MINNEAPOLIS - Senior Chris Harvey won the 1,500-meter freestyle sprint in the open division to lead the Michigan Tech Nordic ski teams at the Minnesota Valley Sprints last weekend (Dec. 20-21). Tech had three other skiers finish in the top-six of the race. Senior Steve Pribyl finished third, junior Charlie Keller was fourth and senior Erik Mundahl was sixth.
Freshman Andy Keller posted the top finish for Tech in the men’s olympic junior division race crossing the line in fourth.
Redshirt freshman Lauren Rantala led the attack on the women’s side finishing second in the olympic junior division 1,500-meter freestyle. Teammate sophomore Jackie Pribyl was third and freshman Melanie Hoffman was fourth.
Senior Nicole Lepinski, the lone Tech skier in the women’s open race, finished fourth.
Due to poor conditions through out the weekend, many skiers opted out of racing on Sunday.
Rantala posted her second runner-up finish of the weekend in the women’s olympic junior 800-meter freestyle.
Freshman Luke Gesior was the top finisher in the men’s olympic junior 800-meter freestyle race finishing sixth.
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