BY HEATHER FOSTER The Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation’s Alpine U12 and U14 Travel teams were on the road in Wyoming this weekend, competing in their first away races of the season. Both teams achieved strong results in their races held at Grand Targhee and Snow King. The U12 Travel Team traveled to Grand Targhee for a series of giant slalom (GS) races. With a top-five podium sweep on the boys side and consistent podiums on the girls side, the team is poised for strong competition for the rest of the season.
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Conway Selznick won first place in Boys Overall U14 and Elliott Leahy won first place in Girls Overall U14.
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Henry Questad took two first-place finishes and Savannah Pringle, one. Elliot Leahy took two second-place finishes with other second-place results going to Savannah Pringle, Thijs Lloyd, Huxley Flood and Charlie Reid. Cameron Beck, Huxley Flood and Conway Selznick seized third-place finishes. Conway Selznick and Elliott Leahy were U14 Overall Podium winners. “It was great to start the season off with two victories on Saturday and Sunday,” said Henry Questad, SVSEF U12 Travel Team athlete. “It was extra special to have SVSEF sweep the top five on Sunday. I couldn’t have done it without all of the coaches' help.”
The first race of the season is where the athletes meet other Intermountain Division teams who they will compete against throughout the season. “All the kids did a great job showing encouraging team spirit by cheering each other on throughout the weekend,” said Adele Savaria, U12 Travel Team Head Coach. “The athletes skied well and charged the courses in some really tough conditions, making huge leaps and bounds in their skiing.” The U14 Travel Team raced in Snow King for the first IMD U14 Qualifier and absolutely dominated each race. Competing with nearly 100 other racers and teams, the SVSEF girls' and boys' teams were consistently in the top five results in each slalom and giant slalom race. Conway Selznick and Elliot Leahy both secured the overall podium wins from the race series. “These athletes ALL did a fantastic job,” said Charlotte Gourlay, SVSEF U14 Travel Team Head Coach. “Tons of great skiing out there, learning to tune/wax, finding what works best in race start routines, and everything else that will help the athletes excel further in ski racing. They each have something to hang their hat on after this weekend.”
With the first race jitters out of the way, these teams will only continue to learn, succeed, and excel throughout the season. U12 Travel Team - North Series Targhee GS Races GIRLS #1 GS (1/14/23)
Savannah Pringle - 1st Piper Spengler - 5th Jennings Fraser - 9th Camille Reid - 10th
Fernanda Hurtado - 12th Taylor Rundell - 16th Olivia Harrington - 19th Brianna Smiley - 27th
Halley McGrew - 27th Aviella Buoncristiani - 28th Ava Gilmour - 29th Kinley Letson - 31st
Alta Questad - 33rd Iliana Little - 35th Brady Bloomfield - 38th Payton Scheigraber - 39th
Irie Black - 41st Makenna Steel - 42nd Hannah Howard - 63rd
BOYS #1 GS (1/14/23) Henry Questad - 1st Corbin Flood - 4th Charlie Spengler - 5th
Finn malone - 8th Brixen Ehleringer - 12th Cody Lloyd - 13th Coen Lamb - 14th
James Holman - 16th Cash Mintz - 18th Eli Sattler - 21st Wesley Sewell - 23rd
Hunter Gove - 28th Walker Gove - 46th GIRLS #2 GS (1/15/23)
Savannah Pringle - 2nd Piper Spengler -7th Olivia Harrington - 9th Taylor Rundell - 12th
Fernanda Hurtado - 14th Camille Reid - 15th Halley McGrew - 21st Ava Gilmour - 28th
Brianna Smiley - 29th Aviella Buoncristiani - 30th Alta Questad - 31st Gaia, Luem - 35th
Payton Scheigraber - 36th Kinley Letson - 37th Iliana Little - 39th Brady Bloomfield - 40th
Makenna Steel - 42nd Irie Black - 47th Hannah Howard - 62nd
BOYS #2 GS (1/15/23) Henry Questad - 1st Thijs Lloyd - 2nd Cameron Beck - 3rd
Charlie Spengler - 4th Corbin Flood - 5th Finn Malone - 7th James Holman - 11th
Brixen Ehleringer - 12th Wesley Sewell - 17th Cody Lloyd - 19th Coen Lamb - 20th
Cash Mintz - 21st Eli Sattler - 25th Hunter Gove - 35th Walker Gobe - 50th
U14 Travel Team - IMD U14 Qualifier at Snow King Boy’s Overall - Conway Selznick
Girl’s Overall - Elliot Leahy GIRLS GS (1/13/23) Elliot Leahy - 2nd
Hadley Walker - 7th Maya Gunn - 9th Skye Pringle - 14th Fleur Brazil - 21st
Colette Duke - 31st Blakeslee Davis-Jeffers - 35th Elle Deckard - 38th Bianca Smith - 39th
Alexandra Heidel - 48th Sasha Preuss - 50th Helen Hobbs - 54th Carolyn Fleming - 58th
BOYS GS (1/13/23) Charlie Reid - 2nd Conway Selznick - 4th
Tucker Reimund - 9th Huxley Flood - 11th Espen Schernthanner - 14th Thatcher Beck - 19th
Wyatt Gilmour - 22nd Declan O’Toole - 29th Kai Sammis - 34th Jack Heinz - 54th
Jake Schlatter - 57th BOYS SL #1 (1/14/23) Huxley Flood - 3rd
Conway Selznick - 4th Charlie Reid - 5th Declan O’Toole - 11th Thatcher Beck - 14th
Espen Schernthanner - 15th Sawyer Morgan - 17th Kai Sammis - 24th Jake Schlatter - 41st
Brooks Gove - 42nd BOYS SL #2 (1/15/23) Huxley Flood - 2nd
Conway Selznick - 3rd Charlie Reid - 5th Sawyer Morgan - 12th Tucker Reimund - 13th
Wyatt Limburg - 16th Thatcher Beck - 17th Kai Sammis - 24th Espen Schernthanner - 35th
Brooks Grove - 50th Jake Schlatter - 53rd GIRLS SL #1 (1/14/23)
Elliot Leahy - 2nd Hadley Walker - 5th Maya Gunn - 9th Skyler Jensen - 14th
Fleur Brazil - 15th Ruby Thurston - 17th Colette Duke - 20th Blakeslee Davis-Jeffers - 24th
Jasmine Smiley - 27th Bianca Smith - 31st Sasha Preuss - 36th Elle Deckard - 39th
Carolyn Fleming - 43rd Alexandra Heidel - 48th Helen Hobbs - 51st
GIRLS SL #2 (1/15/23) Elliot Leahy - 3rd Maya Gunn - 15th Ruby Thurston - 19th
Colette Duke - 26th Jasmine Smiley - 29th Blakslee Davis-Jeffers - 30th Bianca Smith - 33rd
Sasha Preuss - 35th Elle Deckard - 39th Carolyn Fleming - 44th Helen Hobbs - 55th
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