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2026 Skiing Roster

Micah Steinberg

  • Position Nordic
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Canmore, Alberta, Canada
  • High School Henry Wise Wood H.S.
  • Prev Team Foothills Nordic Ski Club

Biography

Race-by-Race Results

Honors & Awards:
 4x National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2023, 2024, 2025) ... DU Skiing’s 2026 Nordic Most Improved Skier

2026 (Senior): Earned four top-15 finishes and two top-10 results during his senior campaign … Registered a career-best finish in eighth place in the 10K classic during the Denver Invitational on Feb. 7 at Frisco Nordic Center … Began the season by tying a then-personal best with his third career top 10 in ninth in the 10K classic on Jan. 4 at the RMISA Invitational during the U.S. Cross Country National Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y. … Finished 11th in the 20K freestyle on Jan. 7 in a RMISA Nordic Qualifier in Lake Placid and came in 29th in classic sprints on Jan. 9 to conclude the RMISA Invitational … Placed 18th in the Utah Invitational’s 7.5K freestyle on Jan. 24 and produced an 11th-place result in the 15K classic the next day at the meet at Soldier Hollow Nordic Center … After producing the top result of his collegiate career in eighth in the 10K classic, wrapped up the Denver Invitational in 23rd in the 7.5K freestyle on Feb. 8 in Frisco … Did not finish the 20K freestyle on Feb. 13 and did not start the 7.5K classic the next day in the conclusion of the Colorado Invite in Steamboat Springs … Returned to competition and completed the season on Feb. 27-28 at the RMISA Championships in Soldier Hollow, finishing 21st in the 7.5K classic before coming in 17th in his final collegiate event in the 20K freestyle.
 
2025 (Junior): Earned his first two top-10 finishes of his career and placed in the top 20 in seven-of-12 races … Started the year in 22nd at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational and U.S. Cross Country National Championships’ 10K freestyle on Jan. 2 … Was 18th in the 20K classic at the UAA Invitational on Jan. 5 … Picked up his first career top 10 in 10th place in the 7.5K classic at the Utah Invite on Jan. 18 … Was 21st in Utah’s 15K freestyle on Jan. 19 … Finished 17th in both the 20K freestyle on Jan. 24 and 7.5K classic on Jan. 26 at the Montana State Invitational … Recorded a personal best in ninth place in the 7.5K classic at the Denver Invite on Feb. 8 and finished the home meet at Maloit Park by coming in 13th in the 10K freestyle pursuit on Feb. 9 … Was 32nd in classic sprints on Feb. 16 and 22nd in the 10K freestyle on Feb. 17 as Denver won the Alaska Fairbanks Invitational … Came in 17th in the 7.5K classic on Feb. 21 and 25th in the 20K freestyle on Feb. 22 at the RMISA Championships in Anchorage, Alaska … Served as an alternate for DU’s men’s Nordic team for the 2025 NCAA Championships.

2024 (Sophomore): Competed in six races and recorded a career high in 15th in the 20K classic on Feb. 3 at the Colorado Invitational … Began the CU Invite with a previous personal best in 20th in the 7.5K freestyle … Made his season debut at the Utah Invitational on Jan. 12-13, placing 28th in the 7.5K freestyle and 27th in the 10K classic pursuit … Did not race at the Westminster Invitational or RMISA classic sprints qualifier during the U.S. Cross Country National Championships from Jan. 2-7 … Did not race at the Denver Invitational on Feb. 9-10 while making his FIS World Cup debut with Canada in Canmore, Alberta, coming in 58th in the 20K classic and posting a DNF in the 15K freestyle mass starts … Was 32nd in the 7.5K freestyle at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 24 in Bozeman, Mont. … Did not finish the 20K classic on Feb. 25 at the conference meet.

2023 (Freshman): Took part in three races after missing the start of the season due to an injury … Made his collegiate debut at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational on Feb. 20-21, placing 33rd in both freestyle sprints and 10K classic … Did not start the 10K freestyle at the RMISA Championships in Alaska on Feb. 24 … Finished 33rd in the 20K classic at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 25.

Before Denver: Skied for Foothills Nordic Ski Club … Placed fourth in the 15K classic individual start at the 2022 Canadian World Junior Trials (U20) … Came in third in the 2022 national trials in the U20 classic sprint … Finished sixth in the 21K freestyle and finished 11th in the 1.4K classic sprints at the Canada National Junior Championship on March 23-27, 2022 … Was 38th in the 15K classic and 64th in the 10K freestyle at the Canadian National Championships on March 20-21, 2022.
 
Personal: Brother Jonah was also on the DU Ski Team and the two skied together on the Pioneers for two seasons (2023-2024) … Graduated from Henry Wise Wood High School in Calgary in 2020 … Plans on majoring in marketing and minoring in communications studies … Joined Denver to accomplish his skiing goals while achieving academic success by also getting his degree … Also enjoys mountain biking, ski touring, disc golf and photography.
 
Why DU: "It's a good community and mix of academics and sport."

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    Nordic
    5'7"
  • 2024Sophomore

    Nordic
    5'7"
  • 2025Junior

    Nordic
    5'7"
  • 2026Senior

    Nordic
    5'7"