Maria Nordstrom

Position:
Nordic
Height:
5-9
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Gavle, Sweden
High School:
St. Mikaelsskolan/Gavle

• Top Career Classical Finish: First (2013 Colorado Invitational)
• Top Career Freestyle Finish: Third (Twice, last 2013 RMISA Championships)

Honors

• 2013 Second-Team All-American (Classical)
• 2013 First-Team All-RMISA
• 2013 RMISA Skier of the Week (RMISA Championships)
• 2013 CU Athlete of the Week (RMISA Championships)

Career at Colorado—Nordstroem made an immediate impact giving the Buffs one of the most dominant women’s Nordic teams in NCAA history. As a group, the quartet of Nordstroem, Joanne Reid, Eliska Hajkova and Mary Rose compiled 35 top 10 finishes, 26 top five finishes and won 11 of the 12 races on the season.

2013 (Freshman)—Nordstroem made an immediate impact on the program and won her second race as a Buff, the classical race at the Colorado Invitational after finishing third in the first race of the season, the freestyle race at the CU meet. After struggling a little bit at altitude in New Mexico, she rattled off five straight top 10 finishes, including sixth place in the classical race at the NCAA Championships. Her 12th place finish in the freestyle race on the final day of the NCAA meet may have been her best. At less than 100 percent, her finish enabled the Buffs to rally from the largest final day deficit in NCAA Championships history as the Buffs won the championship. In 12 races, she had nine top 10 finishes, five top five performances , four podium appearances and one race victory.

Club—Nordstrom skied for the Gavle team and has participated in over 100 FIS sanctioned races since 2007. She has 90 top 20, 61 top 10 and 32 top five finishes to her credit along with 24 podium appearances and nine race victories. She has three victories and two runner-up performances at the Swedish National Junior Championships, winning the 1-kilometer freestyle sprint, and 10-kilometer pursuit championships in 2011 in Boden and the 1-kilometer sprint championship in 2010 in Hudiksvall. She has a podium appearance at the FIS Junior World Ski Championships with a third place showing as part of the 2010 Swedish 4x3.3-kilometer relay team in Hinterzarten, Germany. At the World Juniors the following year in Estonia, she finished 18th in the 1.2-kilometer classical sprint final. She has one Marathon Cup start, in March 2012 in which she finished 17th in the 90-kilometer classic mass start. She finished 12th in the 2012 Swedish National Championships in the 1-kilomemter classic sprint. She has 10 starts on the Scandinavian Cup circuit with three top 12 performances, including a 10th place showing in the 1-kilometer classic spring in Albu, Estonia, in February 2012.

High School—Nordstrom graduated from St. Mikaelsskolan in Mora, Sweden, in 2011.

In the Classroom—Nordstrom did not graduate from Colorado.