Tommy Shantler placed 36th in today’s giant slalom at the Banque Laurentienne CAN-AM U14 races at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada.

The Spring Open Holimont GS and Holiday Valley SL races are being held in Ellicottville this weekend and will wrap-up the local racing for the season.

Holimont Women’s GS #1:  Christine Moloney 2nd, Meredith Parenti 10th, Lauren Bachert 11th, Erin Schafer 15th and Maddie Evans 17th.

Holimont Women’s GS #2:  Christine Moloney 2nd, Meredith Parenti 11th, Lauren Bachert 13th, Erin Schafer 15th and Maddie Evans 18th.

Holimont Men’s GS #1:  Scott Vining 11th, Cameron Hejna 23rd, Jack Hurley 37th, Alex Wylie 39th and Nick Costanzo 44th.

Holimont Men’s GS #2:  Scott Vining 14th, Cameron Hejna 19th, Michael Costanzo 26th, Alex Wylie 37th, Jack Hurley 38th, Parker Nickerson 43th and Nick Costanzo 46th.

Holiday Valley Women’s SL#1:  Lauren Bachert 13th, Meredith Parenti 14th, Maddie Evans 17th, Erin Schafer 19th, Gillian Martin 20th and Catherine Navagh 21st.

Holiday Valley Women’s SL#2:  Meredith Parenti 12th, Maddie Evans 13th, Lauren Bachert 15th, Erin Schafer 18th and Catherine Navagh 19th.

Holiday Valley Women’s SL#1:  Michael Costanzo 21st, Alex Wylie 27th and Patrick Hylkema 35th.

Holiday Valley Women’s SL#2:  Scott Vining 9th, Patrick Hylkema 18th, Michael Costanzo 26th, Alex Wylie 30th, Nick Costanzo 35th and Parker Nickerson 36th.

Whiteface plays host to more than 160 racers four days of Men’s FIS GS and SL and two days of Women’s FIS SL.

Men’s GS Day 2:  Aiden Elizondo 55th.

Men’s SL Day 2:  Aiden Elizondo 45th.

The race that everyone waits for, the Northwind Super-G went off without a hitch.  165 racers hit speed of up to 60 miles per hour and lived to tell the tale.

Women:  Sophie Sellstrom 1st, Christine Moloney 2nd, Meredith Parenti 3rd, Catherine Navagh 7th

Mens 16 to 34:  Cameron Hejna 2nd, Scott Vining 3rd, Aiden Elizondo 4th,

U16 Boys:  Ben Finicle 1st, Jack Hurley 2nd, Patrick Hylkema 3rd, Sean Wright 4th, Parker Nickerson 5th,

U16 Girls:  Lauren Bachert 1st, Maddie Evans 2nd, Gillian Martin 3rd, Casey Wise 4th

U14 Girls:  Anya Elizondo 1st, McKenzie Galvin 2nd, Devynn Martin 3rd, Haley Barden 4th

U14 Boys:  Eric Schafer 1st, Guppy Briselden 2nd, Jesse Both 3rd,

U12 Girls:  Cassidy Creager 1st, Hayly Fredrickson 2nd, Logan Fredrickson 3rd, Claire Taylor 5th

U12 Boys:  Ben Wise 1st, Steel Hurley 3rd, Jes Sauereisen 4th, Orry Shattenberg 5th,

U10 Girls:  Kate Hurley 1st, Alison Martin 2nd, Caroline DeRose 3rd, Rory Sauereisen 6th

U10 Boys:  Michell Azcarate 1st, Reichen Morrisey 3rd, Eric Shattenberg 4th

Coaches:  Steve Potter 1:02.74,  Becky Schmidt 1:09.06

Family Challenges:  

Cameron Hejna 58.98, Tony Hejna 1:03.91

Sophie Sellstrom 58.51, Kris Sellstrom 1:04.64

Aiden Elizondo 1:03.01, Anya Elizondo 1:03.45

Jim Martin 1:03.37, Devynn Martin 1:09.68, Gillian Martin 1:10.79, Alison Martin 1:20.45

Eric Schafer 1:05.08, Scott/Miguel Schafer 1:06.12

Tom Briselden 1:05.28, Guppy Briselden 1:05.33

Jack Hurley 1:05.54, Steel Hurley 1:14.22, Kate Hurley 1:17.53

Tom Both 1:06.11, Jesse Both 1:08.71

Andrew Creager 1:11.12, Cassidy Creager 1:11.31

Catherine Navagh 1:12.31, Greg Navagh 1:16.70

Hayly Fredrickson 1:12.45, Logan Fredrickson 1:12.70

Casey Wise 1:12.53, Ben Wise 1:12.74

Patrick Hylkema 1:13.35, Greg Hylkema 1:14.45

Jess Sauereisen 1:17.43, Rory Sauereisen 1:38.55

Orry Shattenberg 1:21.11, Eric Shattenberg 1:25.98

Sean Morrisey 1:21.53, Reichen Morrisey 1:24.64

Tommy Shantler has qualified to be member of the USA team to compete at the Banque Laurentienne CAN-AM U14 races at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada.  Good luck and congratulations.

The Francis Piche Invitational at Gunstock, New Hampshire, hosted the top U12 racers from the east.  Holiday Valley racers had a great weekend, led by Candice Kasahara with a 3rd and 8th place finish.

Girls U12 GS:  Candice Kasahara  8th, Paige Duffy 13th and Katherine Wojnowski 28th.

Boys U12 GS:  Phillip Vance 15th

Boys U14 GS:   Michael Mercer 17th.

Girls U12 SL:  Candice Kasahara  3rd

Boys U14 SL:   Michael Mercer 13th.

Holiday Valley racer finishes in the top ten at the USSA U14 Eastern Championships at Sunday River, Maine.

Boy’s Slalom:  Tommy Shantler 7th

Girl’s Slalom:  Bella Wylie 38th

Boy’s GS:  Tommy Shantler 16th

Five Holiday Valley racers have qualified and been invited to compete in the Piche Invitational at Gunstock, NH. The Piche Invitational the top eastern event for U12 racers. Candice Kasahara (U12), Paige Duffy (U12), Katherine Wojnowski (U12), Phillip Vance (U12) and Michael Mercer (U14) will represent Holiday Valley well in New Hampshire.

Three Holiday Valley athletes have qualified to advance to the Eastern Marriott U14 Jr. Championships at Sunday River, ME.  Tommy Shantler, Bella Wylie and Dylan Thomas will compete in a skills challenge, the GS and the SL, with a chance to advance to the Can-Am Project at Mont Tremblant.

The Kandahar Championships at Song Mountain represent the U12s State Championships.  Strong performance were had be many in this giant slalom race.  Holiday Valley placed three on the podium and another six in the top ten.

Girls U12:  Candice Kasahara 2nd, Paige Duffy 5th, Katherine Wojnowski 8th, Lauren Thomas 11th, Logan Fredrickson 16th and Phoebe Dunn 24th.

Girls U14:  McKenzie Galvin 18th.

Girls U16:  Casey Wise 7th and Gillian Martin 10th.

Boys U12:  Phillip Vance 5th and Bode Vance 18th.

Boys U14:  Michael Mercer 2nd.

Boys U16:  Jack Hurley 2nd and Alex Wylie 5th.

The U18-U21 team posted three podium finishes in Okemo, VT, with a second in the Super-G for Aiden Elizondo and two thirds for Sophie Sellstrom in the GS and Super-G.  All five racers finished the season on a strong note.

Women’s Super-G:  Sophie Sellstrom 3rd.

Men’s Super-G:  Aiden Elizondo 2nd, Scott Vining 21st and Porter Hunt 22nd.

Women’s Giant Slalom:  Sophie Sellstrom 3rd.

Men’s Giant Slalom:  Aiden Elizondo 8th, Porter Hunt 18th and Scott Vining 29th.

Women’s Slalom:  Sophie Sellstrom 34th.

Men’s Slalom:  Porter Hunt 24th, Aiden Elizondo 27th and Scott Vining 58th.

Fifteen Holiday Valley racers qualified to advance to the Kandahar State Championships at Song Mountain.  Good luck next weekend.

U12 Girls:  Candice Kasahara 1st, Paige Duffy 3rd, Katherine Wojnowski 4th, Logan Fredrickson 7th, Lauren Thomas 9th and Phoebe Dunn 10th.

U12 Boys:  Phillip Vance 1st and Bode Vance 2nd.

U14 Girls:  McKenzie Galvin 4th.

U14 Boys:  Michael Mercer 5th.

U16 Girls:  Casey Wise 1st, Gillian Martin 3rd and Tessa Briselden 4th.

U16 Boys:  Alex Wylie 2nd and Jack Hurley 3rd.

The annual Sally Davis Scholar Athlete Award is presented to those racers who maintain a 90% average for the Spring ’12 and Fall ’12 semesters and are in the top 1/2 of ECS standings as of Feb 1st. The award was given to three Holiday Valley racers. Congratulation to Aiden Elizondo, Porter Hunt and Christine Moloney.

Holiday Valley loaded the podiums on both days of Kandahar, with two racers being name Skimeister.  Candice Kasahara and Phillip Vance each took home the Skimeister Bell, as the top individual in their class based on all results.  Congratulations to all.

Day #1:

U10 Girls:  Alison Martin 2nd, Caroline DeRose 7th, Katherine Hurley 17th, Gianna DeRose 22nd and Rory Sauereisen 29th.

U12 Girls:  Candice Kasahara 1st, Paige Duffy 2nd, Lauren Thomas 5th, Phoebe Dunn 7th, Hayly Fredrickson 12th, Cassidy Creager 14th and Claire Taylor 27th.

U14 Girls:  McKenzie Galvin 2nd, Addie Mahoney 12th and Joran Lyford 14th.

U16 Girls:  Casey Wise 2nd, Tessa Briselden 3rd and Gillian Martin 4th.

U10 Boys:  Alex Wojnowski 1st, Erik Shattenberg 4th, Luka Wylie 7th, William Dunn 8th and Reichen Morrisey 10th.

U12 Boys:  Phillip Vance 1st, Bode Vance 2nd, Steele Hurley 11th, Orry Shattenberg 13th, Ben Wise 15th and Jes Sauereisen 21st.

U14 Boys:  Michael Mercer 3rd, Eric Schafer 11th and Jesse Both 12th.

U16 Boys:  Alex Wylie 2nd, Jack Hurley 3rd and Parker Nickerson 6th.

Day #2:

U10 Girls:  Alison Martin 2nd, Caroline DeRose 5th, Katherine Hurley 22nd, Gianna DeRose 25th and Rory Sauereisen 29th.

U12 Girls:  Candice Kasahara 1st, Katherine Wojnowski 3rd, Paige Duffy 4th, Logan Fredrickson 5th, Lauren Thomas 9th, Hayly Fredrickson 11th, Phoebe Dunn 16th, Cassidy Creager 17th, Hayley Mahoney 23rd and Claire Taylor 27th.

U14 Girls:  Addie Mahoney 9th, Joran Lyford 10th and Haley Barden 18th..

U16 Girls:  Casey Wise 1st, Gillian Martin 2nd and Tessa Briselden 3rd.

U10 Boys:  Alex Wojnowski 1st, Erik Shattenberg 4th, Luka Wylie 6th, Reichen Morrisey 8th and William Dunn 10th.

U12 Boys:  Phillip Vance 2nd, Bode Vance 3rd, Orry Shattenberg 15th and Ben Wise 17th.

U14 Boys:  Michael Mercer 6th, Eric Schafer 9th and Jesse Both 12th.

U16 Boys:  Alex Wylie 2nd, Jack Hurley 3rd and Parker Nickerson 9th.

The U18-U21 team will be sending five athletes to either the FIS Eastern Finals in Stowe, VT or the USSA Eastern Finals in Okemo, VT.  The qualifiers are:

FIS Eastern Championships:

Christine Moloney (received automatic bid, due to eastern ranking), Sophie Selstrom (declined invite and will race at USSA Eastern Finals) and Aiden Elizondo (declined invite and will race at USSA Eastern Finals)

USSA Eastern Championships:

Porter Hunt and Scott Vining

Holiday Valley will be sending ten athletes to Greek Peak and Toggenburg for the U14 State Championships.  Wish them good luck.

Girls:  Bella Wylie, Anya Elizondo, Hanna Halli, Devynn Martin and Bailey Creager

Boys:  Tommy Shantler, Mack Hurley, Dylan Thomas, Guppy Briselden and P.J. Walsh

The final regular season Buffalo Ski Club NFSC Slalom ended with another great race day for the U10-U14 team.

U10 Girls:

Alison Martin 4th, Kate Hurley 14th and Gianna DeRose 21st.

U12 Girls:

Candice Kasahara 1st, Logan Frerickson 4th, Katherine Wojnowski 5th, Phoebe Dunn 7th, Hayly Fredrickson 9th, Cassidy Creager 12th, Hayley Mahoney 15th and Julia Michaud 16th.

U14 Girls:  

Bella Wylie 1st,  Anya Elizondo 3rd, Hanna Halli 5th, McKenzie Galvin 8th, Devynn Martin 13th, Adeline Mahoney 15th, Bailey Creager 17th, Joran Lyford 18th, Claire Michaud 25th and Haley Barden 28th.

U10 Boys:

Alex Wojnowski 1st, Mitchell Azcarate 2nd, Luka Wylie 4th, William Dunn 9th and Erik Shattenberg 10th.

U12 Boys:

Bode Vance 1st, Phillip Vance 3rd, Steele Hurley 8th, Ben Wise 10th and Orry Shattenberg 16th.

U14 Boys:

Tommy Shantler 1st, P.J. Walsh 8th, Jesse Both 12th and Dylan Thomas 13th.

The U18-U21 team are at Gore Mountain for the New York State Championships.  Three days of racing will include SG, GS and SL.  The team started off on a strong note, with three top ten finishes.

Women’s SG:  Christine Moloney 6th, Sophie Sellstrom 7th, Meredith Parenti 29th and Erin Schafer 34th.

Men’s SG:  Aiden Elizondo 8th, Scott Vining 15th, Porter Hunt 28th, Cameron Hejna 31st, Connor Hayes 34th and Michael Costanzo 38th.

Women’s GS:  Sophie Sellstrom 7th, Christine Moloney 9th, Meredith Parenti 35th, Erin Schafer 42nd and Catherine Navagh 44th.

Men’s GS:  Aiden Elizondo 10th, Scott Vining 23rd, Porter Hunt 25th, Cameron Hejna 35th, Michael Costanzo 38th and Connor Hayes 40th.

Women’s SL:  Christine Moloney 7th and Sophie Sellstrom 21st.

Men’s SL:  Scott Vining 5th and Cameron Hejna 11th.

The U16 team is at Whiteface for the two day of super-g, a giant slalom and a slalom.  Here are the Lake Placid results to date:

Women SG #1:  Lauren Bachert 21st and Maddie Evans 40th.

Men’s SG #1:  Ben Finicle 19th, Patrick Hylkema 44th, Nick Costanzo 52nd and Sean Wright 58th.

Women SG #2:  Lauren Bachert 23rd and Maddie Evans 40th.

Men’s SG #2:  Patrick Hylkema 41st, Nick Costanzo 52nd and Sean Wright 54th.

Women GS:  Lauren Bachert 22nd and Maddie Evans 23rd.

Men’s GS:  Ben Finicle 27th, Patrick Hylkema 30th and Nick Costanzo 36th.

Women SL:  Maddie Evans 30th.

Men’s :SL:  Patrick Hylkema 32nd and Nick Costanzo 43rd..

The following U16 racers have qualified to represent the western half of New York at the State Championships to be held at Whiteface:

Women:  Lauren Bachert and Maddie Evans

Men:  Ethan Hejna, Ben Finicle, Patrick Hylkema, Nick Costanzo and Sean Wright

The U14s traveled to Bristol Mountain for the first combined Genesee Valley / Niagara Frontier Council giant slalom.  The race included two one minute plus, top to bottom, giant slalom runs at Bristol Mountain, a first for many of the racers.  The race included overall results and council only results.

Women’s Overall:

Bella Wylie 4th; Anya Elizondo 6th; Devynn Martin 15th; Bailey Creager 17th; Hanna Halli 26th; McKenzie Galvin 30th; Claire Michaud 32nd; Addie Mahoney 38th; and Joran Lyford 49th.

Women’s Niagara Frontier Council: 

Bella Wylie 2nd; Anya Elizondo 3rd; Devynn Martin 7th; Bailey Creager 8th; Hanna Halli 10th; McKenzie Galvin 13th; Claire Michaud 14th; Addie Mahoney 19th; and Joran Lyford 24th.

Men’s Overall:

Tommy Shantler 1st; Mack Hurley 2nd; Jesse Both 20th; Michael Mercer 21st; Dylan Thomas 29th; P.J. Walsh 31st; and Eric Schafer 35th.

Men’s Niagara Frontier Council:

Tommy Shantler 1st; Mack Hurley 2nd; Jesse Both 10th; Michael Mercer 11th; Dylan Thomas 15th; P.J. Walsh 16th; and Eric Schafer 18th.

Sean Wright finishes a strong fourth in the giant slalom and a tenth in the slalom at the annual Horst Derby at Song Mountain.  The Horst Derby races are the last before the U16 States Team is named.

Holiday Valley’s FIS racers are out east for two days of giant slalom.  The women are at Mt. Sunapee, NH against a field of 109 athletes, which includes racers from Australia, Italy, Spain, France and Great Britain.  The men are at Stowe Mountain, VT facing 134 racers from Australia  Spain, Great Britain, Argentina, Chile, Canada, Poland, Sweden, Japan, Norway and the U.S.

Women’s Day 1:  Sophie Sellstrom 81th

Men’s Day 1:  Aiden Elizondo 87th

Women’s Day 2:  Christine Moloney 52nd and Sophie Sellstrom 73rd.

U10 Girls:

Kate Hurley 17th, Gianna DeRose 19th and Rory Sauereisen 22nd. 

U12 Girls:

Katherine Wojnowski 1st, Logan Fredrickson 2nd, Paige Duffy 5th,  Hayly Fredrickson 6th, Phoebe Dunn 7th, Lauren Thomas 8th, Cassidy Creager 10th, Hayley Mahoney 11th and Julia Michaud and Claire Taylor 19th/

U14 Girls:

Bella Wylie 3rd, Devynn Martin 4th, Anya Elizondo 7th, Bailey Creager 10th, McKenzie Galvin 14th, Claire Michaud 18th, Adeline Mahoney 20th, Joran Lyford 23rd, Hanna Halli 25th and Haley Barden 31st.

U10 Boys:

Alex Wojnowski 1st, Luka Wylie 2nd, William Dunn 7th and Mitchell Azcarate 18th.

U12 Boys:

Phillip Vance 1st, Bode Vance 8th, Steel Hurley 9th, Ben Wise 10th and Jes Sauereisen 14th.

U14 Boys:

Tommy Shantler1st, Michael Mercer 12th, Eric Schafer 14th, Guppy Briselden 15th, Jesse Both 16th, P.J. Walsh 19th and Mack Hurley 20th.

The U18-U21 team travels to Lake Placid to compete in the Empire State Games.  Thursday the athletes marched in the opening ceremonies.  Racing started Friday with slalom, followed by giant slalom on Saturday and super-g on Sunday.

Women’s Slalom:

Sophie Sellstrom 11th and Catherine Navagh 37th.

Men’s Slalom:

Porter Hunt 14th,  Nick Costanzo 30th (U16), Ethan Hejna 38th (U16) and Michael Costanzo 33rd.

Women’s GS:

Christine Moloney 6th, Sophie Sellstrom 10th and Catherine Navagh 42nd.

Men’s GS:

Porter Hunt 14th, Michael Costanzo 28th and Nick Costanzo 44th (U16).

Women’s SG:

Christine Moloney 8th and Sophie Sellstrom 9th.

Men’s SG:

Aiden Elizondo 6th, Porter 18th and Ethan Hejna 25th (U16).

Mark your calendar; the Year-End Banquet will be on March 23rd in Tannenbaum Lodge.

The U16 Team spends the weekend with two training days and a super-g at Bristol Mountain.

Women:  

Lauren Bachert 13th, Maddie Evans 14th and Gillian Martin 40th.

Men:

Ethan Hejna 3rd, Ben Finicle 9th, Patrick Hylkema 26th, Sean Wright 29th, Nick Costanzo 32nd and Parker Nickerson 48th.

The inaugural Kissing Bridge Duel Slalom offered an exiting day of racing.  The top eight U14 Boys and U14 Girls from the morning duel slalom qualified for a head-to-head shootout.  Bella Wylie, Anya Elizondo, Tommy Shantler and Dylan Thomas represented Holiday Valley in the shootout.  After six extra runs Bella and Tommy  were named King and Queen of the Mountain and were crowned with cowboy hats.  Here are the results for the day.

U10 Girls:

Caroline DeRose 4th, Alison Martin 5th and Kate Hurley 9th.

U12 Girls:

Candice Kasahar 1st, Paige Duffy 2nd, Katherine Wojnowski 4th, Logan Fredrickson 6th, Lauren Thomas 7th, Hayly Fredrickson 9th, Phoebe Dunn 15th, Cassidy Creager 16th and Hayley Mahoney 21st.

U14 Girls:

Bella Wylie 3rd, Anya Elizondo 5th, Hanna Halli 10th, McKenzie Galvin 12th, Joran Lyford 15th, Devynn Martin 19th and Adeline Mahoney 23rd.

U10 Boys:

Alex Wojnowski 1st, Luka Wylie 2nd, Mitchell Azcarate 6th,  William Dunn 7th and Reichen Morrisey 8th.

U12 Boys:

Bode Vance 2nd, Phillip Vance 3rd, Steel Hurley 6th and Ben Wise 17th.

U14 Boys:

Tommy Shantler1st, Dylan Thomas 5th, Guppy Briselden 12th, Eric Schafer 18th and Michael Mercer 20th.

The U18-U21 Team spends the weekend at Labrador Mountain racing slalom.  The team put up some very fast times and strong performances

Day 1 Women:

Christine Moloney 5th, Meredith Parenti 36th, Erin Schafer 37th and Sophie Sellstrom 39th.

Day 2 Women:

Meredith Parenti 24th and Erin Schafer 38th.

Day 1 Men:

Porter Hunt 8th, Scott Vining 16th, Michael Costanzo 26th and Connor Hayes 28th.

Day 2 Men:

Porter Hunt 9th, Scott Vining 12th, Cameron Hejna 30th and Aiden Elizondo 32nd.

The U10-U12-U14 Team has another great day.  The team spent Sunday racing giant slalom at Holimont.

U10 Girls:

Alison Martin 7th, Kate Hurley 13th and Gianna DeRose 17th.

U10 Boys:

Alex Wojnowski 1st, Mitchell Azcarate 4th, Luka Wylie 7th, William Dunn 9th and Reichen Morrisey 25th.

U12 Girls:

Candice Kasahar 1st, Logan Fredrickson 2nd, Katherine Wojnowski 4th, Paige Duffy 5th, Lauren Thomas 7th, Hayly Fredrickson 10th, Phoebe Dunn 14th, Cassidy Creager 15th, Hayley Mahoney 17th, Julia Michaud 18th and Claire Taylor 23rd.

U12 Boys:

Phillip Vance 2nd, Bode Vance 4th, Steel Hurley 7th, Orry Shattenberg 8th and Ben Wise 14th.

U14 Girls:

Bella Wylie 4th, Devynn Martin 6th, Bailey Creager 7th, Hanna Halli 13th, Claire Michaud 15th, Adeline Mahoney 17th, McKenzie Galvin 18th and Joran Lyford 21st.

U14 Boys:

Tommy Shantler 1st, Mack Hurley 4th, Dylan Thomas 5th, Guppy Briselden 8th, Jesse Both 14th and Eric Schafer 19th.

Ethan Hejna tops the podium at the Song Mountain U16 Slalom.  The U16 team starts the weekend of with multiple strong performances.

Song SL Women:  

Lauren Bachert 14th, Hanna Kreuzer 23rd, Maddie Evans 24th, Tess Briselden 43rd and Gillian Martin 44th.

Song SL Men:

Ethan Hejna 1st, Patrick Hylkema 13th, Ben Finicle 30th, Alex Wylie 38th and Parker Nickerson 59th.

Labrador GS Women:

Maddie Evans 11th, Tessa Briselden 37th, Gillian Martin 45th and Casey Wise 47th.

Labrador GS Men:

Ethan Hejna 4th, Ben Finicle 15th, Patrick Hylkema 19th, Sean Wright 29th, Nick Costanzo 33rd, Alex Wylie 44th and Parker Nickerson 48th.

The team opened their season with the “Kissing Bridge Slalom”, which was moved to Holiday Valley due to snow conditions.  Fun was had by all and there were also some great results.

U10 Girls:  

Caroline DeRose 2nd, Alison Martin 7th, Kate Hurley 12th, Gianna DeRose 18th, Rory Sauereisen 22nd.

U10 Boys:  

Alex Wojnowski 1st, Laz Rifkin 2nd, Mitchell Azcarate 4th, Luka Wylie 9th, William Dunn 10th, Reichen Morrisey 12th.

U12 Girls:

Cadice Kasahara 1st, Katherine Wojnowski 2nd, Paige Duffy 7th, Logan Fredrickson 8th, Lauren Thomas 9th, Hayly Fredrickson 10th, Cassidy Creager 11th, Phoebe Dunn 15th, Julia Michaud 18th, Claire Taylor 20th, Ellie Kreinheder 21st.

U12 Boys: 

Phillip Vance 1st, Richard Hurley 3rd, Bode Vance 8th, Orry Shattenberg 10th, Jes Sauereisen 20th.

U14 Girls:

Bella Wylie 1st, Anya Elizondo 4th, Bailey Creager 5th, Claire Michaud 15th, Joran Lyford 17th, Hanna Halli 22nd.

U14 Boys:

Mack Hurley 1st, Nathan Briselden 5th, Eric Schafer 8th, Michael Mercer 20th.

Three Holiday Valley FIS racers are spending the week in Vermont, racing a GS and two slaloms .  Christine Moloney and Sophie Sellstrom are racing at Okemo and Aiden Elizondo is racing at Stratton Mountain.

Wednesday’s GS:  Sophie Sellstrom 47th and Christine Moloney 82nd.

Thursday’s SL:  Christine Moloney 70th.

The U10-U12-U14 Kissing Bridge Slalom has been moved to Holiday Valley.  The race will take place this Sunday, January 20th.  All Holiday Valley racers that registered online through Alpine Registration, will need to go online and get a refund.

This last minute change will require everyone to mobilize and volunteer to put on a great race.  Please go to the Event Signup Tab and sign up to help.

Three Holiday Valley young men were invited and participated in the USSA Eastern U14 Speed Project at Bristol Mountain.  Congratulations: Guppy Briselden, Mack Hurley and Tommy Shantler.

The U16 team opened its season with a top three finish in the giant slalom at Holiday Valley and followed it up with more strong performances at Sunday’s Holimont Slalom.

Giant Slalom:

Girls:  Lauren Bachert 13th; Maddie Evans 14th; Hanna Kreuzer 32nd and Casey Wise 39th.

Boys:  Ethan Hejna 2nd; Jack Hurley 18th; Nick Costanzo 19th; Sean Wright 20th and Patrick Hylkema 21st.

Slalom:

Girls:  Hanna Kreuzer 20th; Maddie Evans 29th; Tessa Briselden 35th; Casey Wise 37th and Gillian Martin 40th.

Boys:  Ethan Hejna 7th; Patrick Hylkema 11th; Nick Costanzo 20th and Alex Wylie 23rd.

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The U18 and U21 racers traveled to Bristol Mountain for two statewide giant slalom and two super-g races.  In addition, one U16 racer competed in the two giant slaloms.  The team brings home multiple top ten finishes.

Saturday’s GS results:

Women:  Christine Moloney 6th (1st U21), Meredith Parenti 20th (16th U18), Erin Schafer 34th (28th U18) and Catherine Navagh 44th (37th U18).

Men:  Ethan Hejna 14th (2nd U16), Cameron Hejna 21st (13th U18), Porter Hunt 27th (19th U18)  and Michael Costanzo 39th (28th U18).

Sunday’s GS results:

Women:  Christine Moloney 11th (2nd  U21), Sophie Sellstrom 14th (10th U18), Meredith Parenti 35th (28th U18), Erin Schafer 47th (39th U18), Ellie Roche 52nd (43rd U18) and Catherine Navagh 55th (45th U18).

Men:  Aiden Elizondo 7th (6th U18), Porter Hunt 16th (11th U18), Ethan Hejna 26th (4th U16), Cameron Hejna 27th (19th U18),  Michael Costanzo 44th (32nd U18) and Connor Hayes 46th (33rd U18).

Monday’s 1st Super-G results:

Women:  Sophie Sellstrom 6th (6th U18), Christine Moloney 20th (3rd U21), Meredith Parenti 27th (20th U18) and Kelsy Opiel 34th (27th U18).

Men:  Aiden Elizondo 14th (11th U18), Cameron Hejna 26th (18th U18), Porter Hunt 27th (19th U18), Scott Vining 38th (24th U18) and Connor Hayes 41st (26th U18).

Monday’s 2nd Super-G results:

Women:  Sophie Sellstrom 2nd (2nd U18).

Men:  Aiden Elizondo 7th (5th U18), Cameron Hejna 19th (12th U18) and Connor Hayes 28th (17th U18)..

Christmas camp ends with a great dual slalom.  Check the results page for times.  Congratulations all of the racers.  The following are the combined run results.

Eagles Girls:  Brooke Williams (1st), Marlie Hess (2nd), Nicole Hudak (3rd), Olivia Persia (4th), Taylor Hubert (5th), Cameron Allen (6th), Evelyn Rowan (7th)

Eagles Boys:  Nick Hess (1st)

U10 Girls:  Kate Hurley (1st), Alison Martin (2nd), Caroline DeRose (3rd), Gianna DeRose (4th)

U10 Boys:  Laz Rifkin (1st), Alex Wojnowski (2nd); Luka Wylie (3rd), Erik Shattenberg (4th), William Dunn (5th), Mitchell Azcarate (6th), Reichen Morrisey (7th), Rory Sauereisen (8th)

U12 Girls:  Candice Kasahara (1st), Katherin Wojnowski (2nd), Logan Fredrickson (3rd), Paige Duffy (4th), Lauren Thomas (5th), Hayly Fredrickson (6th), Phoebe Dunn (7th), Annabella Listati (8th), Julia Michaud (9th), Hayley Mahoney (10th), Ellie Kreinheder (11th), Claire Taylor (12th)

U12 Boys:  Bode Vance (1st), Phillip Vance (2nd), Steel Hurley (3rd), Orry Shattenberg (4th), Jes Sauereisen (5th),  Ben Wise (6th)

U14 Girls:  Anya Elizondo (1st), Bella Wylie (2nd), Hannah Halli (3rd), Devynn Martin (4th), McKenzie Galvin (5th), Adeline Mahoney (6th), Claire Michaud (7th), Joran Lyford (8th), Haley Barden (9th)

U14 Boys:  Tommy Shantler (1st), Nathan Briselden (2nd), Mack Hurley (3rd), Dylan Thomas (4th), PJ Walsh (5th), Eric Schafer (6th), Michael Mercer (7th), Jesse Both (8th)

U16 Girls:  Hanna Kreuzer (1st), Tessa Briselden (2nd), Gillian Martin (3rd), Casey Wise (4th)

U16 Boys:  Ethan Hejna (1st), Alex Wylie (2nd), Patrick Hylkema (3rd), Nick Costanzo (4th), Ben Finicle (5th), Sean Wright (6th)

U21 Women:  Sophie Sellstrom (1st), Christine Moloney (2nd), Meredith Perenti (3rd), Erin Schafer (4th), Audrey Parenti (5th), Catherine Navagh (6th)

U21 Men:  Aiden Elizondo (1st), Cameron Hejna (2nd), Connor Hayes (3rd), Porter Hunt (4th), Scott Vining (5th), Michael Costanzo (6th)

We will have daytime training on Wednesday and Thursday this week and evening training Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; January 2nd, 3rd and 4th.  No charge for the extra practices.

Daytime: 9:00 -12:00

Evening: 5:00 – 7:00

U10-U12-U14 Friday Night Training begins January 4th and will run through February 22nd. On snow training will be from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

The Shantlers have organized their annual Race Team Potluck Dinner. Please join the team families at the Training Center on Wednesday, December 26th, around 5:00 pm. No need to respond; just show up and share an evening Christmas Camp.

The Race Team parents’ meeting will begin at 3:00 pm, Saturday, December 29th, in the Training Center.  The entire team, U10-U21, will meet briefly followed by team specific breakouts as determined by your individual coaches.  Please try to attend; we will try not to keep you very long.

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There isn’t a lot of snow, but what we have isn’t bad and it looks like we might be getting some help from mother nature. Training begins Saturday morning the 22nd. Check with your coaches on their plans.

Christmas Camp begins Thursday, the 27th and runs through Monday, the 31st. The coaches are anxious to get started. Remember to check the Calendar Tab frequently, this event and the majority of races have been posted since early November.

Aiden Elizondo brings us our first race results of the season.  He has completed two days of SL and has two days left of GS at the Men’s FIS Devo at Sugarbush, VT.  The first two days had 106 men competing in rain, sleet and heavy fog.  Aiden opened his first day in gates with a solid 50th overall and moved up to 37th on the second day (3rd and 2nd of the 10 New York competitors, respectively).  The first day of GS had 115 men competing in deteriorating snow, to the point that Friday’s GS was cancelled mid-day on Thursday.  Aiden finished 78th in Thursday’s GS.

Miguel has arranged to have Peter Anderson, the current World Cup Tech Ladies coach, host a clinic at HV next Friday, December 7th.

It will be open to coaches and parents and will run from approximately 12 noon to 4 pm at the Training Center.

Our program continues to grow at all levels.

• We are gaining more racers and families to the team as they see the strength of the program.
• As parents, we see excellent racing skills as well as a high level of overall skiing skills.
• Recently, we have had a record number of athletes compete in post-season races at the State, Eastern, Junior Olympic and international levels.
• Our racer retention is strong.  Last year we graduated eight high school seniors, the majority of whom raced since the U10 level.

Please consider supporting the team this year.  All of our athletes will reap the benefits of participating in a well-funded race program for the rest of their lives.

Your sponsorship will not only aid the athletes, but it will also provide great advertising returns.  As noted above, over 70 athletes and their families travel weekly from four states and two providences to Ellicottville.  Annually, we host various races with attendance as high as 250 racers and their families.  All sponsorships include prominent signage and promotion of your company at race team events at Holiday Valley.  For sponsorships $250 or higher, your logo and web link will be posted on the front page of our website, www.hvskiteam.com.

Contact Mary Ellen Elizondo to lend your support.

Cell: 260.415.3046

Email: mee@baby-burps.com

Jerry Nenno has arranged to have Dr. Thomas Lam from Toronto come speak this weekend. Dr. Lam is from FITS Toronto and helps train some of the Ontario Ski Team members.

The talk is 11:00 am this Saturday, December 1st at the Training Center.

The outline for the talk is:

1.  Mechanism of ACL injuries

2.  What we can do to prevent ACL injuries.

3.  How can you help the athlete.

4.  Practical tips and strategies to enhance athlete movement.

5.  Identify key movement pattern with warm up, hip abduction strength and motor control.

The talk is approximately two hours and is free of charge.  It is geared toward coaches and parents but kids are welcome to attend also.

Congratulations to the following for being invite the USSA or NYSSRA preseason camps:

Mack Hurley and Tommy Shantler have been invited to attend the USSA Eastern U14 Elite Fundamentals Camp, Sunday River, ME.

Anya Elizondo, Devynn Martin (new to our team),  Guppy Briselden and P.J. Walsh have been invited to the NYSSRA U14 Fundamentals Camp, Lake Placid, NY.

Maddie Evans, Ethan Hejn and Patrick Hylkema have been invited to the NYSSRA U16 Fundamentals Camp, Lake Placid, NY.

Nothing gets the blood flowing like looking at a full calendar of great racing events.  The calendar is up to date.  Bring on the snow.

We have an exciting event coming to the Western NY area on Saturday October13 with Doug Lewis ex Olympian and World Cup skier.  This is a great way to get your season off to a great start with an intense dry land experience to be held at Kissing Bridge.  All Holiday Valley racers are encouraged to attend.  This is open to athletes over the age of 7.

Click here to view a flyer with all of the details, registration form and waiver.