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Wednesday, February 19
Girdwood, Alaska / Alyeska Resort
University of Utah
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Giant Slalom
Evelina Fredricsson placed in the top-12 for today's giant slalom at UAA.
Photo by: Jackson Bilawa/Utah Athletics
Norbye and Timmermann go 2-3 in GS at Alaska Anchorage Invitational
2/19/2025 7:39 PM | Skiing
All of Utah’s scoring came in the top-nine in both men’s and women’s competitions
GIRDWOOD, Alaska – Helped by three podiums, the Utah Ski Team began the alpine portion of the Alaska Anchorage Invitational with giant slalom competitions at Alyeska Resort on Wednesday.
Utah is in front in the team standings for the meet, tallying 509.5 points to date after the Nordic half of the UAA Invitational took place in early January. The Utes' point total is 28.5 in front of Colorado (481) with Denver in third (450.5).
In today's women's GS, Utah's 96 points gave the Utes the team victory in that event, while the men (79.5 points) placed second behind Colorado.
Head alpine coach JJ Johnson said, "The girls are doing amazing. Kaja has found herself again, which is great. Claire is going. And it was nice to have Raphael Lessard back today. Simen Strand is coming on and Sindre is a gamer. Even with this busy week of racing going on, everything is good. The team is in good spirits."
Despite a challenging day throughout the race field in terms of DNFs, all 11 athletes (5 women, 6 men) who started for Utah finished both runs.
Women's Race
Kaja Norbye (1:30.30) and Claire Timmermann (1:30.46) took the Nos. 2 and 3 spots, respectively, in the women's giant slalom with Kaila Lafreniere (1:31.46) taking seventh.
Norbye was top-three on both of her runs, sitting in third at the flip with an opening time of 44.86 seconds. Her second run clocked at 45.44 seconds, again third-best in the field of 36 athletes. Timmermann was fourth after Run 1 (44.94 seconds) and was top-five in the afternoon after coming down the hill in 45.52 seconds.
After winning the second run, Lafreniere climbed from 13th up to seventh in the final results. Her second run went on the books at 45.11 seconds.
In addition, the Utes had a top-12 finish from Evelina Fredricsson while Melanie Dahlberg was 17th.
Men's Race
Simen Strand led Utah in the men's GS, sharing bronze (1:32.55) with Denver's Pietro Motterlini. Johs Braathen Herland took seventh (1:32.77) and Sindre Myklebust (1:32.90) put on a performance that ensured all of Utah's scoring came from the top-nine.
Herland's result included a top-four first run (47.78 seconds).
After racing for a stretch on the European Cup and Nor-Am circuits, Raphael Lessard made his return to RMISA competition today and placed 10th. Though he had the 32nd start position, Lessard placed 13th on the first run before his second-fastest final run put him in the top-10 for the final results.
Wilhelm Normannseth was 23rd and Oliver Parazette placed 26th.
Next Up | Full Schedule
Today's giant slalom began a stretch of four straight days of alpine competition for the Utah Ski Team—entirely at Alyeska Resort. The Utes will race another GS on Thursday, this time as part of the RMISA Championships which double as the NCAA West Regional.
Friday and Saturday will be host to slalom. Friday's events will wrap up the Alaska Anchorage Invitational with Saturday's docket included in the RMISA Championships.
The Nordic regular season schedule concluded this past Monday, with the Utes set to race on Friday (7.5K classic) and Saturday (20K freestyle) as part of the RMISA Championships. Nordic events will be in Anchorage at Kincaid Park.
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Utah is in front in the team standings for the meet, tallying 509.5 points to date after the Nordic half of the UAA Invitational took place in early January. The Utes' point total is 28.5 in front of Colorado (481) with Denver in third (450.5).
In today's women's GS, Utah's 96 points gave the Utes the team victory in that event, while the men (79.5 points) placed second behind Colorado.
Head alpine coach JJ Johnson said, "The girls are doing amazing. Kaja has found herself again, which is great. Claire is going. And it was nice to have Raphael Lessard back today. Simen Strand is coming on and Sindre is a gamer. Even with this busy week of racing going on, everything is good. The team is in good spirits."
Despite a challenging day throughout the race field in terms of DNFs, all 11 athletes (5 women, 6 men) who started for Utah finished both runs.
Women's Race
Kaja Norbye (1:30.30) and Claire Timmermann (1:30.46) took the Nos. 2 and 3 spots, respectively, in the women's giant slalom with Kaila Lafreniere (1:31.46) taking seventh.
Norbye was top-three on both of her runs, sitting in third at the flip with an opening time of 44.86 seconds. Her second run clocked at 45.44 seconds, again third-best in the field of 36 athletes. Timmermann was fourth after Run 1 (44.94 seconds) and was top-five in the afternoon after coming down the hill in 45.52 seconds.
After winning the second run, Lafreniere climbed from 13th up to seventh in the final results. Her second run went on the books at 45.11 seconds.
In addition, the Utes had a top-12 finish from Evelina Fredricsson while Melanie Dahlberg was 17th.
Men's Race
Simen Strand led Utah in the men's GS, sharing bronze (1:32.55) with Denver's Pietro Motterlini. Johs Braathen Herland took seventh (1:32.77) and Sindre Myklebust (1:32.90) put on a performance that ensured all of Utah's scoring came from the top-nine.
Herland's result included a top-four first run (47.78 seconds).
After racing for a stretch on the European Cup and Nor-Am circuits, Raphael Lessard made his return to RMISA competition today and placed 10th. Though he had the 32nd start position, Lessard placed 13th on the first run before his second-fastest final run put him in the top-10 for the final results.
Wilhelm Normannseth was 23rd and Oliver Parazette placed 26th.
Next Up | Full Schedule
Today's giant slalom began a stretch of four straight days of alpine competition for the Utah Ski Team—entirely at Alyeska Resort. The Utes will race another GS on Thursday, this time as part of the RMISA Championships which double as the NCAA West Regional.
Friday and Saturday will be host to slalom. Friday's events will wrap up the Alaska Anchorage Invitational with Saturday's docket included in the RMISA Championships.
The Nordic regular season schedule concluded this past Monday, with the Utes set to race on Friday (7.5K classic) and Saturday (20K freestyle) as part of the RMISA Championships. Nordic events will be in Anchorage at Kincaid Park.
Follow the Utah Ski Team
Follow the Utes on social media @utahskiteam.
Official Mobile App of Utah Athletics – Utah 360
The official mobile app of Utah Athletics is Utah 360. Download it today for access to news and information, schedules, rosters, stats and behind-the-scenes videos directly from your mobile device. The app is available in both the Apple Store (download) and Google Play (download). Add it today, access your game tickets and download them to your smartphone's wallet to make yourself game-day ready!
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