WOMEN'S RESULTS | MEN'S RESULTS
CRAFTSBURY, Vt. (
csssaints.com) – Eight St. Scholastica nordic skiers began competition on Thursday at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships in Vermont. Thursday's races featured the individual start classic events. The women went 10km, while the men went 15km.
Women
Junior
Nicole Gilman (Manitowish Waters, Wis./Lakeland Union HS) led the Saints for the third time this season, finishing in 37:20 and 123
rd overall. Gilman was eighth, among Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA) skiers in the field. Sophomore
Samantha Benzing (Boise, Idaho/Boise HS) was 162
nd overall with a time of 38:37. Benzing was 10th among CCSA skiers.
Freshman
Rana Kraftson (Bayport, Minn./Stillwater HS) and sophomore
Cecelia Boyle (Oakdale, Minn./Tartan HS) were 184
th and 187
th, respectively. Kraftson's time was 39:08, while Boyle finished in 39:15. Kraftson and Boyle were 11
th and 12
th among CCSA skiers.
Nicole Schneider of Northern Michigan University led all CCSA skiers with a 40
th place finish in a time of 34:09
Men
Freshman
Nick Matelich (Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman HS (Montana State)) led the Saints 47:39 and was 112
th overall. Sophomore
Tamer Mische-Richter (Bloomington, Minn./John F. Kennedy HS) was 121
st overall with a time of 47:55. Matelich was 12
th and Mische-Richter 13
th among CCSA skiers.
Junior
Jack Christianson (Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View HS) was 153
rd overall in a time of 48:53. Christianson was 14
th among CCSA skiers. The final Saint competing was
Gus Schatzlein (Savage, Minn./Prior Lake HS) in 174
th with a time of 49:31. Schatzlein was 18
th among CCSA skiers.
Zak Ketterson of Northern Michigan led all CCSA skiers with an eighth-place finish in a time of 42:57.
Up Next
Next up at the U.S. Championships will be the classic sprint races on Friday. Follow the live results at
http://live.bullitttiming.com/event/class-groups.
