The Denver Pioneers ski team will travel to Lake Tahoe for the Nevada Invitational, which begins on Saturday at Mount Rose-Ski Tahoe. This marks the first collegiate meet hosted by the University of Nevada Wolfpack since 2010, after their program was inactive for over a decade. The Wolfpack’s alpine squad returned to competition in 2023 and is now in its fourth season back on the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA) circuit.
The Nevada Invitational will feature slalom and giant slalom events. The official races are scheduled for Sunday (alpine slalom) and Tuesday (giant slalom), while additional individual qualifier races will take place on Saturday and Monday. These qualifiers offer athletes more chances to earn points toward qualifying for the NCAA Championships in March, but no team scores will be recorded during those events.
Denver is expected to compete with a full roster, including redshirt sophomore Liv Moritz. Moritz rejoins the team after competing with the U.S. Ski Team in FIS World Cup and Europa Cup events over the past two months. She achieved her first career World Cup points with a 13th-place finish in slalom at Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechia, on January 25, and won a Europa Cup race at Valle Aurina/Ahrntal, Italy, on December 20.
This event follows four days of alpine races earlier this month at Loveland Ski Area and Aspen Highlands during the Denver and Colorado Invitationals. The Pioneers currently hold second place in both meets—37 points behind in their home invitational and nine points behind in Colorado’s.
The Nevada Invitational is one of four RMISA meets taking place concurrently. The DU and CU Invitationals will conclude with Nordic races next month in Frisco (February 7-8) and Steamboat Springs (February 13-14). Meanwhile, Utah’s alpine races are set for February 22-24 in Park City.
Live results from the Nevada Invite can be found at https://live-timing.com/races.php.
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