Race-by-Race Results
Honors & Awards: 2024 Second-Team All-American in Nordic 20K Classic … 2x National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2024, 2025) ... DU Skiing’s 2024 Nordic Rookie of the Year
2025: Posted a career-best six top-10 finishes and placed once in the top five in his second season with the Pioneers … Served as an alternate for DU’s men’s Nordic team for the 2025 NCAA Championships … Began the season by coming in seventh in the 10K freestyle at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational and U.S. Cross Country National Championships on Jan. 2 … Was 13th in the 20K classic on Jan. 5 at the UAA Invite and U.S. Nationals in Anchorage … Placed 19th in the 7.5K classic at the Utah Invitational on Jan. 18 before earning top-10 results in five straight races … Was seventh in the 15K freestyle at the UU Invite on Jan. 19 before also placing seventh in the 20K freestyle on Jan. 24 and ninth in the 7.5K classic on Jan. 26 at the Montana State Invitational in Bozeman … Was sixth in the 7.5K classic at the Denver Invitational on Feb. 8 prior to earning his first career top five in fifth place in the 10K freestyle pursuit on Feb. 9 to wrap up the Pioneers’ home meet at Maloit Park … Helped DU to the team win by coming in 17th in classic sprints on Feb. 16 and 15th in the 10K freestyle on Feb. 17 at the Alaska Fairbanks Invitational … Was 18th in the 7.5K freestyle on Feb. 21 at the RMISA Championships in Anchorage, Alaska … Did not race in the 20K freestyle on Feb. 22 at the conference meet.
2024: Recorded five top-10 finishes and nine top-15 results while competing in all 13 races during his freshman season … Earned three consecutive top-10 results and scored in four straight events during the four Colorado races in early February … Had his best freestyle result in 10th at the 7.5K distance on Feb. 2 at the Colorado Invite before setting an overall season high in seventh in the 20K classic at the same CU meet on Feb. 3 in Steamboat Springs, Colo. …. Matched his best performance in seventh in the following race in the 10K classic at the Denver Invitational on Feb. 9 at Maloit Park, Colo. … Was 13th in the 5K freestyle at the DU Invite on Feb. 10 … Picked up an 11th-place result in the 7.5K freestyle and was 10th in the 20K classical at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 24-25 in Bozeman, Mont. … Made Denver’s NCAA Championship squad, placing 21sth in the 7.5K freestyle on March 7 before earning second-team All-American accolades in 10th in the 20K classic on March 9 in Steamboat Springs … Made his collegiate debut by placing 14th in the Westminster Invitational’s 10K classic during the U.S. Cross Country National Championships on Jan. 2 … Came in 32nd in freestyle sprints to wrap up the Westminster meet on Jan. 4 and improved to 19th in classic sprints on Jan. 7 at the RMISA Nordic Qualifier to conclude U.S. Nationals … Posted a then-season best in freestyle by placing 14th in the 7.5K distance at the Utah Invitational on Jan. 12 … Finished 21st in the UU Invite’s 10K classical pursuit on Jan. 13 before beginning his run of placing in the top 15 in seven of the final eight races of the collegiate season.
Before Denver: Competed for LK Slovan Karlovy Vary and was a member of the Czech U20 National Team … Nominated for the national team at the both the 2022 Junior World Championships and 2023 World Championship … Represented Czechia at the 2022 World University Games in Lake Placid and came in fourth in the 10K freestyle pursuit …Helped Czechia to 15th in the 4x10K relay at the 2023 FIS World Championship in Plancia, Slovenia … Placed Second in the 30K freestyle in OPA Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Jan. 23, 2022 … Has won several Czech Championships … Participated in the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Switzerland … Named the most Successful athlete in the city of Karlovy Vary and in the region twice (2021, 2022) and was four times named the top athlete on LK Slovan Karlovy Vary (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023).
Personal: Has a younger sister … Graduated high school from První Ceské Gymnázium v Karlových Varech in 2021 … Attended college at FTVS UK … Intends to major in biological sciences at DU …Wants to win a team and individual national championship while at DU … Career goals after college is to represent the Czech Republic on the international stage … Hobbies include watch sports, cycling, doing other sports, traveling, watching movies, playing board games, going to concerts and festivals and exploring new restaurants.
Why DU: “Firstly, I wanted to be able to pursue both of my careers in cross country skiing and education at a very high level, and I hope that I will join a determined group of athletes with the similar goals and values. I also wanted to become more independent and improve my English. Overall, this is the best opportunity for me to grow and become the best version of myself.”
