TAOS, N.M. -- The Colorado ski team is leading the New Mexico Invitational after a strong overall Nordic performance and two individual wins Friday.

Colorado scored more than 80 points in three of the four disciplines Friday and totaled 304.5 points. The Buffs are 12.5 points ahead of Denver and New Mexico is in third with 248 points.

CU senior Maria Grevsgaard won her seventh consecutive race this winter, claiming the 5K classical by more than 38 seconds. She finished in 17 minutes, 33.1 seconds, easily beating New Mexico's second-place Polina Ermoshina, who finished in 18:11.6.

Already CU's all-time individual race victory leader, Grevsgaard's win total grew to 15 with Friday's win. She has the second-longest individual winning streak by a CU skier. The school record is eight, held by Nordic skier Line Selnes, who accomplished the feat in 1998.

The Buffs had five finishers in the top nine and all six in the top 12 to win the 5K event as a team.

The women's alpine team mirrored their cross country counterparts, winning the giant slalom with 85.5 points.

Freshman Katie Hartman won her first collegiate race with a two-run time of 1:49.64, using the second-fastest second run (55.00) to edge senior Lucie Zikova.

"It's great to be able to have a new athlete be a top performer. Lucie is done after this year and we'll need someone to replace her, and to have Katie already achieve this is great," head coach Richard Rokos said.

The meet concludes today with the freestyle cross country races and the slalom races.

WSC invite

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Last weekend's Western State Invitational was concluded here Thursday with a make-up in the men's giant slalom race.

Colorado led the WSC meet by four points through seven events, but finished third.

New Mexico Invitational

Team scores -- 1. Colorado 304.5; 2. Denver 291; 3. New Mexico 248; 4. Alaska-Anchorage 226.5; 5. Nevada 224; 6. Utah 201; 7. Montana State 158; 8. Whitman 83; 9. Western State 80; 10. Wyoming 22.

Women's 5K Classical -- 1. Maria Grevsgaard, CU, 17:33.1; 2. Polina Ermoshina, UNM, 18:11.6; 3. Antje Maempel, DU, 18:19.6. Other CU finishers -- 4. Kristin Ronnestrand, CU, 18:28.1; 6. Jenny Hamilton, CU, 18:46.7; 8. Lenka Palanova, CU, 18:57.3; 9. Karoline Borgnes, CU, 19:05.1; 12. Mia Gaw, CU, 19:11.6.

Men's 10K Classical --1. John Stene, DU, 31:13.5; 2. Kit Richmond, CU, 31:14.4; 3. Havaard Selseng, DU, 31:20.8. Other CU finishers -- 4. Jesper Ostensen, CU, 31:28.4; 6. Karl Nygren, CU, 31:39.1; 11. Josh Smith, 32:06.5; 14. Matt Gelso, 32:28.4; 20. Joaquin Goodpaster, 33.34.9.

Women's Giant Slalom -- 1. Katie Hartman, CU, 1:49.64; 2. Lucie Zikova, CU, 1:49.69; 3. Jenny Tank, DU, 1:49.76. Other CU finishers -- 4. Lisa Perricone, CU, 1:49.98; 7. Rachel Roosevelt, CU, 1:50.28; 19. Heidi Hillenbrand, 1:51.33.

Men's Giant Slalom -- 1. Shane Collins, UN, 1:52.63; 2. John Buchar, DU, 1:52.69; 3. Jonathan Hverven, UAA, 1:53.30. Other CU finishers -- 11. Drew Roberts, 1:54.39; 16. Tony Cesolini, 1:55.29; 17. Arman Serebrakian, 1:55.32; 21. Miles Cooke, 1:55.69; 22. Patrick Duran, 1:57.41; 34. Josh Bryan, 1:59.57.

Western State Invitational

Team scores --1. Utah 585; 2. Denver 569.5; 3. Colorado 560.5; 4. New Mexico 405; 5. Montana State 394; 6. Alaska-Anchorage 389; 7. Nevada 381; 8. Whitman 188; 9. Western State 175; 10. Wyoming 38.

Men's Giant Slalom -- 1. John Buchar, DU, 1:58.11; 2. Cameron Barnes, UN, 1:58.47; 3. Francesco Ghedina, DU, 1:58.89; 4. Tor Fodnesberge, UNM, 1:59.25; 5. Thomas Schwab, UNM, 1:59.69; 6. Seppi Stiegler, DU, 1:59.76; 7. Shane Collins, UN, 1:59.78; 8. Christoffer Norell, UNM, 1:59.81; 9. Hermann Lager, Utah, 1:59.84; 10. Tague Thorson, Utah, 2:00.21. CU Finishers: 11. Stefan Hughes, 2:00.32; 12. Patrick Duran, 2:00.42; 13. Tony Cesolini, 2:00.71; 14. Drew Roberts, 2:00.78; 16. Arman Serebrakian, 2:00.90; 21. Josh Bryan, 2:01.61; 22. Miles Cooke, 2:02.15.