RESULTS

HOUGHTON, Mich. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's nordic ski team competed in Saturday's Freestyle Sprint races as part of the Pre-U.S. Nationals CXC Cup on the Michigan Tech Trails.
 
Sprint Racing Format
In a sprint event, each athlete starts by trying to qualify by time, racing the sprint course against the clock. The fastest 30 times in the field advance to five quarterfinals in which the first two skiers across the line advance, as well as, the fastest two skiers from the quarterfinals who were not in the top two. The same happens in the semifinals, whittling the field down to six athletes in the finals to determine the winner and rank order. All skiers outside the top 30 end the day in the order they finished the qualifier.
 
How it Happened
In his first racing action of the year, Tamer Mische-Richter (Bloomington, Minn./John F. Kennedy HS) posted the fastest qualifying time for the Saints with the sixth-best time in the field. Emil Book Bratbak (Asgardstrand, Norway/Lillehammer), Ryan Steger (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS), Gus Schatzlein (Savage, Minn./Prior Lake HS) and John Schwinghamer (Mora, Minn./Mora HS (South Dakota State)) also qualified to the quarterfinals.
 
Mische-Richter would then win his quarterfinal heat by two-hundredths of a second. Book Bratbak and Steger would also advance to the semifinals on time.
 
However, the run would end for the Saints in the semifinals. Mische-Richter placed 10^th in the final results with Book Bratbak 11^th and Steger 12^th.
 
Up Next
The Saints will compete in the 10km classic race tomorrow (Sunday) beginning at 9 a.m. (ET).