Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club athletes recently participated in a Rocky Mountain Nordic Junior National Qualifier. Coach Brian Tate sends a race recap with a list of those Steamboat athletes who  have made the Junior National Team.

 

Here are the 2022 Junior National Team members from the SSWSC XC Program

1. Trey Jones U18M
2. Griff Rillos U18M
3. Thomas Cooper U18M
4. Grey Barbier U16M
5. Henry Magill U16M
6. Campbell McLaren U16M
7. Tristan Thrasher U16M
8. Charley Lodwick U18F
9. Ruby May U18F
10. Tinsley Wilkinson U18F
11. Nikita Andre U16F
12. Grace Olexa U16F
13. Kiri May U16F
14. Heidi Andre 1^st Alternate U18F
15. Anna Rhodes 3^rd Alternate U16F

Here’s more on the event from Ski and Snowboard Club Vail/Rocky Mountain Nordic JNQ —

The 2021/2022 Rocky Mountain Nordic JNQ Series wrapped up in Minturn, Colo. at the Maloit Park XC Trail System over the weekend. The series contained eight races of different distances and techniques. Results from these eight races had a bearing on which U16, U18, and U20 athletes would qualify for Junior Nationals, being held in Minneapolis, Minn., March 7-12. Within every JNQ event there are races held for younger athletes, down to U8.

 

Conditions could not have been more favorable with blue skies and cold snow. Day one was a Mass Start Classic Race for all age groups. SSWSC’s Trey Jones put on a powerful performance taking the win in the U18/20M 10K race. His teammate, Griff Rillos, was 20 seconds in the rears, taking second. Additional SSWSC XC finishes: 5^th Henry Magill, 9^th Thomas Cooper, and 11th Grey Barbier.

In the U18/20 female 10k race, two female SSWSC XC athletes had their best results of the season- Ruby May in 6^th and Charley Lodwick in 8th. They were followed by: Tinsley Wilkinson 10^th, Heidi Andre 11^th, and Suzy Magill 13th.

While Vail’s Reiner Schmidt took the win in the U16M 5k, SSWSC XC’s Tristan Thrasher and Campbell McLaren fought tooth and nail against each other in a photo finish, with Tristan taking second and Campbell third by the narrowest margin. Luke Bedell came in 23^rd.

SSWSC XC had solid performances in the U16F 5k: Nikita Andre 5^th, Grace Olexa 6^th, Kiri May 7^th, Anna Rhodes 13^th, and Alena Rossi 18th.

In the U14M 2.5K, Charlie Wiedel impressed with a second place finish, with Quinn Dressen in 24^th, Braden Fleming in 26^th, and Henry Patten in 32nd.

Tig Loomis was back to her winning ways after taking the last JNQ off. She won the U14F 2.5K race. Additional results: Shea Rossi 5^th, Davis Brosterhous 9^th, Shea Sias 12th.

Georgia Bishop had won the previous six races in the RMN series and continued on form, winning Friday’s U12F 2.5k race. Other results included: Bella Blackwell 21^st, Klara Novotny 22nd.

The U12M race saw Sawyer Landers in 7^th, Bode Rhodes in 8^th, Conor Devin 11^th, Jackson McLaren 16^th, Jett Brosterhous 17^th, Ben Becker 19^th, and Isaac Weinberg 22nd.

Beatrice Bishop notched another win in the U10F race and Annika Wiedel finished a strong 4^th place.

Forrest Bishop took the win tin the U8M race.

 

 

An Individual Start Freestyle (Skate) Race was held on Sunday. In the U18/20M race the top seven were within 32 seconds of one another. SSWSC XC’s Griff Rillos finished with 6^th tenths winning margin for first. Henry Magill 4^th, Grey Barbier 5^th, Thomas Cooper 7th.

The U18/20F finishers were: Charley Lodwick 9^th, Tinsley Wilkinson 11^th, Heidi Andre 14^th, Suzy Magill 17^th.

Results for the U16F race included: Nikita Andre 5^th, Grace Olexa 6^th, Kiri May 8^th, Anna Rhodes 14^th, Elena Rossi 21^st.

Charlie Wiedel secured the win in the U14M race. Other finishers included: Quinn Dressen 11^th, Braden Fleming 22^nd, Henry Patten 25^th.

The U14F race saw Tig Loomis double up on wins, with Shea Rossi in 4^th, Shea Sias 9^th, Davis Brosterhous 11^th.

Bode Rhodes was top finisher in the U12M race, crossing the line in 7^th. Other finishers: Sawyer Landers 8^th, Conor Devin 9^th, Jett Brosterhous 16^th, Thomas Drever 23^rd.

Georgia Bishop capped off her season with another win in the U12F race. Followed by: Hadley Spillane in 17^th, Klara Novotny 21^st, Bella Blackwell 23^rd, Bella Picket 24^th.

Beatrice Bishop took second in the U10F race, with Annika Wiedel coming in 5^th.

Axel Loomis held on for 2^nd place in the U8M race..

After the last race, the season points were tabulated.