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2024-25 Women's Skiing Roster

Merle Richter

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Fachoberschule Sonthofen
  • Hometown Sayda, Germany

Biography

2024-25 (Fifth Year)
  • Finished third on the team and eighth in the conference with 107 CCSA points
  • Earned 45 freestyle points and 62 classic points
    • Her best FS finish was an 8th place finish at the NCAA Championships
    • Her best CL finish was first-place gold medal finish at the NCAA Regional Championships
  • 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 - 1st place, time of 3:23.69
  • Classic 7.5KM, 12/10 - 2nd place, time of 20:50.1
Cable CXC Cup - 12/16/23-12/17/23
  • Classic Sprint Finals, 12/16 - 1st place, time of 3:50.0
  • Skate 10k, 12/17 - 1st place, time of 26:04.2
US Cross Country Ski National Championships - 1/2/24-1/7/24
  • 10k Classic, 1/2 - 2nd among CCSA schools, time of 29:26.4
  • Skate Sprint, 1/4 - 1st among CCSA schools, time of 3:53.56
  • Classic Sprint, 1/7 - 3rd overall, 1st among CCSA schools, second among NCAA athletes with a time of 4:38.35
2022-23 (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Member of the All-CCSA First Team
  • Member of the All-Region First Team (20K Classic Mass Start and 5K Freestyle)
  • Member of the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team
Salomon CXC Cup - Duluth - December 10 to December 11, 2022:
  • Recorded a 3:24.67 in the women's 1311m Freestyle Sprint finals, placed sixth of 110
  • Recorded a 20:50.1 in the women's 7.5KM Classic Interval Start, placed second of 103
Salomon CXC Cup - Houghton - December 17 to December 18, 2022:
  • Recorded a 32:06.8 in the women's 10KM Freestyle Interval Start, placed sixth of 92
  • Recorded a 3:16.68 in the women's 1244m Freestyle Sprint finals, placed third of 89
U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships - January 2 to January 7, 2023:
  • Recorded a 30:48.4 in the women's 10KM Freestyle Interval Start, placed 39 of 182
  • Recorded a 3:38.41 in the women's 1244m Classic Sprint qualifiers, placed 38 of 182
  • Recorded a 1:07:56.5 in the women's 20KM Classic Mass Start, placed 44 of 60
World University Games:
  • Finished 23rd overall in the women's Skate Sprint
2023 CCSA NCAA Qualifier - February 4 to February 5, 2023:
  • Recorded a 15:07.9 in the women's 5KM Freestyle Interval Start, placed second of 32
  • Recorded a 1:11:19.5 in the women's 20K Classic Mass Start, placed fifth of 28
CCSA Conference Championships - February 18 to February 19, 2023:
  • Recorded a 1:01:29.5 in the women's 20KM Classic Mass Start, placed 11 of 40
NCAA Central Regional Skiing Championships - February 25 to February 26, 2023:
  • Recorded a 15:21.4 in the women's 5KM Freestyle Interval Start, placed fourth of 23
  • Recorded a 1:09:17.9 in the women's 20K Classic Mass Start, placed first of 19
NCAA Skiing Championships - March 9 to March 11, 2023:
  • Recorded a 14:03.9 in the women's 5K Freestyle, placed 27 of 39
  • Recorded a 1:06:09.0 in the women's 20K Classic, placed 22 of 40
SuperTour Finals - March 22 to March 25, 2023:
  • Recorded a 4:00.05 in the women's Sprint quarterfinals
  • Recorded a 3:00:14.3 in the women's Classic Distance, placed 25 of 25
2021-22 (Redshirt Freshman)
  • First-place finish in 15K Freestyle at CCSA Championships with a time of 54:26.2
  • Top-3 finisher in 5K Women’s Classic at NCAA Central Region Skiing Championships with a time of 12:47.5
  • Also had a fourth-place finish in the 5K Classic with a time of 17:16.0 at MTU CCSA Invite.
2020-21 (Freshman)
  • At the CCSA Championships, she placed fourth in the 5K Classic with a time of 14:43 and eighth in the 15K Freestyle with a time of 40:40
  • She saw seventh-place in the 5K Classic and ninth in the 15K Freestyle at NCAA Regionals
Before NMU
  • Several Rollerski worldcups in Norway, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, and Italy
  • Continentalcup, German championships
Personal
  • Daughter of Toralf Richter and Carola Stumpe-Richter
  • From Sayda, Germany
  • Born on August 13, 2001
  • Sister Julia Richter, a member of the nordic ski team at Utah

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Redshirt Freshman

  • 2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

  • 2023-24Redshirt Junior

    5'8"
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    5'8"