2023-24 Women's Skiing Roster

Tobias Albrigtsen
Tobias Albrigtsen
Utah Utes Athletics
NCAA
Skip Hickey, UAA Photography
Skip Hickey, UAA Photography
FISU World University Games
Miles Jordan
NCAA
NCAA

Mariel Pulles

  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Otepaa, Estonia

Summary

Biography

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- 2x NCAA Championships Freestyle First-Team All-American (2021, 2022)
- NCAA Championships Classic Second-Team All-American (2021)
- NCAA All-Academic Ski Team Selection (2021-22)
- Team Estonia (2022, Beijing Olympic Winter Games)
- Nordic Cup Champion (2021, 2022)
- First Team All-RMISA (2022-23)
- Second-Team All-RMISA (2023-24)

2023-24 | Senior
Pulles raced in 11 events as a senior ... Six classic races and five freestyle ... Her first race was the Jan. 2 10k classic at the Westminster Invitational, where she posted a time of 28:28.4, good for eighth ... She followed that up two days later with a third-place finish in the freestyle sprints ... She posted a fourth-place finish at the RMISA Qualifier in the classic sprints on Jan. 7 ... Pulles finished seventh in the 7.5k freestyle and in the 10k classic, with times of 22:43.3 and 53:22.5 at the Utah Invitational … On Feb. 2-3, she raced at the Colorado Invitational. She completed the 7.5k freestyle in seventh with a time of 23:30. In the 20k classic, she finished with a time of 1:09:16.6 … On Feb. 24-25, she continued her season at the RMISA Championships ... In the 7.5k freestyle, she finished 12th with a time of 22:17.0. On Feb. 25, she finished in 19th in the 20k Classical with a time of 1:18:12.0 … She finished her season at the NCAA Championships, placing 31st in the 7.5k freestyle with a time of 24:34.4. She took eighth in the 20k classic with a time of 1:03:42.8.


2022-23 | Junior
Pulles raced in 12 events as a junior ... 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 29:18.2, finishing in fifth. Two days later, she won the Classic Sprints … Her next appearance came on Feb. 3, at the Colorado Invitational, where she took fifth-place in the 20k classic with a time of 1:11:00. The next day, she took third-place in the 5k freestyle with a time of 15:32.3 … At the Denver Invitational, on Feb. 10 she raced in the 5k freestyle, finishing with a time of 16:50.2 good for fifth. The next day, she finished in fourth in the 10k classic with a time of 38:16.3 … On Feb.20, she took first in the freestyle sprints at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational. The next day, she took third in the 10k classic with a time of 31:26.1 … She continued her season at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 24-25 ... In the 5k freestyle, she finished second with a time of 13:54.4, and in the 20k freestyle, she finished in second-place with a time of 1:05:07.5 … She finished her season at the NCAA Championships on Mar. 9-11 … In the 5k freestyle, she finished with a time of 13:23.28 for sixth place. In the 20k classic, she finished in fourth with a time of 1:01:20.9.

2021-22 | Sophomore
Maintained sophomore eligibility due to COVID-19 ... Raced in seven events during the 2021-22 season ... Three classic and four freestyle ... Pulles finished top-20 in all races; posted six top-10 finishes, six top-five and saw the podium twice, both in freestyle ... Pulles opened the season with a second-place finish in freestyle sprints on Jan. 2 at the Utah Invitational ... Her next races were Jan. 15-16 at Montana State ... She took fifth in the 5k freestyle with a time of 16:12.6 (55.4 back) and fourth in the 10k classic with a time of 32:16.5 (1:33.6 back) ... She did not race again until the RMISA Championships on Feb. 25-26 ... In the 5k classic she took fifth with a time of 15:50.9 and was 54.6 back ... In the 15k freestyle she took third with a time of 46:59.8 and was 3:53.3 back ... Raced at the 2022 NCAA Championships and took 11th in the 5k classic on day one, March 10 ... Posted time of 14:19.2, 56.4 back, just missing All-American cut ... Grabbed a First Team All-American honor on March 12 in the 15k freestyle ... Posted a time of 38:41.4, 2:05.7 back, earning second-straight All-American honor in freestyle ... Raced for Team Estonia at Beijing Winter Olympics ... RMISA First Team All-Conference selection ... 2021-22 NCAA All-Academic Ski Team selection

2020-21 | Sophomore
Appeared in eight events for the Nanooks as a sophomore ... Opened season at the RMISA Invitational at Utah ... Raced in 5km freestyle and 15km classic ... In the freestyle she placed 14th with a time of 13:31.7 and in the classic she cracked the top-10 with a ninth place finish and time of 42:48.8 ... Finished sixth in a 5km classic at the RMISA Invitational at SoHo with a time of 15:00.0 ... Also finished 12th in a 10km freestyle at same race ... At the RMISA Championships, she found the podium with a third-place finish in a 5km classic with a time of 15:40.8 ... Also took fourth in a 15km freestyle at Championships ... Ended season at NCAA Championships with a seventh and fifth place finish in 5km classic and 15km freestyle ... In the classic she raced to a time of 16:31.8 for a Second-Team All-American honor and finished the freestyle in 39:31.6 for a First-Team All-American honor

2019-20 | Freshman
Appeared in 12 events for the Nanooks as a freshman ... Opened up at UAA for the Nordic Cup before participating in three of the four days at the U.S. National Ski Championships ... RMISA season opened up at the Colorado Invite ... She took 10th and eighth-place in a 5km freestyle and 15km classic ... In the freestyle she raced to a time of 16:12.7 and in the classic she posted a time of 50:34.9 ... Raced at Denver Invitational in 5km classic and 7.5km freestyle pursuit ... Finished 13th in classic with time of 18:02.6 ... Finished 18th in freestyle pursuit with time of 41:37.2 ... Raced in 5km freestyle and 10km classic at Utah Invitational ... Finished seventh in freestyle with time of 13:46.7 ... Finished 16th in classic with time of 28:38.5 ... Finished season at NCAA Championships, taking 18th in 5km freestyle with a time of 14:46.2

Prior to Alaska

2018-19
Attended the University of Tartu in Estonia ... Competed on the Karypesm Team. 

Personal
Daughter of Maive & Margo Pulles ... Two siblings: Marit & Marten ... Majoring in Business Administration.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    5'5"

  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'5"

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    5'5"

  • 2022-23Junior

    5'5"

  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    5'5"