Vail, Colo. March 28, 2022 – This past weekend, young alpine athletes geared up and headed to Winter Park for the YSL Championships. SSCV won overall champion awards as a team and for the girls and boys, pushing their way to the top of the podiums and took 17 podiums, including overall awards, and 49 top fifteen placements over the two days of competition among all of the age classes, including overall awards.
“SSCV’s Age Class Prep team took the YSL Team Overall champion award, along with the boys overall and girls overall champion awards. These accolades, while meaningful on their own, are especially significant as SSCV’s Age Class Prep team is smaller compared to the other YSL programs in the RMD division, most with larger teams including U8-U14 ages,” said Anje Worrell, SSCV Alpine Part-Time Programs Head Coach. “These overall awards at the YSL Championships displayed the depth of SSCV’s program and strength of their young skiers, creating a great foundation for these athletes to grow and improve from.”
The YSL Championships are a chance for U8-U14 (birth year 2008-2016) , with most falling between 2012-2013) aged alpine athletes to end their season with a fun-filled competitive event. The event consisted of the girls racing on March 19th, competing in a one run giant slalom, a one run slalom, and a SkillsQuest, with the boys racing on March 20th in the same format. At the Winter Park YSL Championships, athletes were judged solely on balance, with their previous averages and scores on other skills factoring into their overall season awards.
“While our focus right now at the end of the year may seem more about the ski racing, it has not been our only focus this season in the Age Class Prep program. We strive for each athlete to have their own individual success in our program, and a big part of this is for our athletes to become well-rounded, all-around good skiers, not just ski racers…we try to do it all. Also, I believe a huge part of our athletes’ success this season was our focus on having fun,” Worrell stated.
“While emphasizing an all mountain skier mentality, we also challenged them and put them into many skilled and gated environments for them to improve their fundamental base, and of course, we introduced the kids to the elements of ski racing. Throughout the season, I can honestly say that every athlete in our program improved, and the results from this last weekend showed this.” Worrell continued.
“At the end of the day, we want our athletes to continue in the sport with a strong skill set that will set them up for success, whether they become a ski racer, life long skier, or wherever the path may lead them. I am so incredibly proud of our athletes and so are all of our coaches…it is such a great group of kids!”
Below are the top 15 SSCV placements for each race and age class, along with top three overall team awards:
U10 Championship – Team Overall Awards
1 – Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
2 – Winter Park Ski Team
3 – Eldora Mountain Ski and Snowboard Club
U10 Girls Team Overall Awards
1 – Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
2 – Loveland Ski Club
3 -Winter Park Ski Team
U10 Boys Team Overall
1- Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
2 -Winter Park Ski Team
3 – Eldora Mountain Ski and Snowboard Club
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U8 Girls Giant Slalom – March 19, 2022
4 – Margot Weber – SSCV
U10 Girls Giant Slalom – March 19, 2022
1 – Ruby Bullivant – SSCV
3 – Beatrice Waugh – SSCV
6 – Sloane Bodziak – SSCV
13 -Abigail Haytmanek – SSCV
15 – Oakley Milhoan – SSCV
U12 Girls Giant Slalom – March 19, 2022
3- Gabi Loizides – SSCV
5 – Sophie Nimmo – SSCV
12 – Lindsay Elliot – SSCV
U8 Girls Slalom race – March 19, 2022
2 – Margot Weber – SSCV
U10 Girls Slalom race – March 19, 2022
1 – Ruby Bullivant – SSCV
2 – Beatrice Waugh – SSCV
4 – Sloane Bodziak – SSCV
6 – Abigail Haytmanek – SSCV
10- Oakley Milhoan – SSCV
U12 Girls Slalom – March 19, 2022
7 – Gabriela Loizides- SSCV
11 – Dylan Krauser – SSCV
13 – Josephine Robinson – SSCV
14 – Sophie Nimmo – SSCV
15 – Lindsay Elliot- SSCV
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U8 Boys Giant Slalom – March 20, 2022
1 – Dag Williams – SSCV
2 – Barrett Groff – SSCV
5 – Ewan Dunlop – SSCV
9 – Dustin Ward – SSCV
14 – Blaise Underhill – SSCV
U10 Boys Giant Slalom – March 20, 2022
3 – Oliver Cullan – SSCV
7 – Sam Elliot – SSCV
10 – Henry Wolfe – SSCV
12 – Gage Gros – SSCV
U12 Boys Giant Slalom – March 20, 2022
2 – Braxton Bodziak – SSCV
10 – James Schmeltekopf – SSCV
11 – Patricio Mendez – SSCV
13 – Connor Cullan – SSCV
15 – Remi Gros – SSCV
U8 Boys Slalom – March 20, 2022
1 – Barrett Groff – SSCV
2 – Ewan Dunlop – SSCV
4 – Lincoln Lurie – SSCV
7 – Dustin Ward – SSCV
U10 Boys Slalom – March 20, 2022
1 – Gage Gros – SSCV
3 – Henry Wolfe – SSCV
5 – Oliver Cullan – SSCV
7 – Sam Elliot – SSCV
U12 Boys Slalom – March 20, 2022
5 – Braxton Bodziak – SSCV
9 – Remi Gros – SSCV
13 – Connor Cullan – SSCV
15 – Patricio Mendez- SSCV
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