Race-by-Race Results
Awards: Team Captain (2024) ... 2022 Second-Team All-American (5K Classic) … 2022 National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team ... 2021 Second Team NCAA All-American (5K Classic)
2024 (Senior): Served as a Denver skiing team captain and made her fourth NCAA Championship Team for the program … Recorded a pair of top-five finishes for the first time in her career and finished in the top 15 in 10 of the 13 races this season … Three top-10 results matched a career high while her two in freestyle were a personal best … Served as a Denver scorer in 11 events … Competed in all 13 races despite battling through an injury … Began the season by posting a career-best fifth place in the 10K classic at the Westminster Invitational during the U.S. Cross Country National Championships on Jan. 2 … Was 17th in the Westminster Invite’s freestyle sprints on Jan. 4 and 12th in classic sprints in a RMISA Qualifier on Jan. 7 during U.S. Nationals … Picked up a two top-15 results at the Utah Invitational on Jan. 12-13, placing 13th on the 7.5K freestyle and 15th in the 10K classic pursuit … Had her best career performance in freestyle by finishing fifth in the 7.5K interval start at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 2 … Recorded back-to-back 11th-place finishes in the classical, doing so in the 20K during the CU Invite on Feb. 3 and in the 10K at the Denver Invite on Feb. 9 … Concluded the DU Invitational by placing 15th in the 5K freestyle on Feb. 10 … Placed eighth in the 7.5K freestyle on Feb. 24 at the RMISA Championships and followed it up with a 16th-place finish in the 20K classic on Feb. 25 … Was 15th in the 7.5K freestyle at 29th in the 20K classic at the NCAA Championships on March 7-9 in Steamboat Springs, Colo … Finished her collegiate career with 11 top-10 finishes and placing in the top 20 in 39-of-42 races while making Denver’s NCAA squad in each of the four seasons.
2023 (Junior): Placed in the top 20 in 11-of-12 races, had eight top-15 finishes and recorded two top-10 results during her junior campaign … Finished all 12 races she participated in … Scored for the Pioneers in 10 meet races and was the top women’s Nordic scorer in three of them … Began the year by coming in 10th in the RMISA Nordic Qualifier 10K freestyle on Jan. 2 at the U.S. Cross Country National Championships in Houghton, Michigan—the best finish of her career in freestyle … Followed with an 11th-place finish in the classic sprints in a RMISA Nordic Qualifier at U.S. Nationals on Jan. 4 … Did not race in the Montana State Invitational on Jan. 13-14 while representing her home country of Finland at the FISU World University Games in Lake Placid, New York … Was 14th in the 20K classic on Feb. 3 and 13th in the 5K freestyle on Feb. 4 at the Colorado Invitational … Placed 17th in the 5K freestyle on Feb. 10 before tying a career-best finish in eighth on Feb. 11 in the 10K classic at the Denver Invite … Was 21st in freestyle sprints at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational on Feb. 20 before coming in 15th in the 10K classic on Feb. 21 in the meet … Tied for 16th in the 5K freestyle and came in 12th in the 20K classic at the RMISA Championships in Alaska on Feb. 24-25 … Made her third consecutive NCAA Championships and was one of two Denver women to compete in Nordic … Had her best career finish in freestyle at the national championships by coming 12th in the 5K distance on March 9 … Placed 17th in the 20K classic to close the NCAA Championships on March 11 in Lake Placid.
2022 (Sophomore): Posted three top-10 finishes in 11 races … Placed ninth in classic sprints at the RMISA Qualifier/U.S. National Championships on Jan. 7 … Had a career-best eighth-place finish in the 5K classic at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 25 … Matched her NCAA Championship-best from 2020 in the 5K classic by coming in ninth on March 10 … Placed 19th in the 15K freestyle at the national championships on March 12 … Opened the season by finishing 12th in freestyle sprints on Jan. 2 at the Utah Invitational/U.S. Nationals at Soldier Hollow, Utah, her best collegiate result in the skate discipline … Came in 14th in 10K classic on Jan. 6 at the Utah Invite … Was 25th in 5K freestyle and 14th in 10K classic at the Montana State Invitational on Jan. 15-16 in Sun Valley, Idaho … Came in 12th in 5K classic and 16th in 10K freestyle at the UAF Nanook Invitational on Feb. 1-2 … Placed 16th in 15K classic at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 26 … Member of the 2022 National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team
2021 (Freshman): Named Second Team NCAA All-American in 5K classic at NCAA Championships ... Made collegiate debut at RMISA Invitational at Westminster & Soldier Hollow, taking 10th in the 5K classic and 17th in the 10K freestyle ... Finished ninth in the 5K classical and 12th in the 15K freestyle at the RMISA Championships ... Named to National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team by USCSCA ... Took ninth in the 5K classic and 14th in the 15K freestyle at the NCAA Championships.
Before Denver: Attended Vörå Idrottsgymnasium in Finland ... Was a member of the IK Falken team ... Twice elected best Nordic skier at Vörå Idrottsgymnasium.
Personal: Daughter of Lena and Tage Ray ... Has an older sister, Sara ... Chose DU because of the possibility to combine skiing and athletics, and that Denver also has one of the best ski teams in the U.S. ... Goal is to compete in the Olympics and World Championships ... Planning on majoring in Business.
