Lee Wins Women’s Freestyle at Telemark

CABLE, Wis. — Andrea Lee won the women's 10-kilometer freestyle race today as the Michigan Tech Nordic skiing teams wrapped up their weekend at the Telemark Super Tour.

Lee skied a smart race to finish in a time of 28:01.8—just 0.1 ahead of the second-place finisher and five seconds ahead of the next collegiate skier.

Sonja Hedblom was 16th among collegiate racers with a 30:06 clocking. Carolyn Lucca was 21st in 30:42.

In the men's 15K race, Gaspard Cuenot took fourth, working his way up from eighth and winning a drag race at the finish. His time was 36:52. Kyle Hanson also grabbed a top-10 result with his 37:37 time for eighth among collegiate racers. Didrik Fjeld Elset posted a time of 38:39 for 16th.

"Andrea skied a really savvy race and put the hammer down to stay out front and get the win," said Tech coach Joe Haggenmiller. "Gaspard had a smart race as well. 

"The conditions were pretty good, and it was a strong way to finish the weekend." 

Michigan Tech will host the CCSA Invitational at the Nordic Training Center next weekend (Jan. 30-31).