing
MIDWAY, Utah – After a competitive start to the 2026 season at the RMISA Invitational in Lake Placid, N.Y., the Colorado Buffaloes Nordic squad shifts focus to the next challenge — the Utah Invitational at Soldier Hollow Saturday and Sunday.
The Lake Placid races were part of the US National Championships and offered a solid start to the season for the Buffaloes. Tilde Baangman got her season underway with three podium appearances, including her first win as a Buff, while finishing second and third in the two races that were part of the RMISA Invitational.Â
At Soldier Hollow the Buffs will contest two scored RMISA races: the 7.5K freestyle on Saturday and the 15K classic on Sunday. These races will again count toward NCAA qualifying and the Utah Invitational standings.
On the men's side, the Buffs will be at near full strength, missing Trey Jones as he continues to recover after races in Lake Placid. Jakob Moch, who missed the first race in Lake Placid but then shortly after arriving from Europe, finished second in his first collegiate race, will be looking for strong results in Utah to get fully qualified for NCAA Championships before heading to Italy to take part in the Winter Olympics for his home country of Germany.
In Lake Placid, the Buffs were without Astri Lunde and Sophie Spalding on the women's side, and Johannes Flaaten on the men's side, and all three are expected to make their season debuts at Soldier Hollow.Â
Since Lake Placid, the CU alpine teams took leads in two meets last week at Colorado's Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational and the DU Invitational on the strength of 24 top 10 finishes in the eight races.Â
After this week, that will leave the CU, DU and Utah Invitationals all half way through completion before the alpine teams head to Reno, Nev., and Mt. Rose Lake Tahoe for the Nevada Invitational, Jan. 31-Feb. 3.Â
The rest of February will be focused on finding snow and places to finish out the three meets that are halfway done before heading to Montana State for both the RMISA Championships (Feb. 26-28) and the NCAA Championships (March 11-14).
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The Lake Placid races were part of the US National Championships and offered a solid start to the season for the Buffaloes. Tilde Baangman got her season underway with three podium appearances, including her first win as a Buff, while finishing second and third in the two races that were part of the RMISA Invitational.Â
At Soldier Hollow the Buffs will contest two scored RMISA races: the 7.5K freestyle on Saturday and the 15K classic on Sunday. These races will again count toward NCAA qualifying and the Utah Invitational standings.
On the men's side, the Buffs will be at near full strength, missing Trey Jones as he continues to recover after races in Lake Placid. Jakob Moch, who missed the first race in Lake Placid but then shortly after arriving from Europe, finished second in his first collegiate race, will be looking for strong results in Utah to get fully qualified for NCAA Championships before heading to Italy to take part in the Winter Olympics for his home country of Germany.
In Lake Placid, the Buffs were without Astri Lunde and Sophie Spalding on the women's side, and Johannes Flaaten on the men's side, and all three are expected to make their season debuts at Soldier Hollow.Â
Since Lake Placid, the CU alpine teams took leads in two meets last week at Colorado's Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational and the DU Invitational on the strength of 24 top 10 finishes in the eight races.Â
After this week, that will leave the CU, DU and Utah Invitationals all half way through completion before the alpine teams head to Reno, Nev., and Mt. Rose Lake Tahoe for the Nevada Invitational, Jan. 31-Feb. 3.Â
The rest of February will be focused on finding snow and places to finish out the three meets that are halfway done before heading to Montana State for both the RMISA Championships (Feb. 26-28) and the NCAA Championships (March 11-14).
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