By Shannon Lukens. (Noelle Roth photo courtesy Kahlen White)
The Women’s Slalom U18 National Champion is Noelle Roth from Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. Katharina Cosby was 4th, and Cosby also took 2nd in Women’s Giant Slalom. Also making the podium for the men was Adrian Beauregard in 3rd for Men’s Super G, and he was third overall. The U18 Nationals were in Jackson Hole.
Eight SSWSC alpine athletes were named to the Rocky Central U18 Nationals Team and are headed to Jackon, Wyoming, today for the U18 National Alpine Championships March 2-8, 2024. Katharina Cosby, Noelle Roth, Hazel Fernley, Kahlen White, and Mollie McTique were named to the women’s team. Curtis Zanni, Adrian Beauregard, and Caman Beauregard were named to the men’s team.
From Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; March 10, 2024.
U18 Alpine National Championships Conclude after Snowy Week in Jackson, Wyoming
Noelle Roth is the women’s slalom U18 National Champion, and Katharina Cosby second overall in the Championship Series
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. – The U.S. U18 Alpine Skiing National Championships wrapped up in Jackson, Wyoming on Friday, March 8, and Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club athletes took home medals in every discipline. After over a week of epic snowfall, postponements, and cancellations, the mountain race crews on Snow King and Jackson Hole pulled off six of the ten races planned: giant slalom, slalom, and Super G races for both genders. Downhill training days and race days were canceled.
The races started one day late on Sunday, March 3, with men’s giant slalom and women’s slalom races. Noelle Roth made an incredible comeback to skiing and won the U18 National Championship title in slalom. Roth is just returning to racing after of year-long recovery from a knee injury she sustained while racing in Europe at the beginning of 2023. Katharina Cosby was 4th.
In the men’s giant slalom race on the same day, Adrian Beauregard cracked the top 20 with a 13th place.
On Monday, March 4 women raced giant slalom and men raced slalom, and it was Katharina Cosby’s turn to stand on the podium with a 2nd place finish in the giant slalom, and Hazel Fernley made an impressive jump from bib 52 to 15th place. For the men, Adrian Beauregard was 4th in the slalom. Races didn’t resume until Friday due to more snow and soft conditions. The downhill races were canceled earlier in the week, but the Super G races, the last races in the series, took place on Friday morning.
Adrian Beauregard took the bronze in 3rd place and he was third overall, and Caman Beauregard was 14th for the men. In the women’s Super G race, Katharina Cosby had the best finish for the women in 7th, and Mollie McTigue had her best finish of the week in 11th place.
Cosby’s consistency paid off, and she was 2nd overall for the week at the conclusion of the U18 National Championship series.
Eight SSWSC alpine athletes were named to the Rocky Central U18 Nationals Team and are headed to Jackon, Wyoming, today for the U18 National Alpine Championships March 2-8, 2024. Katharina Cosby, Noelle Roth, Hazel Fernley, Kahlen White, and Mollie McTique were named to the women’s team. Curtis Zanni, Adrian Beauregard, and Caman Beauregard were named to the men’s team.
Full Results:
- Men’s Giant Slalom: Adrian Beauregard 13th, Curtis Zanni 24th, Caman Beauregard 27th.
- Women’s Slalom: Noelle Roth 1st, Katharina Cosby 4th, Hazel Fernley 27th, Kahlen White 38th
- Men’s Slalom: Adrian Beauregard 4th, Curtis Zanni 27th
- Women’s Giant Slalom: Katharina Cosby 2nd, Hazel Fernley 15th, Mollie McTigue 24th
- Men’s Super G: Adrian Beauregard 3rd, Caman Beauregard 14th, Curtis Zanni 28th
- Women’s Super G: Katharina Cosby 7th, Mollie McTigue 11, Hazel Fernley 46th, Kahlen White 50
Eight SSWSC alpine athletes were named to the Rocky Central U18 Nationals Team to race in the U18 National Alpine Championships on March 2-8, 2024. Katharina Cosby, Noelle Roth, Hazel Fernley, Kahlen White, and Mollie McTique were named to the women’s team. Curtis Zanni, Adrian Beauregard, and Caman Beauregard were named to the men’s team.