PARK CITY, Utah—Despite what CU coach Richard Rokos called a “disaster,” the University of Colorado moved up one spot Sunday and sits in fourth place through six of eight events at the 2014 Pat Miller Invitational, hosted here at the Park City Mountain Resort by the University of Utah.
The host Utes remained in control of the meet although Denver used a solid day to cut the Utes lead in half. Utah was up over 70 points entering the day and now holds a 36.5 point lead over DU, 520.5 to 484. New Mexico sits third at 414.5 while the Buffs (327) are just ahead of Alaska Anchorage (326) and Montana State sits sixth with 291 points.
The Buffs finished just two of its six skiers in the women’s giant slalom race and had just one top 10 finish on the men’s side in arguable the better discipline for both genders.
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