The University of Utah finished first in the team standings for the first time in nearly five years. The Utes had strong showings all weekend long and finished with 585.5 points, well ahead of second-place Denver, which finished with 550.
“We are excited about the results, yet we know we have room for improvement,” said Director of Skiing, Eli Brown. “We have a great period with great conditions in Park City to get everything dialed in and are focused on each individual race.”
Highlighting Saturday's events was Utah sophomore Snorri Einarsson who took the victory in the Men's 15km freestyle. Einarsson has battled the flu this weekend but put together a strong race Saturday, overtaking rival Rene Reisshauer of Denver University on the final stretch of the 15K Freestyle.
“Snorri was disappointed with yesterday's results and felt he had something to prove today,” Brown said. “He races with his heart and I hope he can recover from his illness to get us going next week.”
Einarsson ended up with a margin of victory of just 1.4 seconds over Reisshauer. Zack Simons, racing as an indpendent, took third just under 6 seconds off the pace. Norweigan Anders Folleraas (MSU) was fourth, +11.0. The top seven skiers all finished within 33 seconds of each other, with no school being represented more than once.
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