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2013 Colorado Skiing TABLE OF CONTENTS BUFFS AT A GLANCE SPORTS INFORMATION Location: Office Phone: Population: Office Fax: Enrollment: Mailing Address: 2013 Season Information 1 Founded: Quick Facts/Credits 1 Boulder, Colo. 303/492-5626 2013 Roster 2 Colors: 101,547 Website: 303/492-3811 2013 Schedule 3 Nickname: 29,887 Associate AD/SID357 (Skiing): UCB COACHES & STAFF 5-9 Mascot: 1876 Boulder,E-Mail: CO 80309 Head Coach Richard Rokos 5-6 Mascot:Silver, Gold & Black AssociateCUBuffs.com Director (Skiing): Nordic Coach Bruce Cranmer 7 Elevation: Buffaloes (Buffs) E-Mail: David Plati Nordic Assistant Jana Weinberger 8 NCAA Affiliation:Ralphie V (live buffalo) Cell: [email protected] Alpine Assistant Taggart Spenst 8 Conference: Assistant Director: Administrative Assistant Jodi Mossoni 8 Chip (costumed) Curtis Snyder Home Ski Area: CUBuffs.com Contributing Editor: Skiing Support Staff 8 5,345 feet above sea level [email protected] CU Regents/Administrative Staff 9 Secondary Home DivisionSki Area: I Assistant 720/218-4796Director: WOMEN’S ALPINE 11-16 President: RMISA Assistant Director: Troy Andre Khyla Burrows 11 Chancellor: Eldora Mountain Resort Graduate Assistant: B.G. Brooks Thea Grosvold 12 Provost: Steamboat Ski Resort Graduate Assistant:Andrew Green Jessica Honkonen 13 Faculty Rep:Bruce Benson (Colorado ’64) Linda Sprouse Shane McLean 14 Athletic Director:Dr. Phil DiStefano (Ohio State ’68) Ron Knabenbauer Brooke Wales 15 Sr. Women’s Admin.: ELDORA MOUNTAIN RESORT Clare Wise 16 Dr. Russell Moore (UC Davis ’76) Marlee Horn Assoc. AD (Skiing): MEN’S ALPINE 18-26 Dr. David Clough (Case Inst. ’68) Phone: Henrik Gunnarsson 18 Mike Bohn (Kansas ’83) Address: Andreas Haug 19-20 Ceal Barry (Kentucky ’77) Kasper Hietenan 21 COLORADO SKIING Julie Manning (Iowa St. ’83) 303/440-8700 Max Lamb 22-23 Office Phone: Website: Fletcher McDonald 24 P.O. Box 1697 Office Fax: Opened: Cameron Smith 25 2861 Eldora Ski Road #140 Adam Zika 26 Director/Head Alpine Coach: SkiableNederland, Terrain: CO 80466 WOMEN’S NORDIC 27-33 Alma Mater:303/492-5401 Base Elevation:eldora.com Eliska Hajkova 28-29 Seasons303/492-3156 At CU: Summit Elevation:1962 Maria Nordstrom 30 NCAA Championships: Richard Rokos Annual Snowfall:680 acres Joanne Reid 31-32 RMISA Championships:Masaryk ’76 Lifts/Named Tralis:9,200 feet Mary Rose 33 E-mail: 23rd Long Run: 10,800 feet MEN’S NORDIC 35-44 Head Nordic Coach: Arnaud Du Pasquier 35 6 (last 2011) 300 feet Alma Mater: Andreas Hoye 36-37 11 (last 2011) 12/46 Seasons At CU: STEAMBOAT SKI RESORT Ian Mallams 38-39 [email protected] 3 miles Gustav Nordstroem 40 E-Mail: Bruce Cranmer Phone: Rune Oedegaard 41-42 Nordic Assistant:Colorado ’73 Address: Mike Vigers 43 Alma Mater: 12th Charlie Von Thaden 44 Seasons at CU: [email protected] Website:970-879-6111 SEASON-BY-SEASON 46-63 E-Mail: Jana Weinberger Opened: 2305 Mt. Werner Cir. Season-by-Season Breakdown 46 Alpine Assistant: Season-by-Season Results 47-50 Colorado ’06 SkiableSteamboat, Terrain: CO 80487 Alma Mater: 2000 In Review 51 Sixth Base Elevation:steamboat.com Seasons at CU: 2001 In Review 52 [email protected] Summit Elevation:1963 E-Mail: 2002 In Review 53 Taggart Spenst Annual Snowfall:2,965 acres 2003 In Review 54 Administrative Assistant: Colorado ’12 Lifts/Named Trails:6,900 feet 2004 In Review 55 Seasons at CU: First Long Run: 10,568 feet 2005 In Review 56 E-Mail: [email protected] 2006 In Review 57 330 feet Jodi Mossoni 2007 In Review 58 23/165 2008 In Review 59 11th 3 miles 2009 In Review 60 [email protected] 2010 In Review 61 2011 In Review 62 CREDITS 2012 In Review 63 HISTORY 65-70 CU at the NCAA Championships 65-66 All-Time Letterwinners 67-68 NCAA Scoring Format 69 NCAA Annual Team Finishes 70 The 2013 University of Colorado Skiing information guide was produced through the Miscellaneous Historical Charts 71 combined efforts of the Sports Information office. The guide was written and edited by RMISA History 72 Curtis Snyder, associate sports information director, and David Plati, associate HONORS 74-79 AD/sports information. Design by Linda Hall, Whirlwind Graphics, and Snyder. Front, Annual Team Awards 74-75 All-Americans 76-77 back and inside covers designed by Snyder. Photographers include Ken Albott, Chip Individual NCAA Champions 78 Bromfeld, Mark Brodie, Casey Cass, Larry Harwood, Brett Hochmuth, Allie Musso, Joel Olympians 79 Broida, Tony Harman and Snyder. 1 U.S. Ski Hall of Fame 79 2013 Roster Head Coach/Alpine: Richard Rokos Assistant Coach/Alpine: Taggart Spenst Head Coach/Nordic: Bruce Cranmer Assistant Coach/Nordic: Jana Weinberger Student Assistant Coach/Nordic: Vegard Kjoelhamar Administrative Assistant: Jodi Mossoni Women’s Alpine NC Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School/Club) Burrows, Khyla 0 5-4 Sr. 2L Winter Park, Colo. (Middle Park/Winter Park Competition Center) Grosvold, Thea 0 5-7 Fr. VR Oslo, Norway (Doenski Videregaende Skole) Honkonen, Jessica 0 5-7 Fr. HS Espoo, Finland (Makelanrinteen Lukio/Finish Ski Team) McLean, Shane 0 5-8 So. 1L Steamboat Springs, Colo. (Lowell Whiteman School/SSWSC) Wales, Brooke 0 5-8 Fr. HS Sammamish, Wash. (Eastside Catholic/US Ski Team) Wise, Clare 0 5-8 Fr. HS Wenatchee, Wash. (Wenatchee/Mission Ridge) Men’s Alpine NC Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School/Club) Gunnarsson, Henrik 0 5-11 Fr. HS Gavle, Sweden (Malung-Salens Gymnasium/Gavle Alpina) Haug, Andreas 2 6-0 Jr. 2L Blommenholm, Norway (Donski Gymnasium/Barum Club) Hietanen, Kasper 0 6-0 Fr. HS Helsinki, Finland (Kuusamon Lukio/Finish Junior Ski Team) Lamb, Max *3 6-0 Sr. 2L Crested Butte, Colo. (Crested Butte Academy/Utah) McDonald, Fletcher 0 6-4 Jr. 2L Copper Mountain, Colo. (Summit/Team Summit) Smith, Cameron 0 5-11 Fr. HS Boulder, Colo. (Burke Mountain Academy [Vt.]/Eldora) Zika, Adam 1 5-9 So. 1L Prague, Czech Republic (Gymnasium Litomericka/Czech National Team) *—Went to NCAA Championships while at Utah in 2010 and for CU in 2011-12. Women’s Nordic NC Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School/Club) Hajkova, Eliska 3 5-5 Sr. 3L Jablonec, Czech Republic (Gymnasium Vseobecne/Masaryko) Nordstrom, Maria 0 5-9 Fr. HS Gavle, Sweden (St. Mikaelsskolan/Gavle) Reid, Joanne 3 5-5 Sr. 3L Palo Alto, Calif. (Henry M. Gunn/California/Auburn Ski Club) Rose, Mary 1 5-10 Sr. 3L Steamboat Springs, Colo. (Steamboat Springs/SSWSC) Men’s Nordic NC Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School/Club) Du Pasquier, Arnaud 0 6-0 So. 1L Pontresina, Switzerland (Lyceum Alpinum Zouz/Bernina) Hoye, Andreas 1 6-3 Jr. 2L Oslo, Norway (Ullern/Heming Ski Club) Mallams, Ian 0 6-2 Sr. 2L Whitefish, Mont. (Whitefish/Glacier Nordic Ski Team) Nordstroem, Gustav 0 6-2 Fr. HS Gavle, Sweden (St. Mikaelsskolan/Gavle) Oedegaard, Rune 1 6-1 Jr. 1L Molde, Norway (NTG Lillehammer/Molde Ski Cllub) Vigers, Mike 0 6-0 Fr. HS Boulder, Colo. (Boulder/Ski Club Vail) Von Thaden, Charlie 0 5-8 Fr. HS Steamboat Springs, Colo. (Lowell Whiteman/SSWSC) (NC—times participated in NCAA Championships at Colorado; #L—denotes number of letters earned though 2012; HS—high school.) 2 2013 Schedule Date Events Location Jan. 7 RMISA Giant Slalom Qualifier Eldora, Colo. Eldora Mountain Resort Jan. 8-9 Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational (Alpine) Eldora, Colo. Eldora Mountain Resort Jan. 11 RMISA Giant Slalom Qualifier Winter Park, Colo. Winter Park Ski Resort Jan. 12-13 Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational (Nordic) Steamboat Springs, Colo. Howelsen Hill Jan. 12-13 Denver Invitational (Alpine) Winter Park, Colo. Winter Park Ski Resort Jan. 19-20 Denver Invitational (Nordic) Minturn, Colo. Maloit Park Feb. 1-2 New Mexico Invitational (Nordic) Red River, N.M. Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski Area Feb. 6-7 Utah Invitational (Alpine) Georgetown, Colo Loveland Ski Resort Feb. 8-9 Utah Invitational (Nordic) Soldier Hollow, Utah Soldier Hollow Resort Feb. 9-10 New Mexico Invitational (Alpine) Red River, N.M. Red River Ski Area Feb. 22-24 RMISA Championships Bozeman/Big Sky, Mont. Bridger Bowl (Alpine)/Bohart Ranch Cross Country Ski Center (Nordic) March 6-9 NCAA Championships Middlebury, Vt. Middlebury College Snow Bowl (Alpine)/Rikert Nordic Center (Nordic) 3 Coaches And Staff Richard Rokos 5-6 Bruce Cranmer 7 Jana Weinberger 8 Taggart Spenst 8 Jodi Mossoni 8 Skiing Support Staff 8 Regents and Administration 9 4 Head Coach Richard Rokos A Six NCAA Championships A 11 NCAA West Regional Championships A 185 All-Americans A 32 Individual National Champions Richard Rokos and Colorado ophy, to be an educator as well as a coach, to understand the phys- Skiing. In 22 seasons, the com- ical and psychological significance of a student-athlete and to bination has been synonymous introduce harmony and mutual support that has made it a more with success. When he was unified program. Credit Rokos himself for the strong camaraderie promoted to head coach on July because there is very little that he asks of his skiers that he does- 3, 1990, the process to return a n’t do himself. That includes 6 a.m. ice hockey games, off-season program that was eight years dryland training, mountain bike rides from Boulder to Winter removed from an NCAA title Park and back, hiking Pikes Peak, playing soccer and rollerblading back to national prominence through Boulder. took its first step. Twenty-two seasons, six national team titles, 32 Rokos, who also coordinates all alpine aspects of the program, individual champions and 185 All-Americans later, it is a program was already very familiar with the CU ski program upon his hir- that has turned steps into strides.