Race-by-Race Results
Honors & Awards: 2024 Team Captain (2024) ... 2022 National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team
2024: Served as a Denver skiing team captain in his final year of NCAA eligibility and recorded a career-high five top-20 results … Started and finished each of his 11 events and had a personal-best finish in 13th in the 10K classic at the Denver Invitational on Feb. 9 … Came in 16th in the 5K freestyle on Feb. 10 to wrap up DU’s home meet at Maloit Park in Minturn, Colo.… Began a stretch of three straight top-20 finishes with a 17th-place result in the 20K classic at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 3 … Came in 22nd the day before in the 7.5K freestyle at CU’s meet on Feb. 2 … Opened the season in 24th in the Westminster Invitational’s 10K classic at the U.S. Cross Country National Championships on Jan. 2 … Followed with a 17th-place finish in freestyle sprints at the Westminster Invite on Jan. 4 … Placed 27th in freestyle sprints in a RMISA Nordic Qualifier at U.S. Nationals on Jan. 7 … Was 18th in the 7.5K freestyle on Jan. 12 and placed 23rd in the 10K classical pursuit on Jan. 13 at the Utah Invitational … Concluded his season at the RMISA Championships in Bozeman, Mont., coming in 30th in the 7.5K freestyle and 28th in the 20K classic on Feb. 24-25 … Finished his career with eight top-20 finishes in 31 races and two top-15 results in classical events.
2023: Finished all 11 races he participated in as a sophomore and recorded his first two career top-20 results … Scored for the Pioneers in three races … Began the year at the RMISA Nordic Qualifiers at the U.S. Cross Country National Championships, placing 24th in the 10K freestyle on Jan. 2 and 29th in classic sprints on Jan. 4 … Was 26th in the 15K classic at the Montana State Invitational on Jan. 13 before recording a career-best finish in 17th in the 10K freestyle at MSU on Jan. 14 … Recorded his second-straight top-20 result by coming in 20th in the 10K freestyle at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 4 … Finished 23rd in both the 5K freestyle and 10K classic at the Denver Invite on Feb. 10-11 … Was 26th in freestyle sprints and 25th in the 10K classic at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational on Feb. 20-21 … Placed 28th in the 10K freestyle on Feb. 24 and 26th in the 20K classic on Feb. 25 at the RMISA Championships in Alaska.
2022: Made his collegiate debut at the Utah Invitational/U.S. National Championships on Jan. 2 with a 29th-place finish in freestyle sprints … Was 23rd in the 15K classic at the Utah Invite on Jan. 6, tied for his best result of the season in the discipline … Finished 31st in 10K freestyle and 26th in 15K classic at the Montana State Invitational on Jan. 15-16 in Sun Valley, Idaho … Placed 30th in 5k classic and 22nd in 10K freestyle at a UAF Nanook Invitational on Feb. 1-2 … Came in 21st, a season high, in the 10K freestyle at RMISA Invitational on Feb. 5 in Fairbanks, Alaska … Was 23rd in the 10K classic and 26th in 20K freestyle at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 25-26 … Member of the 2022 National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team.
Before Denver: Skied with the Bridger Ski Foundation in Bozeman, Montana, during the 2020-21 season … Was a member of Team RAD for Canmore Nordic Ski Club in Alberta from 2017-2020 … Won a silver medal at the 2017 Canadian Championship while a member of Canmore Nordic.
Personal: Majoring in Media Studies …. Son to Elliott Steinberg and Diana Kalef … Father, Elliott, skied collegiately at Syracuse University … Has a younger brother, Micah Steinberg, who is also on the DU Ski Team … Is a filmmaker and photographer … Chose DU for the quality and history of the ski team and access to the mountains and aims to help bring back a national championship to the school … Took classes at Montana State University in Bozeman in 2020-21 … Graduated from Henry Wise Wood High School in Calgary in 2017.
Why DU: "The quality and history of the ski team and access to the mountains."
