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Walker Robinson named to JR World Championship Team 2023

Even though the winter sports season is slowly coming to a close in Summit County and across the U.S., the season is still going strong in terms of high-level competitions overseas.  One such competition yet to occur this winter season is the 2023 Ski Cross Junior World Championships in San Pellegrino, Italy, and Team Summit’s Walker Robinson is set to compete in the event after a breakthrough ski cross season on the Nor-Am Cup and International Ski Federation (FIS) circuit. The 16-year-old standout is set to compete in Italy in his first junior world championships from March...

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Eight Local Athletes Make RMN Junior Nationals Nordic Ski Team

Eight Local Athletes Make RMN Junior Nationals Nordic Ski Team With points from the season from four Junior National Qualifier (JNQ) events, there are eight Team Summit Colorado Nordic athletes that have quailed for the US Ski and Snowboard Cross-Country Junior Nationals race hosted in Fairbanks, Alaska. This race will bring together the nation’s top cross-country skiers ages 14-20 years old. These athletes must qualify for the Rocky Mountain Nordic Team, skiing the best 4 out of...

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Athlete of the Month – February – James Sowers

James has had 100% perfect attendance over the last 30 days. While he has always been a dedicated athlete, he has stepped up his commitment over the last 12 months. After attending JNs for the first time last year and while also as a SkiMeister (racing both Alpine and Nordic).  This achievement (100% attendance) is after having a serious crash on roller skis and being out for several weeks with a concussion this past fall. This set his progress back but hard work and dedication have had him steadily improve over the season moving from a mid-pack athlete barely qualifying for...

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YSL Loveland

Ski Racing Devo (SRD) and Devo+ had an awesome weekend racing a full field YSL GS series at Loveland Feb 25-26. Our kids have been working hard and gaining experience!  For Saturday’s boys race, we had a lot of great race runs and some exciting top 5’s      Asher Grohmann – Oli Vachon – Luke Atwood   For U10 Boys, Park Jarjapka had an exciting day with a 2nd place finish in race 1 and winning it with a gold for race 2! For a field of 40+ U10 boys, this is a great day for Park who carried a lot of speed through both GS runs. Way to...

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U14 RMN Championships at Snow Mountain Ranch

Team summit nordic devo and prep programs had a final weekend of racing at U 14 RMN Championships at Snow Mountain Ranch. It was another great weekend of amazing skiing and racing.  On Saturday it was a classic mass start race and on Sunday we raced great at mixed relays. We had 3 podiums overall and we finished the season in 3rd in the Colorado Cup standings behind Vail and Steamboat.  See the link for the RMN overall standings below. We had 5 athletes finish the season in top 3. Big congratulations to Kiera Stabile, Elsie Robinson, Maeve Niemkiewicz, Nellie...

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Team summit nordic had a great weekend of racing in Aspen

Team Summit Nordic had a great weekend of racing in Aspen – it was also our last junior qualifier before heading to Fairbanks, Alaska for Junior Nationals. Nina Schamberger won both sprint and distance races and led our senior athletes to some amazing performances. Team summit qualified 9 athletes who will represent team summit and the Rocky mountain division in Alaska this March. Below are the results from the classic sprint and skate mass start. It is worth mentioning that our team summit girls podiumed in every category in Sunday's distance race. Big...

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Big Mountain Skiing Update – 2/28-3/5

Just like that.. March is right around the corner.  It really does fly.  Guns remain blazing as we carry into our 5th straight week of competitions. This past week, we saw competitions at Monarch and Crystal Mountain, WA.  Emma Litwiller claimed top honors in the U12 field, with Elizabeth Drummond in 3rd.  Bodie Cagen also stood atop the podium for the U12 boys.  Jack Shelton continued his top-10 streak with a 6th.  In Washington, Maddie Haser and Hannah Webb took 1st and 3rd respectively for the 12-14 female division.  Parker Gray notched another top-10...

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