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Niklas Persson
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Falun, Sweden
Career: Four-time All-American, earning classical honors in 2014 and 2015 and freestyle honors in 2013 and 2015 ... four-time All-RMISA, earning first-team honors in 2015 and 2016 ... earned first career victory at the Pat Miller Invitational in the 15-km classic in 2014 ... 12 career podium finishes ... 21 career top-5 finishes and 38 career top-10 finishes.
2016: Will compete at the NCAA Championship … first-team All-RMISA … six podium finishes … finished second twice, in the 15-km classic at the Utah Invite and in the 10-km freestyle at the Colorado Invite … finished third in four races, including the 20-km classic at the RMISA Championship … nine top-five finishes … named the RMISA Skier of the Week after finishing third in both the 10-km classic and 5-km freestyle.
2015: Earned All-America honors in both the 20-km classic and 10-km freestyle races at the NCAA Championships, finishing fifth in the classic race and 10th in the freestyle race ... first-team All-RMISA ... finished on the podium three times, earning third in the 7.5-km classic and 10-km free races the Alaska Invite and the 20-km classic at Colorado ... named RMISA Skier of the Week following the Alaska meet ... fourth in the 20-km classic at the RMISA Championship ... fifth in the 10-km free at the Colorado Invite ... nine top-10 finishes.
2014: Earned All-America honors in the 10-km classical at the NCAA Championships, finishing on the podium with a third-place finish ... 16th in the 20-km freestyle at NCAA's ... second-team All-RMISA ... won the 15-km classic at the Pat Miller Invitational ... finished in the top 10 in all but one race ... finished second in the 10-km classic at the New Mexico Invitational ... fifth in the 10-km classical at the RMISA Championships with an eighth-place run in the 20-km freestyle.
2013: Earned All-America honors in the 20-km free with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships ... also finished 15th in the 10-km classic at NCAA's ... second-team All-RMISA ... posted his highest finish of the season with a fourth-place effort in the 20-km freestyle at the RMISA Championships ... placed among the top 10 in eight out of 12 races ... took sixth in the 15-km classical at the Denver Invite and the 20-km freestyle of the Utah Invite.
Before Utah: Competed for Bengt Stattin at Gudlarbilderskolan ... member of the Falun/Borlänge Ski Club ... won the NJC 10-km race and took third at the NJC Double Pursuit 20-km.
Personal: Son of Mathias and Marie Persson ... siblings Johanna and Lotta ... hobbies include music and soccer ... majoring in sociology.
| Colorado Invite | Denver Invite | New Mexico Invite | Utah Invite | RMISA Championship | NCAA Championship | |||||||
| 20K FS | 10K CL | 10K FS | 15K CL | 5K CL | 10K FS | 10K CL | 20K FS | 10K CL | 20K FS | 10K CL | 20K FS | |
| 2013 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 5 |
| Pat Miller Invite (Utah) | Montana State Invite | Colorado Invite | New Mexico Invite | RMISA Championship | NCAA Championship | |||||||
| 15K CL | 30K FS | 10K CL | 10K FS | 10K CL | 20K FS | 10K CL | 10K FS | 10K CL | 20K FS | 10K CL | 20K FS | |
| 2014 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| Utah Invitational | Colorado Invite | New Mexico Invite | Alaska Invite | RMISA Championship | NCAA Championship | |||||||
| 15K CL | 10K FS | 20K CL | 10K FS | 10K CL | 10K FS | 7.5K CL | 10K FS | 20K CL | 10K FS | 20K CL | 10K FS | |
| 2015 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 10 |
| Utah Invitational | Montana State Invite | Colorado Invite | New Mexico Invite | RMISA Championship | NCAA Championship | |||||||
| 15K CL | 10K FS | 20K CL | 10K FS | 20K CL | 10K FS | 10K CL | 5K FS | 20K CL | 10K FS | 20K CL | 10K FS | |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Career | ||||||||||||
| Victories | 1 | |||||||||||
| Podium | 12 | |||||||||||
| Top 5 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Top 10 | 38 | |||||||||||
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