Freeskiing

We had a great weekend at the IFSA Winter Park Regionals. Our team skied Saturday and Sunday in 2 separate events in 2 days in the, very cold, “Cirque Alphabet Chutes”. Day 1 was -5, cloudy, with wind chills of -25. Day 2 was sunny but still cold. Please contact me at 970-819-9771 for details. Here are results:

Regional 1 (Saturday):

12-14 Male-
Tommy Henninger 8th

15-18 Male-
Jacob Gilbertson 1st
Bryan Gilbertson 2nd
Bryce Zetzmen 5th
Wyatt Daigle 11th
Callum Becvarik 15th
McAllan Moody 24th
Quinn Keefe 28th
Frank Becker 32nd
Patrick Dillon 33rd
Will Eck 35th

Regional 2 (Sunday):

15-18 Male-
Bryce Zetzman 3rd
Callum Becvarik 12th

The SSWSC Freeskiing Team had their 3rd USASA Slopestyle Competition this past weekend at Keystone Resort.  Everyone skied very well and had a great time but some stand out’s were Cael McCarthy who put down a run he’s been working on all season to earn 2nd in 10-11 Boys, Riley Jacobs landing a very clean run to take 1st place in the Girls 12-13 age group, and Josie Seibel who spun every jump and placed 1st in her age group and 2nd overall in the Girls 14 and up!

We are now preparing to go to our last Rail Jam, Slopestyle, and Halfpipe competition of the season in Breckenridge this weekend.  Everyone is excited and there are many looking to make it to Nationals in Copper coming up in April. 

Here are all the results:
Menehune Boys 10-11
          Cael McCarthy – 2nd
          Wiley Wagner   - 11th
Breaker Boys 12-13
          Blake Clemente – 11th
          Will Gossman – 12th
          Logan Spiegle – 13th
          Owen Taylor – 14th
          Silas Leeson – 16th
Breaker Girls 12-13
          Riley Jacobs – 1st
Youth Men 14-15
          Kai Doyle – 5th
          Liam Baxter – 7th
          Alex Spiegle – 12th
Junior Women 16-17
          Josie Seibel – 1st

Snowboard

The Snowboard Race Team has been Busy! Here are some results:

Holiday Valley 2-9
Maggie 4th. Millie 8th. Hillary 13th. Kate 15th
                      Riley 7th, Everett 9th , Christian 10th, Converse 12th Myles 13th, Nick 18th, Marc 20th

2-10 Maggie 1st, Mllie 9th, Hillary 13th, Kate 16th.
      Riley 4th, Christia 6th, Converse 7th, Everett 9th, Marc 16th, Nick 18th Myles 21st
Ontario 2-13
Jr Race Millie 2nd
                Jr Race Myles 3rs, Christian 5th, Riley 6th, Nick 8th
2-14 Maggie 2nd, Mille 6th, Kate 16th
      Christian 8th, Myles 11th, Riley 13th, Nick 14th Converse 15th, Conrad 17th, Marc 19th
2-15 Maggie 1st, Kate 15th, Hillary 18th
      Riley 8th, Conrad 12th, Conrad 14th, Marc 20th,

FIS Junior World Championships
Parallel Slalom
14th Cody Winters (Top U.S. finisher)
15th Riley Kilmer-Choi Canada
24th Myles Silverman

Parallel Giant Slalom
8th Riley Kilmer-Choi Canada
20th Myles Silverman
21st Billy Winters
24th Cody Winters

Snowboardcross
51st Billy Winters

Asian Winter Games
Article on our Australian SSWSC athletes HERE

Giant Slalom
7th Millie Bongiorno
Men
10th Christian DeOliveira
17th Nick Masjuk

Slalom
8th Millie Bongiorno
Men
9th Christian DeOliveira
15th Nick Masjuk

Alpine U14

We just got home late Sunday night from Crested Butte where our athletes competed for 3 days in the 37th Annual Prater Cup down in Crested Butte. Aside from the awesome skiing to be had down there with their snow this winter, the Steamboat athletes performed very well! Here is a snippet of results and noteworthy points for an article in the paper.

This past week, members from the Steamboat Springs U14 Alpine team ventured south to Crested Butte for the 37th Annual Prater Cup, the primary qualifying races for the U14 Rocky/Central Junior Championships to be held in Steamboat coming up March 16-20th.

At the end of the week, SSWSC had 9 athletes qualify for Junior Championships, 5 women and 4 men. Qualifying women included Ryli Adrian, Emilia Cooper, Natalia Tatge, Marissa Drobek, Annika Ort, and other participants included Nicole Nolting, Bryn Eliason, Emily Watson, Caroline Gilchrist, and Emma Ferer. Qualifying men included Cooper Puckett, Jordan Simon, Alden Wade, and Colin Kagan and other participants included Luke Olson, Brooks Overstake, Max Rotermund, and Stefan Grabowski.

Top-10 results from the week included:
Cooper Puckett: 2nd SG, 1st GS, 1st GS, 1st SL, 1st SL
Ryli Adrian: 4th SG, 4th GS, 2nd SL, 3rd SL
Natalia Tatge: 4th GS
Jordan Simon: 5th SG, 5th GS, 9th GS
Emilia Cooper: 6th SG, 10th GS, 10th SL

Conditions down in Crested Butte were ideal for racing, and the snow surface was hard. The speeds were high, the competition fierce, and our kids pushed their limit and persevered like a true Steamboat athlete!
Next up, some members of SSWSC U14 Alpine head to Ski Cooper for the Council Cup! We wish them luck!

Marissa Drobek shredding the GS sprint and on her way to a qualifying run after losing grip on her right pole in the start.

Luke Olson

Alpine U8

  I am very proud of how our athletes have forged ahead with great positive attitudes into several cold windy snowy mornings. We have had some big weather events this year on Saturdays to include some awesome powder mornings. It has been a pleasure to coach the Jedi Wolves. They have shown real interest helping each other, and are really good listeners when I am explaining a drill.