Miles Havlick (1St Year)
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
UTAH SKIING MEDIA GUIDE 2019 2019 Utah Skiing Quick Facts Staff/Team Information Media Information University of Utah Information Coaching Staff Sr. Associate AD/Sports Information ... Liz Abel Location .............................Salt Lake City, Utah Director of Skiing ...Fredrik Landstedt (1st Year) Associate SID/Skiing Contact ........................... Elevation ................................................. 4,500 Head Nordic Coach .......Miles Havlick (1st Year) .....................................Brooke Frederickson Founded .................................................. 1850 Head Alpine Coach ........... JJ Johnson (1st Year) Email ....... [email protected] Enrollment ............................................ 33,023 Assistant Alpine Coach Jeremy Elliot (4th Year) Phone ......................................(801) 581-8302 Nickname ................................................. Utes Cell ...........................................(801) 493-9254 Colors ......................Red and White (pms 187) Team Information: Mailing Address ...... 1825 E. South Campus Dr. Mascot .....................Swoop (Red-Tailed Hawk) 2018 NCAA Championships ........................ 4th Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Facility ..............Snowbasin Ski Resort (Alpine) 2018 RMISA Championship/ .........................Soldier Hollow Resort (Nordic) NCAA West Regional................................... 4th Brooke Frederickson Web Site .......................... www.UtahUtes.com Associate Director of Conference .................. Pac-12 (Skiing: RMISA) Social Media Communications President ................................ Ruth V. Watkins Facebook .... www.facebook.com/utahskiteam Director of Athletics .................... Mark Harlan Twitter ...................................... @utahskiteam Instagram .................................. @utahskiteam Men’s Alpine Men’s Nordic Name Yr. Hometown Name Yr. Hometown Tomas Birkner de Miguel Fr. Bariloche, Argentina Maximilian Bie Fr. Sorreisa, Norway Dominic Demschar Sr. Park City, Utah Logan Diekmann Jr. Bozeman, Mont. Addison Dvoracek Jr. Truckee, Calif. Jacob Engström Sr. Luleå, Sweden Mark Engel Sr. Truckee, Calif. Ola Jordheim Fr. Hemsedal, Buskerud, Norway Martin Grasic Sr. Invermere, B.C., Canada Noel Keeffe Fr. Steamboat Springs, Colo. Joachim Bakken Lien Fr. Rælingen, Norway Bjørn Riksaasen So. Vågå, Norway Fredrik Maurstad Fr. Oslo, Norway Huston Philp So. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Ty Sprock Sr. Stateline, Nev. Linus Walch Sr. Lech, Vorarlberg, Austria Women’s Alpine Women’s Nordic Name Yr. Hometown Name Yr. Hometown Kristine Fausa Aasberg Sr. Baerum, Norway Mariah Bredal So. Victor, Idaho Eirin Linnea Engeset Fr. Ålesund, Norway Guro Jordheim Jr. Hemsedal, Buskerud, Norway Julie Mohagen Sr. Oslo, Norway Leah Lange Jr. Park City, Utah Katie Parker Fr. Melbourne, Australia Karianne Moe So. Oslo, Norway Roni Remme Jr. Collingwood, Ontario, Canada Julia Richter Fr. Sayda, Germany Katie Vesterstein Fr. Duluth, Minn. Director of Skiing Fredrik Landstedt Head Nordic Coach Miles Havlick Head Alpine Coach JJ Johnson Assistant Alpine Coach Jeremy Elliot 2019 Utah Skiing Season Outlook The Utah ski team heads into the 2018 season with a strong mix of AlpineAlpine returners and newcomers who look to help the Utes retain their place among the top teams in NCAA skiing. In men’s alpine, Mark Engel rejoins the Utes after spending the past One of the biggest changes is at the top as Fredrik Landstedt takes four seasons with the U.S. Ski Team, including competing in the 2018 over as Director of Skiing. Landstedt brings 26 years of collegiate Olympics. He was the 2014 NCAA giant slalom champion in his only coaching experience to the Utes. He spent the past 21 seasons at New year at Utah. Engel is currently ranked 31st in the world in the FIS points Mexico, including 11 years as head coach, and helped New Mexico win in the slalom. Huston Philp earned All-America honors last year in the the 2004 NCAA Championship. He also coached seven student-athletes giant slalom. He had five top-10 finishes in his first season at Utah. Linus to individual NCAA Championships. Walch competed at the NCAA Championships last season and finished Utah also has new head Nordic and alpine coaches. Two-time NCAA 12th in the giant slalom. He had four top-10 finishes last year. Dominic champion Miles Havlick returns to his alma mater to coach the Nordic Demschar returns to the Utes after taking a year off to compete in the team. Havlick was a seven-time All-American during his four-year Utah Olympics. He is a two-time first-team All-RMISA skier and has three career (2010-13). The alpiners will be led by JJ Johnson, who joins the career podium finishes with a win in 2015. Utes from coaching the men’s development team with the U.S. Ski Martin Grasic has two top-10 finishes and 16 top-15 finishes over Team. three seasons at Utah. Ty Sprock is in his third season at Utah and has The RMISA season begins on Jan. 12 in Steamboat Springs at the one career podium finish (third place in the giant slalom at the 2016 Colorado Invitational. Utah also competes in Montana (Jan. 18-19), New Utah Invitational). Fredrik Maurstad did not compete last season due Mexico (Feb. 1-2) and Alaska (Feb. 17-18 and Feb. 20-22 for the RMISA to injury. He competed at the NCAA Championships at Colby-Sawyer Championships) for the regular season. The NCAA Championships will College in 2017. be held in Stowe, Vt., Mar. 6-9. The Utes do not have a home meet this In addition to the return of Engel and Demschar, the Utes add three season. newcomers to the men’s team. Addison Dvoracek transfers to Utah from Montana State. He earned All-America honors in the giant slalom NordicNordic in 2017 and has two career wins. Argentinian Tomas Birkner de Miguel competed in the 2017 and 2015 FIS World Championships with a best The women’s team returns all three skiers who competed at the finish of 35th in the slalom in 2015. He has made several World Cup NCAA Championships last season, including All-Americans Guro Jord- starts. Joachim Bakken Lien was the 2018 Norwegian junior national heim and Mariah Bredal. Jordheim, who finished fourth at NCAA’s in giant slalom champion. He finished 10th in the giant slalom at the 2018 both the 5-km classic and 15-km freestyle last season, was the 2018 Norwegian National Championships. RMISA women’s Nordic Athlete of the Year and RMISA women’s Nordic For the women, Roni Remme returns to Utah after taking 2018 away MVP. She led the league with seven race wins and 10 podium finishes to compete in the Olympics. A three-time All-American, she has two last season. In her third season at Utah, Jordheim is a four-time All- career wins and six career podium finishes. Remme is ranked 28th in the American. Bredal earned All-America honors in her first season last year latest slalom FIS points and has several strong finishes in World Cup this with a seventh-place finish in the 5-km classic at NCAA’s. She had eight season. Julie Mohagen won the 2016 NCAA slalom title and is a two- top-10 finishes in 2018. time All-American over three seasons with the Utes. She has four career Leah Lange also competed in her first NCAA Championships last sea- wins and 10 career podium finishes. son. Her best finish came in the 5-km classic at the RMISA Champion- Kristine Aasberg transfers to Utah from Denver. She won three races ships, placing second for her first career podium finish. Lange had four and finished on the podium four times in 2018. top-10 finishes last year. Karianne Moe returns for her second season at Three skiers are new to collegiate racing. Erin Engeset regularly fin- Utah after recording five top-15 finishes last year. ished in the top 10 at the Norwegian National Championships with best Julia Richter joins the Utes after spending last season with the finishes of fourth in the slalom in 2017 and in the giant slalom in 2018. German National Team. She placed 24th in the sprint at the 2018 U23 Australian Katie Parker, who attends the Sugar Bowl Academy, finished World Ski Championships. sixth in the Super G at the 2018 U.S. National Junior Championships. On the men’s side, Bjørn Riksaasen had eight top-10 finishes and Katie Vesterstein, who attends Rowmark Ski Academy, finished 12th competed at NCAA’s last year. His season-best finish was fourth twice, in alpine combined and 19th in the Super G at the 2018 U.S. National in the 10-km classic at the RMISA Championship and the 10-km classic Championships. at the Utah Invite. Logan Diekmann had five top-10 finishes last year, including a season-best sixth-place finish in the sprint freestyle at U.S. 2019 Schedule Nationals. Jacob Engström has three career top-10 finishes, with a Jan. 9 RMISA Alpine GS Qualifier (Colorado) career-best seventh place finish in the sprint freestyle at the Seawolf Jan. 10-13 Colorado Invitational Invite in 2017. Jan. 16 RMISA Alpine GS Qualifier (Montana) Three newcomers join the men’s team, including two from Norway. Jan. 17-19 Montana State Invitational Maximilian Bie had a best finish of 36th in the 15-km classic at the 2017 Feb. 1-2 New Mexico Invitational Norwegian National Championships. Ola Jordheim joins sister Guro on Feb. 17-18 Alaska Anchorage Invitational (Nordic) the Utes. He finished 31st in the 50-km freestyle at the 2018 Norwe- Feb. 21-22 Alaska Anchorage Invitational (Alpine) gian National Championships. American Noel Keeffe, who hails from Feb. 20-24 RMISA Championships (Alaska) Steamboat Springs, was the 2018 junior national champion in the U20 March 6-9 NCAA Championships (Vermont) freestyle sprints, finished second in the 10-km classic and was on the team that finished third in the 3x3.3-km relay at the U.S. Junior National Championships. 2019 Utah Skiing Fredrik Miles Landstedt Havlick Director of Skiing Head Nordic Coach 1st Season 1st Season Veteran college ski coach Fredrik Landstedt has been hired as the Two-time NCAA champion skier Miles Havlick returns to his alma Director of Skiing at the University of Utah. Landstedt brings 26 years of mater for his first season as head Nordic coach.