Career: Four-time NCAA qualifier, serving as an alternate all four times due to team limits ... three top-5 finishes and one career podium finish.
2017: Qualified for the NCAA Championships, serving as an alternate due to team limits … three top 10 finishes … solid finish to the season at the RMISA Championships, finishing eighth in the 20-km freestyle and 10th in the 10-km classic … ninth in the 15-km freestyle at the Utah Invite.
2016: Alternate for the NCAA Championships … season-best finish seventh in the 10-km freestyle at the Montana State Invite … four top-10 finishes … tied for eighth in the 5-km freestyle at the New Mexico Invite … ninth in the 10-km freestyle at the RMISA Championships.
2015: Alternate for the NCAA Championships ... 10th in the 10-km classic and 12th in the 10-km freestyle at the New Mexico Invite ... six top-20 finishes.
2014: Alternate for the NCAA Championships ... second-team All-RMISA ... finished in the top four three times, beginning his career with a second-place finish in the 15-km classical at the Pat Miller Invite and finishing fourth in the 30-km freestyle ... named men's nordic RMISA Skier of the Week after the Pat Miller Invite ... fourth in the 10-km freestyle at the Montana State Invite and sixth in the 10-km classic ... five top-10 finishes ... finished seventh in the 10-km freestyle at the New Mexico Invite.
Before Utah: Third place at the 2013 Junior World Championships in the 4x5 km relay ... Swedish Junior Champion in the skiathlon 10/10 km ... 2012-13 Swedish Junior Cup Champion (five victories) ... second in the Swedish sprint championship ... Falun-Borlönge Ski Club.
Personal: Son of Anna-Carln and Göran Ivars ... one brother ... full name Lars Oscar Ivars ... majoring in business administration.