March 25, 2014, Vail, CO – Ski & Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV) alpine racers emerged as the dominant force at the Rocky Central U14 Junior Championships at Winter Park this past week, taking the Overall Team Award among ski clubs from the Rocky Mountain and Central regions of the U.S.

“Out of 12 races, our young athletes took 25 of a possible 36 podiums.  That is nearly 70% of the top three finishes,” said Terry DelliQuadri, U14 Head Coach for SSCV.  “We have a strong group of dedicated athletes and are happy to see their hard work result in Top 10 finishes for many of our youngsters.”

Junior Championships were hosted by Winter Park Ski Resort on March 19 – 22.  The top qualifying athletes from the Rocky and Central regions were invited to participate in this championship series, competing in four events:  Super G, Kombi, Giant Slalom and Slalom.

In addition to the overall team award, SSCV athletes took three of the top five individual overall awards with Gus LeBlanc in 1st, Max Bervy in 2nd and Burke Fancher in 4th for the Men’s Overall.  For the women, Kaitlyn Harsch took 1st, Cleo Braun took 4th and Allie Resnick took 5th in the Overalls.

Four SSCV athletes qualified to participate in the U16 National Championships which take place in Park City, UT from March 28th -April 3rd.

Gus LeBlanc

Max Bervy

Burke Fancher

Gretchen Pavelich

Seven SSCV athletes, all first year U14’s, were invited to compete in the Can AM U14 Races in Sugarloaf, ME this weekend.

Kaitlyn Harsch

Cleo Braun

Allie Resnick

Amanda Norvell

Caroline Jones

Kellen Kinsella

Tucker Strauch

 

“SSCV had a large number of female and male athletes qualifying for the U14 Junior Championships, all of which represented our club very well,” continued Delliquadri.  “We are very proud of the hard work that all of our athletes have put into this ski season and look forward to further individual and team successes.”

Top 3 podium results for SSCV athletes at this year’s Rocky Central U14 Junior Championships-

Super-G, Men

1st-Gus LeBlanc

2nd-Max Bervy

3rd-Burke Fancher

 

1 Run Giant Slalom, Men

2nd-Gus LeBlanc

3rd-Max Bervy

 

1 Run Giant Slalom, Men

1st-Max Bervy

2nd-Gus LeBlanc

3rd-Burke Fancher

 

1 Run Slalom

3rd-Gus LeBlanc

 

1 Run Slalom

1st-Gus LeBlanc

 

 

1 Run Kinder Kombi, Men

2nd-Gus LeBlanc

3rd-Burke Fancher

 

Super-G, Ladies

1st-Gretchen Pavelich

2nd-Kaitlyn Harsch

3rd-Cleo Braun

 

1 Run Giant Slalom, Ladies

2nd-Kaitlyn Harsch

 

1 Run Giant Slalom, Ladies

1st-Cleo Braun

3rd-Kaitlyn Harsch

 

1 Run Slalom, Ladies
1st-Kaitlyn Harsch

2nd-Allie Resnick

3rd-Cleo Braun

 

1 Run Slalom, Ladies

1st-Amanda Norvell

3rd-Allie Resnick

 

1 Run Kinder Kombi, Ladies

1st-Kaitlyn Harsch

3rd-Amanda Norvell

 

For a complete list of results, go to www.live-timing.com.