Men's Nordic
Men’s Nordic Ian Boucher
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Jackson Hill
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Andrew Potyk
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Petter Reistad
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Max Scrimgeour
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Mads Stroem
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2017 colorado buffaloes Ian Boucher
6-0 ❆ 155 ❆ Junior ❆ Men’s Nordic ❆ Crested Butte, Colo. (Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy/Ski & Snowboard Club Vail) ❆ 2 Letters; 2015 as a freshman, 2016 as a sophomore
Career at Colorado—Third-year member on the men’s Nordic team that features four upperclassmen. He has competed in 19 out of 24 races in his first two seasons in the program.
2016 (Sophomore)—He competed in and finished nine races including the RMISA Championships in both disciplines, with his top finish at regionals in classical. He was a part of the 2016 RMISA Championship Nordic team, finishing 23 at regionals in classical. His highest finish of the season was a 14th-place showing in freestyle at the New Mexico Invitational, helping CU to a SEASON BY SEASON RESULTS first-place Nordic finish. His top classical finish was 17th at the Montana State Individual, 2015 CL FS helping the men’s team to a first-place finish there as well. The men’s Nordic team won three Utah Invitational 18 25 of its six meets during the season. Colorado Invitational 26 28 2015 (Freshman)—For his first year with the Buffs, he competed in and finished 10 races New Mexico Invitational 28 24 with one top 20 finish when he placed 20th in classical at the Utah Invitational. He was a Alaska Anchorage Invitational 27 31 finalist for the CU Male Freshman Athlete of Year. RMISA Championships 30 32 NCAA Championships Club—He skied for Ski and Snowboard Club Vail from 2012-14, the Rocky Mountain Junior National Team from 2009-14 and the Crested Butte Winter Sports Club from 2005-11. He 2016 CL FS participated in Super Tour races at West Yellowstone and had nine wins. He placed 13th in Utah Invitational 25 27 the freestyle race in a Super Tour race in 2013 and he was the top Rocky Mountain Junior Montana State Invitational 17 32 Division Qualifier four out of five years from 2010-14. Colorado Invitational - 31 New Mexico Invitational 24 14 High School—He graduated from Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy in May 2014 and also RMISA Championships 23 32 attended the Crested Butte Community School. He participated on the varsity Nordic skiing, track & field and mountain biking teams throughout high school. He was part of the mountain NCAA Championships biking Colorado state championship team in 2012. He was on the All-State team and placed second at the Colorado State Championships in 2012. He placed 13th in the freestyle race at the State Championships. In 2012 at Crested Butte Community School, his cross country running team won the State Championship and in 2013 his Ski and Snowboard Club Vail was named the USSA Team of the Year. He was a member of the All-State Cross Country team in 2010-11 as a freshman and sophomore and his freshman year he was an All-American in the 5K freestyle. In 2012, he set the Crested Butte Community School record for the 5K in a time of 16:03. In the Classroom—He is majoring in finance at Colorado and is also interested in international relations.
Personal—Ian Jerome Boucher was born Dec. 23, 1995, in Placerville, Calif., to Channing and Rose Boucher. He enjoys being outdoors, biking, hiking and playing volleyball and soccer. His goal after college is to travel the world. He is related to John Boucher, who is a member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. John Boucher attended St. John’s College, having never played football or lacrosse and ended up lettering three times in football and played every minute of every game of his lacrosse career and was a first-team AllAmerican in 1929 when the school won its first National Championship. He chose Colorado because it has “great skiing, is a great place and has great people.”
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Top Career Classical Finish: 17th (2016 Montana State Invitational) Top Career Freestyle Finish: 14th (2016 New Mexico Invitational)
2017 colorado buffaloes Jackson Hill
5-7 ❆ 140 ❆ Senior ❆ Men’s Nordic ❆ Breckenridge, Colo. (Summit/Summit) 3 Letter; 2014 as a freshman; 2015 as a sophomore; 2016 as a junior
Career at Colorado—He enters his senior season loaded with experience, having competed in 29 Nordic
races with seven top 10 finishes. He participated in his first NCAA Championships in 2015, helping CU win the National Championship with his 14th place finish in freestyle.
SEASON BY SEASON RESULTS 2014 Utah Invitational Montana State Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships
2015 Utah Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational Alaska Anchorage Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships 2016 Utah Invitational Montana State Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships
CL 17 14 21 28 23 -
CL 13 12 17 22 18 36
CL 13 11 10 30 -
FS 12 25 15 -
FS 11 14 6 7 14 14
FS 10 10 32 t8 10 -
2016 (Junior)—He raced in nine of the 10 races leading up to the NCAA Championships and
finished all nine with seven top 20 performances and five top 10, four of which came in
freestyle races. He was at his best at the New Mexico Invitational when he took eighth in the freestyle race and 10th in the classic race. 2015 (Sophomore)—He competed in all 12 races, including his first appearance at the NCAA
Championship. He had two top 10 races on the year, sixth at the New Mexico Invitational and seventh at the Alaska Invitational, both in the freestyle events. He finished for fourteenth at the freestyle event in the NCAA Championships, helping Colorado win its 20th National Championship. 2014 (Freshman)—He competed in eight of 10 potential regular season races for the
Buffaloes, earning four top 20 and three top 15 finishes. His best race was his first collegiate freestyle race, taking 12th in the discipline at Montana State after missing the same race at Utah due to his participation at U.S. Nationals. His best classical finish was also in Bozeman, a 14th place finish. He did not compete in the freestyle race at the RMISA Championships. Club—Hill competed in a handful of FIS sanctioned races prior to coming to CU. He finished third in the 10K freestyle race at the U.S. Junior National Championships in January 2014. He received a total of seven All-American honors at the Junior National Championships, including two in 2014. He was an alternate for the U.S. on its World Junior Cross Country Team.
High School—Hill graduated from Summit High School in
Frisco, Colo., in June 2013 where he competed in Nordic skiing,
soccer and lacrosse. He was a member of the Colorado State Champions ski team in 2010, 2012 and 2013 and won the individual State Championship in the 5K freestyle race in 2013. In the Classroom—Hill is majoring in integrated physiology at
Colorado.
Personal—Jackson Ellis Hill was born Sept. 10, 1994.
Top Career Classical Finish: 11th (2016 Montana State Invitational) Top Career Freestyle Finish: t8th (2016 New Mexico Invitational)
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2017 colorado buffaloes Andrew Potyk
6-0 ❆ 160 ❆ Freshman ❆ Men’s Nordic ❆ Spokane, Wash. (Joel E. Ferris/Spokane Nordic Ski Association) Club—Potyk has been a member of the Pacific Northwest Junior National Team since 2015 and he earned
All-America honors in the 15K freestyle race at the 2016 Junior Nationals. In 2016 at those Junior Nationals
held at Telemark, Wisc., he had three top 20 finishes; placing 10th in the 15K freestyle race, 14th in the 3K skate relay and 17th in the 10K classic race. High School—Potyk graduated from Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane, Wash. in June of 2016 as the
Valedictorian of his class. There he played soccer (midfielder and goalkeeper) under coach Erik Powell and also ran cross country under coach Mike Hadway. His top 5K run was 16:31. He helped lead his cross country team in 2015 to a fourth place WIAA state meet finish. Individually, he was named the 2016 Spokane Sports Commission Non-High School Athlete of the Year. In the Classroom—Potyk intends on studying chemical and biological
engineering at CU in addition to Spanish. Personal—Andrew Potyk was born
on Aug. 29, 1997 in Spokane, Wash. He is the son of Carol Guthrie and Darry Potyk, who are both physicians. He has a twin borther, Joel, who is a freshman at Oregon State and member of its polo team, and a younger sister, Lauren, who is a junior in high school. His hobbies include fly fishing, rafting, water skiing, rock climbing, mountain biking and alpine touring (backcountry skiing). After college he would like to either become a physician like his parents or work in development in biological/chemical engineering.
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2017 colorado buffaloes Petter Reistad
6-5 ❆ 185 ❆ Sophomore ❆ Men’s Nordic ❆ Baerum, Norway (Nadderud/Baerums Verk) 1 Letters; 2016 as a freshman
Career at Colorado—He garnered second-team All-American honors as a freshman in both Nordic disciplines after finishing sixth (freestyle) and ninth (classical) at his first NCAA Championships. 2016 (Freshman)—He began his CU career with a bang, competing in 11 of the 12 races on the season and finishing in the top nine all 11 times. He had six top five finishes with three podium appearances. All three podiums were runner-up finishes in classic races at the Montana State SEASON BY SEASON RESULTS Invitational, the New 2016 CL FS Mexico Invitational and the Utah Invitational 4 7 RMISA Championships. He Montana State Invitational 2 4 earned two second-team Colorado Invitational 7 All-America performances New Mexico Invitational 2 4 at the NCAA Championships RMISA Championships 2 6 held in Steamboat Springs, NCAA Championships 9 6 taking sixth in the freestyle and ninth in the classic race. He attempted to doublepole the entire 20K classic race and was leading past the halfway point on the final day of NCAA Championships and still held on for a top 10 finish. He was named first-team All-RMISA and was the RMISA Skier of the Week for the Montana State Invitational. He was a finalist for the CU CUSPY for the Male Freshman of the Year award. He was named to the National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team for maintaining above a 3.5 cumulative grade point average and participating at the RMISA Championships/ NCAA Eat Regional. Club—Reistad has skied for Baerums Verk Sports Club since the beginning of his career. He participated in FIS Junior World Championships in 2014 at Val di Fiemme, Italy and there he won one gold and one bronze medal. He won seven medals in the Norwegian Championships through his career. In 2014, he placed third, overall in the Norwegian Cup. High School—Reistad graduated from Nadderud Upper Secondary School in Oslo, Norway in June 2013. In the Classroom—Reistad is majoring in finance at Colorado.
Personal—Petter Reistad was born May 29, 1994, in Trondheim, Norway. Top Career Classical Finish: Second (Three Times, 2016 UNM, MSU and RMISA Championships) Top Career Freestyle Finish: Fourth (Twice, 2016 MSU and UNM)
Honors
2016 Second-Team All-American (CL) 2016 Second-Team All-American (FS) 2016 First-Team All-RMISA 2016 National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team 2016 RMISA Skier of the Week
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2017 colorado buffaloes Max Scrimgeour
5-8 ❆ 140 ❆ Senior ❆ Men’s Nordic ❆ Steamboat Springs, Colo. (Steamboat Springs/Vail) 3 Letters; 2014 as a freshman, 2015 as a sophomore; 2016 as a junior
Career at Colorado—Scrimgeour enters his senior season having competed in and finished every single race over the last two years leading up to the NCAA Championships, a total of 20 races. 2016 (Junior)—He finished his junior season participating in all 10 races leading up to the NCAA Championships. He finished all 10 races with a pair of top 20s. His 18th place finish in the classical race was a career-best and he did it twice, first at the Utah Invitational at Soldier SEASON BY SEASON RESULTS Hollow and again the CU Spencer Nelson Memorial Invitational. His top freestyle finish of 2014 CL FS the season was 22nd in the season-opening meet at Utah. Utah Invitational Montana State Invitational DF 24 2015 (Sophomore)—He competed in 10 races, finishing all 10 with four top 20 appearances. Colorado Invitational 26 28 He placed 18th in the freestyle event at the New Mexico Invitational, the top finish of his New Mexico Invitational career in that discipline. RMISA Championships 26 NCAA Championships -
2015 Utah Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational Alaska Anchorage Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships 2016 Utah Invitational Montana State Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships
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CL 20 20 20 24 24 -
CL 18 24 18 23 25 -
FS 29 22 18 29 28 -
FS 22 26 30 23 28 -
2017 colorado buffaloes 2014 (Freshman)—As a freshman on an already deep Nordic team, Scrimgeour was plagued with illness throughout his first season at CU. He finished four of five races that he participated in with the CU Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational the only meet in which he finished both races, taking 26th in the 10K classic race and 28th in the 20K freestyle race. He took 24th in the 10K freestyle race at the Montana State Invitational and 26th in the 10K classic race at the RMISA Championships. Club—Scrimgeour competed with the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club through high school and then competed with Ski Club Vail from 2012-13. He enjoyed 10 top 10 finishes at Junior Nationals and finished first in the 2011 Junior National relay. He also competed with the Scandinavian cup team. High School—Scrimgeour graduated from Steamboat Springs High School in June 2012. In the Classroom—Scrimgeour is majoring in mechanical engineering at Colorado and is also interested in architecture. Personal—Maxfield Scrimgeour was born Aug. 18, 1994 in Boulder, Colo., to Tom Scrimgeour and Sandi Gibson. He is interested in mountain biking, aspires to keep skiing and get a great job after college. He has worked as a bike mechanic at Ski Haus in Steamboat Springs. He chose Colorado because it’s close to home and “the best place for school and skiing.”
Top Career Classical Finish: 18th (Twice, 2016 Utah and Colorado Invitational ) Top Career Freestyle Finish: 18th (2015 New Mexico Invitational)
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2017 colorado buffaloes Mads Stroem
6-1 ❆ 175 ❆ Senior ❆ Men’s Nordic ❆ Oslo, Norway (Baerums Verk) 3 Letters; 2014 as a freshman; 2015 as a sophomore; 2016 as a junior
Career at Colorado—A three-time NCAA Individual Champion, one of only six Buffs in program history to win
three or more individual national championships, the 2016 Men’s Nordic National Skier of the Year has 14 career wins and 26 podium finishes (top 3) in 32 career races. A highly decorated Nordic skier, his 14 wins
SEASON BY SEASON RESULTS 2014 Utah Invitational Montana State Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships
2015 Utah Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational Alaska Anchorage Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships
2016 Utah Invitational Montana State Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships
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CL 3 4 3 4
CL 2 2 2 1 1 2
CL 1 25 2 1 1 1
FS 1 2 3 1
FS 1 2 13 2 1 4 FS 2 1 8 1 1 1
ranks fourth all-time at CU and second among men’s Nordic skiers (just five behind former teammate Rune Oedegaard’s 19). 2016 (Junior)—Simply put, he had the best season in CU men’s Nordic history and one of the
best seasons in men’s Nordic action in NCAA history. He finished all 12 races with 11 finishes
in the top 10, 10 podiums and eight race victories. He set CU records for most wins in a season by a men’s Nordic skier and also set a new mark for a men’s Nordic skier by winning six straight races to close out the season. He won two Individual NCAA Championships, taking both the classic and freestyle races at the NCAA Championships. He was named the Men’s Nordic National Skier of the Year by both FasterSkier and the USCSCA Collegiate Ski Coaches Association. He was a two-time individual RMISA champion after winning both the classic race and the freestyle race at the regional championships. A two-time first-team All-American, he was the RMISA Men’s Nordic Skier of the Year and the RMISA Men’s Nordic MVP. He was first-team All-RMISA and was given the CUSPY for being the CU Male Athlete of the Year across all sports. He earned CU Athlete of the Week award four times, for the CU Spencer James
2017 colorado buffaloes Nelson Memorial Invitational, the UNM Invitational and the RMISA Championships and the NCAA Championships. 2015 (Sophomore)—He had one of his best
seasons in CU history, winning four races and finishing as runner-up six more times, including five times to teammate Rune Oedegaard as the duo finished 1-2 in nine of 10 races leading up to the NCAA Championships. Stroem finished fourth in the 10K freestyle race and then was second in the 20K classic race at the NCAA Championships. A two-time All-American, he was also first-team All-RMISA and the No. 2 seeded skier out of the RMISA for the NCAA Championships. 2014 (Freshman)—Stroem wasted no time in establishing himself as one of the top
collegiate skiers in the nation in 2014. After missing the first two meets competing in the Norwegian National Championships in Molde where he placed in the top 20 in every race, he hit the podium in his first collegiate race and won his first race in his second outing, both at CU’s Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational. He was third in the classic and won the freestyle race there. At the RMISA Championships, he finished on the podium in both races, taking third place in the classic and freestyle races there. After being disappointed with a fourth place finish in the classic race at NCAA Championships, for which he was still named first-team AllAmerican, he rebounded to win the freestyle national championship, easily pulling away for the race victory in the final race of the season. He earned two first-team All-America honors and was first-team All-RMISA as a rookie. He earned the CUSPY award for CU’s Freshman Male Athlete of the Year and was CU’s Athlete of the Week for the NCAA Championships and the RMISA Skier of the Week for the RMISA Championships. He won CU’s Buddy Werner Memorial Award, as well. While not finishing high on the men’s Nordic MVP list as a freshman due to missing two
Top Career Classical Finish: First (Six Times, last 2016 NCAA Championships)
Top Career Freestyle Finish: First (Eight Times, last 2016 NCAA Championships)
Honors
2014 NCAA Individual Champion (Freestyle) 2014 First-Team All-American (Classical)
2014 First-Team All-American (Freestyle) 2014 First-Team All-RMISA
2014 CUSPY Male Freshman Athlete of the Year 2014 Buddy Werner Memorial Award
2014 CU Athlete of the Week (March 3-9, NCAA Championships) 2014 RMISA Skier of the Week (RMISA Championships) 2015 First-Team All-RMISA
2015 First-Team All-American (Classical)
2015 First-Team All-American (Freestyle)
2015 CU Athlete-of-the-Week (Jan. 5-11, Feb. 23-Mar. 1, Mar. 9-15) 2015 RMISA Skier of the Week
2015 Dick Schoenberger Memorial Award Winner
2016 USCSCA National Men’s Nordic Skier of the Year
2016 FasterSkier National Men’s Nordic Skier of the Year 2016 Individual National Championship (Classical)
2016 Individual National Championship (Freestyle) 2016 First Team All-American (Classical)
2016 First-Team All-American (Freestyle) 2016 RMISA Men’s Nordic MVP 2016 First-Team All-RMISA
2016 CU Athlete-of-the-Week (Jan. 11-17, Feb. 15-21, Feb. 22-28. Feb. 29-Mar. 6)
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2017 colorado buffaloes meets, he finished third on the men’s Nordic NCAA Qualification list and No. 2 on the NCAA seeding list for freestyle races behind teammate Rune Oedegaard. Club—Stroem competed with Baerums Verk in Norway
where he finished first at the Junior Nationals relays
twice with the team. He also finished third in the 20K freestyle at Junior Nationals and third in the U23 Norwegian National Championships 15K freestyle. He placed 17th in the Norwegian National Championships in the 15K Classic race and 21st in the Skiathlon (15K both freestyle and classic) in January 2014. He also finished first in the 15K freestyle race in West Yellowstone in a U.S. Super Tour race in November 2013 with many of the top collegiate racers present. In the Classroom—Stroem is majoring in business at Colorado.
Personal— Mads Ek Stroem was born April 18, 1991 in
Oslo, Norway to Christian and Nina Stroem. He is interested in soccer, especially Manchester United, and aspires to compete in the World Championships and Olympics after college.
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Jackson Hill
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Andrew Potyk
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Petter Reistad
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Max Scrimgeour
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Mads Stroem
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2017 colorado buffaloes Ian Boucher
6-0 ❆ 155 ❆ Junior ❆ Men’s Nordic ❆ Crested Butte, Colo. (Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy/Ski & Snowboard Club Vail) ❆ 2 Letters; 2015 as a freshman, 2016 as a sophomore
Career at Colorado—Third-year member on the men’s Nordic team that features four upperclassmen. He has competed in 19 out of 24 races in his first two seasons in the program.
2016 (Sophomore)—He competed in and finished nine races including the RMISA Championships in both disciplines, with his top finish at regionals in classical. He was a part of the 2016 RMISA Championship Nordic team, finishing 23 at regionals in classical. His highest finish of the season was a 14th-place showing in freestyle at the New Mexico Invitational, helping CU to a SEASON BY SEASON RESULTS first-place Nordic finish. His top classical finish was 17th at the Montana State Individual, 2015 CL FS helping the men’s team to a first-place finish there as well. The men’s Nordic team won three Utah Invitational 18 25 of its six meets during the season. Colorado Invitational 26 28 2015 (Freshman)—For his first year with the Buffs, he competed in and finished 10 races New Mexico Invitational 28 24 with one top 20 finish when he placed 20th in classical at the Utah Invitational. He was a Alaska Anchorage Invitational 27 31 finalist for the CU Male Freshman Athlete of Year. RMISA Championships 30 32 NCAA Championships Club—He skied for Ski and Snowboard Club Vail from 2012-14, the Rocky Mountain Junior National Team from 2009-14 and the Crested Butte Winter Sports Club from 2005-11. He 2016 CL FS participated in Super Tour races at West Yellowstone and had nine wins. He placed 13th in Utah Invitational 25 27 the freestyle race in a Super Tour race in 2013 and he was the top Rocky Mountain Junior Montana State Invitational 17 32 Division Qualifier four out of five years from 2010-14. Colorado Invitational - 31 New Mexico Invitational 24 14 High School—He graduated from Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy in May 2014 and also RMISA Championships 23 32 attended the Crested Butte Community School. He participated on the varsity Nordic skiing, track & field and mountain biking teams throughout high school. He was part of the mountain NCAA Championships biking Colorado state championship team in 2012. He was on the All-State team and placed second at the Colorado State Championships in 2012. He placed 13th in the freestyle race at the State Championships. In 2012 at Crested Butte Community School, his cross country running team won the State Championship and in 2013 his Ski and Snowboard Club Vail was named the USSA Team of the Year. He was a member of the All-State Cross Country team in 2010-11 as a freshman and sophomore and his freshman year he was an All-American in the 5K freestyle. In 2012, he set the Crested Butte Community School record for the 5K in a time of 16:03. In the Classroom—He is majoring in finance at Colorado and is also interested in international relations.
Personal—Ian Jerome Boucher was born Dec. 23, 1995, in Placerville, Calif., to Channing and Rose Boucher. He enjoys being outdoors, biking, hiking and playing volleyball and soccer. His goal after college is to travel the world. He is related to John Boucher, who is a member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. John Boucher attended St. John’s College, having never played football or lacrosse and ended up lettering three times in football and played every minute of every game of his lacrosse career and was a first-team AllAmerican in 1929 when the school won its first National Championship. He chose Colorado because it has “great skiing, is a great place and has great people.”
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Top Career Classical Finish: 17th (2016 Montana State Invitational) Top Career Freestyle Finish: 14th (2016 New Mexico Invitational)
2017 colorado buffaloes Jackson Hill
5-7 ❆ 140 ❆ Senior ❆ Men’s Nordic ❆ Breckenridge, Colo. (Summit/Summit) 3 Letter; 2014 as a freshman; 2015 as a sophomore; 2016 as a junior
Career at Colorado—He enters his senior season loaded with experience, having competed in 29 Nordic
races with seven top 10 finishes. He participated in his first NCAA Championships in 2015, helping CU win the National Championship with his 14th place finish in freestyle.
SEASON BY SEASON RESULTS 2014 Utah Invitational Montana State Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships
2015 Utah Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational Alaska Anchorage Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships 2016 Utah Invitational Montana State Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships
CL 17 14 21 28 23 -
CL 13 12 17 22 18 36
CL 13 11 10 30 -
FS 12 25 15 -
FS 11 14 6 7 14 14
FS 10 10 32 t8 10 -
2016 (Junior)—He raced in nine of the 10 races leading up to the NCAA Championships and
finished all nine with seven top 20 performances and five top 10, four of which came in
freestyle races. He was at his best at the New Mexico Invitational when he took eighth in the freestyle race and 10th in the classic race. 2015 (Sophomore)—He competed in all 12 races, including his first appearance at the NCAA
Championship. He had two top 10 races on the year, sixth at the New Mexico Invitational and seventh at the Alaska Invitational, both in the freestyle events. He finished for fourteenth at the freestyle event in the NCAA Championships, helping Colorado win its 20th National Championship. 2014 (Freshman)—He competed in eight of 10 potential regular season races for the
Buffaloes, earning four top 20 and three top 15 finishes. His best race was his first collegiate freestyle race, taking 12th in the discipline at Montana State after missing the same race at Utah due to his participation at U.S. Nationals. His best classical finish was also in Bozeman, a 14th place finish. He did not compete in the freestyle race at the RMISA Championships. Club—Hill competed in a handful of FIS sanctioned races prior to coming to CU. He finished third in the 10K freestyle race at the U.S. Junior National Championships in January 2014. He received a total of seven All-American honors at the Junior National Championships, including two in 2014. He was an alternate for the U.S. on its World Junior Cross Country Team.
High School—Hill graduated from Summit High School in
Frisco, Colo., in June 2013 where he competed in Nordic skiing,
soccer and lacrosse. He was a member of the Colorado State Champions ski team in 2010, 2012 and 2013 and won the individual State Championship in the 5K freestyle race in 2013. In the Classroom—Hill is majoring in integrated physiology at
Colorado.
Personal—Jackson Ellis Hill was born Sept. 10, 1994.
Top Career Classical Finish: 11th (2016 Montana State Invitational) Top Career Freestyle Finish: t8th (2016 New Mexico Invitational)
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2017 colorado buffaloes Andrew Potyk
6-0 ❆ 160 ❆ Freshman ❆ Men’s Nordic ❆ Spokane, Wash. (Joel E. Ferris/Spokane Nordic Ski Association) Club—Potyk has been a member of the Pacific Northwest Junior National Team since 2015 and he earned
All-America honors in the 15K freestyle race at the 2016 Junior Nationals. In 2016 at those Junior Nationals
held at Telemark, Wisc., he had three top 20 finishes; placing 10th in the 15K freestyle race, 14th in the 3K skate relay and 17th in the 10K classic race. High School—Potyk graduated from Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane, Wash. in June of 2016 as the
Valedictorian of his class. There he played soccer (midfielder and goalkeeper) under coach Erik Powell and also ran cross country under coach Mike Hadway. His top 5K run was 16:31. He helped lead his cross country team in 2015 to a fourth place WIAA state meet finish. Individually, he was named the 2016 Spokane Sports Commission Non-High School Athlete of the Year. In the Classroom—Potyk intends on studying chemical and biological
engineering at CU in addition to Spanish. Personal—Andrew Potyk was born
on Aug. 29, 1997 in Spokane, Wash. He is the son of Carol Guthrie and Darry Potyk, who are both physicians. He has a twin borther, Joel, who is a freshman at Oregon State and member of its polo team, and a younger sister, Lauren, who is a junior in high school. His hobbies include fly fishing, rafting, water skiing, rock climbing, mountain biking and alpine touring (backcountry skiing). After college he would like to either become a physician like his parents or work in development in biological/chemical engineering.
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2017 colorado buffaloes Petter Reistad
6-5 ❆ 185 ❆ Sophomore ❆ Men’s Nordic ❆ Baerum, Norway (Nadderud/Baerums Verk) 1 Letters; 2016 as a freshman
Career at Colorado—He garnered second-team All-American honors as a freshman in both Nordic disciplines after finishing sixth (freestyle) and ninth (classical) at his first NCAA Championships. 2016 (Freshman)—He began his CU career with a bang, competing in 11 of the 12 races on the season and finishing in the top nine all 11 times. He had six top five finishes with three podium appearances. All three podiums were runner-up finishes in classic races at the Montana State SEASON BY SEASON RESULTS Invitational, the New 2016 CL FS Mexico Invitational and the Utah Invitational 4 7 RMISA Championships. He Montana State Invitational 2 4 earned two second-team Colorado Invitational 7 All-America performances New Mexico Invitational 2 4 at the NCAA Championships RMISA Championships 2 6 held in Steamboat Springs, NCAA Championships 9 6 taking sixth in the freestyle and ninth in the classic race. He attempted to doublepole the entire 20K classic race and was leading past the halfway point on the final day of NCAA Championships and still held on for a top 10 finish. He was named first-team All-RMISA and was the RMISA Skier of the Week for the Montana State Invitational. He was a finalist for the CU CUSPY for the Male Freshman of the Year award. He was named to the National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team for maintaining above a 3.5 cumulative grade point average and participating at the RMISA Championships/ NCAA Eat Regional. Club—Reistad has skied for Baerums Verk Sports Club since the beginning of his career. He participated in FIS Junior World Championships in 2014 at Val di Fiemme, Italy and there he won one gold and one bronze medal. He won seven medals in the Norwegian Championships through his career. In 2014, he placed third, overall in the Norwegian Cup. High School—Reistad graduated from Nadderud Upper Secondary School in Oslo, Norway in June 2013. In the Classroom—Reistad is majoring in finance at Colorado.
Personal—Petter Reistad was born May 29, 1994, in Trondheim, Norway. Top Career Classical Finish: Second (Three Times, 2016 UNM, MSU and RMISA Championships) Top Career Freestyle Finish: Fourth (Twice, 2016 MSU and UNM)
Honors
2016 Second-Team All-American (CL) 2016 Second-Team All-American (FS) 2016 First-Team All-RMISA 2016 National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team 2016 RMISA Skier of the Week
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2017 colorado buffaloes Max Scrimgeour
5-8 ❆ 140 ❆ Senior ❆ Men’s Nordic ❆ Steamboat Springs, Colo. (Steamboat Springs/Vail) 3 Letters; 2014 as a freshman, 2015 as a sophomore; 2016 as a junior
Career at Colorado—Scrimgeour enters his senior season having competed in and finished every single race over the last two years leading up to the NCAA Championships, a total of 20 races. 2016 (Junior)—He finished his junior season participating in all 10 races leading up to the NCAA Championships. He finished all 10 races with a pair of top 20s. His 18th place finish in the classical race was a career-best and he did it twice, first at the Utah Invitational at Soldier SEASON BY SEASON RESULTS Hollow and again the CU Spencer Nelson Memorial Invitational. His top freestyle finish of 2014 CL FS the season was 22nd in the season-opening meet at Utah. Utah Invitational Montana State Invitational DF 24 2015 (Sophomore)—He competed in 10 races, finishing all 10 with four top 20 appearances. Colorado Invitational 26 28 He placed 18th in the freestyle event at the New Mexico Invitational, the top finish of his New Mexico Invitational career in that discipline. RMISA Championships 26 NCAA Championships -
2015 Utah Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational Alaska Anchorage Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships 2016 Utah Invitational Montana State Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships
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2017 colorado buffaloes 2014 (Freshman)—As a freshman on an already deep Nordic team, Scrimgeour was plagued with illness throughout his first season at CU. He finished four of five races that he participated in with the CU Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational the only meet in which he finished both races, taking 26th in the 10K classic race and 28th in the 20K freestyle race. He took 24th in the 10K freestyle race at the Montana State Invitational and 26th in the 10K classic race at the RMISA Championships. Club—Scrimgeour competed with the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club through high school and then competed with Ski Club Vail from 2012-13. He enjoyed 10 top 10 finishes at Junior Nationals and finished first in the 2011 Junior National relay. He also competed with the Scandinavian cup team. High School—Scrimgeour graduated from Steamboat Springs High School in June 2012. In the Classroom—Scrimgeour is majoring in mechanical engineering at Colorado and is also interested in architecture. Personal—Maxfield Scrimgeour was born Aug. 18, 1994 in Boulder, Colo., to Tom Scrimgeour and Sandi Gibson. He is interested in mountain biking, aspires to keep skiing and get a great job after college. He has worked as a bike mechanic at Ski Haus in Steamboat Springs. He chose Colorado because it’s close to home and “the best place for school and skiing.”
Top Career Classical Finish: 18th (Twice, 2016 Utah and Colorado Invitational ) Top Career Freestyle Finish: 18th (2015 New Mexico Invitational)
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2017 colorado buffaloes Mads Stroem
6-1 ❆ 175 ❆ Senior ❆ Men’s Nordic ❆ Oslo, Norway (Baerums Verk) 3 Letters; 2014 as a freshman; 2015 as a sophomore; 2016 as a junior
Career at Colorado—A three-time NCAA Individual Champion, one of only six Buffs in program history to win
three or more individual national championships, the 2016 Men’s Nordic National Skier of the Year has 14 career wins and 26 podium finishes (top 3) in 32 career races. A highly decorated Nordic skier, his 14 wins
SEASON BY SEASON RESULTS 2014 Utah Invitational Montana State Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships
2015 Utah Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational Alaska Anchorage Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships
2016 Utah Invitational Montana State Invitational Colorado Invitational New Mexico Invitational RMISA Championships NCAA Championships
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ranks fourth all-time at CU and second among men’s Nordic skiers (just five behind former teammate Rune Oedegaard’s 19). 2016 (Junior)—Simply put, he had the best season in CU men’s Nordic history and one of the
best seasons in men’s Nordic action in NCAA history. He finished all 12 races with 11 finishes
in the top 10, 10 podiums and eight race victories. He set CU records for most wins in a season by a men’s Nordic skier and also set a new mark for a men’s Nordic skier by winning six straight races to close out the season. He won two Individual NCAA Championships, taking both the classic and freestyle races at the NCAA Championships. He was named the Men’s Nordic National Skier of the Year by both FasterSkier and the USCSCA Collegiate Ski Coaches Association. He was a two-time individual RMISA champion after winning both the classic race and the freestyle race at the regional championships. A two-time first-team All-American, he was the RMISA Men’s Nordic Skier of the Year and the RMISA Men’s Nordic MVP. He was first-team All-RMISA and was given the CUSPY for being the CU Male Athlete of the Year across all sports. He earned CU Athlete of the Week award four times, for the CU Spencer James
2017 colorado buffaloes Nelson Memorial Invitational, the UNM Invitational and the RMISA Championships and the NCAA Championships. 2015 (Sophomore)—He had one of his best
seasons in CU history, winning four races and finishing as runner-up six more times, including five times to teammate Rune Oedegaard as the duo finished 1-2 in nine of 10 races leading up to the NCAA Championships. Stroem finished fourth in the 10K freestyle race and then was second in the 20K classic race at the NCAA Championships. A two-time All-American, he was also first-team All-RMISA and the No. 2 seeded skier out of the RMISA for the NCAA Championships. 2014 (Freshman)—Stroem wasted no time in establishing himself as one of the top
collegiate skiers in the nation in 2014. After missing the first two meets competing in the Norwegian National Championships in Molde where he placed in the top 20 in every race, he hit the podium in his first collegiate race and won his first race in his second outing, both at CU’s Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational. He was third in the classic and won the freestyle race there. At the RMISA Championships, he finished on the podium in both races, taking third place in the classic and freestyle races there. After being disappointed with a fourth place finish in the classic race at NCAA Championships, for which he was still named first-team AllAmerican, he rebounded to win the freestyle national championship, easily pulling away for the race victory in the final race of the season. He earned two first-team All-America honors and was first-team All-RMISA as a rookie. He earned the CUSPY award for CU’s Freshman Male Athlete of the Year and was CU’s Athlete of the Week for the NCAA Championships and the RMISA Skier of the Week for the RMISA Championships. He won CU’s Buddy Werner Memorial Award, as well. While not finishing high on the men’s Nordic MVP list as a freshman due to missing two
Top Career Classical Finish: First (Six Times, last 2016 NCAA Championships)
Top Career Freestyle Finish: First (Eight Times, last 2016 NCAA Championships)
Honors
2014 NCAA Individual Champion (Freestyle) 2014 First-Team All-American (Classical)
2014 First-Team All-American (Freestyle) 2014 First-Team All-RMISA
2014 CUSPY Male Freshman Athlete of the Year 2014 Buddy Werner Memorial Award
2014 CU Athlete of the Week (March 3-9, NCAA Championships) 2014 RMISA Skier of the Week (RMISA Championships) 2015 First-Team All-RMISA
2015 First-Team All-American (Classical)
2015 First-Team All-American (Freestyle)
2015 CU Athlete-of-the-Week (Jan. 5-11, Feb. 23-Mar. 1, Mar. 9-15) 2015 RMISA Skier of the Week
2015 Dick Schoenberger Memorial Award Winner
2016 USCSCA National Men’s Nordic Skier of the Year
2016 FasterSkier National Men’s Nordic Skier of the Year 2016 Individual National Championship (Classical)
2016 Individual National Championship (Freestyle) 2016 First Team All-American (Classical)
2016 First-Team All-American (Freestyle) 2016 RMISA Men’s Nordic MVP 2016 First-Team All-RMISA
2016 CU Athlete-of-the-Week (Jan. 11-17, Feb. 15-21, Feb. 22-28. Feb. 29-Mar. 6)
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2017 colorado buffaloes meets, he finished third on the men’s Nordic NCAA Qualification list and No. 2 on the NCAA seeding list for freestyle races behind teammate Rune Oedegaard. Club—Stroem competed with Baerums Verk in Norway
where he finished first at the Junior Nationals relays
twice with the team. He also finished third in the 20K freestyle at Junior Nationals and third in the U23 Norwegian National Championships 15K freestyle. He placed 17th in the Norwegian National Championships in the 15K Classic race and 21st in the Skiathlon (15K both freestyle and classic) in January 2014. He also finished first in the 15K freestyle race in West Yellowstone in a U.S. Super Tour race in November 2013 with many of the top collegiate racers present. In the Classroom—Stroem is majoring in business at Colorado.
Personal— Mads Ek Stroem was born April 18, 1991 in
Oslo, Norway to Christian and Nina Stroem. He is interested in soccer, especially Manchester United, and aspires to compete in the World Championships and Olympics after college.
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