Anabel Needham
Anabel Needham
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Houghton, Mich.
  • High School:
    Houghton

Bio

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.

News Mentions

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Needham named CoSIDA Academic All-American

Michigan Tech Nordic skier Anabel Needham has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team.

June 15, 2022

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Needham named CoSIDA Academic All-District

Anabel Needham has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large First Team.

May 19, 2022

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Nordic skiing announces team award recipients

The Michigan Tech Nordic ski team recently handed out its annual team banquet.

April 15, 2022

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Thirteen Tech Nordic skiers honored for academics

The Michigan Tech Nordic ski teams had 13 Huskies named to the National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team.

March 30, 2022

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Patten is skate All-American, Women’s team finishes 4th

Michigan Tech wrapped up the season Saturday at the NCAA Championships.

March 12, 2022

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Needham and Katajala are NCAA All-Americans in classic

Anabel Needham and Nea Katajala had All-American performances in the classic at the NCAA Championships.

March 10, 2022

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Huskies set to ski at NCAA Championships Thursday and Saturday

The Michigan Tech Nordic ski team is in Utah this week for the 2022 NCAA Skiing Championships.

March 8, 2022

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Needham skiing for Team USA at U23 World Ski Championships

Michigan Tech junior Anabel Needham is competing for Team USA this week at the U23 World Ski Championships.

February 23, 2022

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Huskies win NCAA Central Region Championship

The Michigan Tech Nordic ski teams combined to win the NCAA Central Region Ski Championship.

February 20, 2022

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Huskies win combined CCSA Championship

The Michigan Tech Nordic ski teams combined for the CCSA Conference Title.

February 13, 2022

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Huskies win MTU Invite at Tech Trails

The Michigan Tech Nordic ski teams hosted the CCSA MTU Invite and GLD CXC Cup at the Tech Trails, and the squads combined for a team title.

January 30, 2022

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Women's Nordic Ski Team earns win at Mt. Itasca

The Michigan Tech Nordic ski teams kicked off their CCSA portion of the schedule at the Mt. Itasca CXC Cup.

January 23, 2022

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Huskies wrap up racing at US Cross Country Ski National Championships

The Michigan Tech Nordic ski team wrapped up competition at the US Nationals on Friday.

January 7, 2022

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Needham's all-around effort highlights ski weekend at Gitchi Gami Games

Michigan Tech’s ski team continued the SuperTour events this weekend at the Gitchi Gami Games.

December 12, 2021

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Witkowski's podium finish highlights ski opener at Duluth SuperTour

Michigan Tech’s opening ski weekend was highlighted by career best results by Adam Witkowski.

December 6, 2021