Nordic Combined

We just got back from US Nationals in Lake Placid, NY and we had some remarkable performances!  I’ve attached a copy of the official results for you to take a look at as well as a few pics to include in the story. 

Saturday’s competition (Oct 7) was the NYSEF Invitational known as Flaming Leaves Festival.  Sunday’s comp (Oct 8) was US Nationals and that included a Nordic Combined race that afternoon. 

Here are some highlights for our current SSWSC athletes:

Saturday, Oct 7: Flaming Leaves Festival
Annika Belshaw: 1st in U20 Women
Decker Dean: 4th in U20 Men
Elijah Vargas: 8th in U20 Men
Brenden Andrews: 11th in U20 Men
Bennett Gamber: 14th in U20 Men
Gunnar Gilbertson: 16th in U20 Men

Sunday, Oct 8: Ski Jumping National Championships
**The results I list here omit Canadians to show how our athletes rank among Americans**

Annika Belshaw: 4th in Open Women
Decker Dean: 7th in Open Men
Elijah Vargas: 17th in Open Men
Brenden Andrews: 20nd in Open Men
Bennett Gamber: 31st in Open Men

Sunday, Oct 8: Nordic Combined (omitting Canadians again)
Elijah Vargas: 11th
Brenden Andrews: 13th
Bennett Gamber: 15th

Here’s some highlights from our former SSWSC athletes who are currently on the Nordic Combined National Team:

Sunday, Oct 8: Nordic Combined (omitting Canadians again)
Bryan Fletcher: 1st
Jasper Good: 3rd
Ben Berend: 4th
Taylor Fletcher: 6th
Grant Andrews: 10th

Official Protocol Available here

Cycling

The Steamboat High School MTB Team had a great final North conference race in Nathrop, CO this past weekend. The course was beautiful with the Collegiate peaks as a backdrop and the golden aspens glowing. Athletes used their power on this course that had less climbing than the past races. The single track wove between cactus, sand and rocks on the top of a mesa and then followed the river back to the start. The day ended with 3 category wins; Emi Cooper – Freshman girls, Cam Owens – Freshman boys and Ethan Moyer – Varsity boys. Both Emi and Ethan will wear the Leaders jersey into the State Championships.
We had 20 athletes qualify for State Championships in Eagle, CO October 21-22. The team will continue to train hard even during the variable Steamboat fall weather and we are hoping for a good showing a State champs.

1 CAM OWENS Freshman Boys
8 DANIEL KEMPERS Freshman Boys
15 ALDEN WADE Freshman Boys
31 LOUIS BARTELS Freshman Boys
42 FORREST CHRISTIAN Freshman Boys
57 JACK BUBE Freshman Boys
68 DYLAN KUNTZ Freshman Boys
101 TEALE CARLSSON Freshman Boys
110 AARON PETERSON Freshman Boys

1 EMI COOPER Freshman Girls
4 ELIZA FOX Freshman Girls
9 RYLEY SEIBEL Freshman Girls
16 ELENA WITTEMYER Freshman Girls

13 MATTHEW KEMPERS JV Boys
31 CHASE HIGH JV Boys
45 MAX SAUERBREY JV Boys

14 REILLY MEWBORN JV Girls
21 JOSIE SEIBEL JV Girls

13 PARKER SEIBEL Sophomore Girls

1 ETHAN MOYER Varsity Boys
18 TREY SEYMOUR Varsity Boys
20 SVEN TATE Varsity Boys
22 CHASE SEYMOUR Varsity Boys
DNF JOHN FOSTER JR. Varsity Boys

Freestyle

Hi All,

The High Performance team arrived in Zermatt, but unfortunately were greeted with 3 days of bad weather in which they couldn’t ski. (High winds on the glacier (up to 130km/h). But that didn’t stop them from making the most of this beautiful location!