FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Alaska Nanooks sophomore Alyson McPhetres (Chugiak, Alaska/Spanish and Geological Engineering) was named the Central Collegiate Ski Association's female skier of the week, the conference announced Thursday.
The College of Saint Scholastica's Jeremy Hecker was named the CCSA male skier of the week and it is both skiers' first such award of the 2013 season.
McPhetres enjoyed a breakthrough weekend at the Tour de Twin Cities, announcing herself as a genuine NCAA contender with a pair of top-ten overall finishes at Wirth Park. The Chugiak, Alaska native earned her first collegiate win in the women's 5K freestyle race, where she placed ninth overall, and followed that up with a second place CCSA finish in the 15K classic – a race head coach
Scott Jerome labeled as “her best classic race ever” for the Nanooks.
The Nanooks are idle this weekend but will be on the road for the CCSA Championships, which are spread over the first two weekends of February. They open in Marquette, Mich., at Al Quaal where they will race a 1.5K freestyle sprint on Feb. 2 and a 3-by-5K classic relay. The head to Minnesota two weeks later for a 5K classic interval start (Feb. 16) and a 15K freestyle mass start (Feb. 17) at Mt. Itasca.
