HOUGHTON, Mich. – The Michigan Tech Nordic ski teams are traveling to Brillion, Wis. this weekend for the Ariens Nordic CCSA Invitational hosted by UW-Green Bay. The Huskies will race a 15k individual start classic on Saturday and a skate team relay on Sunday.
 
"Saturday's race in an NCAA qualifier and then we have an odd number of qualification races that we need for selection purposes, so we're able to do a different race that doesn't count towards it," Head Coach Tom Monahan Smith said. "We're going to do a 4 x 5-kilometer skate mixed-gender relay that will count towards team scoring and team ranking for the season. It's a really fun way for our student-athletes to get to experience some alternative race formats but also to get to actually really compete as a team."
 
The Ariens Nordic Trails are in their third year of existence. The college races begin at 9 a.m. Central both days.
 
In the up-to-date CCSA points standings, Colin Freed is the leader by three points with Wes Campbell (4th) and Tryg Solberg (5th) also in the top 5. Mikkel Katla (6th), Axel Aflodal (8th), and Parker Courte-Rathwell (10th) rank in the top 10.
 
In the women's standings, Alice McKnight ranks third in the CCSA followed by Greta Hansen (4th), Marie Sølverud Wangen (6th), and Bridget Burns (9th).