ANCHORAGE, AK. - The NMU men's nordic ski team claimed the top four conference finishes in this years 20k mass start at the 2025 US Cross Country Ski National Championships.
97 skiers were registered, 85 finished the race, 10 DNS, and two DNF. Full results from today can be found
here.
The four Wildcat skiers finished essentially one after another, all within eight spots of eachother.
Finishing first among conference skiers, 12th collegiately, 16th among U23 skiers, and 28th overall was
Adrik Kraftson, who crossed the line with his time of 54:05.4.
Kristoffer Karsrud followed at 14th among collegiate athletes, 13th among senior skiers, and 30th overall with a time of 54:26.0, and
Jonathan Clarke was two spots behind Karsrud to round out the top-three CCSA skiers in 32nd overall with his time of 54:28.1.
Luke Fricker rounded out the top-four CCSA skiers and finished the tight NMU grouping in 36th overall with his time of 54:51.4.
Hendrik Peterson DNF after lap two.
Skiers have the day off tomorrow, and will finish competition from Anchorage with the 1.4k freestyle sprint on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
- 10k freestyle interval start recap here
- 1.4k classic sprint recap here
