Harvard University

Best Finish

47th (15k Freestyle) at 2026 Dartmouth Carnival 

First-year (2025-26)

Earned USCSCA All-Academic Ski Team honors … Competed in five carnivals for the Crimson … At the St. Lawrence Carnival (Jan. 4-6): Came in 91^st in the 10k classic and 86^th in the freestyle sprint … At the Colby Carnival (Jan. 23-24): Finished 63^rd in the 20k freestyle and 75^th in the 7.5k classic … At the Dartmouth Carnival (Jan. 30-31): Placed 66^th in the 7.5k classic and 47^th in the 15k freestyle … At the Vermont Carnival (Feb. 6-7): Came in 83^rd in the classic sprint and 62^nd in the 10k freestyle … At the Middlebury Carnival (Feb. 20-21): Placed 57^th in the 7.5k classic and 58^th in the 20k freestyle. 

Before Harvard

Earned All-America honors in 2023 … Gained All-State accolades in 2024 … Captured Team MVP laurels in 2024 … Helped team win a state title in 2022 and finish as state runner-up in 2023 and 2024 … Part of team that garnered a rating as the top high school team in the nation in 2022 according to U.S. Skiing … Served team as a two-year captain … Raced for Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center … Earned the 2024 Youth Volunteer Award … Selected as an Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy … Served as the President of high school’s Special Olympics Partners Club … Aunt Nina Kemppel competed in nordic skiing at Dartmouth and represented Team USA at four Olympics (1992, 1994, 1998, 2002) … Son of Denali Kemppel and Kevin Cuddy; Denali competed in nordic skiing at Dartmouth, earning All-America honors.