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2021-22 Skiing

Ursula Volz (she/her/hers)

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Orono, Maine
  • High School Middlebury Union
  • Position Nordic
  • Concentration Mechanical Engineering
  • House Affiliation Leverett
  • Pronunciation Ur-syuh-luh

Biography

Best Finish: 23rd (20k freestyle) at 2022 Colby Carnival 

Senior (2021-22)
Co-captain of the 2021-22 Nordic team ... Earned USCSCA All-Academic Ski Team accolades ... Appeared in six carnivals for the Crimson...At the Colby Carnival (Jan. 14-15): Placed 23rd in the 20k freestyle, collecting 21 points...At the Saint Michael's Carnival (Jan. 21-22): Placed 37th (17) in the 10k freestyle and 24th (23) in the 5k classic, collecting 40 points to lead the Harvard women...At the UVM Carnival (Feb. 4-5): Placed 41st in the 10k classic, earning 14 points and 52nd in the 1.4km sprint...At the Dartmouth Carnival (Feb. 11-12): Finished 29th in the 5k classic and 35th in the 10k freestyle, totaling 41 points...At the Middlebury Carnival (Feb. 18-19): Tabbed 28th in the 15k freestyle for 19 points and 33rd in the 5k classic for 14 points...At the UNH Carnival/EISA Regionals (Feb. 25-26): Led the team with a 24th-place finish in the 15k freestyle on Friday, earning 21 points before a 31st-place finish in the 5k classic for 16 points.

Junior (2020-21)
Did not compete due to season cancelation.

Sophomore (2019-20):
Named to the USCSCA All-Academic Team...Appeared in all six carnivals for the Crimson...At the Harvard Carnival (Jan. 17-18): Opened the season collecting 14 points with a 43rd place finish in the 5k skate, while bringing in another 18 points with a 36th place finish in the classic 15k...At the UVM Carnival (Jan. 24-25): Placed 45th in the classic sprint, while recording 14 points for a 45th place finish in the freestyle 5k...At the Colby Carnival (Jan. 31-Feb.1): Captured 20 points with a 28th place finish in the freestyle 5k, before placing 46th in the classic 10k, bringing 12 points...At the Bates Carnival (Feb. 7-8): Finished 52nd in the classic 15k...At the Williams Carnival (Feb. 14-15): Finished 43rd in the classic 10k and 14th in the 3x5 relay with Annabel Hagen and Tegan Thorley, tallying 52 points for the weekend...At the Middlebury Carnival/EISA Regionals (Feb. 28-29): Recorded 11 points with a 44th place finish in the freestyle 5k, while placing 52nd in the classic 15k.

First-Year (2018-19)
At the St. Lawrence Carnival (Jan. 12-13): Recorded a 41st place finish in the 5K freestyle in collegiate debut, clocking in at 17:38.2. Crossed the finish line in 38:11.5 in the 10K classic, earning 41st place...At the UNH Carnival (Jan. 18-19): Registered a 32nd place finish in the women's 15K classic with a time of 50:52.2, before placing 35th in the women's freestyle sprints off a time of 3:23.62...At the UVM Carnival (Feb. 1-2): Finished 40th in the women's 5K freestyle with a time of 16:48, before recording a 48th place finish in the women's 15K classic mass start with a time of 57:00.9...At the Middlebury Carnival (Feb. 15-16): DNF'd in the women's classic mass start and women's 5K freestyle...At the Bates Carnival/EISA Regionals (Feb. 22-23): Placed 42nd in the women's 5K skate with a time of 15:18.0, before finishing 57th in the women's 15K classic with a time of 56:05.8.

Before Harvard:
Member of the Green Mountain Valley School... Four-year letter winner in cross-country running and cross-country skiing…Three-year captain of the Nordic Ski team…Two-year captain of the cross-country running team…Two-time Nordic Ski MVP…Two-time Nevada All-State Nordic Skier…2017 Vermont D2 State Champion…Incline Scheels ESPN Athlete of the Week (11/16)…Three-time Cross-Country MVP…Two-time Nevada All-State Cross-Country runner…Earned second-place at the 2016 Nevada State Cross-Country Championships…2017 individual and team Vermont D2 State Championship for Nordic Skiing…Took home third place at the Nevada League Mountain Biking State Championships…Alaska, Nevada, and Vermont All-State Academic team…AP Scholar…enjoys backpacking, camping, rock climbing, cooking, backcountry skiing, and traveling.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First-Year

    Nordic
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Nordic
  • 2021-22Senior

    Nordic