MIDWAY, Utah - Saint Michael's College Nordic skiing junior Oliver Miatke (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East) and sophomore Sam Friday (Carbondale, Colo./Roaring Fork) completed action at the NCAA Championship on Saturday at Soldier Hollow Nordic Center. Friday claimed 31st in the mass-start 20K freestyle, while Miatke was 35th. The four-day event featured the top NCAA Division I, II and III Alpine and Nordic skiing student-athletes.
 
CARNIVAL FACTS

• Friday and Miatke accumulated 14th-place points among 15 schools across both days of competition at the championship. Their two points were better than the three-skier Colby College squad (0) and were only two short of the two-skier University of New Hampshire team (4).                      
• Saint Michael's was fifth among seven Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) men's Nordic squads, and just two points short of fourth-place New Hampshire.
• Including Alpine skiing sophomore Isabella Knutsen (Bergen, Vestland, Norway/Norges Toppidrettsgymnas Geilo), Saint Michael's finished 20th among 22 schools with 17 points at the meet.
• Despite sending three skiers, the College was 10th out of 11 schools from the East, narrowly trailing Saint Lawrence University (18.5), Boston College (20.5) and Bowdoin College (26).
• The Nordic races at the NCAA Championship featured 40 starters, including 17 from the EISA.
• Host Utah won the national championship with 549.5 points.

MEN'S LEADERS

• Friday, 31st in mass-start 20K freestyle, 50:28.3
  • Started in No. 33 bib
  • Placed 9th among EISA skiers
• Miatke, 35th, 52:30.6
  • Started in No. 24 bib
  • Placed 13th among EISA skiers
  • 1st Saint Michael's Nordic skier to compete at multiple NCAA Championships, after also qualifying in 2025