Fourteen Athletes Qualify for the 2025 Freestyle Junior National Championships
SSWSC’s TeamSteam traveled to Telluride for the Rocky Mountain Freestyle Divisional Championships, March 8-9. With the opportunity to earn big points, the athletes were put to the test on a mogul course with an extremely icy, steep top section into a big jump with a steep, icy landing, firm, horizontal bumps through the middle, a big bottom jump and steep moguls to the finish.

The athletes’ training paid off! Mia Satkiewicz won singles day by over two points and with the fastest time of the day for the ladies. Claire Boyle was 9th, Sydney Soard 14th (3rd for U15), Lyllah Miller was 21st, Gigi Lobeck 22nd, Finley Fontaine 33rd and Anouk Bradley 34th. Liam Siefken had the fastest time of the day for the men, ending up 2nd. Shane Mariano was 8th, Jack Perkins 9th, Cole Anderson 26th (3rd for U15), Scotty Kane 29th, Henry Cup 40th and Griffin Harvey 53rd.

In duals, Claire Boyle had her first podium at Divisional Championships, earning 3rd place. Mia Satkiewicz was 5th. Shane Mariano took 3rd and Liam Siefken was 8th.

Rocky Mountain Freestyle and The National Brotherhood of Skiers offer scholarships for the top five skiers in Rocky Division for the season and TeamSteam took advantage! Liam Siefken placed 2nd, earning him $5000! Mia Satkiewicz brought home $3000 for 3rd place and Shane Mariano and Anabel Ayad each earned $2000 for 4th place.

With the Rocky Mountain Freestyle season complete, the athletes are headed to Junior and Senior US National Championships. SSWSC qualified all eligible athletes for 2025 Freestyle Junior Nationals in Park City! TeamSteam will send fourteen junior athletes to the Utah Olympic Park in Park City Mar 17-23 for a week of events including singles and duals. Liam Siefken, Mia Satkiewicz, Claire Boyle, Jack Perkins, Scotty Kane, Shane Mariano, Anouk Bradley, Finley Fontaine, Lyllah Miller, Gigi Lobeck, Griffin Harvey, Cole Anderson, Henry Crump and Sydney Soard will all be repping TeamSteam! Let’s goooooooo!