Buffs Win Utah Invitational By 126 Points

Tuesday, February 24

Park City, Utah

8 AM Women / 8:30 AM Men

Colorado

Slalom at Utah Olympic Park

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Accambray Wins First Slalom Race As Five Buffs Place In Top 5 In Two Races

By: Curtis Snyder, Associate AD/Athletic Communications

PARK CITY, Utah – The Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team closed out the regular season in emphatic fashion, winning the Utah Invitational by 126 points behind another dominant alpine performance at Utah Olympic Park.

Louison Accambray captured her first collegiate slalom victory — and eighth career win — to headline a day that saw Colorado place five skiers in the top 5 across the two races. Cathinka Lunder joined Accambry in the top 5 with her career best slalom finish.

Three men also finished in the top 5 as CU posted a 3-4-5 finish on the men's side with Filip Wahlqvist taking third for his 21st career podium, Stanley Buzek fourth and Feb Allasina fifth.

The Buffs won both slalom races as a team and secured six of eight race victories at the meet. CU finished with 740 points, well ahead of Utah (614), Montana State (528) and Denver (514), marking the highest team score in program history under the current scoring format.

HOW IT HAPPENED

With weather approaching, race organizers moved the start time up to 8 a.m., making first-run execution critical.

Accambray, the only Buff in the women's top seed, drew bib No. 7 and responded with the second-fastest first run in the field. She then laid down the fastest second run to win by nearly seven-tenths of a second.

Cathinka Lunder started 10th and moved from ninth after the first run into fifth, the biggest move inside the top 15. Paige DeHart climbed from 13th to 11th, while Alexa Brownlie tied for 12th. Hannah Soria delivered the fifth-fastest second run of the field to move up to 18th.

On the men's side, Filip Wahlqvist started 16th and powered onto the podium with the fifth-fastest first run and a top-10 second run. Feb Allasina (4th) and Stanley Buzek (5th) completed a 3-4-5 finish for Colorado.

Justin Bigatel posted the third-fastest second run and jumped 14 spots in the second run to finish 14th. Christoffer Oestroem did not finish his first run.

UP NEXT

The regular season is complete, but postseason racing begins immediately. The alpine teams travel to Bozeman to compete at Bridger Bowl beginning Thursday, while Nordic will race Friday and Saturday at Soldier Hollow for the RMISA Championships.

TEAM NOTES

Colorado won the Utah Invitational by 126 points (740-614) over Utah.
The Buffs won six of eight races at the meet.
CU captured the alpine, nordic, men's and women's overall titles.
Colorado finished second to Utah by 14 points in women's nordic, the only segment it did not win.
The 740 points are the most scored by CU under the current scoring system (since 2014) and tied for sixth-most by any team in that span.
CU scored 371 alpine and 369 Nordic points.
The Buffs scored 381 men's points and 359 women's points.
CU scored between 181-188 points each day and between 84-103 points in all eight races.

WOMEN'S ALPINE NOTES

Louison Accambray won her first collegiate slalom race and eighth career race overall. She has now won five races this season (4 GS, 1 SL).
She has podiumed in all 11 races this season, extending her CU record for consecutive alpine podiums and is just one away from the overall record of 12 set by two Nordic women: Line Selnes in 1999 and Maria Grevsgaard in 2008.
Her eight career wins move her into the top 20 in CU history, tied for eighth among women and tied for second among women's alpine skiers.
Her 11 podiums this season rank tied for eighth in CU history and second all-time among women's alpine skiers.
Cathinka Lunder finished fifth, her first career slalom top-five and second overall top-five this season. She has four top-six and five top-eight finishes this year.
Paige DeHart finished 11th and has placed top 13 in all eight races she has finished this season.
Alexa Brownlie tied for 12th and has finished nine of 11 races, all in the top 14.
Hannah Soria finished 18th, her fourth top-20 of the season.

MEN'S ALPINE NOTES

Filip Wahlqvist finished third for his second straight podium and fourth in the last five races. He now has 21 career podiums, tied for 16th in CU history. His 13 career slalom podiums are a school record.
Feb Allasina finished fourth and now has seven top-five finishes this season. He has placed in the top eight in all 10 races he has completed.
Stanley Buzek finished fifth, his third-best result of the season. Buzek has finished three slalom races this year, all in the top five.
Justin Bigatel finished 14th after moving up 14 spots in the second run with the third-fastest run time.
Christoffer Oestroem did not finish his first run.

Team Scores: 1. Colorado 740; 2. Utah 614; 3. Montana State 528; 4. Denver 514; 5. Alaska Anchorage 353; 6. Nevada 222; 7. Alaska Fairbanks 215; 8. Westminster 162; 9. Colorado Mountain 126.

Women's Slalom: 1. Louison Accambray, CU, 1:30.67; 2. Justine LaMontagne, MSU, 1:31.35; 3. Sara Rask, DU, 1:31.88; 4. Tea Kiesel, MSU, 1:32.07; 5. Cathinka Lunder, CU, 1:32.43; 6. Melanie Dahlberg, UU, 1:32.49; 7. Cecilia Pizzinato, DU, 1:32.56; 8. Ella Bromee, UAA, 1:32.77; 9. Erica Lynch, NEV, 1:33.02; 10. Elisabeth Creighton, DU, 1:33.05. Other CU: 11. Paige DeHart, 1:33.07; 12. Alexa Brownlie, 1:33.27; 18. Hannah Soria, 1:35.23.

Men's Slalom: 1. Lucas Ellis, CMC, 1:31.12; 2. Alejandro Puente Tasias, WU, 1:31.80; 3. Filip Wahlqvist, CU, 1:31.91; 4. Feb Allasina, CU, 1:32.06; 5. Stanley Buzek, CU, 1:32.38; 6. Pierick Charest, UU, 1:33.10; 7. Christian Soevik, DU, 1:33.22; 8. Bosse Mikelsson, MSU, 1:33.26; 9. Will Steed, MSU, 1:33.30; 10. Pietro Bisello, NEV, 1:33.43. Other CU: 14. Justin Bigatel, 1:33.58; DNF: Christoffer Oestroem.