Sixty-nine Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation (SVSEF) Cross Country Team athletes traveled to the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center in Midway, UT this weekend for the Intermountain Youth Ski Championships. Athletes from clubs across the Intermountain Division in Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Western Wyoming competed in U8-U16 category individual start skate races, an open 6.6km mass start skate race, and a downhill obstacle course race on Saturday. The mass start classic races for the U8-U16 categories were held on Sunday.

“With nearly 70 kids competing in this race, the energy and enthusiasm made you want to be a part of our cross country team,” said SVSEF Cross Country Prep Team Coach, Kelley Yeates. “There were kids doing their first race ever, and they all really put it out there.”

At the conclusion of the weekend’s racing, SVSEF was announced as the overall team winner of the 2023 Intermountain Youth Ski Championships. They were also awarded the IMD U14 Cup, the award that recognizes season-long overall results for U14 athletes. SVSEF’s Tait Boschen placed third overall out of 56 boys in the field.

“We use the term “true grit” a lot and it is truly how I would describe these athletes,” said Yeates. “This sport is hard and it takes a tremendous amount of effort mentally and physically. But the best part is they cross the finish line exhausted and with the biggest glittery smiles!”

SVSEF Cross Country Team Athlete Results:

Day 1: Downhill Obstacle Race (Skier X)
U10 Women
6 – Hazel Schmidt
7 – Piper Renner
8 – Nina O’Sullivan
10 – Hope Lloyd
12 – Violet Resko
13 – Elsa Burdette
15 – Josephine Neet
16 – Mahayla Shipp-Stephenson
17 – Holly Lynch
18 – Tallulah Gerald
19 – Abbigale Liberatore
20 – Savannah Twichell
21 – Wynne McGregor
22 – Abigail Sirek
24 – Rose O’Grady

U12 Women
4 – Sydney Nelson
5 – Isla Sundby
8 – Piper Gerald
9 – Payton Daley-Scheingraber
12 – Satchel Swindley
19 – Eisley Burdette
21 – Lexi Pinizzotto
22 – Willa Brozoski Schrader
23 – Penelope Zook
24 – Amelie Ries
25 – Isla Masner

U14 Women
1 – Zoe Liberatore
6 – Josephine Renner
12 – Dylan Buck
16 – Eavan Brown
17 – Lauryn Stevens
23 – Lliah Bicas-Dolgen
24 – Eleanor Sirek
26 – Cora Brozowski Schrader
27 – Stella St. George
29 – Tessa Dondero
33 – Natalia Chudleigh
34 – Vivian Cunningham
35 – Anna Koonce

U16 Women
3 – Ingrid Pratt

U8 Men
2 – Stephen Chudleigh
3 – Keaton Swindley
6 – Theodore Brozoski Schrader

U10 Men
7 – Asa Sattler
11 – Daniel Chudleigh
13 – Henri Allaire
14 – Ford Ramsay
15 – Spencer Flynn

U12 Men
10 – Cameron Gilman
11 – Thijs Lloyd
19 – Jedidiah Schmidt
22 – Cody Lloyd
29 – Auguste Allaire
33 – Silas Seppa

U14 Men
1 – Tait Boschen
9 – Duncan Fryberger
15 – Judah Rosenlund
18 – Bailey Kurtz
23 – Callahan Hebert
26 – Jake Jacoby
27 – Henry Flynn
31 – Owen Wellner
36 – Finn O’Donnell
37 – Angus Ramsay
43 – Knox Coury

U16 Men
3 – Felix Wilson

Day 1 – Individual Skate Start
U8 Men
2 – Keaton Swindley
4 – Theodore Borzoski Schrader

U10 Women
5 – Nina O’Sullivan
6 – Violet Resko
7 – Hazel Schmidt
11 – Mahayla Shipp-Stephenson
12 – Elsa Burdette
13 – Piper Renner
14 – Hope Lloyd
17 – Holly Lynch
18 – Tallulah Gerald
19 – Abbigale Liberatore
20 – Josie Dondero
21 – Abigail Sirek
22 – Josephine Neet
24 – Savannah Twichell
25 – Wynne McGregor
26 – Rose O’Grady

U10 Men
8 – Asa Sattler
9 – Daniel Chudleigh
14 – Henri Allaire
16 – Ford Ramsay
17 – Spencer Flynn

U12 Women
2 – Paton Daley-Scheingraber
3 – Sydney Nelson
15 – Penelope Look
16 – Piper Gerald
17 – Satchel Swindley
18 – Isla Sundby
19 – Eisley Burdette
23 – Lexi Pinizzotto
25 – Isla Masner
26 – Willa Brozoski Schrader
27 – Amelie Ries

U12 Men
11 – Cameron Gilman
12 – Jedidiah Schmidt
14 – Thijs Lloyd
16 – Felix Pott
20 – Jack Flynn
21 – Cody Lloyd
31 – Auguste Allaire
37 – Silas Seppa

U14 Women
7 – Zoe Liberatore
11 – Josephine Renner
12 – Eavan Brown
17 – Dylan Buck
22 – Stella St. George
30 – Cora Brozowski Schrader
32 – Vivian Cunningham
33 – Lauryn Stevens
34 – Tessa Dondero
37 – Eleanor Sirek
38 – Natalia Chudleigh
39 – Leah Bicas-Dolgen
41 – Anna Koonce

U14 Men
2 – Tait Boschen
21 – Duncan Fryberger
22 – Bailey Kurtz
27 – Callahan Hebert
32 – Finn O’Donnell
33 – Jake Jacoby
34 – Owen Wellner
35 – Henry Flynn
41 – Judah Rosenlund
46 – Angus Ramsay
48 – Knox Coury

U16 Women
6 – Ingrid Pratt

U16 Men
4 – Felix Wilson

Open Women
3 – Joan Scheigraber

Open Men
5 – Dan Chudleigh

Day 2: Mass Start Classic
U8 Men
2 – Keaton Swindley
4 – Theodore Brozoski Schrader

U10 Women
2 – Nina O’Sullivan
6 – Hazel Schmidt
8 – Violet Resko
9 – Abbigale Liberatore
10 – Mahayla Shipp-Stephenson
12 – Piper Renner
14 – Elsa Burdette
15 – Josie Dondero
16 – Tallulah Gerald
18 – Wynne McGregor
19 – Abigail Sirek
20 – Hope Lloyd
21 – Josephine Neet
22 – Holly Lynch
25 – Savannah Twichell
26 – Rose O’Grady

U10 Men
7 – Asa Sattler
8 – Henry Allaire
11 – Spencer Flynn
12 – Ford Ramsay

U12 Women
6 – Sydney Nelson
8 – Payton Daley-Scheingraber
15 – Isla Sundby
18 – Satchel Swindley
19 – Penelope Zook
20 – Lexi Pinizzotto
21 – Eisley Burdette
22 – Piper Gerald
23 – Willa Brozoski Schrader
25 – Isla Masner
27 – Amelie Ries

U12 Men
9 – Cameron Gilman
10 – Thijs Lloyd
18 – Jedidiah Schmidt
19 – Cody Lloyd
20 – Felix Pott
25 – Jack Flynn
26 – Auguste Allaire
35 – Silas Seppa

U14 Women
5 – Zoe Liberatore
16 – Eavan Brown
17 – Stella St. George
18 – Josephine Renner
25 – Cora Brozowski Schrader
26 – Dylan Buck
29 – Lauryn Stevens
30 – Tessa Dondero
32 – Vivian Cunningham
37 – Eleanor Sirek
38 – Lliah Bicas-Dolgen
40 – Anna Koonce

U14 Men
6 – Tait Boschen
17 – Duncan Fryberger
18 – Bailey Kurtz
27 – Owen Wellner
29 – Callahan Hebert
30 – Jack Jacoby
33 – Henry Flynn
39 – Finn O’Donnell
41 – Angus Ramsay
42 – Judah Rosenlund
44 – Know Coury

U16 Women
7 – Ingrid Pratt

U16 Men
4 – Felix Wilson

For complete event results, please visit https://my.raceresult.com/231586/