Great Lakes Wire

The Northern Michigan University (NMU) women's nordic ski team concluded its final Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA) race of the season with a standout performance by senior Victoria Dybwad. Competing in Ishpeming, Michigan, Dybwad dominated the 20k race, securing gold with a significant lead.

Dybwad maintained her lead throughout the race, marked every 5 kilometers. She finished with a time of 58:27.4, pulling away from Greta Leitheiser of the College of St. Scholastica after the 15k marker to win by 30 seconds. Leitheiser secured silver at 58:58.9, while Greta Hansen from Michigan Tech took bronze with a time of 59:30.1.

Other notable performances from NMU included Jordan Parent and Merle Richter finishing in seventh and eighth place, respectively, with times of 1:01:07.9 and 1:01:35.5. Pearl Harvey placed sixteenth at 1:06:17.7, while Henriette Nilssen and Ella Niznik did not start.

Looking ahead, NMU will compete in the NCAA Skiing Championships on March 6 and 8 in Hanover, New Hampshire.

In Saturday's earlier event, Merle Richter delivered a comeback victory in the women's 7.5k race for NMU with a time of 24:42.7, narrowly edging out second place by two seconds. Victoria Dybwad also performed well, earning bronze with a time of 24:45.0.

Jordan Parent finished fifth at 24:51.3, followed by Pearl Harvey in eleventh at 25:44.8 and Ella Niznik seventeenth at 26:56.3; Henriette Nilssen did not start this event either.

Full results are available online for both events held over the weekend.