2018: Finished 19th in the 20-km freestyle and 20th in the 10-km classic at the NCAA Championships … second-team All-RMISA … two race wins and three podium finishes … won the 20-km freestyle at the Utah Invite and the 21-km freestyle at the New Mexico Invite … second in the 20-km freestyle at the RMISA Championships … six top-five finishes … fifth in the 15-km freestyle and sprint freestyle at U.S. Nationals and the 10-km classic at the Montana State Invite … just four finishes outside the top 10 in 14 races.
Prior to Utah: Skied at Michigan Tech in 2015 as part of an exchange program with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology … competed at the 2015 NCAA Championships, finishing 34th in the 20-km classic and 40th in the 10-km freestyle … finished third at the 2015 NCAA Central Regional in the 10-km freestyle and ninth in the 20-km classic … won the 2015 CCSA Sprint championship … won the 2017 Tour de Ski China, winning two of six stages with four total podium finishes … finished 24th in the sprint freestyle at the 2017 Norwegian National Championships … sixth in the sprint classic at the 2016 U.S. National Championships … won the sprint qualifier at the 2015 Canadian National Championships … third in the sprint classic at the 2015 U.S. National Championships.
Personal: Son of Olaug and Ole Kristian Hjelstuen … sister Kristin … has not declared a major.