The races, which double as the Raole Wille Memorial in the Aspen area, are the only sprint races of the season. Boee picked up his third straight victory and fourth in five races this season. Kaleta picked up her third podium appearance and was an unfortunate fall away from potentially picking up her first college win.
CU had five skiers in each race and all five finished in the top 12 in both races, enabling the Buffs to surge from fourth to second with one day of racing remaining in CU's Invitational. The Buffs scored 93 points in the men's race and 90 points in the women's race for 183 on the day, second to Utah's total of 204. Utah moved from third to first in the meet standings with 505.5 points, 51.5 ahead of CU's total of 454. Behind the Buffs are Montana State (435), Westminster (362), Alaska Anchorage (242.5), Colorado Mountain (174) and Denver (153).
Behind Boee in the men's race, Oyvind Haugan was fourth with Wyatt Gebhardt (ninth), Tyler Terranova (11th) and Ryan Jackson (12th) finishing in succession. On the women's side, Anna-Maria Dietze finished fifth, Ezra Smith sixth, Ivy Eski 11th and Quinn Lehmkuhl 12th.
In sprint races, all racers first race in a qualifier race with the top 30 skiers advancing to the quarterfinals with five heats of six skiers. The top two finishers from each heat plus the next two skiers ranked on time advance to the semifinals with two heats of six skiers. The top two skiers from each semifinal heat plus the next two best skier advance to the final heat of six skiers.
Boee had the second-fastest qualifying time with Haugan coming in third and Gebhardt was fifth, each earning a top seed in the quarterfinal heats. All three won those quarterfinal heats and Terranova was second in his heat with those four Buffs advancing to the semifinals. Boee won his semi final heat and Haugan was second in his to advance to the finals, where Boee put on a show and won the race.
On the women's side, Kaleta had a dominating performance in the qualifier race, earning the top time. Shortly behind her were Dietze and Smith in third and fifth, respectively, and just as the men's team had done, each were the top qualifier in their respective quarterfinal heat. As the men did, all three won their quarterfinal heats to advance to the semifinals while Eski and Lehmkuhl finished third and fourth in their heat and did not advance. Kaleta again won her semifinal heat and Dietze was second in her heat to advance to the finals. Smith just missed out on advancing with a third place finish in her semifinal.
Kaleta ended up finishing third despite falling at the start of the finals heat, creating a margin that ended up being too big to make up in the short sprint race.
WHAT IT MEANS: Similar to the DU Invitational, the Buffs had a solid day of freestyle action and moved up two spots in the team standings to get back into the running for a meet title. Sprint races are different from distance races, and this is the only sprint race of the season, but the Buffs can take confidence from a solid day with all 10 Buffs finishing in the top 12.
UP NEXT: The four RMISA teams competing in the Nordic races will conclude the CU Invitational Saturday with the women's 5K and men's 10K classic races at Aspen High School and conclude the third meet in the last 15 days for the Nordic teams. Action will pick back up early next week with alpine teams competing in three meets in Utah over the span of 12 days from Feb. 8-19, concluding the regular season and the RMISA Championships. Nordic teams will have a break of a little more than two weeks and pick back up with a Utah swing concluding the regular season and competing in the RMISA Championships Feb. 22-27.
TEAM NOTES:
- The Buffs scored 183 points on Friday, picking up 93 points in the men's race and 90 in the women's race. The Buffs have 454 points through six of eight races in the meet and trail Utah's total of 505.5 by 51.5 points.
- CU moved from fourth to second, while Utah moved up from third to first. Both teams surpassed Montana State and Westminster. MSU is third, having also passed Westminster, which did not race Friday, and the Bobcats are 19 points behind the Buffs with 435 points.
- Scorers for the Buffs Friday were Boee (40), Haugan (31) and Gebhardt (22) on the men's side and Kaleta (34), Dietze (29) and Smith (27) on the women's side. Gebhardt scores for the first time this season.
MEN'S INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
- Boee's win is his third straight win, fourth of the season and seventh of his career. It's also the 654th win in CU history. Boee is the first CU skier to win three straight races since Mads Stroem won six straight to close out the 2016 season. He's now ranked tied for 23rd in CU history with seven career wins, a mark that ranks tied for 16th among men's skiers, and tied for eighth among men's Nordic skiers. His four wins this season is one away from the top 20 in CU history and top 12 for men's skiers and ranks tied for 11th among men's Nordic skiers. He joins an impressive list of men's Nordic skiers at CU that have won four or more races in a season, including Mads Stroem, Clark Matis, Per Kare Jakobsen, Ove Erik Tronvoll, Bjorn Svensson, Matt Gelso and Rune Oedegaard.
- Haugan picked up his third straight top six finish to open his career and he's now finished third and fourth in his first two freestyle races.
- Gebhardt finished ninth, his first top 10 in over a year, since finishing seventh in the men's 10K freestyle at the 2020 CU Invitational. It's also his sixth career top 10 finish, five of which have come in freestyle.
- Jackson finished 11th for the second straight race and has been knocking on the door to his first top 10 finish of 2021 after having five such finishes in 2020. He was injured throughout the off season and is still getting back into top shape.
- Terranova's 12th place finish is the best of his career, topping a 17th place freestyle finish in the a freestyle race, also here in Aspen last season. It's his fifth career top 20 and second in the last three races.
- Freshman Will Koch is not with the Buffs and is traveling to Vuokatti, Finland, to compete in the Junior World Championships for the United States on Feb. 9-13.
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Kaleta's third place finish is her first podium appearance of her career in her fifth career race. It's also her first top five finish and her fourth top 10 finish in those five races.
- Dietze's fifth place is her second top five of the season and she's now finished fourth, fifth and sixth in the three freestyle races this season. She's finished in the top 11 in all five races this season.
- Smith's sixth place finish gave her the third straight top 10 this season, the best run of top 10s in her career, and her 11th career top 10 finish. Overall it's tied for the second-best finish of her career.
- Eski's 11th place finish is the best of her young career, topping a 15th place in the freestyle race at the DU Invitational. She now has four top 20 finishes in her five career races.
- Lehmkuhl's 12th place finish is the best of her career, topping a 14th place finish here at Aspen last season in an RMISA Qualifier freestyle race.
TEAM STANDINGS (Through 6 of 8 Races): 1. Utah, 505.5; 2. Colorado 454; 3. Montana State 435; 4. Westminster 362; 5. Alaska Anchorage 242.5; 6. Colorado Mountain 174; 7. Denver 153. .
MEN'S FREESTYLE SPRINTS (18 collegiate finishers)—FINALS: 1. Magnus Boee, CU, 3:33.23; 2. Bjorn Riksaasen, UU, 3:34.76; 3. Noel Keeffe, UU, 3:35.90; 4. Oyvind Haugan, CU, 3:39.95; 5. Reed Godfrey, MSU, 4:27.67; SEMIFINALS: 6. Bernhard Flaschberger, DU; 7. Ola Jordheim, UU; 8. Borgar Norrud, DU; 9. Wyatt Gebhardt, CU; 10. Tyler Terranova, CU. QUARTERFINALS: 11. Ryan Jackson, CU; 12. Jimmy Colfer, DU, 13. Eli Jensen, MSU; 14. Ti Donaldson, MSU; 15. Eli Hermanson, MSU; 16. Evan Barbier, DU; 17. Ole Marius Kirkeng, DU; 18. Ty Godfrey, MSU.
WOMEN'S FREESTYLE SPRINTS (16 collegiate finishers)—FINALS: 1. Julia Richter, UU, 4:03.34; 2. Karianne Moe, UU, 4:05.95; 3. Weronika Kaleta, CU, 4:20.80; 4. Abigail Jarzin, UU, 4:23.21; 5. Anna-Maria Dietze, CU, 6:06.86. SEMIFINALS: 6. Ezra Smith, CU; 7. Mariah Bredal, UU; 8. Vera Norli, DU; 9. Sophia Mazzoni, MSU; 10. Aubrey LeClair, MSU; QUARTERFINALS: 11. Ivy Eski, CU; 12. Quinn Lehmkuhl, CU; 13. Gracie Shanley, DU; 14. Adrianna Proffitt, MSU; 15. Emma Albrecht, MSU; 16. Sadie Cotton, DU.
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