2013-2014 News
Slush Cups Bring An End To A Great Season
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The Holimont GS and the Holiday Valley SL Slush Cups provided a great end to a great season. Atypical weather started the Slush Cup weekend off with cold and windy conditions for the GS, but mother nature rewarded those that stayed to race the SL at Holiday Valley, with a sunny and warm day to end the racing season.
Holimont GS #1
Women: Bella Wylie 7th, Meredith Parenti 16th and Maddie Evans 17th
Men: Tommy Shantler 5th, John Carbaugh 14th, Alex Wylie 22nd and Parker Nickerson 27th.
Holimont GS #2
Women: Bella Wylie9th,Meredith Parenti17th andMaddie Evans20th
Men: Tommy Shantler2nd,John Carbaugh8th,Alex Wylie21st andParker Nickerson27th.
Holiday Valley SL#1
Women: Maddie Evans8th and Gillian Martin 13th.
Men: Ethan Hejna 4th and Patrick Hylkema 6th.
Holiday Valley SL#2
Women: Bella Wylie 5th,Maddie Evans8th, Meredith Parenti 16th andGillian Martin20th.
Men: Aiden Elizondo 3rd, Tommy Shantler 10th, John Carbaugh 16th and Eric Schafer 30th.
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U14 National Assessment Results
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Max Carbaugh has a great week in Park City, caping it off with a 38th in the Dual Combined. Congratulations on a great season.
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Top Twenty Finish At U14 Can-Am
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Spring weather forced the schedule of events to change at the U14 Can-Am at Sugarloaf, ME. The skills challenge was moved forward a day, leaving the GS for Saturday and the SL for Sunday.
The GS brought good results, with Guppy Briselden finishing 32nd, Anya Elizondo 35th and Candice Kasahara 40th in a fieldof the top racers from the Rocky Mountain/Central division and the Eastern division of the USA and the three eastern provinces of Canada.
The SL had two great finishes for HV racers. Anya Elizondo fished 16th (1st New York and 8th USA) and Candice Kasahara 23rd (2nd New York and 13th USA). Great skiing.
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Another Great Northwind SG
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The Northwind SG brought speeds of upto 56 miles per hour. Coach John Galvin takes the mens overall title, with Aiden Elizondo taking second and Lou Moore third. The women’s overall title went to Anya Elizondo, with Bella Wylie second and Meredith Parenti third.
U10 Girls: Allison Martin 1st in class/72nd overall and Gianna DeRose 2nd/91st.
U12 Girls: Lauren Thomas 1st/28th, Logan Fredrickson 2nd/42nd, Hayly Fredrickson 3rd/47th,Caroline DeRose 4th/62nd, Rory Sauereisen 5th/97th, and Kate Hurley 6th/107th.
U14 Girls: Anya Elizondo 1st/10th, Paige Duffy 2nd/20th, Candice Kasahara 3rd/26th, Phoebe Dunn 4th/27th, McKenzie Galvin 5th/29th, Devynn Martin 6th/36th, and Haley Barden 7th/51st.
U16 Girls: Bella Wylie 1st/15th and Gillian Martin 2nd/44th.
U18 Women: Meredith Parenti 1st/17th.
U10 Boys: Erik Shattenberg 1st/66th, Mitchell Azcarate 2nd/82nd, Luke Petruzzi 3rd/86th, Jack DeRose 4th/92nd, and Jordan Hathaway 5th/130th.
U12 Boys: Body Vance 1st/46th, Orry Shattenberg 2nd/48th, Reichen Morrisey 3rd/60th, Luka Wylie 4th/70th, Henry Dunn 6th/79th, and Ross Fuller 7th/83rd.
U14 Boys: Jes Sauereisen 1st/35th and Steel Hurley 2nd/67th.
U16 Boys: John Carbaugh 1st/16th, Parker Nickerson 2nd/19th, Eric Schafer 3rd/21st, Mack Hurley (one ski) 5th/78th, and Zachary Morrisey 8th/120th.
U18 Men: Aiden Elizondo 1st/2nd and Michael Costanzo 3rd/23rd.
Coaches: John Galvin 1st/1st, Miguel Azcarate 2nd/4th, Brad Carbaugh 3rd/5th, Joe Lyford 4th/9th, Connor Kell 5th/13th, Caitlin Croft 6th/22nd, Alex Nenno 8th/37th and Yuichi Kasahara 9th/41st.
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Two Holiday Valley Racers Competing At The U16 Can-Am
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The Intersport U16 Can-Am is underway at Mont Tremblant, Quebec. Ethan Hejna and Tommy Shantler will be competing in the SG, GS and SL.
SG: Tommy Shantler 36th
SL: Tommy Shantler 47th.
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U14s Send One To Park City National Assessment And Three To AM-CAN
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Max Carbaugh was named to represent the Eastern Region at the U14 National Assessment Project in Park City, UT, March 30th to April 4th. The project will bring the top athletes from across the country together for racing and skills assessment. Congratulations and good luck.
Guppy Briselden,Anya Elizondoand Candice Kasaharawere named from the USSA U14 Eastern Championships to represent the USA at the AM-CAN U14 GS & SL at Sugarloaf, ME, March 28th to 30th. The race pits the top eastern US racers against the top eastern Canadian racers. Good luck and congratulations.
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Top 10 For U16 At Whiteface
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Tommy Shantler placed 10th at today’s Whiteface Alumni GS, Lake Placid, NY.
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Two Top Twenty-Five Finishes At U12 Piche
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The Francis Piche Invitational Championship (the eastern championship for U12s), March 14th – 16th, Gunstock, NH, was contested today. The race weekend included a training day, the Piche, a GS, and an optional SL.
Day 2 GS:
Caroline DeRose 25th andLogan Fredrickson38th.
Bode Vance21st andOrry Shattenberg 41st.
Day 3 SL:
Logan Fredrickson 23rd.
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Podium and Six Top Twenty Finishes At U14 Eastern Champs
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The USSA U14 Eastern Championships at Stowe Mountain opened today, March 14th, with the slalom. A skills assessment will take place on Saturday and the weekend will end Sunday with the GS.
Friday’s slalom got Holiday Valley off to a great start with three top twenty finishes, Guppy Briselden 10th, Anya Elizondo 12th and Max Carbaugh 16th.
Day 1 SL
Girls: Anya Elizondo 12th, Candice Kasahara 33rd and Devynn Martin 36th.
Boys: Guppy Briselden 10th and Max Carbaugh 16th.
Sunday’s giant slalom only got better withMax Carbaughtaking 3rd.
Day 2 GS
Girls: Anya Elizondo13th,Candice Kasahara20th andDevynn Martin38th.
Boys: Max Carbaugh3rd andGuppy Briselden17th.
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Holiday Valley Athletes Invited To U14 Invitational Project
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Paige Duffy‘s strong super-g and Michael Mercer’s GS results at the New York State Championships have earned them an invite to the VARA / NYSSRA U14 Invitational Project, Stratton Mountain, VT, March 20th and 21st. The “camp like” project will include 30 Vermont and 20 New York athletes in a day of speed fundamental training and a day of team GS dual races. Congratulations.
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Five U14s To Represent New York At Eastern Championships
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Anya Elizondoand Max Carbaughwill lead the New York team at the USSA U14 Eastern Championships (previously the Junior Olympics) as the top girl and top boy racer from the New York State Championships. Five Holiday Valley racers in total have qualified to represent New York State at the Eastern Championships, March 13th-16th, Stowe Mountain, VT. The race weekend includes a SL, a skills day and a GS. Congratulations and good luck to the following listed by overall New York team placement:
Anya Elizondo1st,Devyn Martin10th andCandice Kasahara13th.
Max Carbaugh 1st and Guppy Briselden 6th.
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Six U12 Racers Qualify For Piche
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Lauren Thomas and Body Vance will lead the New York team at the Piche Invitational as the top girl and top boy racer from the Kandahar Champs weekend. Five Holiday Valley racers in total have qualified to represent New York State at the Francis Piche Invitational Championship (the eastern championship for U12s), March 14th – 16th, Gunstock, NH. The race weekend includes a training day, the Piche, a GS, and an optional SL. Congratulations and good luck to the following listed by overall New York team placement:
Lauren Thomas 1st, Cassidy Creager 4th, Caroline DeRose 5th, and Logan Fredrickson 7th.
Bode Vance 1st and Orry Shattenberg 11th.
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Two U16 Advance To Can-Am
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Ethan Henja and Tommy Shantler were named to the USSA U16 Eastern Championships to represent the USA at the CAN-AM U16 Intersport SG,GS,SL at Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, March 20th to 23rd. The race pits the top eastern US racers against the top eastern Canadian racers. Good luck and congratulations.
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HV Hits It Hard At The Kandahar Championships
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The Kandahar Championships (the “U12 State Championships”) were held a Belleayre Mountain on March 10th, with the Big Dog Duel SL on March 11th. The Holiday Valley contingent dominated the podium with three champions and three additional top ten finishes. Congratulations to the champions: Lauren Thomas, Bode Vance and Erik Shattenberg. The following are all of the great finishes:
Kinder Kombi Run 1
U12 Girls: Lauren Thomas 1st, Caroline DeRose 3rd, Logan Fredrickson6th, Hayly Fredrickson 14th, and Cassidy Creager53rd.
U12 Boys: Bode Vance 1st and Orry Shattenberg 20th.
U10 Boys: Erik Shattenberg 1st.
GS Run 2
U12 Girls: Cassidy Creager2nd,Lauren Thomas6th,Logan Fredrickson7th,Caroline DeRose11th,andHayly Fredrickson13th.
U12 Boys: Bode Vance3rd andOrry Shattenberg10th.
U10 Boys: Erik Shattenberg1st.
Overall
U12 Girls: Lauren Thomas1st,Caroline DeRose3rd,Logan Fredrickson4th,Hayly Fredrickson14th, andCassidy Creager21st.
U12 Boys: Bode Vance1st andOrry Shattenberg8th.
U10 Boys: Erik Shattenberg1st.
The Big Dog Duel SL was added as a new event this year to make a weekend of racing following the one day Kandahar Champs. The results for the qualifiers are:
U12 Girls: Logan Fredrickson 1st and Hayly Fredrickson 9th
U12 Boys: Orry Shattenberg 9th.
U10 Boys: Eric Shattenberg 1st.
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USSA U16 Eastern Finals, Sunday River, ME
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Mack Hurleyrepresented Holiday Valley at the USSA U16 Eastern Finals, Sunday River, ME, March 6th through 9th. He finished in the top twenty on days one and two, with the following great results: 17th in the SG, 17th in the SL and 39th in the GS.
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FIS Eastern Finals, Okemo, VT
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Aiden Elizondo represented Holiday Valley at the USSA FIS Eastern Final, Okemo, VT, March 8th to 12th. He skied stronger after returning from surgury. He placed 20th U18,/43rd Overall in the slalom, 37th U18/70th Overall in the GS, 51st U18/63 Overall in the first SG, and 53rd U18/68th Overall in the second SG.
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USSA U16 Eastern Championships At Whiteface
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The U16 USSA Eastern Championships held March 6th to 10th at Whiteface Mountain, Lake Placid, NY. Our athletesare representing themselves well inSG, GS andSL. Please see all the great results below:
Day 1
Women’s SG: Bella Wylie 65th.
Men’s SG: Ethan Hejna 34th, JD Foxcroft 38th, Tommy Shantler 47th, and John Carbaugh 66th.
Day 2
Women’s SG: Bella Wylie 55th.
Men’s SG: Tommy Shantler 26th, Ethan Hejna 40th, JD Foxcroft 41st,and John Carbaugh 69th.
Day 3
Men’s GS: Ethan Hejna 25th, JD Foxcroft 33rd, and John Carbaugh 44th.
Day 4
Women’s GS: Bella Wylie 48th.
Day 5
Women’s SL: Bella Wylie 45th.
Men’s SL: Ethan Hejna 19th.
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Holiday Valley Takes Three Golds At The U14 State Championships
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The U14 State Championships held over the last two weekends at Holiday Valley and Windham Mountain yield great results for the Holiday Valley Race Team and the Niagara Frontier Council. Holiday Valley had three state champions named, Anya Elizondo SL, Max Carbaugh SL, Max Carbaugh SG; one “ski-meister” (top athlete including all runs,) Max Carbaugh; two top seeds representing New York at the USSA Eastern Championships (top athlete based on top three runs) Anya Elizondo, Max Carbaughs; and many great top twenty finishs,Please see all the great results below:
Day 1 Holiday Valley:
A new event was added to the U14 State Championships. This year the opening day of States introduced a skills challenge to the festivities. All racers were rated on three ski specific skills. Three of our Holiday Valley racers were honored with the highest ranking skills.
Girls: Candice Kasahara 1st and Anya Elizondo 3rd.
Boys: Guppy Briselden 2nd
Day 2 Holiday Valley
Two State Champions, a third place finish and a top ten finish lead the U14 team on the first racing day of the New York State Championships. Anya Elizondo and Max Carbaugh were named the New York U14 Slalom State Champions at the Holiday Valley race. Congratulations to our State Champs.
Girls SL: Anya Elizondo 1st, Devynn Martin 4th, Candice Kasahara 9th, Paige Duffy 25th, McKenzie Galvin 34th and Bailey Creager 37th.
Boys SL: Max Carbaugh 1st, Guppy Briselden 3rd and Phillip Vance 36th.
Day 3 Windham Mountain
The second weekend of the U16 State Championships was held at Windham Mountain. Saturday’sgiant slalom had four Holiday Valleyracers finish in thetop ten.
Girls GS: Anya Elizondo 5th, Candice Kasahara 7th, Devynn Martin 21st, McKenzie Galvin 30th, Paige Duffy 31st and Bailey Creager 56th.
Boys GS: Max Carbaugh 4th, Guppy Briselden 7th, Michael Mercer 19th and Phillip Vance 41st.
Day 4 Windham Mountain
All New York U14 athletes participated in ther first every Super-G State Championships. The year was the first time the speed event has been included for U14 athletes and it was a hit with the kids as evendenced by the smiles, comments and results.
Girls SG: Candice Kasahara 7th, Anya Elizondo 11th, Paige Duffy 19th, Devynn Martin 29th, and Bailey Creager 43rd.
Boys SG: Max Carbaugh 1st, Guppy Briselden 12th, Michael Mercer 17th and Phillip Vance 43rd..
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Ten Holiday Valley Racer Advance To Kandahar Champs
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After a great weekend of racings at Holimont, the Holiday Valley Race Team will be sending ten racers on to the 2014 NYSSRA Kandahar Championships, Kombi/GS & The Big Dog Dual, Belleayre Mountaing, NY. Good luck and congratulationsto the following athletes:
Girls:Logan Fredrickson, Cassidy Creager, Lauren Thomas, Caroline DeRose, Phoebe Dunn andHaley Fredrickson
Boys: Erik Shattenburg, Bode Vance, Orry Shattenburg andJes Sauereisen
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Two Ski Meisters And Eight Podium Finishes At U10-U12-U14 Kandahar
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The opening day at the Holimont Kandahar Festival resulted in three podium finishes and a lot of great skiing in the Kinder Kombi event. Day two brought even stronger performances.The icing on the cake is that two HV racers were named Ski Meister for the entire weekend of racing. Logan Fredrickson was name U12 Girls Ski Meister and Erik Shattenburg was named U10 Boys Ski Meister.
Day 1 Kinder Kombi:
Girls U14: Haley Barden18th.
Girls U12: Logan Fredrickson 1st, Lauren Thomas 2nd, Caroline DeRose5th, Hayly Fredrickson8th, Kate Hurley30th andRory Sauereisen32nd.
Girls U10: Alison Martin 4thand Zoe Philp 22nd.
Boys U14: Jes Sauereisen 10th,Richard Hurley11th andBen Wise12th.
Boys U12: Orry Shattenberg7th andReichen Morrisey11th,Mitch Azcarate15th,Luka Wylie20th andRoss Fuller24th.
Boys U10: Erik Shattenberg1st andLuke Petruzzi12th.
Day 2 GS:
Girls U14: Phoebe Dunn 4th,Haley Barden19th.