Myklebust Notches First Podium of Season in Monday’s GS

Monday, February 2

Reno, Nev. / Mount Rose Ski Tahoe

University of Utah

Giant Slalom

Photo by: Matan Coll

Myklebust Notches First Podium of Season in Monday’s GS

2/2/2026 4:59 PM | Skiing

Results

Herland, Myklebust take Nos. 2-3 spots in men’s race at Mt. Rose

RENO, Nev. – Johs Braathen Herland skied to a silver medal, extending his podium streak to eight straight races, while Sindre Myklebust's bronze marked his first podium of the season as the Utah Ski Team raced giant slalom on Monday at Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe.

Today's races counted toward individual qualification for the NCAA Championships, but no team scores were kept since the day was not part of a meet. Teams will return to Mt. Rose tomorrow for another GS competition and that will be scored as part of the Nevada Invitational, which the Utes currently lead.

Head alpine coach JJ Johnson said, "Another strong day for our group. On the boys' side, Johs continues his impressive run and Sindre delivered his first podium of the year. Harry stepped up and showed his GS speed moving up 24 spots from starting 35th to finishing 11th. It was awesome to see Sindre step onto the podium for the first time this season, skiing simply and powerfully when it mattered most.

"On the girls' side, the mindset stayed aggressive. Mel continued her powerful skiing and finished in the top ten. Overall, the group continued to build off yesterday's slalom. Christina, Kaila, and Maisie all put together very solid performances, gaining positions and putting themselves in a place where they can now start hunting for that extra bit of speed. Looking ahead to tomorrow, we're excited to see how they finish off the series. This has been a momentum-shifting block of races for our team as we head into the back half of the season."

Men's Race
Utah's had its men's trio all place in the top-11 in the race as Johs Braathen Herland took the silver medal (1:51.70) while Sindre Myklebust netted his first podium of the season with a third-place result (1:51.75). Harry Hoffman contributed an 11^th place finish (1:53.26) to close out the Utah lineup.

Herland and Myklebust sat third and fourth, respectively, at the midday flip after solid first runs. Hoffman, meanwhile, climbed up seven positions after he was in 18^th place following the first run. His second trip down the hill ranked seventh-best in the field and brought Hoffman to 11^th place for the day.

Women's Race
On the women's side Utah placed its entire lineup in the top-20, led by a seventh-place result from Melanie Dahlberg (1:58.44). Christina Jacobsen took 12^th and the duo of Kaila Lafreniere and Maisie Blyth finished in a tie for 13^th place. Maddie Kaiserman placed 20^th.

Dahlberg extended her top-10 streak to five straight races, which includes a pair of podiums and one win during the slalom races at Mt. Rose this past weekend.

Next Up
Utah has one remaining race day at Mt. Rose and it'll be another giant slalom, this time as part of the Nevada Invitational. The alpine-only meet currently has the Utes atop the team standings with 170 points—a 28-point pad on Denver for the lead.

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