Junior (2018): Earned First Team All-America status in the slalom … also won the RMISA championship in the slalom … competed in 14 races, completing 27 of 28 runs … led UNM with nine top five finishes, including all seven slalom races … took home a pair of titles, at the RMISA Championships in the slalom and at the Utah Invitational … finished second at the first UNM Invitational slalom race … scored two podiums with a pair of third place finishes at the Montana State Invitational … finished fifth in the slalom at NCAAs, earning First Team All-America honors … overall he led UNM with 338 points on the season, scoring in every single race possible … was named First Team All-RMISA and was the RMISA Men’s Alpine Skier of the Week after winning the slalom and coming in fourth at the Utah Invitational.
Sophomore (2017): One of the nation’s top skiers in 2017, he raced 10 times, scoring in nine of them … had eight top five finishes and 11 top 10s … had seven podium finishes in the final seven races that he finished, including a title win in the conference title in giant slalom at the RMISA Championships … also had five second place finishes, four in the slalom … finished second in the slalom at the Utah Invitational, the Utah RMISA qualifier, the UAA Invitational and RMISA championships … also finished second in the giant slalom at the UAA Invitational and third at the Seawolf Invitational … scored a team-high 299 points on the season … qualified for NCAAs but was injured in a training run crash, forcing him to miss the championships.
Prior to UNM: Accomplished European skier who has 22 podium and 12 wins in the last six years entering his first collegiate season … skied for Stordal II in Norway and attended Lillehammer University and Stranda … had a great preseason with a pair of titles in Steamboat Springs on back-to-back days in the slalom … also had an 11th and 14th place finish at Copper Mountain in the preseason in the giant slalom … picked up titles in both Norway at Aal – Aal Skisenter and in Sweden at Duved/Are in the 2015-16 cycle … had spectacular results in 2015 at Oppdal in Norway, finishing second and then first on back-to-back days in the slalom.
Personal: A native of Stordal, Norway … majoring in liberal arts … birth date is February 12, 1993.
| 2018 |
|
Career |
| 1st (2x) |
Highest Finish |
1st (3x) |
| 2 |
1st Place Finishes |
3 |
| 9 |
Top 5 Finishes |
17 |
| 9 |
Top 10 Finishes |
20 |
| 11 |
Top 20 Finishes |
22 |
2018 Point Totals (RMISA GS Not Included)
Races: 12
Counters: 12
2018 Points: 338
Career Points: 647
