Moguls

The U19/U17 Mogul skiers just returned from Divisional Championships at Copper. TeamSteam left it on the hill with some of their best results of the season. In singles, Ella Walker earned 2nd with a come from behind, dazzling run. Anabel Ayad earned 3rd,Carina Creamer was 5th,  Riley Hodges was 6th and Katie Mcglaughlin had her best finish to date in 9th. For the boys, Xander Tatar-Tatar Brown ended up 12th, Chris Stone was 31st and Misha Jensen was 36th.

In the duals competition, the girls swept the podium. Riley Hodges, in her last mogul competition ever as she’ll be heading off to college next year, won the event, earned her first career win. Way to go out on top, Riley! Anabel Ayad was 2nd, Carina Creamer was 3rd and Katie Mcglaughlin was a career best 7th. Xander Tatar-Brown threw down some high flying runs, ending up in his career best 2nd place.

At the awards banquet,TeamSteam was awarded top team for the Telluride competition for the most points. Anabel Ayad earned the Rookie of the Year.

The athletes are now headed to Junior National Championships March 13-15 in Winter Park and some will follow that with National Championships in Squaw Valley, March 19-22.

Alpine

U16
U16 athletes spent the week in Winter Park racing at the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Rocky/Central U16 Championships!
GIRLS:
Tatum Grosdidier – in January was selected for and attended Alpe Cimbra international children’s race, best U16’s in the world, where she finished 6th in the giant slalom
Caroline Gilchrist – in February was selected for and attended Pokal Loka international children’s race in Skofja Loka, Slovenia, a trip with the 3rd through 5th ranked Rocky/Central skiers against the next tier of international U16 skiers
Katya Thurston
Rylee McLouth – 1st year U16
Neva Godt – 1st year U16
BOYS:
Colin Kagan
Luke Olson
Brooks Overstake
Karl Westermeyer
Charlie Welch
Jeremy Nolting – 1st year U16
Speedy Richeda – 1st year U16
Nick Demarco – 1st year U16
Jonah Fleischer – 1st year U16
Roman Elvidge – 1st year U16, first time qualifying for any regional championships
Ian Haupt – 1st year U16, first time qualifying for any regional championships

They raced downhill on Wednesday, with Tatum winning, Katya in 4th, Caroline 5th and Rylee 10th. For the boys Colin was 3rd, Charlie 6th, Jonah 8th, Nick 9th, Jeremy 11th and Roman 12th (very impressive for his first ever regional championships race!) Here’s the link to results for the week: https://www.u16jrchampionships.com/results

Thursday’s race was Super G and alpine combined (combined time of Super G race and a one-run slalom race to test what skiers have a blend of speed with technical skill).
WOMEN’S SUPER-G
WOMEN’S SUPER COMBINED:

MEN’S SUPER-G
MEN’S SUPER COMBINED

Friday featured MEN’S GIANT SLALOM, Saturday is Women’s Giant Slalom and Sunday is slalom for both genders. Follow all of the results HERE

U6
Honey Stinger snack break with these two cuties!

Yoga keeps us young and flexible, but not flexible enough to do “The Pretzel” without a trick of the eye!

U8
That’s a wrap!

Snowboarding

Steamboat hosted three (technically 4) USASA Rocky Mountain Series events over this past weekend (Feb 29 and March 1). They went off without a hitch and the kids had a blast! It was our final regional competitions for the season, and the athlete’s last chance to earn points that will qualify them to USASA Nationals in Copper happening March 27-April 2. Athletes from all over the region came to participate. During the day on Saturday, 2/29, Giant Slalom and Slalom took place on the face of Howelsen, and by night we had a Rail Jam in the terrain park at Howelsen. Sunday, 3/1, we had our Halfpipe Competition in the Bashor Halfpipe on Steamboat Resort. Because the vents were here on our home turf, a lot more local athletes were able to compete. It was a great opportunity for some of our younger athletes who wanted to get a taste of competition to do just that.

Giant Slalom - 2/29
8-9 yr old girls – Aimee Wild 2nd
8-9 yr old boys – Isaac Weinberg 2nd
10-11 yr old girls – Rochelle Rocke Weinberg 1st
10-11 yr old boys – Cooper Malia 1st
12-13 yr old girls – AJ Juneau 1st
12-13 yr old girls – Tatum Lightner 2nd
12-13 yr old girls – Virginia Boyd 3rd
12-13 yr old girls – Ava Halberg 5th
12-13 yr old boys – Braden Duty 1st
12-13 yr old boys – Walker Overstake 3rd
12-13 yr old boys – Kai Jensen 4th
14-15 yr old men – Jonathen Berlet 4th
Open Class Women - Kristin Nascimento 2nd
Open Class Men – Johnny Duty 1st
Open Class Men – Jacy Werner 2nd

Slalom - 2/29
8-9 yr old girls - Aimee Wild 2nd
8-9 yr old boys - Isaac Weinberg 2nd
10-11 yr old girls – Rochelle Rocke Weinberg 1st
10-11 yr old boys – Cooper Malia 1st
12-13 yr old girls – AJ Juneau 1st
12-13 yr old girls – Virginia Boyd 2nd
12-13 yr old girls – Tatum Lightner 3rd
12-13 yr old girls – Ava Halberg 4th
12-13 yr old boys – Braden Duty 2nd
12-13 yr old boys – Kai Jensen 3rd
14-15 yr old men - Jonathen Berlet – 3rd
Open Class Women - Kristin Nascimento 2nd
Open Class Men – Johnny Duty 1st

Rail Jam - 2/29
9 & under girls - Aimee Wild 1st
9 & under boys - Jake Einfeld 5th
10-13 yr old girls - Rocke Weinberg 2nd
10-13 yr old girls - AJ Juneau 3rd
10-13 yr old boys - Reed Van Ness 2nd
10-13 yr old boys - Walker Overstake 3rd
10-13 yr old boys - Aaron Wild 7th
10-13 yr old boys - Caden Mchaffie 9th
10-13 yr old boys - Noah Sabat 10th
10-13 yr old boys - Christopher Heppelmann 14th
10-13 yr old boys - Carter Einfeld 15th
14-22 yr old men - Jackie Clemente 2nd

Halfpipe - 3/1
8-9 yr old girls - Aimee Wild 1st
10-11 yr old girls - Rocke Weinberg 1st
10-11 yr old boys - Aaron Wild 1st
10-11 yr old boys - Reed Van Ness 3rd
10-11 yr old boys - Caden Mchaffie 6th
12-13 yr old girls - Izzy Hamric 1st
12-13 yr old girls - AJ Juneau 2nd
12-13 yr old boys - Walker Overstake 5th
14-15 yr old men - Jesse Hamric 1st
16-17 yr old men - Mac Panzarella 3rd
Open Class women - Cecily George 1st
Open Class men - Marty Boyd 1st
Aaron Wild (1st) and Reed Van Ness (3rd) after the Halfpipe comp on Sunday at Steamboat Resort.

Reed Van Ness at the Rail Jam

Carter Einfeld at the Rail Jam

Freeskiing

This past weekend wrapped up our final USASA competitions of the season and it was a home event here in Steamboat. We started things off at Howelsen Hill for a Rail Jam on Saturday night. There were 82 competitors both skiing and snowboarding and our Freeskiing Team represented us well with podium finishes from David Schlicht (1st) and Silas Leeson (2nd) as well as Logan Spiegel and Koen Stroock putting on a nice show for the crowd. The following day the Half Pipe competition was held on Steamboat Resort in Bashor Bowl. Even though the light was flat, the snow held off and everyone skied great. In 14-15 Men the team finished 123 with David Schlicht (1st), Wiley Wagner (2nd), and Owen Taylor (3rd). In 12-13 we had a first time USASA competitor Rowan Tolstedt finish 7th and Koen Stroock finishing 6th. Now we will wait to see who has qualified for USASA Nationals which will be held at Copper Mountain April 3rd-9th.
Steamboat USASA Rail Jam and Halfpipe Results
Rail Jam 2-29
10-13 Boys
Koen Stroock 4th
14-22 Men
David Schlicht 1st
Silas Leeson 2nd
Logan Spiegel 4th

Half Pipe
12-13 Boys
Koen Stroock 6th
Rowan Tolstedt 7th
14-15 Men
David Schlicht 1st
Wiley Wagner 2nd
Owen Taylor 3rd

Big Mountain
This past weekend SSWSC Freeskiing athletes competed in an IFSA Regional event in Winter Park. Sunny skies and great snow lead our athletes to success. The highlights are Ella Pietras’ 3rd place in the 15-18 Female Skiers and Bryce Zetzman 4th Place in the 15-18 Male Skiers. Athletes also placing near the top included Maisie Wagner 6th, 15-18 Female Skiers, and Ivy Ladrow 5th, 12-14 Female Skiers. Jose Munoz and Wiley Wagner placed 16 and 17, respectively,  in the 12-14 Male Skiers.