Ryan Sederquist has been the Vail Daily’s sports and outdoors reporter since November 2021. He won a 2023 Colorado Press Association first-place award for sports event coverage and has appeared in a wide range of publications, from Minnesota Monthly to Fasterskier.com.
Prior to accepting his dream job, he held positions as an elementary music teacher, NCAA ski coach, high school band director and world history and economics teacher. Along the way, he earned a Master’s degree in exercise science from Adams State University and picked up a side gig as a World Cup cross-country ski broadcaster.
A Minnesota-native, Sederquist met his wife, Christie at Concordia College, where he ran track and cross-country and played trumpet in the band. They currently live in Leadville with their two daughters, Novi (4) and Ella (2 1/2), their newborn son, Hugo, and their 6-year-old German Shepherd-border collie mix, Ajee.
When he isn’t busy inserting Pete Maravich references into his stories, he can be found running up mountains, discussing oatmeal recipes on his podcast or reading books by Doug Wilson. Sometimes he tries to do all three at the same time.
Leadville ultrarunner Courtney Dauwalter secured her fourth Hardrock 100 title on Saturday with another magical stroll through the San Juan Mountains. The 41-year-old — who was a collegiate Nordic skier and worked as a high...
The Vail Rugby Club women finished runner-up at the Game of Cones 7s Tournament at Cook Park in Denver on Saturday. Vail defeated the Denver Black Ice 21-17 in the morning match, took down Rocky...
The 2030 Alpes Games will be the first-ever Winter Olympics with freeride and without Nordic combined, two snow sports with rich Colorado roots. The International Olympic Committee confirmed Tuesday the addition of the former to...
It wasn’t the result the Vail Rugby Club was hoping for, but no one could deny the team’s heart during its annual Fourth of July weekend rivalry matchup against the Gentlemen of Aspen. After falling...
The Vail Valley Tennis League will kick off the summer season with its annual round robin and post-tennis social on July 9 at the Bill Wright Tennis Center in Vail. Stephanie Bee said 24 players...
I always had plans to write a story or two on the 50th anniversary of the Vail Hill Climb, but I didn’t anticipate this. I wasn’t expecting to learn how this event is so much...
Melanie Molloy wasn’t expecting to be a swim mom, per se. The former collegiate tennis player and her husband introduced both of their boys to a variety of activities — from hockey, baseball and soccer...
Andy Wacker and Alayna Szuch won the respective men’s and women’s titles at the Vail Hill Climb on Sunday morning as hundreds of runners came out to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic event....
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the photo Rex Keep snapped of Frank Shorter striding alongside Matt Carpenter around the Vail Athletic Fields on a summer day in the late ’80s has...
If you ask any of Greg Birk’s friends, they’ll probably say something similar: The man simply loves running. “More than anyone else I’ve ever met,” stated Wyatt Smith. The Vail Recreation District race director admitted...