RMISA Race-by-Race Results
Honors & Awards: 2025 First-Team All-American in Nordic 20K Freestyle … 2025 All-RMISA First Team (Women’s Nordic) … RMISA Skier of the Meet – Women’s Nordic (2025 Denver Invitational) … 2x EISA All-East Second Team (2021, 2023) … EISA Skier of the Week (2024) … 5x National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) … 2x National College Athlete Honor Society (2023, 2024) … 2x CSC Academic All-District Team (2023, 2024) … 2023 UNH Women’s Nordic Team MVP
2025: Recorded her best collegiate season in her first campaign with the Pioneers as a graduate-student transfer … Placed in the top 10 in 12-of-14 races, recording five top-five finishes, two podiums and a victory … Registered top-10 placements in 11-of-12 RMISA events during the year and was the top scorer for DU women’s Nordic in seven races … Won her first career individual race in the 10K freestyle pursuit at the Denver Invitational on Feb. 9 at Maloit Park, earning the first victory by a DU women’s Nordic skier since Eveliina Piippo in the 5K interval freestyle at the 2020 NCAA Championships … Posted the fastest time in the pursuit race one day after recording her first top-five of the year in fourth in the 7.5K classic interval start on Feb. 8 at the DU Invite … Made her first NCAA Championships squad with the Pioneers and the third of her career and went on to earn All-American First-Team honors after placing fourth in the 20K freestyle mass start on March 8 …. It was best performance by a Denver women’s Nordic skier at the national championships since Piippo’s win in the interval start in 2020 and the best in a distance mass-start event since Linn Eriksen came in third in the 15K freestyle in 2018 … Began the collegiate nationals by leading all Pioneer women in 25th in the 7.5K classic on March 6 … Made her Denver debut on Jan. 2 by placing ninth in the 10K freestyle at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational and U.S. Cross Country National Championships before following it up with a seventh-place result in the 20K classic mass start on Jan. 5 in Anchorage … Was sixth in the 7.5K classic at the Utah Invite before battling through an injury to place 15th in the 10K freestyle on Jan. 18-19 … Earned a pair of sixth-place finishes at the Montana State Invitational in the 20K freestyle and 7.5K classic on Jan. 24-26 … Came in fifth in classic sprints on Feb. 16 and sixth in the 10K freestyle on Feb. 16 at the Alaska Fairbanks Invitational … Placed seventh in the 7.5K classic at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 21 before finishing the conference champaign with her second podium of the season in third in the 20K freestyle on Feb. 22.
2024 (New Hampshire): Recorded her first two career individual podiums while earning six top-10 finishes in 12 races as a senior … Came in the top 20 in 11 events and in all 10 EISA competitions during the college campaign … Opened the season with her first career podium by placing third in classic sprints at the Vermont Carnival on Jan. 12 … Came in 17th in the 10K freestyle in Vermont on Jan. 13 … Did not race at the Colby Carnival on Jan. 19-20 … Recorded a 13th-place finish in the 15K classic on Feb. 2 at the Harvard Carnival and was 15th in the 7.5K freestyle the next day on Feb. 3 … Went on a run of six consecutive top-10 results starting by placing ninth in freestyle sprints on Feb. 9 at the Dartmouth Carnival … Came in sixth in the 15K classic at Dartmouth on Feb. 10 … Posted a career-best second-place finish in the 10K classic on Feb. 16 at the Williams Carnival … Helped her New Hampshire squad to the win in the 3x5K relay at Williams on Feb. 17 … Finished in the top 10 in both EISA Championship races, coming in ninth in the 7.5K freestyle on Feb. 23 and seventh in the 20K classic on Feb. 24 … Posted her best career freestyle result at the NCAA Championships in 25th at the 7.5K distance on March 7 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, before matching her all-time best at nationals by placing 16th in the 20K classic on March 9 … Placed second in the 10K freestyle and fourth in classic sprints at the Western Canada Cup in December 2023 … Came in sixth in the senior women’s 20K freestyle at the 2024 Nordic Canada Trials.
2023 (New Hampshire): Recorded 11 top-10 finishes and picked up three top-five placements in 14 races and made her first NCAA Championships … Placed in the top 20 in 13 events, including in the top 15 in all 12 EISA meets … Opened the season with eight straight top-10 finishes … Recorded a pair of sixth-place finishes at the Bates Carnival in the 7.5K freestyle and 15K freestyle on Jan. 13-15 … Recorded two more sixth-place results at the St. Michael’s Carnival in freestyle sprints on Jan. 20 and the 15K classic on Jan. 21 … Picked up her third career top-five finish and first of the season in the 5K freestyle on Jan. 27 at the New Hampshire Carnival ... Came in 10th in the 20K classic at UNH’s home meet on Jan. 28 … Placed seventh in the 10K classical at the Harvard Carnival on Feb. 10 and then helped her New Hampshire relay squad to a fifth-place finish in the 3x5K classic … Came in 14th in the 10K classic on Feb. 17 before matching a career best in fourth in the 5K freestyle at the Williams Carnival … Finished eighth in both the 5K freestyle and 20K classical at the EISA Championships on Feb. 24-25 … Made her NCAA Championships debut in the 5K freestyle on March 9 in 29th place … Wrapped up the season by finishing in 16th in the 20K classical on March 11 at the NCAA Championships in Lake Placid, New York.
2022 (New Hampshire): Took part in 11 races as a sophomore in her first full EISA campaign … Began the season by coming in 30th in the Colby Carnival 20K freestyle on Jan. 14 … Placed 38th in the 10K freestyle and 52nd in the 5K classic at the St. Michael’s Carnival on Jan. 21-22 … Placed 43rd in classic sprints on Feb. 4 and was 44th in the 10K freestyle on Feb. 5 at the Vermont Carnival … Came in 21st in the 5K classic and 29th in the 10K freestyle at the Dartmouth Carnival on Feb. 11-12 … Placed 34th in the Middlebury Carnival 5K classic on Feb. 18 … Wrapped up the season with three consecutive top-25 performances, beginning with a 22nd-palce result in the 15K freestyle at the Middlebury meet on Feb. 19 … Placed 22nd in the 15K freestyle at the EISA Championships on Feb. 25 and concluded the year with a season-best 19th-place finish in the 5K classic at the EISA meet on Feb. 26 … Finished ranked 33rd overall in the East as she was 30th in the classical and 35th in the freestyle.
2021 (New Hampshire): Posted five top-10 finishes in seven races in her freshman campaign at New Hampshire … Made her college debut at the EISA Nordic Carnival in Jackson, New Hampshire, on Jan. 28 and recorded a season-best performance by finishing fourth in the 7K freestyle … Placed sixth in the 10K freestyle at the UNH Carnival on Jan. 29 … Picked up a pair of top-10 results in the EISA Nordic Carnival at Quarry Road, Maine, by recording her second top five of the year in fifth in the 15K freestyle on Feb. 5 and finishing ninth in the 5K classic on Feb. 6… Placed 13th in the 5K classic at EISA Woodstock Nordic Carnival on Feb. 12 … Placed ninth in the New Hampshire Carnival’s 15K freestyle on Feb. 19 … Finished the season by coming in 16th in the 10K classic at the EISA/Vermont Carnival on Feb. 26.
Before College: Previously competed for Røa IL before joining New Hampshire … Notched five top-20 results at 2019 Norwegian Cup competition, highlighted by a ninth and a 10th-place result … Participated at three Norwegian National Junior Championships (2018, 2019, 2020).
Personal: Full name is Lea Stabœk Wenaas … Daughter of Arlid Stabœk and Trude Wenaas … Has two younger siblings, brother Luca and sister Lucia … Godfather, Per Meinich is a DU alum and graduated in 1985 … Earned her bachelor’s degree at UNH in Business Administration, Finance in 2024 … Working on her master’s degree in marketing at DU … Graduated high school from Ullern VGS in Norway in 2020 … Wants to help DU continue to climb in the standings and represent the team at the 2025 NCAA Championships … Served as an ambassador for the “International Club” at New Hampshire … Enjoys traveling and experiencing different cultures … Enjoys pop, dance and alternative rock music and favorite artists are Imagine Dragon and Fred Again … Favorite movies are Shawshank Redemption, Your Name, and Crazy Rich Asians … Also played soccer and was a gymnast as a kid.
Why DU: “I chose Denver because of the excellent opportunity to combine academics and athletics. Denver's skiing program is one of the best in the United States, and the location of the university is perfect for someone who loves the outdoors. In addition to this, my Godfather has always talked highly of the teachers and campus, and I have heard that the Business School is exceptional.”
