Author: Team Summit

Athlete of the Month – April: Emma Litwiller

Written by Team Summit on May 1, 2024. Posted in Athlete Of The Month.

Emma finished the season with the win at the IFSA Jr National Championships. Emma not only had a standout season in the competition, but she’s also a strong leader, great teammate, friend, and representative of Team Summit's work ethic and values.

Team Summit Wall of Fame

Written by Team Summit on April 6, 2024. Posted in Alumni Association.

It is time to nominate athletes, coaches, and pioneers for the Team Summit Wall of Fame. This is reserved for athletes, coaches, and pioneers who have reached the highest level of sport on the National or International stage. Fill out the form here: Nominee Form Learn more about the Wall of Fame here: Wall Of Fame PDF Candidates must have trained with Team Summit Colorado or a previous organization that has merged in the past. (Example – Copper Mountain Race Team, Summit Sports and Education Foundation, Summit County Winter Sports Club, Keystone Race...

Athlete of the Month – March: Ronan Muckler

Written by Team Summit on April 5, 2024. Posted in Athlete Of The Month.

Ronan is always helping our Intro and Devo snowboarders when he sees them at the Woodward Barn or at Mono Cera to get their gear waxed. Ronan is currently a Jr in High School racing BoarderX and is a great role model.

TEAM SUMMIT ATHLETES EARN COVETED SPOTS ON TEAM USA & TEAM BELGIUM

Written by Team Summit on April 1, 2024. Posted in Archive 2020.

The Ski Cross FIS JR World Championships, scheduled to take place in Idre Fjäll, Sweden from April 14th – 15th, 2024, will be a showcase of the world's most promising young talents, and Team Summit is proud to contribute to this elite group. The following Team Summit athletes have earned their place on Team USA & Team Belgium: Walker Robinson -Team USA Ski Cross Francois Meloni – Team Belgium Ski Cross Rodney Robinson – Team USA Ski Cross Coach Hailing from the renowned mountain resort of...

Personal Podiums: Park & Pipe

Written by Team Summit on March 26, 2024. Posted in Personal Podiums.

Naomi Lyman has been working to take her 360 to bigger jumps this season, and learned them on medium line 2 and 3 this week! Her 360s are looking so solid and controlled, and she’s working hard to get more repetition on this trick. Way to go Naomi! Tyrn Lifgren locked in his right cork 720 this week on the medium jump line, which is his unnatural way of spinning. Tyrn has been working toward this goal all season, between on snow training and going into Woodward to practice on the trampolines and blades. @tsk8life3 Jaxon Haser has been putting in a ton of work this...

ATHLETE OF THE MONTH – FEBRUARY: BECKHAM RICHMOND

Written by Team Summit on March 5, 2024. Posted in Athlete Of The Month.

Beckham Richmond / Park + Pipe Beckham is both a dedicated athlete and student, and he is an incredible person on and off the hill. Beckham gets to know everyone in our program across all ages and levels and demonstrates strong sportsmanship. Beckham encourages those around him, and shows support to his teammates by sometimes putting his own training aside to help his teammates with his incredible follow camera skills on the jumps. Beckham recently judged the park & pipe summit cup, and was a great representative of our program to those younger and potentially aspiring young...

Intro to Race Coaches at the CHSAA State Championship

Written by Team Summit on February 16, 2024. Posted in Alpine Results.

Did you know three Team Summit Intro to Race Coaches are heading to the 2024 CHSAA State Championships at Loveland Ski Resort this week? Cora Jackson is racing for the Summit High School, Adriana Kahanek for the Evergreen High School & Lily Mangham for the Nederland High School. The girls are long-term friends from Team Summit Age & Ability Class era, and it’s great to see them continue their passion for the sport at another level and share their skiing knowledge with the next generation of Team Summit future stars ⭐️ Wish Adriana, Cora, and Lilly good luck during...

Riding the Wave of Awesome: Snowboarding's Epic Season Unleashed

Written by Team Summit on February 16, 2024. Posted in Snowboarding.

We've Had Several Events in all of our snowboard Disciplines. Most notably Brooke Hansen Finished 2nd at the Freeride Jr. Worlds in Kaapl Austria. Last week Brooke also finished 2nd in the IFSA Jr. 3* National at Copper mountain with Clara D'Augustine and Dalilah Caldwell finishing 3rd and 4th respectively in the Womens U19 division. Zander davidson was able to Claim the Top Spot for the U19 men at the Copper Freeride event as well. Other results include: Jed Dayton 1st at Copper SS#1, 2nd at SS#2, and 2nd at Halfpipe #1 Declan Voegtle 3rd at Copper SS#2 and 1st...

Walker Robinson Secures Silver At Youth Olympic Games

Written by Team Summit on February 9, 2024. Posted in Olympics.

In Gangwon, South Korea, Team USA athletes Morgan Shute and Walker Robinson secured the silver medal at the Youth Olympic Games in the Team Event for Ski Cross. Following their strong individual performances the day before, both Shute and Robinson demonstrated exceptional resilience to clinch the silver, finishing ahead of Switzerland and just behind the Swedish ski cross team. A pivotal moment came when Robinson, despite a challenging crash in his semifinal heat, displayed remarkable determination to get back up and contribute to the team's success. Reflecting on the experience,...

Two Team Summit Alumni Shine With Top-Notch Performances At The 2024 Alpine Jr Worlds

Written by Team Summit on February 9, 2024. Posted in Alpine Results, Alumni Association, Awards.

Stanly Buzek – 5th place JR Worlds Slalom Stanley Buzek from Colorado's Team Summit made an impressive Junior Worlds debut, starting 38th and finishing 5th overall. He climbed from 26th in the first run to win the second run by 0.65 seconds, maintaining the lead for over 20 racers before securing a US-best result in the competition. Camden Palmquist – Third Place Mixed Team Parallel The U.S. secured a third-place finish in the mixed-team parallel event. The team, including Stifel U.S. Ski Team athletes Liv Moritz, Elisabeth Bocock, Cooper Puckett, and Camden...

Stella Buchheister, a rising star in alpine ski racing

Written by Team Summit on February 7, 2024. Posted in Alpine Results.

In his sixth season as alpine director at Team Summit Colorado (TSC), Aldo Radamus, a Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame inductee and former professional skier with over 40 years of coaching and athlete development experience, recognizes top-notch talent when he sees it. According to Radamus, 17-year-old Stella Buchheister, a local alpine ski racer, stands out as a premiere athlete. When The Sopris Sun asked Radamus what makes a young athlete successful, he responded, “I would say it’s determination, perseverance — or resilience — and work ethic. Stella...

ATHLETE OF THE MONTH – JANUARY: JEVIN PALMQUIST

Written by Team Summit on January 26, 2024. Posted in Athlete Of The Month.

Jevin Palmquist / Alpine FIS Jevin has shown a continued commitment to achieving his lofty goals with dedication and effort in his prep period this fall and his hard work and determination are paying off. As this is the beginning of Jevin‘s first year of FIS racing it is especially challenging because of his start positions being determined by rankings. He is currently out performing all of his peers here in the United States in head to head racing and he has scored results at Nor-Ams and FIS races held here in the United States starting from the back of the...

Age Class from Crested Butte GS Races

Written by Team Summit on January 14, 2024. Posted in Alpine Results.

It was a dominant start to the season for the Team Summit age class/alpine race athletes who captured the top spot on the podium for all four races in each age division (U14, U12 and U10) at the USSA Giant Slalom races this past weekend at Crested Butte. For several of the races, Team Summit swept the podium and nearly swept the top 10. Leading the pack were Team Summit's U10 racer, Kristen Sung and U12 athlete, Rhys Schmidt, who both placed first in all four GS races. Sung was joined on the U10 girls podium for all four races by teammate, Charlotte...

Two Team Summit Alpine Racers make the 2024 Alpine Junior World Ski Championships Team

Written by Team Summit on January 12, 2024. Posted in Alpine Results.

Congratulations to Team Summit athletes Stanley Buzek & Camden Palmquist for being named to the 2024 Alpine Junior World Ski Championships Team. Official Press Release : https://usskiandsnowboard.org/news/2024-alpine-junior-world-ski-championships-team-announced