BOULDER--University of Colorado skiers Rune Oedegaard and Brooke Wales were awarded Athlete of the Week honors on Thursday for the week of Dec. 16-22.
Oedegaard, a junior from Molde, Norway (NTG Lillehammer/Molde Ski Club), compiled four top 10 finishes against some of the world's top competition at the 26th Winter World University Games in Trentino, Italy. Finishing 12th in the Skiathlon to open the games, Oedegaard then advanced to the semifinals of the Classic Sprint races where he took seventh in the Mixed Freestyle, eighth in the 10K Freestyle, seventh in the 4x10K relay and fifth in the 30K Classic race.
Wales, a sophomore from Sammamish, Wash. (Eastside Catholic/U.S. Ski Team) led the CU women's alpine team at the University Games, finishing 18th in the giant slalom race. She finished 20th in the slalom race, a discipline she is still improving with after not having concentrated on it much until coming to CU last year.
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