A pair of Ski and Snowboard Club Vail Alpine skiers posted top-10 finishes for the U.S. at the Youth Olympic Games this week in Gangwon Province, South Korea. Going up against the world’s best 15-18-year-olds,.
December was a busy but fruitful month for the Ski and Snowboard Club Vail men’s FIS Alpine ski team. Between Dec. 5 and Dec. 21, SSCV competed at the Copper Mountain and Beaver.
College racers descend on tech events at Cortina worlds
NCAA racers are well-represented in this year’s world championships tech events, as they have been at every world champs and Olympics in recent years. Eight of the 17 NCAA athletes competing in Cortina are “Pios,” Denver University Pioneers.
The national team featuring the highest number of collegiate athletes is Canada. Their 13-member roster includes six current or former NCAA skiers. The nation with the next most NCAA representation is the U.S. with four, followed by Norway, Croatia, Brazil and Greece each with one NCAA skier. Between them, these skiers represent five different colleges. While many eastern schools are not competing on the EISA circuit this year, current athletes from western schools headed to Cortina straight from their RMISA competitions in Utah.
Slalom leader Schwarz gets win in snowy Schladming night race
January 26, 2021
SCHLADMING, Austria – Right after finishing his second run and taking the lead in the race, Marco Schwarz held up one finger.
There were still five more racers to come down at the World Cup night slalom on Tuesday, but the Austrian held on to his No. 1 position.
Schwarz improved from sixth after the opening run to win by a big margin, 0.68 seconds ahead of Clément Noël. Another French skier, Alexis Pinturault, was 0.82 behind in third.
“It’s amazing, it’s the classic to win,” Schwarz said. “Schladming was on top of my wish list. To win here was a big dream.”