Ski and Snowboard Club Vail dominates Rocky Mountain Division U12 Alpine championships
SSCV/Courtesy photo
Ski and Snowboard Club Vail won the overall team title at the Rocky Mountain Division U12 Alpine ski championships, held last weekend at Powderhorn Ski Resort. SSCV athletes captured 39 top-10s and nabbed 11 out of a possible 24 podiums across two days of racing.
“These athletes have all been working incredibly hard on the mental, physical and technical skills required for ski racing, four or five days a week since early November,” said coach Martin Bell. “It made us coaches very happy to see them reap the rewards of all those efforts with impressive performances in the most important races of their season.”
SSCV U10/U12 manager Brett Borgard said his athletes were unfazed by the large volume of fresh snow on the Wonderbump run.
“We have prepared by training in all weather and surface conditions. I am very proud that our athletes dug deep and showed up focused to ski as fast as they could,” Borgard stated. “We have been preaching ‘Vail tough’ this season and they sure were tough by not letting the difficult weather conditions and course sets affect their outstanding performances. I am proud of each and every one of our U12 athletes.”
Clubs from Steamboat Springs, Aspen, Loveland, Durango, Powderhorn, Telluride, Eldora, Summit and Winter Park joined the 31 SSCV athletes for two giant slaloms on March 15 and a pair of slaloms the following day. All told, 69 boys and 71 girls competed. Ruby Bullivant led SSCV with three silver medals and a victory in the final slalom race of the weekend. On the boys side, Barrett Groff captured two golds and a bronze.
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“The greatest reward was to see the improvement from the beginning of the season to now,” added coach Simon Marsh. “Some members of our group didn’t have prior racing experience. They committed to building on their skills through this season and to see them perform to the same level as the more seasonal skiers was fantastic.”
Fellow coach Sarah Schleper said the U12 squad has shown “incredible motivation and dedication” this year.
“It has been a true privilege to watch our young athletes flourish and grow,” she said. “Throughout the winter, they’ve immersed themselves in repetitive slalom, GS, super-G and freeskiing runs, culminating in impressive performances at this past weekend’s championships.”
The U12 program wraps up its season next month with a GS race in Breckenridge and the Loveland Derby slalom.
Rocky Mountain Division U12 Alpine championship (SSCV results)
March 15
Girls GS Race 1
- Ruby Bullivant, 2nd
- Hope Gustafson, 4th
- Sloane Bodziak, 8th
- Maja Bambur, 9th
- Emme Spranger, 10th
- Abby Haytmanek, 11th
- Livi Current, 12th
- Millie Waugh, 13th
- Hannah Treichel, 15th
- Giorgia Reatti, 16th
- Margot Weber, 18th
- Jhoni Freudenberger, 19th
- Anderson Seibert-Werner, 23rd
- Fran Jordaan, 24th
- Ari Cohn, 25th
- Olivia McAbee, 30th
- Emma Johnson, 31st
- Lucy Vaskas, 38th
Girls GS Race 2
- Ruby Bullivant, 2nd
- Hope Gustafson, 3rd
- Maja Bambur, 5th
- Millie Waugh, 6th
- Emme Spranger, 8th
- Ari Cohn, 10th
- Sloane Bodziak, 11th
- Anderson Seibert-Werner, 12th
- Abby Haytmanek, 13th
- Margot Weber, 16th
- Livi Current, 19th
- Giorgia Reatti, 21st
- Hannah Treichel, 23rd
- Olivia McAbee, 27th
- Emma Johnson, 29th
- Fran Jordaan, 33rd
- Jhoni Freudenberger, 37th
- Lucy Vaskas, 41st
Boys GS Race 1
- Barrett Groff, 1st
- Max Major, 2nd
- Cole Chandler, 6th
- Nick Bosma, 10th
- Asher LaMotta, 16th
- Gage Gros, 17th
- Lincoln Lurie, 18th
- Tygart Saylor, 19th
- Forrest Cannava, 21st
- Aiden LaMotta, 52nd
- Leo DeStafano, 53rd
- Joseph Halovanic, 54th
Boys GS Race 2
- Barrett Groff, 1st
- Nick Bosma, 2nd
- Max Major, 3rd
- Cole Chandler, 4th
- Lincoln Lurie, 10th
- Forrest Cannava, 17th
- Owen Wall, 19th
- Gage Gros, 20th
- Asher LaMotta, 26th
- Leo DeStafano, 36th
- Tygart Saylor, 40th
- Aiden LaMotta, 45th
- Joseph Halovanic, 48th
March 16th Slalom Race
Girls Slalom Race 1
- Ruby Bullivant, 2nd
- Maja Bambur, 5th
- Millie Waugh, 6th
- Hope Gustafson, 8th
- Sloane Bodziak, 7th
- Margot Weber, 10th
- Abby Haytmanek, 12th
- Giorgia Reatti, 13th
- Emme Spranger, 15th
- Livi Current, 19th
- Emma Johnson, 21st
- Hannah Treichel, 23rd
- Jhoni Freudenberger, 25th
- Anderson Seibert-Werner, 27th
- Olivia McAbee, 29th
- Fran Jordaan, 31st
- Lucy Vaskas, 33rd
Girls Slalom Race 2
- Ruby Bullivant, 1st
- Maja Bambur, 5th
- Millie Waugh, 8th
- Hope Gustafson, 6th
- Sloane Bodziak, 4th
- Abby Haytmanek, 9th
- Giorgia Reatti, 10th
- Emme Spranger, 15th
- Livi Current, 11th
- Emma Johnson, 20th
- Hannah Treichel, 17th
- Fran Jordaan, 26th
- Lucy Vaskas, 28th
Boys Slalom Race 1
- Nick Bosma, 4th
- Max Major, 5th
- Gage Gros, 11th
- Lincoln Lurie, 17th
- Asher LaMotta, 20th
- Tygart Saylor, 23rd
- Leo DeStafano, 34th
- Joseph Halovanic, 48th
- Forrest Cannava, 53rd
Boys Slalom Race 2
- Barrett Groff, 3rd
- Nick Bosma, 6th
- Max Major, 4th
- Cole Chandler, 7th
- Lincoln Lurie, 21st
- Forrest Cannava, 30th
- Gage Gros, 11th
- Asher LaMotta, 25th
- Leo DeStafano, 40th
- Tygart Saylor, 44th
- Joseph Halovanic, 50th
