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2024-25 Men's Skiing Roster

Kristoffer Karsrud

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Raufoss, Norway
  • Highschool Norwegian School of Top Level Sports

Biography

2024-25: (Fifth Year)

  • Finished third on the team and fourth in the CCSA with 131 points
  • The only collegiate skier to make the sprint finals at this seasons SuperTour Finals, finishing fifth place
  • His top three finishes in the CCSA all came in the classic, including a win at the College of St. Scholastica Invite
  • Member of the GLIAC At-Large Academic Excellence Team


2023-24 (Redshirt Junior)

  • Competed in every race this season
Duluth CXC Cup - 12/9/23-12/10/23
  • Freestyle Sprint Finals, 12/9 - 2nd place, time of 2:51.79
  • Classic 7.5KM, 12/10 - 4th place, time of 12:23.8
Cable CXC Cup - 12/16/23-12/17/23
  • Classic Sprint Finals, 12/16 - 1st place, time of 3:15.8
  • Skate 10k, 12/17 - 2nd place, time of 24:50.2

2022-23 (Redshirt Sophomore)

  • Member of the All-CCSA First Team
  • Member of the All-Region First Team (20K Mass Start)
  • Member of the GLIAC All Academic-Excellence Team
  • Recipient of a Wildcat Award for Male Performance of the Year for capturing gold in both the classic sprint and freestyle sprint at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships

Salomon CXC Cup - Duluth - December 10 to December 11, 2022:

  • Recorded a 2:45.26 in the men's 1311m Freestyle Sprint Finals, placed first of 128
  • Recorded a 17:41.2 in the men's 7.5 KM Classic Interval Start, placed third of 127
Salomon CXC Cup - Houghton - December 17 to December 18, 2022:
  • Recorded a 26:54.7 in the men's 10KM Freestyle Interval Start, placed sixth of 111
  • Recorded a 2:36.84 in the mens's 1244m Freestyle Sprint finals, placed first of 108
U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships - January 2 to January 7, 2023:
  • Recorded a 27:47.9 in the men's 10KM Freestyle Interval Start, placed 75 of 254
  • Recorded a 2:54.42 in the men's 1244m Classic Sprint finals, placed first of 239
  • Recorded a 55:22.7 in the men's 20KM Classic Mass Start, placed 36 of 90
  • Recorded a 2:23.87 in the men's 1244m Freestyle Sprint finals, placed first of 161
World University Games
  • Finished fifth in the Skate Sprint
2023 CCSA NCAA Qualifier - February 4 to February 5, 2023:
  • Recorded a 27:04.2 in the men's 10KM Freestyle Interval Start, placed sixth of 36
  • Recorded a 59:57.8 in the men's 20KM Classic Mass Start, placed first of 30
CCSA Conference Championships - February 18 to February 19, 2023:
  • Recorded a 2:36.69 in the men's 1304m Freestyle Sprint finals, placed first of 39
  • Recorded a 51:48.0 in the men's 20KM Classic Mass Start, placed sixth of 48
NCAA Central Regional Skiing Championships - February 25 to February 26, 2023:
  • Recorded a 28:27.2 in the men's 10KM Freestyle Interval Start, placed 18 of 29
  • Recorded a 1:02:14.4 in the men's 20KM Classic Mass Start, placed third of 29
NCAA Skiing Championships - March 9 to March 11, 2023:
  • Recorded a 26:21.9 in the men's 10K Freestyle, placed 38 of 40
  • Recorded a 1:05:31.9 in the men's 20K Classic, placed 38 of 40
SuperTour Finals - March 22 to March 25, 2023:
  • Recorded a 3:17.55 in the men's Sprint finals, placed sixth
  • Was part of a team that recorded a 48:47.3 in the relay, placed eighth of 14
  • Recorded a 2:25:30.1 in the men's Classic Distance, placed 29 of 48

2021-22 (Redshirt Freshman)

2020-21 (Freshman) 

  • 7th-place finish at the CCSA Championships in the 10K Classic and 16th in the 20K Freestyle
  • Finished 10th in the 10K Classic with a time of 28:32.9 and in the 20K Freestyle he placed 15th at Regionals

Before NMU

  • Named team Player of the Year in 2019
  • Placed fourth in the Norwegian Cup
  • Placed 11th in the Classic 10K in Norwegian Nationals for juniors

Personal

  • Son of Trond Karsrud and Gunhild Karsrud
  • From Raufoss, Innlandet, Norway

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Redshirt Freshman

  • 2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

  • 2023-24Redshirt Junior

    6'0"
  • 2024-25Fifth Year

    6'1"