LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Sophomore Helene Kristoffersen (Rælingen, Norway/Dønski VGS) placed fourth to highlight a quartet of Saint Michael's College women's Alpine skiers in the top 21 during an NCAA-qualifier giant slalom on Thursday at Whiteface Mountain. Men's competitors completed only one run before their event was terminated midway through the second run due to heavy fog. Thursday's GS, which did not feature team scoring, replaced Feb. 3's canceled Saint Michael's Carnival GS race.
WOMEN'S LEADERS
- Kristoffersen, 4th in giant slalom, 2:13.09 two-run time
- Posted second-fastest second run (1:07.88)
- 7th top-5 finish of season
- 8th career top-5 finish
- Sophomore Sofie Gjetsund (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), 18th, 2:18.16
- Career-high finish
- 0.16 seconds outside top 15
- Started in No. 58 bib
- Sophomore Margrethe Frøland (Rælingen, Norway/Dønski VGS), 20th, 2:18.73
- Tied career-high placement
- Started in No. 40 bib
- Sophomore Moa Lundén (Stockholm, Sweden/Jämtlands Gymnasium Åre), 21st, 2:18.77
- Posted 12th-fastest second run (1:09.78)
- Sophomore Jenna Braun (Stockholm, N.J./Green Mountain Valley School), 39th, 2:26.29
MEN'S LEADERS
- Sophomore Eirik Kveno (Asker, Norway/Dønski VGS), 6th in GS, 1:03.22
- 16th career top-10 finish
- Junior Simen Strand (Høvik, Norway/Dønski VGS), 10th, 1:03.81
- 16th career top-10 finish
- First-year Gray Flanagan (West Burke, Vt./Green Mountain Valley School), 11th, 1:03.83
- 0.02 short of a top-10 finish
- Senior Max Noddings (Sun Valley, Idaho/Sun Valley Community School), 30th, 1:05.35
- Junior Nikolai Riiber (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), 37th, 1:06.02
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