HANOVER, N.H. - The Nanooks Nordic skiing team is set to participate in the NCAA Championships this week, hosted by Dartmouth College. They are sending five skiers to the NCAA Championships; Kendall Kramer and Tabitha Williams were selected for the women, while the men are sending a full team, with Ben Dohlby, Cole Flowers and Philipp Moosmayer competing for Alaska. The men are also sending Gabriele Rigaudo as an alternate.
Thursday, Mar. 6
at NCAA | 7.5k Classic Individual Start | Women's Start: 6 a.m. AKT | Men's Start: 8 a.m. AKT
Oak Hill Outdoor Center | Hanover, N.H.
Saturday, Mar. 8
at NCAA | 20k Freestyle Mass Start | Men's Start: 6 a.m. AKT | Women's Start: 8 a.m. AKT
Oak Hill Outdoor Center | Hanover, N.H.
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Last Time Out
The Nanooks are coming off a third-place finish in the Nordic standings at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 21-22, totaling 307 points over the two-day championships in Anchorage. The men tied for first in the Nordic standings with 157 points, while the women came in third with 150 points.
Day one saw them race in the 7.5k classic and take fourth in the Nordic standings. Kendall Kramer and Cole Flowers came within seconds of securing a podium position, with both missing out by seconds. Kramer ended her race strong, but could not overtake Utah's Erica Laven for third, finishing 1.7 seconds off a podium spot. Tabitha Williams built off her podium finish in her previous race, placing fifth in the women's race. On the men's side, Flowers got off to a rapid start, posting a 6:31.1 on the opening lap, the fastest by 3.4 seconds. However, he ended the second lap in third after recording the sixth-fastest time on the middle lap of the race. He would once again post the sixth-fastest time on the final lap to finish in 20:30.1, just falling out of a podium position by 0.8 seconds.
Alaska raced in the 20k freestyle to close out the RMISA Championships, with Philipp Moosmayer claiming his first collegiate victory in the race. Moosmayer began his race by posting the ninth-fastest time on the opening lap and crossed the 10k checkpoint in 10th place with a time of 26:04.3. He would slowly make up ground, recording the seventh-fastest time of the fourth lap before logging the third and fourth-fastest times on the final two laps, setting himself up for a photo finish with Colorado's Hugo Hinckfuss, nabbing the top spot by 0.2 seconds. Ben Dohlby nearly made it a 1-2 finish for the 'Nooks, coming in just 0.1 seconds behind Hinckfuss and 0.3 seconds behind Moosmayer. Kramer took second in the women's race, finishing just 0.4 seconds off of first place. Williams followed her fifth-place result the previous day by finishing sixth in the 20k freestyle.
#NookNotes
- Kendall Kramer has finished on the podium in six of her eight RMISA races this season. She has earned victories in the 20k classic at the U.S. Nationals and the 10k freestyle at the UAF Invite.
- Tabitha Williams has finished in the top 10 in her last three races. She earned a podium spot in the 10k freestyle at the UAF Invite, placing third, took fifth in the 7.5k classic at the RMISA Championships and finished sixth in the 20k freestyle in the conference championships.
- Ben Dohlby and Philipp Moosmayer have both earned victories this season for the men's side. Dohlby took the top spot in the 10k freestyle at the UAF Invite, and Moosmayer led the way in the 20k freestyle at the RMISA Championships.
- Cole Flowers has grabbed two fourth-place finishes this season, the first in the classic sprints at the UAF Invite and the second in the 7.5k classic at the RMISA Championships.
- The Nanooks finished the season fifth in the RMISA Nordic standings with 1073 points. The men's Nordic team ranked fourth in the conference with 559 points, while the women's team was fifth with 514 points.
All-RMISA
The Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association released its 2025 All-RMISA teams last week, with five Nanooks earning All-Conference honors. The women's Nordic skiing team had two skiers selected, with Kendall Kramer earning All-RMISA First Team accolades for the second consecutive season. Tabitha Williams secured a spot as an Honorable Mention, her first-career All-RMISA selection. The men had three selections: Ben Dohlby, Cole Flowers and Philipp Moosmayer each garnered Honorable Mentions.
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