Sunday, January 19, 2020 • by Brooke Frederickson, RMISA
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.—Utah's Guro Jordheim and Samuel Hendry won for the second-straight day in the women's and men's classic races to close out the Colorado Invitational. The Utes took the overall team win for the season's first complete invite.
Next up on the schedule is the Nordic races of the Denver Invitational beginning on Saturday, Jan. 25 with the classic races.
Team Standings
- Utah (745)
- Colorado (641, -104)
- Alaska Anchorage (523, -222)
- Denver (496.5, -248.5)
- Montana State (426.5, -318.5)
- Westminster College (242, -503)
- Alaska Fairbanks (230, -515)
- Colorado Mountain (143, -602)
- Wyoming (67, -678)
Women's 15-km Classic
- Guro Jordheim, UU
- Leah Lange, UU
- Anne-Siri Lervik, CU
- Mariah Bredal, UU
- Hedda Baangman, CU
- Emma Tarbath, MSU
- Karianne Moe, UU
- Mariel Pulles, UAF
- Anna Darnell, UAA
- Vera Norli, DU
- Utah led the team standings in the race with 108 points.
- Utah's Guro Jordheim won her second-straight race and has 14 career race victories.
- Utah's Leah Lange earned her second career podium finish, tying for her career-best finish.
- Colorado's Anne-Siri Lervik finished on the podium for the first time this season and the ninth time in her career.
- Utah's Mariah Bredal has four career top five finishes, two this season.
- Colorado's Hedda Baangman finished in the top five for the first time this season and 15th time in her career.
Men's 20-km Classic
- Samuel Hendry, UU
- Magnus Boee, CU
- Sigurd Roenning, UAA
- Ryan Jackson, CU
- Ola Jordheim, UU
- Logan Diekmann, UU
- Luke Jager, UU
- Noel Keeffe, UU
- JC Schoonmaker, UAA
- Ole Marius Kirkeng, DU
- Utah led the team standings with 96 points.
- Utah's Samuel Hendry won his second-straight race in his second collegiate race.
- Colorado's Magnus Boee, also in his second career race, earns his first career podium and second-straight top five.
- Alaska Anchorage's Sigurd Roenning has six career podium finishes, this is his first this season.
- Colorado's Ryan Jackson earned his first career top-five finish in his second career race.
- Utah's Ola Jordheim has his first top five finish of the season, seventh of his career.