Sunday, January 10
Midway, UT
9 a.m.
Montana State University
at
Utah Invitational - Nordic Freestyle
Senior Sawyer Kesselheim
Photo by: KIffer Creveling
Bobcat Nordic Team Starts Season with a Bang; Lyche Paces Alpine Squad
1/10/2016 5:43:00 PM | Skiing
The Montana State Nordic ski team opened its season placing five racers in the top 10 in freestyle to help the Bobcats move from sixth to fourth in the team standings, Sunday afternoon at the University of Utah Invitational at Soldier Hollow
The Montana State Nordic ski team opened its season placing five racers in the top 10 in freestyle to help the Bobcats move from sixth to fourth in the team standings, Sunday afternoon at the University of Utah Invitational at Soldier Hollow.
The Montana State women's Nordic team had the second best day among all Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association schools racking up 80 points.
Senior Cambria McDermott, who garnered First-Team All-America honors last winter, picked up where she left off placing fourth overall. The Putney, Vermont product covered the five-kilometer course in 13:22.6.
Also finishing in the top 10 for the Bobcats were Johanna Talihaerm, sixth, 13:28.0, and Anika Miller, ninth, 13:41.0.
Gretchen Burkholder, 20th, 14:53.9, Lina Hultin, 23rd, 15:07.3, and Olivia Ekblad, 25th, 15:17.4 also had strong performances for the Bobcats.
The MSU men's Nordic team was paced by Sawyer Kesselheim and Karsten Hokanson, who placed fourth and sixth, respectively, in the 10k race. Kesselheim, a Bozeman High grad, covered the course in 23:47.9, while Hokanson finished in 23:56.6.
Rounding out the Bobcat racers were Erik Axelsson, 19th, 25:13.1, Martin Muan, 25th, 26:02.7, and Noah Andersen, 26th, 26:04.6.
Denver and Colorado sit atop the UU Invitational team standings with 454 points, and just the Nordic classical races remaining. The two RMISA powers are followed by Utah 448, Montana State 355, New Mexico 351, Alaska Anchorage 281, Westminster 258 and Colorado Mountain College 73.
And, while the Montana State Nordic contingent nears the end of the Utah Invite, the Bobcat alpine team opened its MSU Invitational on Sunday morning with the giant slalom events at Big Sky Ski Resort.
Sophomore Benedicte Lyche posted MSU's top performance of the day with a podium appearance. The Oslo, Norway product finished runner-up with a two-run total of 2:12.73. Lyche posted the fastest time in the opening run at 1:06.91.
Also scoring points for the Bobcats were Stephanie Gartner, 11th, 2:14.61, and Mia Henry, 20th, 2:16.32.
Colorado's Tonje Trulsrud won the women's giant slalom in 2:12.48.
Other Bobcats posting times were Tenaya Driller, 26th, 2:19.82, Jocelyn McCarthy, 28th, 2:20.58, Amanda Stelling, 29th, 2:21.12, Kari Hole, 31st, 2:21.29, and Elizabeth Koprucki, 36th, 2:25.37.
The Montana State men were led by freshman Morten Bakke. The native of Oslo, Norway, placed 12th with a two-run clocking of 2:11.73. He was followed by Michael Radford, 34th, 2:16.82, and Garret Driller, 36th, 2:22.96.
Denver holds a narrow lead over Colorado after the opening day. The Pioneers recorded 163 points, followed by CU 161, Utah 146, Westminster 122, Montana State 107, Alaska Anchorage 107, New Mexico 98 and Colorado Mountain College 38.
On Monday, the MSU alpine team will compete in the slalom races at Big Sky, while Nordic squad finishes with the classical events at the Utah Invitational.
The Montana State women's Nordic team had the second best day among all Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association schools racking up 80 points.
Senior Cambria McDermott, who garnered First-Team All-America honors last winter, picked up where she left off placing fourth overall. The Putney, Vermont product covered the five-kilometer course in 13:22.6.
Also finishing in the top 10 for the Bobcats were Johanna Talihaerm, sixth, 13:28.0, and Anika Miller, ninth, 13:41.0.
Gretchen Burkholder, 20th, 14:53.9, Lina Hultin, 23rd, 15:07.3, and Olivia Ekblad, 25th, 15:17.4 also had strong performances for the Bobcats.
The MSU men's Nordic team was paced by Sawyer Kesselheim and Karsten Hokanson, who placed fourth and sixth, respectively, in the 10k race. Kesselheim, a Bozeman High grad, covered the course in 23:47.9, while Hokanson finished in 23:56.6.
Rounding out the Bobcat racers were Erik Axelsson, 19th, 25:13.1, Martin Muan, 25th, 26:02.7, and Noah Andersen, 26th, 26:04.6.
Denver and Colorado sit atop the UU Invitational team standings with 454 points, and just the Nordic classical races remaining. The two RMISA powers are followed by Utah 448, Montana State 355, New Mexico 351, Alaska Anchorage 281, Westminster 258 and Colorado Mountain College 73.
And, while the Montana State Nordic contingent nears the end of the Utah Invite, the Bobcat alpine team opened its MSU Invitational on Sunday morning with the giant slalom events at Big Sky Ski Resort.
Sophomore Benedicte Lyche posted MSU's top performance of the day with a podium appearance. The Oslo, Norway product finished runner-up with a two-run total of 2:12.73. Lyche posted the fastest time in the opening run at 1:06.91.
Also scoring points for the Bobcats were Stephanie Gartner, 11th, 2:14.61, and Mia Henry, 20th, 2:16.32.
Colorado's Tonje Trulsrud won the women's giant slalom in 2:12.48.
Other Bobcats posting times were Tenaya Driller, 26th, 2:19.82, Jocelyn McCarthy, 28th, 2:20.58, Amanda Stelling, 29th, 2:21.12, Kari Hole, 31st, 2:21.29, and Elizabeth Koprucki, 36th, 2:25.37.
The Montana State men were led by freshman Morten Bakke. The native of Oslo, Norway, placed 12th with a two-run clocking of 2:11.73. He was followed by Michael Radford, 34th, 2:16.82, and Garret Driller, 36th, 2:22.96.
Denver holds a narrow lead over Colorado after the opening day. The Pioneers recorded 163 points, followed by CU 161, Utah 146, Westminster 122, Montana State 107, Alaska Anchorage 107, New Mexico 98 and Colorado Mountain College 38.
On Monday, the MSU alpine team will compete in the slalom races at Big Sky, while Nordic squad finishes with the classical events at the Utah Invitational.
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