RMISA Race-by-Race Results
Awards: 2x All-CCSA Second Team (2023, 2020) … 8x All-Central Region Honors … 2022 NCAA Central Regional Champion (15K Nordic freestyle) … 3x NCAA Championship competitor (2021, 2022, 2023) … 4x USCSA All-Academic Ski Team (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) … 2023 GLIAC Academic Excellence Team … 2020 Harold Meese Sportsmanship Team Award
2024 (Denver Graduate Student): Placed in the top 20 in each of the first 12 collegiate events and posted 10 top-15 results in her first season with Denver as a graduate-transfer … Scored for Denver in all 12 eligible races and was a member of the squad’s NCAA Championship team …
Picked up a pair of 13th-places finishes in her first two races as a Pioneer on Jan. 2-4 in the Westminster Invitational’s 10K classic and freestyle sprints during the U.S. Cross Country National Championship … Came in 17th in RMISA Nordic Qualifier classic sprints at the U.S. Nationals on Jan. 7 … Was 12th in the 7.5K freestyle on Jan. 12 and finished 13th in the 10K classical pursuit on Jan. 13 at the Utah Invitational … Had her then-best finish of the season in 11th in the 7.5K freestyle at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 2 … Wrapped up the meet in Steamboat Springs by placing 13th in the 20K classic on Feb. 3 …
Was 14th in the 10K classical on Feb. 9 and 13th in the 5K freestyle on Feb. 10 at the Denver Invitational at Maloit Park in Minturn, Colo. …
Put together a season-best performance in ninth in the 7.5K freestyle at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 24 … Finished 17th in the 20K classical on Feb. 25 at the conference meet in Bozeman, Mont. … Recorded a career-best finish at an NCAA Championship event by coming in 11th in the 7.5K freestyle on March 7 … Ended the collegiate year in 25th place in the 20K classic on March 9 at the national championships.
2023 (Michigan Tech Senior): Earned All-Region Second Team honors in both the 5K freestyle and 20K classic … Won the classic interval start at the Salomon Cup Duluth … Placed fourth in the freestyle sprints at the Salomon Cup Duluth … Came in fourth in both the freestyle sprints and freestyle interval start at the Pre-Nationals CCSA Invite/CXC Cup … Placed fifth in the 20K classic at the CCSA Conference Championships … Was eighth in the 5K freestyle at the NCAA Central Regional Championships … Placed 11th in the 5K freestyle interval start at the GANC CCSA Invite … Was 11th in the 20K classic at the GANC CCSA Invite … Placed 22nd in the 5K freestyle and 38th in 20K classic at the NCAA Championships in Lake Placid, New York … Was 30th in the 10K freestyle at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships … Placed 41st in the classic sprint at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships.
2022 (Michigan Tech Junior): Earned All-Region honors in both the 5K classic and 15K freestyle … Won the 15K mass start freestyle at the NCAA Central Regional and placed first in the 5K classic at the CCSA MTU Invite & GLD CXC Cup … Had a runner-up finishes in the 5K classic in both the NCAA Central Regional and CCSA Championships … Placed second in the 10K freestyle at both the CCSA MTU Invite/GLD CXC Cup and CCSA Mt. Itasca CXC Cup … Placed fourth in the 15K freestyle at the CCSA Championships … Came in 14th in the 15K freestyle and was 23rd in the 5K classic at the NCAA Championships … Placed 16th overall and third collegiately in the 5K freestyle at the Duluth SuperTour … Was 19th overall in both the 15K freestyle and 10K classic (ninth collegiately) at the Gitchi Gami Games … Placed 26th overall and ninth collegiately in the 20k skate at the U.S. Cross Country National Championships … Came in 28th overall and 12th collegiately in the interval start classic at the U.S. National Championships.
2021 (Michigan Tech Sophomore): Recorded All-Region honors in both the 5K classic and 15K freestyle … Placed fourth in 15K freestyle and seventh in the 5K classic at the CCSA Championships ... Was fifth in the 5K classic and sixth in the 15K freestyle at the NCAA Central Regional … Came in fifth in the NMU Invitational 5K classic and was seventh in the 15K freestyle as well at the meet … Recorded an eighth-place finish in the semifinals in the freestyle sprints at the Duluth SuperTour ... Placed 13th in the 15k freestyle and 24th in the 5K classic at the NCAA Championships.
2020 (Michigan Tech Freshman): Recognized with All-Region honors in freestyle and classic and served as an alternate at the NCAA Championships ... Placed second in the 10K freestyle at the U.S. Cross Country National Championships and also in the 5K skate at the UWGB Invitational … Was a sixth-place qualifier in the freestyle sprint at U.S. Nationals ... Clocked in at 14:39.4 to finish 10th in the freestyle race at the NCAA Central Region Championships ... Took sixth in the classic race at regionals with a time of 57:16.1.
Before College: Finished top 20 at the Norwegian National Junior Championships for three seasons (2017-2019) and recorded multiple top-15 finishes at the Norwegian National Junior Cup in 2018-19 … Placed 14th at the 2018 Norwegian Junior National Championships.
Personal: Full name is Henriette Saeterdal Semb … Daughter of Ole Martin Semb and Ingvil Saeterdal … Has a younger sister, Helene … Graduated from Michigan Tech with her bachelor’s degree in engineering management and a minor in economic in 2023 … Intends to earn her master’s degree in business analytics at DU … Wants to help Denver the overall standings in 2023 and ski well personally during the season … Graduated high school from Asker Videregående Skole in Norway in 2018 … Hobbies include mountain biking, cooking and knitting.
Why DU: “The school has an excellent mix of academics and athletics.”
