In spite of an unseasonably warm winter that presented training challenges for all Snow Sports athletes, Holderness School is sending an unprecedented number of skiers and snowboarders – 26 in total – to national competitions this spring.
Alpine Skiing Varsity
Overview
Alpine skiing has a long history of training and competition at Holderness. The varsity alpine team is best suited for individuals with prior skiing experience, who can link parallel turns and who have an interest in racing. We also have skiers every year who begin with little experience and progress quickly to the competitive level.
The season starts when students return from Thanksgiving break. Monday through Friday students train at Loon Mountain on 61 trails and 322 acres of terrain. The team's primary focus is slalom and giant salmon, and they compete on Wednesdays against other prep schools in the Lakes Region.
Following the basic pedagogy of the USSA’s alpine race training system, daily on-snow workouts consist of free skiing, drill-based free skiing, and gate training sessions. There are also occasional dryland training sessions on campus that take place under the supervision of the school’s physical trainer. Video review and ski tuning are a regular part of our routine as well.
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This month, Henniyah Rivers ’25 added to that reputation by competing in slalom and giant slalom for Jamaica at the World Junior Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea. In doing so, she became the first-ever female alpine skier to compete for Jamaica in an international competition.
Apart from the 4,139-foot vertical drop, 2,500-acres of in-bounds terrain, and dizzyingly high elevation, the Holderness School Freeride team felt right at home when they visited Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in early January.
With the stands packed full of students, teachers, and parents all sporting t-shirts emblazoned with the words ‘Sarah Strong’ and the players donning orange ribbons on their uniforms, it was an exciting weekend of hockey on the Holderness campus. Boys Varsity Hockey defeated Governor’s Academy 6-2 with Jacob netting a goal in the second period. Girls Varsity Hockey won an exciting back-and-forth game over Hoosac School 6-4. However, more important than the numbers on the scoreboard was the number of students who came together to raise money throughout the week. All together, 73 students helped to raise over $10,000 for the Sarah Duval Memorial Fund.
On January 19, the Holderness School community gathered to dedicate the Davis Cross Country Ski Trails, a network of snowmaking-equipped Nordic racing loops that have establish the school as one of the best places to train and race in New England.
Congratulations to all the exceptional student-athletes and their coaches who made this fall sports season so memorable! The hard work, dedication, and passion displayed on the fields, trails, and cliffs, has represented Holderness School well.
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Cannon Mountain | Home | Details about Alpine Skiing Varsity | |||
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Blackwater Ski Area | Away | Details about Alpine Skiing Varsity | |||
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Roster
# | Name | Class | Hometown |
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Ryan Blanchard | 2024 | Bernardston, MA | |
Annabelle Burton | 2027 | Nantucket, MA | |
Delaney Cassidy | 2025 | Portsmouth, NH | |
Ruby Cole | 2024 | Thetford, VT | |
Kyra Delli Colli | 2025 | Plymouth, NH | |
Cameron D'Orio | 2025 | Glen, NH | |
Cooper Duggan | 2027 | Dubuque, IA | |
Victoria Frankauski | 2025 | Ashland, NH | |
Tristan Gerasin | 2027 | Kittery, ME | |
Rosemarie Gilkes | 2026 | Garfield, NJ | |
Shengchen Guan | 2024 | Beijing | |
Lucia Hamor | 2027 | Stowe, VT | |
Maggie Higgins | 2026 | Hanover, NH | |
Charlotte Hoffman | 2027 | Charlotte, VT | |
Ondine Kagan | 2026 | Nantucket, MA | |
Annabelle Keith | 2027 | Southampton | |
Madeline Keith | 2025 | Southampton | |
Roan LaScola | 2027 | Nantucket, MA | |
Vivienne Maleska | 2026 | New Haven, CT | |
Anna Metzner | 2024 | Washington, DC | |
Caroline Miller | 2026 | Hingham, MA | |
Lani Mitchell | 2027 | Holderness, NH | |
Charlotte Naughton | 2027 | Wellesley, MA | |
Logan Severance | 2024 | New Canaan, CT | |
Orla Shillingford | 2026 | Salisbury, CT | |
Georgia Stahl | 2027 | Nantucket, MA | |
Ella Thornton | 2025 | Marblehead, MA | |
Ziying Wang | 2024 | Shanghai | |
River Werner | 2026 | Middleburg, VA | |
Lilias Wheelock | 2025 | Chestnut Hill, MA | |
Mairin Williams | 2026 | Wellesley, MA | |
Almudena Ylla | 2027 | Oleiros | |
Langqi Zhao | 2027 | Beijing |
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