Allasina Leads Three Buffs On Podium In RMISA Qualifier Races

Monday, February 23

Park City, Utah

9 AM Women/10 AM Men

Colorado

Giant Slalom at Utah Olympic Park

Photo by: Ryan Gallant, Utah Athletics

Allasina Leads Three Buffs On Podium In RMISA Qualifier Races

February 23, 2026 | Skiing

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Accambray Sets New Alpine Standard At CU With 10th Straight Podium

By: Curtis Snyder, Associate AD/Athletic Communications

PARK CITY, Utah — The Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team kept rewriting its own history Monday at Utah Olympic Park, and this time it was freshman Feb Allasina leading the way.

Allasina captured his first collegiate victory in the RMISA Giant Slalom qualifier race, headlining a dominant 1-2-4 finish for Colorado in the men's race. Allasina's win makes it the second straight season three different Buffs have won a race in the same discipline — something that hadn't happened since 1961 prior to last year.

The trio of Allasina, Filip Wahlqvist, and Justin Bigatel has now claimed the last four GS races — Wahlqvist sweeping the Nevada series, Bigatel winning Saturday, and Allasina breaking through Sunday.

On the women's side, Louison Accambray continued her historic season with a runner-up finish, extending her podium streak to 10 straight races. She becomes the first alpine skier in program history — men or women — to podium in 10 consecutive races, breaking a tie with Lucie Zikova (nine straight in 2008) and Frank Brown (nine straight in 1959). Counting Nordic skiers, she is just the sixth skier in CU history to reach 10 consecutive podiums.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The women raced first, and Colorado showed both speed and resilience from the opening run.

Cathinka Lunder set the tone immediately. Despite not finishing the run, she posted the fastest first-sector split in the field by .41 seconds before picking up the DNF.

Accambray, fourth out of the gate, was flagged at the start and granted a re-run. Restarting 18th, she delivered the fourth-fastest first run despite the disruption. In the second run, she laid down the fastest time in the field and nearly stole the race, finishing just .08 seconds behind Denver's Sara Rask.

Alexa Brownlie (7th) and Hannah Soria (T-11th) both climbed in the second run. Soria made the biggest move of the day — starting 30th, jumping to 19th after run one, then posting the third-fastest second run to surge into a tie for 11th. Paige DeHart finished 13th after sitting seventh at the midway point.

On the men's side, Allasina attacked early. Wearing bib No. 1, he delivered the fastest first run by .55 seconds and backed it up with a top-10 second run to win by .54 seconds.

Wahlqvist was second after the first run and secured runner-up honors and holding off Utah's Johs Herland by .05 seconds. Bigatel added a fourth-place finish, his sixth straight top-four result in GS races this season.

Stanley Buzek delivered a career-best GS result in ninth, moving up from 11th after the first run. Christoffer Oestroem sat ninth at the halfway mark but did not finish his second run.

UP NEXT

The Buffs remain at Utah Olympic Park for slalom races Tuesday to close out the Utah Invitational alpine portion. The first run has been moved up to 8 a.m. to avoid an incoming storm.

WOMEN'S ALPINE NOTES

Accambray finished second for her 10th straight podium to open the season. She is the first alpine skier in CU history (men or women) with 10 consecutive podiums.
She now has 15 career podiums (seven wins), moving into the top 25 all-time at Colorado, top 10 among women, and No. 4 among women's alpine skiers.
She becomes the 20th skier in CU history to reach 10 podiums in a single season and just the second women's alpine skier to hit double-digit podiums in a season, joining Zikova (10 in 2006, 12 in 2008).
Her 10 career GS podiums rank tied for fifth all-time at CU; all seven of her wins have come in GS.
Brownlie's seventh-place finish is her second-best GS result and sixth top 10 of the season.
DeHart has finished top 15 in all seven races she has completed this season.
Soria recorded her second top-11 finish of the season, both in GS.

MEN'S ALPINE NOTES

Allasina earned his first collegiate victory and fourth podium in nine finished races as a freshman. He has placed top eight in all nine races and top five six times. Three of his four podiums are in GS.
Wahlqvist recorded his 20th career podium (eight in GS), becoming the 18th skier in CU history with 20-plus podiums and the fourth men's alpine skier to reach the mark.
Bigatel finished fourth for his sixth straight top-four GS result this season and seventh top 10 overall.
Buzek's ninth-place finish is a career-best in GS and his second career top 10.
Oestroem did not finish his second run after sitting ninth at the midway point.

Women's Giant Slalom: 1. Sara Rask, DU, 2:08.18; 2. Louison Accambray, CU, 2:08.26; 3. Cecilia Pizzinato, DU, 2:09.17; 4. Guro Hestad Vognild, WU, 2:09.63; 5. Justine LaMontagne, MSU, 2:09.88; 6. Kaila LaFreniere, UU, 2:10.21; 7. Alexa Brownlie, CU, 2:10.43; 8. Ella Bromee, UAA, 2:10.77; 9. Sophia Falter, NEV, 2:10.86; 10. Nicola Rountree-Williams, DU, 2:10.90.
Other CU: 11. Hannah Soria, 2:10.91; 13. Paige DeHart, 2:11.03; DNF: Cathinka Lunder.

Men's Giant Slalom: 1. Feb Allasina, CU, 2:06.59; 2. Filip Wahlqvist, CU, 2:07.13; 3. Johs Herland, UU, 2:07.18; 4. Justin Bigatel, CU, 2:07.55; 5. Sindre Myklebust, UU, 2:08.02; 6. Adrian Hunshammer, DU, 2:08.24; 7. Christian Soevik, DU, 2:08.38; 8. Torius Hepsoee, MSU, 2:08.44; 9. Stanley Buzek, CU, 2:08.56; 10. David Morken, NEV, 2:08.70.
Other CU: DNF: Christoffer Oestroem.