Friday, February 7, 2020 • by Brooke Frederickson, RMISA
ASPEN, Colo.—RMISA Nordic teams return to action this weekend in Aspen, Colo., with a pair of RMISA qualifier races as part of the Raoul Wille Memorial Ski Race Weekend and Owl Creek Chase, Feb. 8-9.
Action begins Saturday, Feb. 8, with the women's 5-km and men's 10-km freestyle races with both teams skiing in the 21-km classic race on Sunday. RMISA qualifiers do not count towards any team scoring and are used as an extra opportunity for skiers to earn qualification points for the NCAA Championships at the end of the season.
Women's Skiers to Watch
- The RMISA is chasing Guro Jordheim, who has won all four races this season and has 16 career races.
- Colorado's Anne-Siri Lervik has three podium finishes and is one of two skiers who have finished in the top five in all four races this season.
- Utah's Mariah Bredal is third in the league with two podiums this year, she has three top-five finishes.
- Other skiers with podium finishes are Alaska Anchorage's Anna Darnell, Utah's Leah Lange and Utah's Karianne Moe.
- Colorado's Hedda Baangman has three top-five finishes on the year.
Men's Skiers to Watch
- Utah's Samuel Hendry and Colorado's Magnus Boee have each won two races this season.
- Hendry has competed in just two races (he is not at full strength this weekend after competing in Nor-Ams in Canada).
- Boee is the only skier to finish in the top five in all four races this year.
- Alaska Anchorage's Sigurd Roenning has three podium finishes on the season.
- Notably not racing this weekend is Utah's Luke Jager, who has three podium finishes on the year.
- Utah's Maximilian Bie also has a podium this year.
- Utah's Logan Diekmann has finished in the top five three times this year.