Race-by-Race Results
Honors & Awards: All-RMISA Second Team (Women’s Nordic) … 2x National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2024, 2025) … DU Skiing’s 2025 Nordic Most Improved Skier … DU Skiing’s 2024 Nordic Pioneer Award
2025 (Sophomore): Recorded five top-10 finishes and three top-five results in her second campaign with the Pioneers … Placed in the top 20 in each of her 10 RMISA races during the season … Began the year with her first career top-five result in fifth place in the 10K freestyle at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational and U.S. Cross Country National Championships on Jan. 2 … Placed 11th in the 20K classic at the UAA Invite on Jan. 5 and 10th in the 7.5K classic at the Utah Invitational on Jan. 18 before posting a career-best finish in fourth in the 15K freestyle on Jan. 19 in Utah … Was 13th in the 20K freestyle on Jan. 24 before leading all Denver women in fifth place in the 7.5K classic on Jan. 26 at the Montana State Invitational … Was 13th in the 7.5K classic and 11th in the 10K freestyle pursuit at the Denver Invitational on Feb. 8-9 in Maloit Park … Came in 17th in classic sprints and ninth in the 10K freestyle at the Alaska Fairbanks Invite on Feb. 16-17 … Did not start either race at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 21-22 in Anchorage … Made her first NCAA Championship squad and was 35th in the 7.5K classic and 37th in the 20K freestyle on March 6-8.
2024 (Freshman): Competed in each of the first 11 races of the season and served as an alternate for DU’s women’s Nordic team at the 2024 NCAA Championships … Made her college debut and placed 17th in the 10K classic at the Westminster Invitational during the U.S. Cross Country National Championships on Jan. 2 … Had a season-best performance and first career top-10 finish in eighth in freestyle sprints on Jan. 4 during the Westminster Invite … Came in 14th in classic sprints at the RMISA Nordic Qualifier event at U.S. Nationals on Jan. 7 … Was 17th in the 7.5K freestyle and 23rd in the 10K classic pursuit at the Utah Invitational on Jan. 12-13 … Placed 24th in the Colorado Invitational’s 7.5K freestyle on Feb. 2 before placing 17th in the 20K classic the next day in Steamboat Springs, Colo. … Produced back-to-back top-15 finishes at the Denver Invitational, coming in 15th in the 10K classic on Feb. 9 and 12th and scoring for the Pioneers in the 5K freestyle on Feb. 10 at Maloit Park in Minturn, Colo. … Registered a pair of 21st-place finishes at the RMISA Championships in the 7.5K freestyle and 20K classical on Feb. 24-25 in Bozeman, Mont.
Before Denver: Primarily competed for the Lillehammer Skiklub, but was also a member of Stokke IL Ski and NTG Lillehammer … Placed eighth overall in the 2022 Norwegian Junior Cup … Also won a Norway relay championship in 2022 … Placed seventh in the 15K freestyle and ninth in the 5K classic at the 2022 Norwegian Junior Championships … Came in third in a 10K freestyle and fifth in 10K classic at 2022 Norway Juniors … Was recognized with the Oppland Skikrets honorary award in 2022 … Came in sixth in freestyle sprints at a junior race in Holmenkollen, Norway, and 10th in the 5K classic in a under-20 event at Lygna, Norway in winter 2020 … Finished 10th overall in the 2020 Norwegian Junior Cup … Has participated in seven Scandinavian Cup races.
Personal: Full name is Maja Kjaeraas Moland … Has a brother and sister … Graduated high school in 2021 from NTG Lillehammer … Intends to major in business at DU … Wants to compete at the international level after college … Hobbies include cycling and ski touring.
Why DU: “I choose the University of Denver because of the exceptional skiing program, and it gives me the opportunity to compete at a high level while pursuing my academic goals.”
