
Photos courtesy Chase Harr.
From Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, the freestyle athletes competed in the Rocky Mountain Qualifying Series Development championships at Telluride. Reise Wilson won both singles and duals. Scotty Kane won for singles with a 720 on the bottom air jump.
Here’s more from Freestyle Program Director Ann Battelle:
RQS/DEVO Champs at Telluride this past week-end. First time for the RQS athletes doing duals.
Reise Wilson won both singles and duals. Anouk Bradley was 5th in singles.
Scotty Kane took the win for singles, throwing a 720 on the bottom air. Shane Mariano was 4th and Collin Mudgett-Furgueson was 10th.
In duals, Collin Mudgett-Furgueson fought hard, earning 3rd place and his first podium of the year.
For DEVO, Sydney Soard ended her season on a high note, finishing in 3rd place in singles.
Just before that, TeamSteam was at Arapahoe Basin for another Rocky Mountain Qualifier Series competition. Reise Wilson and Scotty Kane both earned blue ribbons. Shannon Kane was 4th and Anouk Bradley was 5th. For the gentlemen, Shane Mariano was 3rd, with Collin Mudgett-Furgueson earning 7th.
The U17/U19 skiers had their Division Championships at Winter Park. On by far the biggest bumps all season, Anabel Ayad was the top finisher, placing 6th in singles and 3rd in duals. Ella Walker took 8th in singles and 4th in duals. Jaime Maudsen was 10th in singles. Abby McLarnon skied her way to 7th in duals. For the men, Xander Tatar-Brown earned 7th in singles overall while Liam Siefken was 5th for the M15 skiers.
Anabel Ayad earned the top of the podium for the National Brotherhood of Skiers, Rocky Mountain Grand Prix which awards the top finisher off of place points for the season in the Rocky Mountain Division.