Women's Nordic Skiing | Northern Michigan University Athletics
Women's Nordic Skiing | Northern Michigan University Athletics
The NMU women's nordic ski team participated in the SuperTour Finals, beginning with the 10 km Individual Start Freestyle event. Two skiers from the team finished in the top 20. Victoria Dybwad secured 19th place with a time of 27:41.1, while Henriette Nilssen followed closely in 20th place, clocking in at 28:01.2. Jordan Parent completed the race in 39th position with a time of 31:23.4, and Merle Richter did not start.
Nilssen earned one point from this race and currently leads her team in SuperTour points with a total of 35, placing her 32nd overall. Dybwad gained her first two SuperTour points for the season, while Parent remained at one point.
The course for this event was a challenging one, spanning 4810 meters with a height difference of 94 meters, a maximum climb of 46 meters, and a total climb of 182 meters throughout the race.
Dybwad's performance saw her initially record an eighth-fastest time at the first marker (3:43.6) over the initial 1.25 kilometers but gradually dropped to finish in 19th place overall, which placed her as the ninth among collegiate athletes.
Nilssen maintained consistency throughout her race; she started at the first marker in 21st position (3:57.2) and concluded by securing the same spot she held for most of the race—20th overall and tenth among collegiate competitors.
Parent began strong with a first marker time that ranked her as having the 27th fastest time but eventually finished in the same position she had held since halfway through—39th overall.
Lucinda Anderson from Team Birkie won this event with a finishing time of 25:20.0. Erica Laven from the University of Utah came second at 25:42.0, followed by Lilliane Gagnon from Centre Nationale d'entraînement Pierre-Harvey.
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