On Diekmann: Competed at the 2019 NCAA Championships … two-time All-RMISA, earning first-team honors in 2019 … three career podium finishes … 11 career top five finishes … 21 career top-10 finishes … member of two NCAA Championship teams (2017, 2019).
2020: Second-team All-RMISA … season-best finish third in the 10-km freestyle in the Aspen RMISA qualifier … four top-five finishes … fourth in the 10-km freestyle at the Colorado Invitational … fifth in both races at the Denver Invitational (10-km classic, 10-km freestyle) … seven top-10 finishes … competed at the U23 FIS Cross Country World Championships … finished 10th in the sprint classic at the U.S. National Championships … USCSCA National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team.
2019: Finished 12th in the 10-km freestyle and 13th in the 20-km classic at the NCAA Championships (fell out of the top 10 in the last kilometer in the classic race after a fall), helping lead Utah to the team title … first-team All-RMISA … two podium finishes, placing a career-high second in the 10-km classic at the Colorado Invite and placing third in the 10-km freestyle at CU … six top-five finishes, which ranks third in the RMISA … fourth in the sprint classic at the UAA Invitational … three fifth place finishes: the 20-km classic at the Montana State Invite, 5-km freestyle at the New Mexico Invite and 20-km classic at the RMISA Championships … USCSCA National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team.
2018: Five top-10 finishes … season-best sixth-place finish in the sprint freestyle at U.S. Nationals … seventh in the 5-km classic at the New Mexico Invite … eighth in the 10-km classic at the Utah Invite and the RMISA Championship.
2017: Season-best fourth-place finish in the sprint freestyle at the Seawolf Invite … two top-15 finishes … competed at the FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, finishing 23rd in the men's sprint qualifier and 27th overall following the sprint heats, and 53rd in the skiathlon … USCSCA National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team … Utah won the NCAA Championship.
Prior to Utah: 2016 U20 Junior National Champion in the men's freestyle sprint and finished second in the 10-km classic … third in the junior sprint heats at the 2016 U.S. National Championships … USSA 2016 Dave Quinn Award, given to outstanding cross country skier at the Junior Olympics based on results and sportsmanship … won 2015 U18 Junior National title in the 10-km classic mass start … skied five years at Junior Nationals … skis with the Bridger Ski Foundation … valedictorian at Bozeman HS.
Personal: Son of Alex and Lisa Diekmann … father Alex swam at Yale, earning the William Leeming Jelliffe Award in 1985 as the senior who has shown the greatest progress in swimming ability and outstanding leadership … brother Liam also skis … majoring in mechanical engineering.
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