RESULTS

BOZEMAN, Mont. (csssaints.com) – On the first nordic competition day of the 2020 NCAA Skiing Championship at the Crosscut Mountain Sports Center, St. Scholastica sophomore Emil Book Bratbak (Asgardstrand, Norway/Lillehammer) came in with the 25^th-fastest time in Thursday's 10km freestyle individual start to give the Saints six points for the championships. Junior Tamer Mische-Richter (Bloomington, Minn./John F. Kennedy HS) came in 34^th place of the 39-skier field.
 
Book Bratbak
In order to post a team score, a skier must place in the top 30 an individual race. Book Bratbak, who finished 32^nd at last year's NCAA Championships in the 10km freestyle, improved by seven places to finish 25^th on Thursday.
 
After the first 5km circuit around the course, Book Bratbak was 29^th of the 39 skiers competing with a time of 12:24. On the final circuit, he had the 23^rd-best second lap with a split of 13:19. In total, Book Bratbak found himself in 25^th place overall with a time of 25:43.
 
Book Bratbak was fourth among Central Region skiers, just 16 second behind the top Central Region skier Kjetil Baanerud of Northern Michigan University, who was 20^th overall. He was fourth among NCAA Division III skiers in the field.
 
Tamer
In his first national championship appearance, Mische-Richter was 36^th after the first loop with a time of 13:01. He climbed to the 32^nd-best time on the final lap with a split of 13:50. Mische-Richter would finish 34^th overall with a total time of 26:51.
 
He was the sixth-fastest Central Region skier of the seven competing. Remember, that Mische-Richter was the seventh-seeded Central Region skier entering the championships.
 
Champion
Ben Ogden of the University of Vermont won Thursday's 10km freestyle with a time of 23:50.
 
End of Season
Due to the announcement made by the NCAA on Thursday, Saturday's 20km classic race has been canceled, marking the end of the nordic ski season.

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