Photos from the final day of the 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships, with the men’s 20-kilometer freestyle mass start taking place on a 5 k loop at the Jackson Ski Touring Center in Jackson, N.H.
Denver’s Moritz Madlener (1) leading out of the start while Utah’s eventual winner Martin Bergström (at right) cuts in. (Photo: Karen Brown)
Denver’s Moritz Madlener (1) leading out of the start with Colorado’s Petter Reistad. (Photo: Karen Brown)
Denver’s Moritz Madlener and Dag Frode Trollebø leading the pack out of the start.
Up the first climb they go
Colorado’s Petter Reistad leading Denver’s Dag Frode Trollebø (11) on the first of four laps.
NMU’s Adam Martin (2) leading DU’s Dag Frode Trollebø while leading the race on the start of Lap 2, a little over 5 k in.
DU’s Moritz Madlener (1) leading NMU’s Adam Martin (2), CU’s Mads Ek Strøm (35) and DU’s Dag Frode Trollebø (far left) on the second of four laps.
Utah’s Martin Bergström skiing in sixth just behind the leaders on the second of four laps.
Michigan Tech’s Gaspard Cuenot (6) skiing ahead of Williams’s Jordan Fields (10) just behind the leaders on Lap 2.
Jordan Fields of Williams chasing the leaders on Lap 2 at the 2017 NCAA DI skiing championships.
UVM’s Juri Miosga (23), UNM’s Arnaud Guyon (15), Williams’s Eli Hoenig (16), and Dartmouth’s Fabian Stocek (3) chasing on Lap 2.
Utah’s Martin Mikkelsen leading Denver’s Lars Hannah (12) on Lap 2
Colby’s Zane Fields (8) racing at the 2017 NCAA Championships last season. This season, he became the school’s first cross-country skiing All-American.
Denver’s Moritz Madlener (1) leading a downhill on the second lap, with Colorado’s Mads Ek Strøm (35) right behind him.
CU’s Petter Reistad (7) and Utah’s Martin Bergström on a downhill on Lap 2.
Williams’s Eli Hoenig leading a chase group down a hill on Lap 2 with Utah’s Kevin Bolger, Williams’s Jordan Fields, Utah’s Martin Mikkelsen, and DU’s Lars Hannah behind him.
The start of Lap 3, with CU’s Mads Ek Strøm leading Denver’s Moritz Madlener and NMU’s Adam Martin.
Denver’s Moritz Madlener leading on Lap 3 of 4, followed by NMU’s Adam Martin, CU’s Mads Ek Strøm, and Dartmouth’s Fabian Stocek, respectively.
NMU’s Adam Martin (l) and Dartmouth’s Fabian Stocek chasing DU’s Moritz Madlener (not shown) down a hill toward the stadium near the end of Lap 3.
The start the final lap, with DU’s Moritz Madlener (l) leading NMU’s Adam Martin (2), Dartmouth’s Fabian Stocek (3), and CU’s Mads Ek Strøm (35) and Petter Reistad (behind Stocek).
Utah’s Martin Bergström (9) leading Denver’s Moritz Madlener (1) and CU’s Petter Reistad down the finishing stretch. (Photo: Karen Brown)
DU’s Moritz Madlener (1), CU’s Mads Ek Strøm (35) and Petter Reistad (7) and Dartmouth’s Fabian Stocek (behind Reistad) chasing Utah’s Bergström (not shown) toward the finish. (Photo: Karen Brown)
CU’s Petter Reistad (r) and Dartmouth’s Fabian Stocek racing toward the finish. (Photo: Karen Brown)
