Bio

2022-23: GLIAC Academic Excellence Team… Placed 4th in the freestyle sprint at the Salomon Cup - Duluth… Placed 16th in the classic interval start at the Salomon Cup - Duluth… Placed 18th in the freestyle sprint at the Pre-Nationals CCSA Invite/CXC Cup… Placed 21st in the freestyle interval start at the Pre-Nationals CCSA Invite/CXC Cup… Placed 25th in the freestyle sprint at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed 26th in the 20km classic mass start at the GANC CCSA Invite… Placed 27th in the 10km freestyle interval start at the GANC CCSA Invite… Placed 37th in the 32km classic mass start at the Seeley Hills SuperTour/CCSA Invite… Placed 74th in the 20km classic mass start at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed 90th in the 10km freestyle interval start at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed 126th in the Classic Sprint at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships…

2021-22: Placed fourth in the 20k mass start skate at the CCSA Championships… Placed fourth in the 15k skate at the CCSA MTU Invite… Placed eighth in the 10k mass start Classic at the CCSA Mt. Itasca CXC Cup… Placed ninth in the 10km Classic at the CCSA MTU Invite… Placed ninth in the 15k skate at the CCSA Mt. Itasca CXC Cup… Placed twenty-third in the 10k classic at the NCAA Regional… Placed thirteenth in the 20k mass start skate at the NCAA Regional… 

Major: Master Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology

About Felix: Félix Cottet-Puinel will be a graduate student-athlete with our Nordic Huskies and is coming to us as a former French National Biathlon Team member. Félix graduated this spring from the Université Grenoble Alpes in France with a bachelor's degree in sport science. Félix's highlight skiing results include two-time bronze medalist in the 20km individual and single mixed relay at the 2019 Winter University Games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, National Champion of France in the relay in 2016, and bronze medalist in the team relay at the 2015 World Junior Championships!