The Cross Country Ski Team delivered outstanding performances at the DU Invite and Rocky Mountain Junior National Qualifier in Frisco this past weekend February 6-9, highlighted by dominant podium finishes in Friday’s classic mass start races and continued success in Sunday’s freestyle individual start events.
In addition to the domestic success, SSWSC athlete Georgia Bishop represented Team USA in international competition in Scandinavia. Racing up an age group in the U18 division, Bishop surged 31 places from her start position to finish 9th in a 15km freestyle mass start in Ulricehamn, Sweden. She also earned a 5th-place finish in a 7.5km freestyle race on February 1 in Trondheim, Norway.
The SSWSC Cross Country Team will race next at the CU Invite on home snow this Saturday. The fourth and final Junior National Qualifier of the season will take place in Aspen on February 21–22.
Friday’s classic mass start races showcased the team’s depth and strength across multiple age groups:
Classic Mass Start Results
U16 Boys
1st – Bode Rhodes
2nd – Sawyer Landers
3rd – Conor Devin
U16 Girls
1st – Livia Spector
2nd – Lylah Keller
U18/20 Women
1st – Antigone Loomis
3. Sophia McGinnis-Smith
U14 Girls
3rd – Annika Weidel
U12 Boys
1st – Forest Bishop
Sunday’s individual start freestyle races continued the momentum with more podium finishes:
Freestyle Individual Start Results
U16 Boys
1st – Bode Rhodes
2nd – Conor Devin
3rd – Sawyer Landers
U16 Girls
1st – Lylah Keller
U18 Women
3rd – Sophia McGinnis-Smith
U20 Women
3rd – Anna Rhodes
U14 Girls
2nd – Annika Weidel
U12 Boys
1st – Forest Bishop
2nd – Michael Stewart
U10 Boys
1st – Hansen Shepherd
2nd – Simi Smullin
Photos submited by parents and Josh Smullin:
- U16 Boys Sweep Podium
- Lylah Keller and Liv Spector celebrate
- Anna Rhodes 3rd place podium
- Lylah Keller wins U16 freestyle skate race
- U16 Girls
- Tig Loomis racing
