ELDORA—Senior Mikaela Tommy won her third straight giant slalom race for the second straight season to power the Colorado Ski Team into the lead after the first day of its own Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational here Wednesday.
Last season, Tommy also won the first three GS races in which she competed, becoming the first women's alpine skier in CU history to win three straight GS races. CU's single season record for GS wins is four and last year Tommy became the second skier to win more than one women's GS race in a season. Her six career GS wins ranks tied for first in CU history and is tied for second for overall wins by a women's alpine skier.