Two giant slalom and two slalom races headlined the tech series Jan. 14-17

The SVSEF Alpine FIS Women’s and Men’s teams hit the road last week for the annual Western Region WRangler Cup Devo Tech Series at Mt. Bachelor, OR Jan. 14-17. The men raced Giant Slalom (GS) on Tuesday and Wednesday, while the women were on the Slalom (SL) course. Thursday and Friday saw the men in the SL gates and the women racing GS.

On Tuesday, Samantha Milne was the top SVSEF athlete in the SL with fourth place overall and third place in the U18’s. Autumn Carpenter was the next SVSEF athlete coming in 17th. In Wednesday’s Slalom race, Milne repeated third place in the U18’s while Zoe Stern-Pre came in 13th for the day. On Thursday, the women switched to GS where Milne placed fourth and Ava Murphy was the next SVSEF athlete placing 12th in the U18’s. The SVSEF women continued to improve daily with the last race having great placings on Friday. Milne was second in the U18’s (third overall) with Stern-Pre placing 10th and Carpenter 14th.

“The girls that raced in this series had their best results of the year so far,” said Assistant Women’s FIS coach, Pat Savaria. “It was so great to see them shine and gain confidence with each race.”

For the men, SVSEF stepped onto the U18 podium at every race and teammates raced their way to multiple personal bests across the series. To kick things off In GS on Tuesday, Cole Sanford took the win for U18’s and Owen Lancaster landed just behind in second place. Paxton Sammis followed up the U18 podium trend finishing third in Wednesday’s GS. In the first SL on Thursday, Owen Lancaster took first and Declan White placed third. Paxton Sammis raced to third in the second SL race on Friday. 

SVSEF Athlete Results on U18 Podium:

FIS Women SL Jan 14

3rd Samantha Milne

17th Autumn Carpenter

FIS Women SL Jan 15

3rd Samantha Milne

13th Zoe Stern-Pre

FIS Women GS Jan 16

4th Samantha Milne

12th Ava Murphy

FIS Women GS Jan 17

2nd Samantha Milne

10th Zoe Stern-Pre

14th Autumn Carpenter

FIS Men GS Jan 14

1st Cole Sanford

2nd Owen Lancaster

FIS Men SG Jan 15

3rd Paxton Sammis

FIS Men SL Jan 16

1st Owen Lancaster

3rd Declan White

FIS Men SL Jan 17

3rd Paxton Sammis

For complete FIS WRangler Devo Tech Series race results, please click on the link below: 

https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/event-details.html?sectorcode=AL&eventid=56751&seasoncode=2025 

UP NEXT for the SVSEF Alpine Men’s and Women’s FIS Teams: FIS Schweitzer Speed Series at Schweitzer Mountain Resort in Sandpoint, ID Jan. 27 – Feb 1, 2025. The event is part of the Western Region Speed Series and will host men’s and women’s downhill (DH) and super G (SG) races.