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Skiing Places Third at Montana State
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Skiing
January 12, 1999
BOZEMAN, Mont. - The Utes competed in their first meet of the season Jan. 8-9 at Montana State University. Utah placed third in the eight-team competition. Nineteen ninety-eight NCAA champion Colorado started off well in its quest to defend its title by winning the invitational. Colorado finished six points ahead of pre-season favorite Denver and 25 points ahead of the Utes. The team results are as follows.
Place Team WGS MGS WCL MCL WS MS WFR MFR Total 1 Colorado 60 55 59 57 61 41 59 51 443 2 Denver 59 40 55 58 37 57 51 61 415 3 Utah 42 54 30 56 56 34 41 56 369 4 N Mexico 38 64 58 26 40 54 45 23 348 5 UA-Anchorage 47 27 43 44 47 39 36 34 317 6 Nevada-Reno 9 32 5 21 8 39 35 47 235 7 Western State 22 22 5 21 19 30 12 22 153 8 Montana State 26 0 14 0 32 0 18 0 50
Individual results were mixed for the Utes. There were some surprisingly high finishes along with some other disappointing results. Injuries and disqualifications disabled some skiers, resulting in Utah's third place team finish. Tina Kavcic lead the women's alpine team with a fifth and seventh place finish in the slalom and giant slalom. Freshman Liz Sherry earned second place in the giant slalom and turned in the meet's best slalom time in her first run. Due to a crash in her second, she finished a misleading 42nd in the slalom. This was Sherry's first collegiate competition. Markus Leunig compiled two fourth place finishes to lead the Utes alpine team. Twins Rune and Frode Kollerud lived up to high expectations with their top finishes in nordic competition.
Name Finish Finish Finish Finish
WCL WF WGS WS
Hailey Wappett 5 24 Liz Sherry 2 42
Lene Pedersen 7 17 Tina Kavcic 5 7
Marit Husby 32 29 Sandra Kuehni 13 23
Stine Hellerud DNF 23 Sabrina Lawrence 27 5
Kristina Joder DNS DNS Heather Walker DNS DNS
MCL MF MGS MS
Frode Kollerud 2 6 Makus Leunig 4 4
Rune Kollerud 9 3 Alain Britt-Cote DNS 17
Patrick Casey 10 13 Scott Woodland 7 DQ
Hakon Skjonberg 30 10 Peter Shaffer 16 28
Jesse Lassley 34 32 Ryan Forsyth 10 31
*(WGS-Womens' Giant Slalom; MGS-Men's Giant Slalom; WCL-Women's Classic; MCL-Men's Classic; WS-Women's Slalom; MS-Men's Slalom; WFR-Women's Freestyle; MFR-Men's Freestyle)
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