LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Carmen Nielssen of the University of Alaska Anchorage won the silver medal in the women's super g at the World University Games Saturday.
Fabiana Dorigo of Germany won the race in 52.18, followed by Nielssen, who is representing Norway, finishing second in 52.65.
"Incredibly exciting to see a Seawolf on the podium at World University Games," said head coach Sparky Anderson. "Carmen absolutely piped it. To finish up on the blocks in this talent laden field at a World Championship event is huge. She's worked so hard and overcome some early challenges this season. Great to see her achieve this level of success. Caeden was impressive today with a top-10 finish on the guy's side. All-in-all we saw some great things from everyone in Green and Gold today. We're excited to be here, and we'll keep giving it our best."
Caeden Carruthers led the UAA men tying for 10th in 59.49.
Hunter Eid was 35th (1:01.32), and Jan Ronner finished 39th (1:02.24).
The World University Games continue with the Alpine combined races Monday.
MSU Invite
The Seawolves continued their success at the MSU Invite with a pair of top-five finishes in Saturday's freestyle races.
Tuva Bygrave finished fourth in 15:47, less than one minute behind race winner Novie McCabe of Utah, in the women's five-kilometer freestyle race.
Astrid Stav placed fifth (15:59), and Pascale Paradis was 10th (16:47).
Ari Endestad paced the UAA men for the second straight race finishing 10th (29:28), while Magnus Noroey was two seconds behind in 11th.
Matt Seline placed 15th (30:01), Peter Hinds 18th (30:48) and Sigurd Roenning was 22nd (32:16).
"Our three women skied very well today, with all three of them to finish in the top 10 is great," said associate head coach Trond Flagstad. "They skied even better today than yesterday looking at the time behind the Utah girls, we are getting closer. The men had another solid day with Ari and Magnus continuing to place in the top 10. Matt skied well again today, and Peter and Sigurd are struggling a bit to find their race legs.
"All-in-all a good weekend, it feels good to sit in second overall. It's a good testimony to our team pulling together to score points."
Joe Davies of Alaska Fairbanks won the men's race in 27:53.
Utah leads the team standings with 396 points, followed by Alaska Anchorage with 276 points.
