COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: Annika Martell (1st Year)
Assistant Coaches: Finn Sweet (1st Year), Sage Freeman (1st Year)
 
CAPTAINS

• Senior Clara Wyatt (Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman)
• Junior Michael Brännare-Gran (Haslum, Norway/Dønski VGS)
• Junior Zoe Devine (Ely, Minn./Memorial)
• Junior Oliver Miatke (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East)

RETURNING 2025 STAT LEADERS

• Junior Henrik Wist (Trondheim, Norway/Heimdal VGS), 2 top-10 finishes
• Junior Oliver Miatke (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East), 6 top-20 finishes
• Sophomore Daniel McCollor (Wayzata, Minn./Wayzata), 5 top-20 finishes
• Junior Zoe Devine (Ely, Minn./Memorial), 4 top-20 finishes
• Sophomore Sam Friday (Carbondale, Colo./Roaring Fork), 4 top-25 finishes

RETURNING 2025 AWARD WINNERS

• Junior Oliver Miatke (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East), NCAA Championship Qualifier

FAST FACTS
Annika Martell, who served as assistant coach at Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) counterpart Williams College for the past four seasons and competed on the circuit at Colby College, heads into her first season as the program's head coach ... a veteran men's team returns five of six student-athletes who competed at last year's EISA Championship, while junior Zoe Devine (Ely, Minn./Memorial), who led the women during 10 of 11 individual races, is back ... the Purple Knights sent two qualifiers to the NCAA Championship last season for the first time ... one of those student-athletes, junior Oliver Miatke (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East), is among the returners. Devine, junior Henrik Wist (Trondheim, Norway/Heimdal VGS), a 2024 NCAA qualifier, and sophomore Daniel McCollor (Wayzata, Minn./Wayzata) narrowly missed the cut ... the men's team reached the podium on three occasions, placing third in the 3x5K classic relay at the Saint Michael's Carnival while taking second in the Dartmouth College Carnival 20K mass-start freestyle and third during the EISA Championship 15K mass-start freestyle ... Nordic combined with the Alpine team for four sixth-place carnival performances in 2025, including during the EISA Championship. The College then took 13th at the NCAA Championship, with four student-athletes competing between the Alpine and Nordic squads ... six first-years join the squad.
 
KEY DATES

• Carnival Opener: Jan. 4 & 6 at Saint Lawrence University Carnival
• EISA Championship/NCAA East Regional Championship: Feb. 20-21 at Middlebury College Carnival
• NCAA Championship: March 11-14 at Bridger Bowl in Bozeman, Mont.