Wildcats and Huskies dominate the 20k race
ISHPEMING, Mich. – The NMU men’s nordic ski team wrapped up in similar fashion as Saturday, with Luke Fricker bringing home to gold once again.
It came down to the last stretch, as Fricker was neck and neck with Tryg Solberg and Colin Freed of Michigan Tech. Fricker held the advantage and crossed the line first, outting Solberg by 0.3 seconds and Freed by 1.9 seconds. Fricker posted lap times of 12:48.08, 13:29.2, 13:33.1, and 14:45.0 en route to his second gold medal of the weekend with a time of 54:35.3. Solberg finished second at 54:35.6, and Freed bronze with 54:37.3.
The next Wildcats were Kristoffer Karsrud in sixth and Jonathan Clarke in seventh, finishing one after the other with their times of 55:46.0 and 55:46.4, just 0.4 seconds apart.
Hendrik Peterson finished 21st with his time of 59:35.9, Mathias Haugen in 29th at 1:03:20.7, and Adrik Kraftson DNS.
You can find the full results from today here.
NMU now looks ahead to March 6 and 8, where the team travels to Hanover, New Hampshire for the NCAA Skiing Championships, featuring the same two events held this weekend.
Saturday’s 7.5k Recap
Using its home track to their advantage, Luke Fricker claimed gold and Kristoffer Karsrud earned silver, beating the rest of the field by nearly 30 seconds.
Fricker opened with a 2.5k time of 6:42.1, second to only Karsrud, before posting lap times of 6:41.0 and 7:43.4 en route to a finish time of 21:06.6. Fricker’s final two lap times were fastest among the field.
Karsrud opened with the fastest first lap time of the day at 6:35.1 before posting times of 6:50.1 and 7:43.1, second to only Fricker en route to his finish time of 21:08.4.
Chase High of the College of St. Scholastica finished third with his time of 21:35.0, nearly 30 seconds slower than Fricker and Karsrud.
Just off the podium was Jonathan Clarke, finishing fourth with his time of 21:41.2. Hendrik Peterson finished 19th with a time of 22:38.5, Mathias Haugen 27th at 23:29.4, and Adrik Kraftson DNS.
