Wildcat’s Clarke finishes fourth
ISHPEMING, Mich. – The NMU men’s nordic ski opened its weekend at the 2025 NCAA Central Regional Championships with a pair of medals in the 7.5k.
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.
The ‘Cats now look ahead to the 20k mass start tomorrow from Al Quaal in Ishpeming. The men’s race starts at 11:30 a.m. following the women at 9:30 a.m.
