Ski and Snowboard Club Vail competes at Rocky Mountain Division U10 championships

Ski and Snowboard Club Vail athletes collected 10 podiums at the Rocky Mountain Division U10 Alpine championships last weekend in Aspen.

Evelyn Clark won both giant slaloms to lead the way for the 15-member squad, which contested a pair of GS races on March 8 and two slalom races the following day. Teams from Aspen, Breckenridge, Durango, Eldora, Loveland, Summit, Steamboat Springs, Telluride and Winter Park participated in the event.

“Super exciting weekend for these young ones,” stated Rob Worrell, SSCV youth Alpine director. “They had their first championship series in their ski racing life. Lots of smiles (and) lots of good healthy competition where the team really stepped up.” 

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Clark coasted through the Thunderbowl Trail at Aspen Highlands in 34.61 seconds to finish more than two seconds ahead of her teammate, runner-up Sophie Swanson. Fellow SSCV skier Sasha Zaytseva captured the bronze in the second GS while Dustin Ward picked up two second-place finishes in the tech event on the boys side.

On day 2, Aspen Valley Ski Club’s Piper Stokes took a 0.29-second win over Zaytseva, who finished second. In the second slalom, Sophie Swenson and Clark went 1-2 as SSCV put four skiers in the top eight. Aspen’s Felix Locker won both boys slaloms by more than five seconds.

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SSCV results

(place, name)

March 8

Girls giant slalom race No. 1

• 1, Evelyn Clark
• 2, Sophie Swanson
• 4, Sasha Zaytseva
• 7, Kaya Martinez
• 12, Avery Wallen
• 19, Annie Waugh

Girls giant slalom race No. 2

• 1, Evelyn Clark
• 3, Sasha Zaytseva
• 8, Kaya Martinez
• 18, Avery Wallen
• 22, Annie Waugh

Boys giant slalom race No. 1

• 2, Dustin Ward
• 5, Blaise Underhill
• 11, Calumn Murchison
• 12, Sidney Wall
• 21, Owen Holmes
• 23, Stein Williams
• 24, Boden Groff
• 36, Lukas Major
• 37, Liam Tanis
• 38, Max Woodrow
• 39, Tucker Littlepage
• 41, Dash Kawamura

Boys giant slalom race No. 2

• 2, Dustin Ward
• 9, Sidney Wall
• 10, Callum Murchison
• 11, Owen Holmes
• 22, Boden Groff
• 27, Max Woodrow
• 29, Lukas Major
• 32, Liam Tanis
• 34, Tucker Littlepage
• 40, Roman Shamshuryn
• 45, Dash Kawamura

March 9

Girls slalom race No. 1

• 2, Sasha Zayteseva
• 5, Kaya Martinez
• 14, Avery Wallen

Girls slalom race No. 2

• 1, Sophie Swanson
• 2, Evelyn Clark
• 4, Sasha Zaytseva
• 8, Kay Martinez
• 15, Annie Waugh
• 17, Avery Wallen

Boys slalom race No. 1

• 5, Blaise Underhill
• 13, Boden Groff
• 15, Sidney Wall
• 27, Tucker Littlepage
• 34, Dash Kawamura
• 36, Max Woodrow
• 37, Roman Shamshuryn
• 41, Liam Tanis
• 43, Lukas Major

Boys slalom race No. 2

• 2, Dustin Ward
• 6, Blaise Underhill
• 15, Callum Murchison
• 16, Sidney Wall
• 19, Boden Groff
• 28, Tucker Littlepage
• 29, Owen Holmes
• 31, Max Woodrow
• 34, Roman Shamshuran
• 35, Dash Kawamura
• 43, Lukas Major
• 44, LIam Tanis