Four Lobos Named All-RMISA
BOULDER, Colo. — The Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association has announced the 2016 All-RMISA ski teams, and the four Lobos were honored. Emilie Cedervärn was the lone First Team member, while Carl-Johan Öster, Eva Sever Rus and Petteri Vaherkoski were all named Second Team. The All-RMISA teams are based on NCAA qualification lists.
RMISA champions Utah led the way with 12 honorees, Colorado was second with nine, Denver was third with nine and Montana State picked up five. Alaska-Anchorage was the only other team in the nine-team league to garner all-conference honorees, picking up three.
Cedervärn won three races during the season and missed the Drew Judycki/Jade Enterprises/UNM Invitational, which possibly cost her RMISA women’s Nordic MVP honors. Still, her three wins were enough to place her on the first team. Cedervärn was also named First Team in 2015. Emilie finished in the top five in six of her seven races, and she was the teams’ leading scorer with 242 points.
Sever Rus was named Second Team All-RMISA for the second straight year. It’s her third all-conference honor after earning first team honors in 2014. Sever Rus skied her way to six top 10 finishes in nine races this season, including a season-best finish of fifth in Montana. She scored 170 points on the season.
For Petteri Vaherkoski, the Lobo newcomer led the men’s side with 193 points, scoring in nine of his 10 races. He recorded nine top 20 finishes and four top 10s, including a season-best fifth place showing in Montana. Vaherkoski was a late December arrival to the squad.
Carl-Johan Öster might be the hottest Lobo on the squad right now, finishing his season with six straight top 10 marks, including a career-best fourth place finish at the Drew Judycki Memorial/Jade Enterprises/UNM Invitational. His 153 points were tops amongst the men’s alpine squad. For both Vaherkoski and Öster, these are their first RMISA honors.
All four of the Lobos honored were selected for the NCAA Championships, which take place March 9-12 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The following were the selections of head coach Fredrik Landstedt and alpine coach Joe Downing:
Men’s Alpine: Rob Greig (1st), Carl-Johan Öster (2nd), Tyler Theis (1st)
Women’s Alpine: Courtney Altringer (2nd), Katharine Irwin (1st), Sydney Staples (2nd)
Men’s Nordic: Austin Huneck (1st), Aljaž Praznik (2nd), Petteri Vaherkoski (1st)
Women’s Nordic: Emilie Cedervärn (2nd), Kati Roivas (1st), Eva Sever Rus (3rd)
New Mexico is one of eight squads that will feature a full qualification of 12 skiers, along with follow RMISA members Colorado, Utah, Denver, Montana State and Alaska-Anchorage, as well as Dartmouth and Vermont. New Hampshire qualified 11. In all 21 institutions will be represented at the NCAA Championships, with the best 34 alpine skiers in men’s and women’s slalom and giant slalom, and the best 40 Nordic skiers for the freestyle (free skate) and classical.
Four Lobos Earn All-RMISA Honors
