“It’s almost cheating, having that good of skis,” Rune Ødegård of the University of Colorado joked after winning the men’s 10 k individual classic at the NCAA Championships Thursday. The junior from Molde, Norway, defended his 2013 10 k classic title in spectacular form, with a time of 24:34.5.
Cross-country action at the 2013 NCAA Championships kicked off on Thursday at the Rikert Touring Center with the men's 10 k individual classic. Rune Ødegård helped move CU into second overall at the halfway point of the championships by winning the event in 26:00.2, five seconds ahead of University of New Mexico's Mats Resaland. Our photos from the race.
Three Scandinavians swept the podium on the first day of nordic racing at the NCAA Championships in Ripton, Vt., with Norwegian Rune Ødegård of the University of Colorado leading the charge in the 10 k classic individual start.
Individual wins by Rune Oedegaard, Joanne Reid and Maria Nordstroem led CU to team victory in the first NCAA invitational of the year in Steamboat Springs, Colo., this weekend.