University of Wisconsin Green Bay Athletics

Nordic Ski Wraps Up CXC Salomon Cup at American Birkebeiner

12/20/2023 1:50:00 PM

CABLE, Wis. – The Green Bay Nordic Skiing team was back in action this past weekend at American Birkebeiner in Cable, Wisconsin. Saturday was the Classic Sprint, followed up by the 10K Skate on Sunday.

CLASSIC SPRINT
Plenty of Phoenix skiers qualified for the quarterfinals and junior quarterfinals, including eight Green Bay men and three women.

Five Green Bay men placed top-30 in Saturday's qualifying sprint:

Ryan Thieme – 7th – 3:24.9
Derrick Waddick – 20th – 3:31.8
Noah Erickson – 21st – 3:31.9
CJ Young – 24th – 3:33.6
Myles Brown – 26th – 3:34.1

The GB men's final results were:

Derrick Waddick – 15th - 3:31.9
Ryan Thieme – 18th - 3:30.13
Noah Erickson –19th - 3:32.5
CJ Young – 23rd - 3:33.1
Myles Brown – 25th - 3:38.6

Three other Phoenix qualified for the Junior quarterfinals:

Grant Rocheleau – 35th – 3:38.9
Sam Folland – 40th – 3:42.4
Zaine Braaten – 61st – 3:56.1

The men's junior final results were:

Grant Rocheleau – 6th - 3:58.8
Sam Folland – 5th - 3:48.5
Zaine Braaten – 16th - 3:47.7

One Green Bay women's skier qualified for the senior quarterfinals, Silje Busklein (18th), while Lilly Franzen and Jenna Johnson finished 33rd and 36th in the qualifying round to be placed in the junior quarterfinals.

Busklein finished 26th on the day with a 4:22.7 in the quarterfinals. In the junior quarterfinals, Johnson finished seventh with a 4:43.3, while Franzen finished eighth with a 4:46.9.

10K SKATE
The Phoenix wrapped up the weekend with the 10K Skate on Sunday. The top three finishers for each team were:

MEN

CJ Young – 17th - 26:46.7
Myles Brown – 23rd – 27:13.5
Ryan Thieme – 28th – 27:28.5

WOMEN

Lilly Franzen – 30th – 30:40.0
Silje Busklein – 59th – 33:04.0
Kiera Rotar – 79th – 34:46.7

COMING UP
Green Bay will be off for the holidays and return to action on Jan. 2-5 at the US Cross Country Ski National Championships at Soldier Hollow Nordic Center in Midway, Utah.

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