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2023 Skiing Roster

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Vera Norli

  • Position Nordic
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Donshi Videregaende Shole
  • Hometown Jar, Norway

Biography

Race-by-Race Results

Awards: 
2021 Second Team NCAA All-American (5K classic) ... 2021 All-RMISA Second Team (Women's Nordic) ... National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2020, 2021, 2022)

2023 (Senior): Finished all eight races she participated in, recording five top-20 finishes and placed inside the top 15 three times … Scored for Denver in five events during the year … Recorded a season-best finish in freestyle to begin her senior season by placing 14th in the 10K on Jan. 2 at the RMISA Nordic Qualifiers at the U.S. Cross Country National Championships … Placed 20th in classic sprints on Jan. 4 at the RMISA Qualifier event at U.S. Nationals … Had her best result of the year by finishing 11th in the 15K classical at the Montana State Invitational on Jan. 13 … Placed 18th in the 5K freestyle at MSU on Jan. 14 … Did not race in either the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 3-4 or Denver Invitational on Feb. 10-11 … Was 28th in freestyle sprints at the Alaska Anchorage Invite on Feb. 20 and placed 21st in the UAA 10K classic on Feb. 21 … Was 26th in the 5K freestyle at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 24 before closing her collegiate career by placing 14th in the 20K classic on Feb. 25 in Alaska.
 
2022 (Junior): Began the season by picking up her third career podium in third place in the 10K classic at the Utah Invitational/U.S. National Championships on Jan. 6 … Earned her second top 10 of the season in 10th in the 5K classic at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 25 … Finished inside the top 20 in nine-of-10 races … Came in 13th in the 5K classic before posting a season high in freestyle with an 11th-place finish in the 10K at the UAF Nanook Invitational on Feb. 1-2 … Was 12th in the RMISA Qualifier Classic sprints at the U.S. Nationals on Jan. 7 … Placed 18th in 5K freestyle at the Montana State Invitational on Jan. 15 in Sun Valley, Idaho, but did not race in the 10K classical the following day … Also didn’t race in freestyle sprints at the Utah Invite on Jan. 2 … Finished 13th in the 5K freestyle at the RMISA Invitational on Feb. 5 in Fairbanks, Alaska, and was 18th in the 15K freestyle at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 26 in Steamboat Springs, Colo. … Placed 12th in the 5K classic on March 10 and 30th in the 15K freestyle on March 12 at the NCAA Championships at Soldier Hollow, Utah … Member of the 2022 National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team.

2021 (Sophomore): Was a Second Team NCAA All-American selection in the 5K Classic at the NCAA Championships ... Named 2021 All-RMISA Women's Nordic Second Team ... Took 21st in the women's 5K freestyle at the RMISA Invitational at Utah ... Had an eighth-place finish in the women's 15K classical at the RMISA Invitational at Utah ... Finished 10th in the women's 5K freestyle at the Denver Invitational ... Finished sixth the women's 7.5K classical at the Denver Invitational ... Placed eighth in the women's freestyle sprints at the CU Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational ... Locked up a fifth-place finish in the women's 5K classical at the Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational ... Recorded a third-place finish in the 5K classic and took 19th in the 10K freestyle at RMISA Invitational at Westminster & Soldier Hollow ... Took sixth in the 5K classical and 16th in the 15K freestyle at the RMISA Championships ... Named to National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team by USCSCA ... Took 10th in 5K classic and 16th in the 15K freestyle at the NCAA Championships.

2020 (Freshman): Finished 10th in the 5K classic and 16th in the 7.5K freestyle pursuit at the DU Invitational ... Took 23rd in the 5K freestyle and 10th in the 15K classic at the CU Invitational ... Claimed 13th in the 5K freestyle and sixth in the 21K classic at the Aspen RMISA Qualifier ... Earned 22nd in the 5K freestyle and fifth in the 10K classic at the Utah Invitational ... Took 18th in the 5K freestyle and second in the 15K classic at the RMISA Championships ... Placed 28th in the 5K freestyle at the NCAA Championships ... USCSCA All-Academic Team.

Before Denver: Finished first in the 2017 Nordic skiing, running, and cycling ... Recorded a first-place finish in the 2016 and 2017 running and cycling ... Took the podium three times in 2018 and 2019 for Nordic skiing ... Finished eighth in Nordic skiing at the 2019 Junior World Championships ... Recorded top-10 finishes in Nordic skiing at the Norwegian Championships.

Personal: Daughter of Oyvind and Hanne Norli ... Has two siblings, older brother Peder and younger brother Henrik ... Majoring in business... Was part of the Asker Skiklubb and BOC cycling club.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    Nordic
    5'8"
  • 2021Sophomore

    Nordic
    5'8"
  • 2022Junior

    Nordic
    5'8"
  • 2023Senior

    Nordic
    5'8"