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2023-24 Skiing

Anabel Needham

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Houghton, Mich.
  • High School Houghton

Biography

2022-23: College Sports Communicators Academic All-America At-Large Second Team… GLIAC Academic Excellence Team… Second Team All-American in the 5km freestyle… NCAA Qualifier… All-Region First Team 20km mass start/5km freestyle interval start... All-Conference First Team… Won the freestyle sprint at the Salomon Cup - Duluth… Won the 20km classic mass start at the GANC CCSA Invite… Won the freestyle sprint at the Pre-Nationals CCSA Invite/CXC Cup… Had a runner-up finish in the 5km freestyle interval start at the NCAA Central Regional Skiing Championships… Had a runner-up finish in the 20km classic mass start at the NCAA Central Regional Skiing Championships… Had a runner-up finish in the 20km mass start at the CCSA Conference Championships… Placed third in the classic interval start at the Salomon Cup - Duluth… Placed third in the freestyle interval start at the Pre-Nationals CCSA Invite/CXC Cup… Placed eighth in the 5km freestyle at the NCAA Skiing Championships… Placed 16th in the freestyle sprint at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed 20th in the 20km classic mass start at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed 21st in the Classic Sprint at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed 26th in the 10km freestyle interval start at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed 27th in the 20km classic mass start at the NCAA Skiing Championships…

2021-22: CoSIDA Academic All-America… USCSA All-Academic Ski Team… Placed fourth at the NCAA Championships for First Team All-America honors… Won the 10k individual start freestyle at the CCSA MTU Invite & GLD CXC Cup… Won the 10k skate interval start at the Mt. Itasca CXC Cup… Had a runner-up finish in the 15k mass start skate at the CCSA Championships… Placed runner-up in the 7.5k class mass start at the Mt. Itasca CXC Cup… Placed second in the individual start classic the CCSA MTU Invite & GLD CXC Cup… Placed third collegiately in the 10k classic at the Gitchi Gami Games… Placed fourth  in the individual 5k classic at the CCSA Championships… Placed 10th overall and second collegiately in the sprint races at the Gitchi Gami Games… Earned the U23 win and finished 11th overall in the classic sprint at the US Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed 12th in the 15k freestyle at the NCAA Championships… Placed 14th overall and second collegiately in the 15k freestyle at the Gitchi Gami Games… Placed 19th overall and fifth collegiately in the 5k skate at the Duluth SuperTour… Placed 23rd overall and fourth U23 in the skate sprint at the US Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed 31st overall, third U23 and 14th collegiately in the interval start classic at the US Cross Country Ski National Championships… 

2020-21: USCSA All-Academic Ski Team… Earned All-Region honors in the 5k classic… Earned All-Region honors in the 15k freestyle… Won the 5k classic at the NCAA Regional... Won the CCSA Championship 5k classic... Had a runner-up finish in the NMU Invitational 5k classic... Placed third in the NMU Invitational 15k skate... Placed fourth overall in the 10k skate at the MTU Holiday Championships… Placed sixth in the CCSA Championship 15k freestyle... Placed eighth in the 15k freestyle at the NCAA Regional... Placed 11th in the semi finals of the skate sprint at the Duluth SuperTour… Placed 19th in the 5k classic at the NCAA Championships… Placed 26th in the 15k freestyle at the NCAA Championships… 

2019-20: All-Region (Freestyle)... Placed 19th in the freestyle skate at the CCSA Championships with a time of 16:46.9... Placed 9th in the classic race at the CCSA Championships with a time of 54:04.3... Finished ninth at the NCAA Central Region Championships in the freestyle race with a time of 14:29.8... Crossed the line 12th in the classic race at the NCAA Central Region Championships with a time of 1:01:02.0...

High School:
Graduated from Houghton High School … Michigan State Meet Pursuit and Sprint Champion … Finished 20th at U.S. Junior National Championships in the 5K Skate U18 race … Also competed in cross country and track & field … Also raced for Copper Country Ski Tigers.

Personal: Majoring in Environmental Engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior

  • 2023-24Senior

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