Career: Two-time All-American, earning classical honors in 2016 and freestyle honors in 2017 … 2017 U.S. National Sprint Classic Champion … 2017 RMISA MVP and first-team All-RMISA … four-time NCAA qualifier … two career victories and six career podium finishes, all done his senior season ... 13 career top-five finishes.
2017: Earned All-America honors in the 20-km freestyle with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships ... also finished 15th in the 10-km classic at NCAA's … RMISA MVP … first-team All-RMISA … two wins, winning the sprint classic at the Utah Invitational and the 10-km freestyle at the Montana State Invite … six podium finishes … named the RMISA Skier of the Week for the Utah Invite, finishing second in the 15-km freestyle in addition to the sprint classic win … finished second in the sprint freestyle at the Seawolf Invite and in the 10-km classic at the UAA Invite … helped Utah finish second in the 4x5-km mixed classic relay at the Seawolf Invite … won the sprint classic at U.S. Cross Country Championship … recipient of Utah's Alf Engen Sportsmanship Award.
2016: Earned All-America honors with a seventh-place finish in the 20-km classical at the NCAA Championships … finished 16th in the 10-km freestyle at NCAA's … second-team All-RMISA … five top-five finishes and finished in the top 10 in 11 of 12 races … season-best fourth-place finish three times: in the 10-km freestyle at the RMISA Championship, the 20-km classic at Colorado, and the 10-km classic at New Mexico … also finished fifth in the 20-km classic at the RMISA Championship to earn RMISA Skier of the Week honors … fifth in the 10-km freestyle at Montana State.
2015: Represented Utah at the NCAA Championships, finishing 16th in the 20-km classic and 26th in the 10-km freestyle ... best finish of the season was sixth in the 10-km freestyle at the Alaska Invite ... six top-10 finishes ... 10th in the 20-km classical at the RMISA Championships ... finished seventh in the 20-km classical and ninth in the 10-km free at the Colorado Invite ... seventh in the 10-km free at the Utah Invite.
2014: Competed at the NCAA Championships, finishing 18th in the 20-km freestyle and 37th in the 10-km classical ... best finish was fourth place in the 15-km classical at the Pat Miller Invite ... tied for ninth in the 10-km freestyle at Montana State ... tied for 11th in the 10-km classical and 13th in the 20-km freestyle at the RMISA Championship ... 11th in the 10-km classical at the Colorado Invite ... 10 top-20 finishes.
Before Utah: Skied with the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation ... multiple top-three finishes at Junior Nationals ... 2011 Midwest Junior Olympic team ... two-time Wisconsin state champion at Lakeland Union HS ... two-year team captain ... honor roll ... also participated in soccer and track.
Personal: Son of Mike and Sandy Bolger ... two sisters and a brother ... sister Hannah was a swimmer at Northern Michigan ... sociology major.
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