DU's Piippo, UAA's Roenning Win Freestyle Races at Utah Invite

Friday, February 14, 2020 • by Brooke Frederickson, RMISA

MIDWAY, Utah—Denver's Eveliina Piippo and Alaska Anchorage's Sigurd Roenning won the freestyle races on the first day of the Utah Invitational.

1. Utah (190)
2. Alaska Anchorage (161, -29)
3. Denver (148.5, -68)
4. Montana State (122, -68)
5. Colorado (120.5, -69.5)
6. Alaska Fairbanks (100, -90)
7. Wyoming (66, -124)

1. Eveliina Piippo, DU
2. Guro Jordheim, UU
3. Mariah Bredal, UU
4. Anna-Maria Dietze, CU
5. Natalie Hynes, UAA
6. Karianne Moe, UU
7. Mariel Pulles, UAF
8. Julia Richter, UU
9. Emma Tarbath, MSU
10. Hedda Baangman, CU

• Utah led the race with 98 points.
• Denver's Eveliina Pippo won her second-straight race, she has three podium finishes in her three races this year.
• Utah's Guro Jordheim earned her sixth podium finish of the season and remains the only skier to finish in the top five in every race this year.
• Utah's Mariah Bredal finished third for her third podium of the season.
• Colorado's Anna-Maria Dietze earned her first career top-five finish
• Alaska Anchorage's Natalie Hynes finished in the top five for the first time in her career.

1. Sigurd Roenning, UAA
2. Bernhard Flaschberger, DU
3. Samuel Hendry, UU
4. Luke Jager, UU
5. Espen Persen, UAA
6. Maximilian Bie, UU
7. Logan Diekmann, UU
8. Simon Zink, DU
9. Bjorn Riksaasen, UU
10. Zanden McMullen MSU

• Utah led the race with 92 points, a one-point advantage over Alaska Anchorage.
• Alaska Anchorage's Sigurd Roenning won his third career race, his first win of the season.
• Denver's Bernhard Flaschberger finished on the podium for the second time this season.
• Utah's Samuel Hendry earned his third collegiate podium in as many races.
• Utah's Luke Jager has finished in the top five four times in his five races this year.
• Alaska Anchorage's Espen Persen earned his third top-five finish of the season.