On Bergström: Three-time NCAA champion, winning the 2018 classic title and 2017 NCAA classic and freestyle championships … seven career race wins and 15 career podium finishes … four-time All-American … two-time RMISA men’s Nordic Athlete of the Year (2017-18) … 2018 RMISA men’s Nordic MVP … two-time first-team All-RMISA … 2017 United States Collegiate Ski Association (USCSCA) National Skier of the Year in men's Nordic … 2017 Fasterskier men's Collegiate Skier of the Year … 2018 Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal … 2018 Academic All-America.
2018: Won NCAA championship in the 10-km classic while finishing eighth in the 20-km freestyle (two-time All-America) … RMISA men’s Nordic Athlete of the Year, RMISA men’s Nordic MVP and first-team All-RMISA … led all RMISA men’s Nordic skiers with five wins … tied for the league lead with nine podium finishes … named RMISA Skier of the Week at the Montana State Invite after sweeping the 10-km freestyle and 10-km classic races … won the sprint freestyle at U.S. Nationals … won the 5-km classic at the New Mexico Invite and finished second in the 21-km freestyle … did not finish lower than eighth during the season … Academic All-America Division I At-Large second team … first-team Academic All-District 8 At-Large … Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal.
2017: Swept the men's 10-km classic and 20-km freestyle races at the NCAA Championships … United States Collegiate Ski Association (USCSCA) National Skier of the Year in men's Nordic … Fasterskier men's Collegiate Skier of the Year … RMISA Men's Nordic Athlete of the Year and first-team All-RMISA … six podium finishes … nine top 10 finishes … named RMISA Skier of the Week for the RMISA Championships after finishing a second in the 20-km freestyle and third in the 10-km classic … also finished on the podium in the 20-km freestyle at the UAA Invite (3rd) and the sprint freestyle at the Seawolf Invite (3rd) … helped Utah finish second in the 4x5-km mixed classic relay in the Seawolf Invite … also won the 10-km classic at New Hampshire Carnival … recipient of Utah's David Novelle Memorial Outstanding Skier Award … USCSCA National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team.
Before Utah: Finished seventh in the sprint classic at the 2015 U23 World Ski Championships and was 10th in the sprint freestyle in 2014 … four World Cup starts, finishing 23rd in the sprint at Nove Mesto in 2014 … 2014-15 Swedish National Development Team … three Junior World Ski Championships appearances (2012, 2014, 2015) … eighth in the sprint at the 2014 National Championships and ninth in the 50-km classic.
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