Utah Ski Team Wins UNM Invitational

Friday, February 9

Santa Fe, N.M. (XC)

All Day

University of Utah

University of New Mexico Invitational

2/10/2001 12:00 AM | Skiing

Feb. 10, 2001

NEW MEXICO INVITATIONAL - The University of Utah ski team came away with their second invitational win of the year at the University of New Mexico Michelob Invitational held Feb. 9-10. The Utes, who were tied with Nevada-Reno at the top of the leaderboard after Friday's events, pulled out the victory in Saturday's alpine slalom and classical cross country events.

The Utes' men's alpine team pulled off the unthinkable in the slalom event, finishing in the top four positions. Jernej Bukovec placed first, followed by Kristian Guy in second, and Jed Schuetze and Scott Woodland in third and fourth.

Petra Svet gave the Utes a second place finish in the women's slalom event, while April Mancuso finished tenth and Danielle Bird finished 12th.

In Saturday's cross country events, Petter Svendsen and Ryan Quinn placed third and fourth in the men's 10K classical competition. Patrick Casey finished eighth for the Utes.

Lene Pedersen and Kristina Joder finished fourth and fifth in the women's 5K classical pursuit, as the Utes distanced themselves from the competition to win the invite.

Friday's results were topped by Mancuso's giant slalom performance, where she captured a first place finish. Svet placed fourth in the event. Adverse weather conditions caused the men's giant slalom to be cancelled.

Svendsen contributed a third place finish in the men's 10K freestyle, while Casey finished 10th. The Utes received top-five finishes in the Women's 5K freestyle from Joder and Pedersen who placed fourth and fifth, respectively.

Utah led all scores with 377.5 points, followed by Denver with 364 and Colorado with 357. The Utes will next be in action Feb. 23-24 at the Western State Invitational.

They will be participating in a community service project at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13 at the Mountain Dell Golf Course.

UNM INVITATIONAL RESULTS:

1. Utah - 377.5

2. Denver- 364

3. Colorado - 357

4. New Mexico - 274

5. Nevada - 274

6. Alaska - Anchorage - 264.5

7. Western State - 138

8. Montana State - 86.5