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Women's Skiing 1/31/2026 11:03:00 AM Braden Golisek - Assistant Director of Sports Information

Women's Nordic place Five in the Top-10 at MTU Invite

NMU held five of the top 10 finishes in the 5k Classic

HOUGHTON, Mich. -- The NMU women's nordic ski team had a great showing on day one of the MTU invite, making up half of the top-10 finishes in the 5k classic.

The 'Cats were led by graduate student Lauren McCollor (Plymouth, Minn.), who found the podium with a bronze medal for her time of 17:06.9. Della Bettendorf of College of St. Scholastica earned gold at 17:02.8, and Bridget Burns of Michigan Tech earned silver at 17:05.6.

Junior Henriette Nilssen (Nittedal, Norway) and senior Greta Leitheiser (Bend, Ore.) rounded out the top-five with times of 17:24.3 and 17:33.0, respectively. A full list of results from today can be found here.

Rounding out the top 10 was junior Jordan Parent (Forest Lake, Minn.) and freshman Emma Klevenberg (Gjoevik, Norway) in ninth and tenth with times of 17:50.5 and 18:05.8, respectively.

Lena Kjelstrup (14th, 18:15.5), Monet Argeropoulos (25th, 19:21.4), and Riley Grossklaus (28th, 19:53.1) rounded out the field for the Green and Gold. Meija Peterson DNS.

The 'Cats conclude its time in Houghton tomorrow with the 20k mass start. The race begins at 10:45 a.m. ET, and fans can follow along here.

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Players Mentioned

Lena Kjelstrup: Sophomore

Lauren McCollor: Graduate Student

Henriette Nilssen: 5' 3"; Junior

Jordan Parent: Junior

Riley Grossklaus: Freshman

Emma Klevenberg: Freshman

Greta Leitheiser: Senior

Meija Peterson: Freshman

Monet Argeropoulos: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Lena Kjelstrup
: Sophomore

Lauren McCollor
: Graduate Student

Henriette Nilssen
: 5' 3"; Junior

Jordan Parent
: Junior

Riley Grossklaus
: Freshman

Emma Klevenberg
: Freshman

Greta Leitheiser
: Senior

Meija Peterson
: Freshman

Monet Argeropoulos
: Freshman