Race-by-Race Results
Honors & Awards: 2024 First-Team All-American in Nordic 7.5K Freestyle and First-Team All-American in Nordic 20K Classic ... 2025 RMISA Most Valuable Skier (Men’s Classic) … 2x All-RMISA First Team - Men’s Nordic (2024, 2025) … RMISA Skier of the Meet – Men’s Nordic (2025 Alaska Fairbanks Invitational) … 2x National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2024, 2025) … 2x CSC Academic All-American First Team (2024, 2025) ... 2x CSC Academic All-District Team (2024, 2025) … Team Captain (2025) ... DU Skiing’s 2024 Overall Nordic Most Valuable Skier
2025: Served as the men’s Nordic team captain and represented Denver at the NCAA Championships for the second-straight season … Began the season with top-10 finishes in each of his first 11 races … Recorded a career-best seven podiums during the season and placed runner-up four times, helping him earn RMISA MVP honors in the men’s Nordic classical … Came in the top five in seven-straight races from Jan. 24-Feb. 21, including earning podium spots in four consecutive events from Jan. 26-Feb. 16 … After starting the season with a 10th-place finish in the 20K freestyle at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational on Jan. 2, posted back-to-back second-place results in the 20K classic at the UAA Invite on Jan. 5 and 7.5K classic at the Utah Invite on Jan. 18 … Was 10th in the UU Invitational’s 15K freestyle on Jan. 19 … Came in fifth in the 20K freestyle and was runner-up in the 7.5K classic at the Montana State Invitational on Jan. 24-26 at Crosscut Mountain Sports Center in Bozeman … Put together a pair of podium appearances at the Denver Invitational at Maloit Park in Minturn, coming in third in both the 7.5K classic interval start and 10K freestyle pursuit on Feb. 8-9 … Was second behind Kirkeng in classic sprints and fifth in the 10K freestyle at the Alaska Fairbanks Invitational on Feb. 16-17, helping the team win the meet … Finished third in the 7.5K classic and 11th in the 20K freestyle at the RMISA Championships in Anchorage, Alaska, on Feb. 21-22 … Was 15th in the 7.5K classic interval start and 13th in the 20K freestyle mass start at the NCAA Championships in Hanover, New Hampshire, on March 6-8 … Finished his career with 11 podiums (second place eight times) and 18 top-five finishes in 24 career races, while also posting 20 top-10s and finishing in the top 20 in every start … Named to the College Sports Communicators All-American First Team for the second straight year (2024-2025), becoming the first DU student-athlete in all sports to achieve the honor in multiple seasons ... Named to the German National Team after the season for the 2025-26 winter campaign.
2024: Consistently at the top of the leaderboard in his first season at the collegiate level, placing in the top five in nine of his 10 races and earning four podium finishes—all of which were runner-up placements … Picked up a pair of first-team All-American awards at the 2024 NCAA Championships by placing fifth in the 7.5K freestyle on March 7 and earning silver in second place in the 20K classic on March 9 in Steamboat, Springs, Colo. … Began the season with top-five results in each of the first seven races … Made his college debut by coming in fourth in the Westminster Invitational’s 10K classic on Jan. 2 during the U.S. Cross Country National Championships … Picked up his first collegiate podium in second in freestyle sprints on Jan. 4 at the Westminster Invite … Repeated as runner-up in classic sprints at the RMISA Nordic Qualifier at the U.S. Nationals on Jan. 7 … Was fifth in the 7.5K freestyle on Jan. 12 and fourth in the 10K classical pursuit on Jan. 13 at the Utah Invitational … Finished second behind teammate Andreas Kirkeng in the 7.5K freestyle at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 2 and was fifth in the 20K classic at the CU meet on Feb. 3 … Did not race at the Denver Invitational on Feb. 9-10 while competing for Germany at the FIS World Cup in Canmore, Alberta, Canada … Placed 15th in the 17K freestyle, 48th in freestyles sprints, 31st in 20K classic and 41st in classic sprints at the World Cup meet from Feb. 9-13 … Returned to collegiate racing for the RMISA Championships in Bozeman, Mont., placing 13th in the 7.5K freestyle on Feb. 24 before not starting in the 20K classic the next day.
Before Denver: Previously competed for SLV Bernau and was a member of Germany’s national team for five years … Participated in five Junior World Championships with Team Germany, winning a bronze medal in the 4x5K relay in Lahti, Finland, in 2019 … Placed eighth in the 30K classic at those same Junior World Championships in 2019 … Came in fourth in the 15K classic in the Alpen Continental Cup in February 2022 … In Alpen Continental Cup races, has recorded 12 career top-10 results, five career top-five finishes and a second-place finish in the 15K classic in March 2019 at Oberwiesenthal, Germany … Made his World Cup debut in freestyle sprints in Dresden, Germany, in December 2021 … Recorded a pair of sixth-place results at the 2018 German National Championships in the 15K freestyle and classic sprints … Came in fourth in the 10K classic in the 2020 German National Junior Championships … Has won 11 German championship titles in different age groups.
Personal: Son of Gerhard and Marcela … Previously attended college classes at the University of Ansbach in Germany, earning his undergraduate degree in international management … Intends to earn his master’s degree in management at DU … Career goals is to help Denver win an NCAA Championship … Graduated high school from Ludwig Thoma Gymnasium in 2017 … Father Gerhard passed away in 2022 and credits his father for the reason why he decided to come to the United States … Hobbies include backcountry skiing, biking, hiking and canoeing.
Why DU: “I chose Denver because DU offers amazing possibilities where I can pursue my athletic and academic goals within a great team.”
