Anne Siri Lervik

Position:
NORDIC
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Asker, Norway
High School:
Asker

Top Career Classical Finish: First (2019 New Mexico Invitational)
Top Career Freestyle Finish: Second (2020 DU Invitational)

Honors

First-Team All-American (2018 Classical)
Four-Time All-RMISA
Three-Time First-Team All-RMISA (2018, 2019, 2020)
Second-Team All-RMISA (2017)
National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2017; 3.5 Cumulative GPA and Participation in Regionals)
Three-Time RMISA Skier of the Week (2018 DU Invite; 2019 New Mexico Invite, 2020 DU Invite)
Two-Time CU Athlete of the Week (Feb. 10-16, 2017; Feb. 19-25, 2018)
CU Outstanding Nordic Woman Award (2018)
Four-Time Letterwinner (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Career—One of the top skiers in the nation, Lervik competed in 46 of a possible 48 races in her career and finished 44 of those races. She had an astounding 42 top 20, 28 top 10 and 20 top five finishes which included 11 podium appearances and one win. She won one All-America honor and was four times an All-RMISA performer, including three times on the first team. She participated at the NCAA Championships each of the last three seasons of her career. She was a four-year letterwinner and once a member of the National All-Academic Ski Team.

2020 (Senior)—Despite suffering injuries that kept her off the snow prior to the start of the college season, Lervik posted a successful senior season in which she started off with a bang, finishing the top top four of the first four races spanning two meets. She participated in nine of 11 possible races, missing two due to illness, and she had nine top 20 finishes, not finishing lower than 17th, with five top 10 and four top five finishes including three podium appearances. She was the Buffs top finisher each of the first four races of the season before her illness and then again in the final race at NCAA Championships. In the other four races, she was the third CU finisher, easily earning her fourth letter. She took fourth in the 5K freestyle and third in the 15K classic race at Steamboat Springs for the CU Invitational and then took third in the classic and second in the freestyle race at Maloit Park for the DU Invitational. Then during a break, she got sick and missed the RMISA Nordic Qualifier races in Aspen, the first two races she missed in her career. She rebounded and looked to be close to full strength by the end of the season. She was 17th in the freestyle and 14th in the classic in Soldier Hollow for the Utah Invitational and then improved to 12th in the freestyle and ninth in the classic in Bozeman for the RMISA Championships. She took 11th in the freestyle race at the NCAA Championships and was primed for a podium or better in the classic race there but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (Junior)—Lervik picked up where she left off at the end of a very successful sophomore campaign and finished all 12 races in 2019 with seven top 10 and four top five finishes including two podiums and a race win, the classic race at the New Mexico Invitational, where she also hit the podium in the freestyle race in third place. She was fourth at the classic race at Montana State and she has improved throughout the early part of the season, taking 10th to open the season in the 5K freestyle race at the CU Invitational, improving to eighth for the classic race at CU before taking eighth in the freestyle race at MSU, followed by a fourth place finish and hitting the podium twice at New Mexico. She struggled a little by her standards in Alaska, earning an eighth and fiffh place finishes in freestyle races and a pair of 12th place finishes in the classic races. She took 13th in the classic race at the NCAA Championships and was 28th in the freestyle race.

2018 (Sophomore)—Garnered first-team All-America honors after finishing as runner-up in the 5K classic race at the NCAA Championships, coming in her first national championship race … Her second-place finish at the NCAA Championship was the best result of any race in her career … Collected first-team All-RMISA honors after posting 10 top five finishes on the season in 14 races; she led the team in top five finishes … Hit the podium five times on the season; four in classic races and once in the freestyle … Freestyle result was in the 15K skate at the RMISA Championships, where she also posted a third-place finish in the 5K classic race …She earned CU Athlete of the Week honors after her performance at the RMISA Championship … Also collected RMISA Skier of the Week honors following the DU Invitational where she finished third in the 5K classic race and fourth in the 5K freestyle skate ... At the team’s end-of-the-season banquet she received the outstanding Nordic Woman Award.

2017 (Freshman)—She earned second-team All-RMISA honors in her first season with the Buffaloes ... Her strong freshman campaign was highlighted with her top performance at the RMISA Championships, where she was the only women’s Nordic skier to finish fourth or higher in both the 5K classic and 15K freestyle races … Reached the podium for the first time in her career in her very first race at regionals, taking third in the 5K classic ... Then placed fourth on the final day of regionals in the 15K freestyle, helping CU hold off Denver to claim its 28th RMISA Championship by just a 7½ point margin of victory ... For her success at the RMISA Championships, she was named the CU Athlete of the Week ... Overall, she had five top 10 finishes on the season with four of those coming in the classical discipline.

Prior to CU—Lervik was a member of Team Asker Ski Club from 2003-16 ... In 2010 she placed fourth in the youth nation championships ... As she grew older, she recorded four top 15 finishes from 2014-16 at the Junior National Championships – she was fifth in the freestyle 7.5KM skate in 2014, ninth in the pursuit in 2014, 10th in a 10KM classic race and 15th in a 15KM classical ... She also had a second-place showing in the rollerski race at Lysebotn Opp in 2014.

High School—Lervik graduated from Asker High School in Asker, Norway in June 2016 ... She carried a 3.92 GPA in high school.

In the Classroom—Lervik is in the Leeds School of Business at CU and pursuing a degree in Marketing … She was named to the 2017 National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team, which requires a cumulative 3.5 grade point average and competing at the NCAA Regional Championships.

Personal— Anne Siri Lervik was born April 1, 1996, in Trondheim, Norway ... Is the daughter of John and Ase Lervik and has two younger siblings, Anders and Hannah ... Her father is an engineer and her mother a teacher ... In her free time she enjoys reading, cooking, hiking and extreme sports in addition to spending time with family and friends ... Her uncle, Bjorn Laukli, lettered for the CU ski team in 1993 ... She chose to come to the University of Colorado because of the beautiful scenery, the sunny and warm weather and she heard great things about the business school and athletic department.onships at the end of the season.