2024-25 Women's Skiing Roster

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Aila Berrigan

  • Height:
    5-2
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Palmer High School
  • Hometown:
    Palmer, Alaska

Summary

Biography

#NookNotes
- Nordic Cup Champion (2021, 22)

2025 | Senior
Raced in 12 events as a senior ... Six classic races and six freestyle ... Began her season with the 10k freestyle on Jan. 2 at the U.S. Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska, where she finished 28th with a 29:06.0 ... Followed with a 22nd-place finish in the 20k classic two days later, completing her race in 1:09:34.5 ... Posted a 34th-place finish in the 7.5k classic during the Utah Invitational on Jan. 18 with a time of 26:55.4 ... Skied to a 22nd place finish in the 20k freestyle at the Montana State Invitational on Jan. 24, posting a 1:08:39.4 in her race ... Followed that by taking 28th in the second race of the MSU Invite, the 7.5k classic, on Jan. 26 ... She finished that race in 1:08:39.4 ... Started the Denver Invitational with a 23rd-place finish in the 7.5k classic on Feb. 8, posting a 30:45.2 ... Her time of 35:00.1 in the 10k freestyle pursuit two days later earned her a 21st-place result ... Took 28th in the classic sprints at the UAF Invite on Feb. 16, making the quarterfinals with a qualifying time of 3:43.88 before posting a 3:48.01 in her quarterfinal heat ... Took 28th in the 10k freestyle the next day after posting a 30:27.5 in the race ... Recorded a time of 26:36.9 in the 7.5k classic on Feb. 21 at the RMISA Championships in Anchorage to put her in 32nd place ... Finished her season with the 20k freestyle at the conference championships, where she placed 26th in the event with a time of 1:05:49.0.

2024 | Junior
Berrigan raced in 10 events as a junior ... five classic races and five freestyle ... Her first race was the Jan. 2 10k classic at the Westminster Invitational, where she posted a time of 32:39.0, good for 31st ... She followed that up two days later with a 24th-place finish in the freestyle sprints ... She posted a 26th-place finish at the RMISA Qualifier in the classic sprints on Jan. 7 ... She finished 27th at the Utah Invitational on Jan. 12 in the 7.5k freestyle with a time of 24:20.2 ... On Feb. 2 at the Colorado Invitational she took 22nd in the 7.5k freestyle with a time of 25:16.9 … The next day, she took 31st in the 20k Classic with a time of 1:20:28.8 ... On Feb. 9 at the Denver Invitational she took 25th in the 10k with a time of 33:42.1 … The next day she took 22nd in the 5k freestyle with a time of 15:02.8 … She finished her season at RMISA Championships on Feb. 24 ... In the 7.5k freestyle, she finished 27th with a time of 23:41.4.

2023 | Sophomore
Berrigan raced in 12 events as a sophomore ... Six classic races and six freestyle ... Her first race was the Jan. 2 10k Freestyle at the RMISA Nordic Qualifiers, where she posted a time of 34:04.6, finishing in 26th ... She posted a 17th-place finish at the Montana State Invitational in the Women’s 15k Classic on Jan. 13 in the 15k. On Jan. 14, she finished in ninth place in the 5k with a time of 16:43.0 ... She finished 19th at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 3 in the 20k classic with a time of 1:21:08.2 ... The next day in the 5k freestyle she finished 18th with a time of 17:50 ... On Feb. 10 at the Denver Invitational she took 23rd in the 5k freestyle with a time of 18:35.8 ... The next day she once-again took 23rd this time in the 10k classic with a time of 44:54.5 … On Feb.20 she took 25th in the freestyle sprints at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational. The next day, she took 28th in the 10k classic with a time of 35:41.5 … She finished her season at RMISA Championships on Feb. 24-25 ... In the 5k freestyle she finished 21th with a time of 15:16.3 and in the 20k classic she finished in 1:15:13.7, taking 27th.

2022 | Freshman
Berrigan raced in eight events as a freshman ... Four classic races and four freestyle ... Her first race was the Jan. 2 freestyle sprints at the Utah Invitational ... She followed up with the 10k classical where she posted a time of 40:02.4 and was 10:26.7 back, finishing in 23rd ... She posted a 21st-place finish at the RMISA Qualifier in the classic sprints on Jan. 7 ... She finished 29th at the Nanook Invitational on Feb. 1 in the 5k classical with a time of 18:52.7, trailing first by 3:04.5 ... The next day in the 10k freestyle she finished 28th with a time of 59:20.7, finishing back 13:37.5 ... On Feb. 5 at the RMISA Invitational she took 26th in the 5k freestyle with a time of 17:53.0 ... She finished her season at RMISA Championships on Feb. 25-26 ... In the 5k classic she finished 27th with a time of 18:52.8 (3:56.5 back) and in the 15k freestyle she finished in 56:15.6, taking 25th (13:09.1 back)

Prior to Alaska

Palmer High School
Ran and skied at Palmer High School

Personal
Daughter of Tony & Lori Berrigan ... Two siblings: Rya & Keenan ... Studying Biological Sciences

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

    5'2"

  • 2024-25Senior

    5'2"