USCSA Press Release: Week 4 Alpine Recap

February 10, 2026

** Photos from the Rocky Mountain Conference are credited to Daichi Nishimura @shot_by_danny_ **
​** Photos from the Southwest Conference are credited to Kaiden Mertzel @kaidenmertzelphotography **

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By Kaitlyn Frye

Allegheny Conference
In the Allegheny Conference, Villanova University had a strong weekend, taking first place in both the slalom and GS races that took place at Tussey Mountain. Byrne Bradley led the team, placing third in both races. During the slalom race, he was joined by John Holmquist in sixth, and Charles Hurchalle in eighth. The University of Maryland was on their heels, taking second, with Cameron Opdyke in the lead for the team in fifth place. Hunter Walchusky of West Virginia University placed fourth, to help his team to capture third. Despite a second place finish from Samuel Morris from Penn State Harrisburg, it wasn’t enough to capture a spot on the podium. Similarly, Messiah University saw first place finish from Noah Richert with a blistering 1:07.13 second time, although they were unable to reach the podium either.
However, another first place finish from Richert during the GS race was enough to help them slip into third. Pennsylvania State University took second, with Thomas LaFalce taking fifth, and Quinn Hughes in eighth. 
Pennsylvania State University dominated the women’s races, placing first in both slalom races. Zoe Parizek placed first, with consistent times of 1:18.68 during the Saturday race, and 1:18.94 during the Sunday race. Her teammates occupied third through sixth places in both races.
West Virginia University also saw very consistent racing, taking second in both races. Molly Burns placed second both times, followed by Emma Dages at eighth place both races.
Carnegie Mellon University snagged third place during the Saturday race, and saw back-to-back finishes from Nadia Ghetie and Lara Villard at ninth and tenth. However, they were knocked down into fourth place on Sunday by the University of Maryland, and a seventh place finish from Maria Coutoulakis. 

Atlantic Highlands Conference
The Atlantic Highlands conference held a GS race on both Saturday and Sunday at Hunter Mountain. Lehigh University dominated both days, taking first on both days during both the men’s and women’s races. 

During the first GS race, Aaron Martin placed in third and Eben Gifford trailed him in fourth to help Lehigh take the win. They were followed by the United States Military Academy (USMA), with racers James Lahrman taking second, and Levi Halley taking fifth. Mathias Habal-Shore appeared in sixth, to take Columbia University to third place. Lizzeri Lorenzo took first individually, but the Princeton men’s team was unable to convert it into a spot on the podium.

Gifford and Martin took second and third place for Lehigh  during the race on Sunday, this time joined on the leaderboard by teammate Ian Kenyon in fifth. USMA added another silver medal to the collection, with James Lahrman taking first place with a time of 51.02 seconds. Lorenzo Lizzeri of Princeton and Mathias Habal-Shore appeared again at fourth and sixth respectively, but neither team was able to take a spot on the podium. This time, they were both overtaken by Fairfield University, who were led by Timothy Teguis in eighth. 

Abi Masillo was the secret weapon for Lehigh during the women’s races, taking first on both Saturday and Sunday. Alyssa Lundberg had a strong weekend also, placing in sixth during the first race, and improving to fourth place during the second. 

During the Saturday race, Columbia University took second, led by Emma Baltrusaitis and a fourth place finish. Fairfield University claimed the bronze, with Sarah Whitaker and Keara Medeiros finishing in seventh and ninth. However, many schools had racers bidding for a podium finish, with Paige Barta of the USMA finishing second, and Kylie Samuelsen hot on her heels with a third place finish for Rutgers. 

During Sunday’s race, Fairfield improved to second place as a team, with Whitaker and Medeiros taking sixth and seventh places respectively. Barta finished second, which was enough to get USMA onto the podium at third. Kylie Samuelsen took her second bronze medal of the weekend, but Rutgers was still unable to claim a spot on the podium as a team.

Mideast ConferenceI
Over at Bristol Mountain, the Mideast Conference held a GS race on Saturday and a slalom race on Sunday. Will Patton placed first during the GS race, to lead Hobart and William Smith colleges into first place. Ethan Hine placed third, Luke Ward took fourth, and Jake Labanowski took sixth to round out the win for Hobart and William Smith. Cornell University placed second, with Antoine Marc taking fourth place. Despite a second place finish from Cole Sachs, Colgate University was only able to snatch third place.

During the slalom race, Will Patton and Hobart and William Smith both placed first once again. This time, Patton was joined by Zachary Wargo in third, and Ethan Hine in fourth. Mason Schlopy placed seventh, which gave Syracuse University enough of an edge to place second. Colgate University trailed after them into third place, with Tripp Beltz and William Fraser placing thirteenth and fourteenth. Antoine Marc improved to second place, but Cornell was not able to find the podium. 

Aspen McAuley placed another outstanding weekend in the books for herself, and Hobart William Smith Colleges. During the GS race, she took first, followed by teammate Julia Bragg in fourth for a win for the team. They were followed by Colgate University, with racers Kate Goodrich taking second place, Charlotte Morris taking sixth, and Carissa Dunlap in eight. Hamilton College found the podium, led by Charlotte Osgood at eleventh, enough for a bronze place finish for the team.

McAuley took home another gold medal during the slalom race, joined by Kate Broderick in ninth, but Colgate University took the edge over Hobart and William Smith, stealing first, and pushing the team down to second place. Charlotte Morris improved to second, and Cariss Dunlap to fourth in order to secure the win for Colgate. Hamilton College once again placed third, with Charlotte Osgood leaping to third place and Dana Schwartz in seventh. 

Northwest Conference
In the Northwest Conference, it was a mixed bag of results during their weekend races at Silver Mountain. Saturday’s GS race saw the Montana State University men’s team triumph into first, led by Augustus Dain in first, Jake Farwig in fourth, and Cooper Holcomb in fifth. Washington State University snagged silver, with Luke Falter leading the bid for his team with a second place finish. Jake Kolk took home eighth place for the University of Washington, who were able to round out the podium in third. Also punching in bids for their teams were Miles Kemph, who placed third for Oregon State University, and Lukas Forssander-Song, with a sixth place finish for the University of British Columbia.

During the GS race on Sunday, the University of British Columbia were able to climb from a fifth place finish the day prior, into first place. Forssander-Song improved to fourth, with Philip D’Andrea taking seventh. Oregon State University was also able to climb up into second, with Kemph in third place once again, and Charles Johnson joining him in fifth place. Luke Falter placed first individually, helping Washington State University into third. Despite a second place finish from Etienne Dollar of Montana State University, the team fell to fifth. 
The women’s races saw more consistent results, with Montana State University in first, University of Oregon in second, and University of Washington in third during both Saturday and Sunday’s races. On Saturday, Sierra Scanlan led Montana with a first place finish, and was joined by Izzy Bielen in third, and Parker Crawford in fourth. During the race on Sunday, Bielen improved to first place, and was joined this time by Brenna Ritche in third, and Sage Curtis in fifth. Sage Sappenfield finished second place during both races for the University of Oregon, and Tyne Beckwith led the University of Washington with a fifth place run on Saturday, and a fourth place finish on Sunday. 

Eastern Conference
Over in the Eastern Conference, the Reynolds Division held both a GS race and a Slalom race at Black Mountain, during which many familiar names reappeared near the top of the charts. 

Racing for the University of Maine at Farmington, Sam Roy, Lance, Dolan, Magnus Riggs, and Declan Vernerin placed first through fourth, consecutively, to push the team into an overwhelming first place. Logan Davis of St. Joseph’s College of Maine chased after them in fifth place, leading his team into second. Bowdoin College took third, with Kyle Pellerin leading his team at thirteenth.

The slalom race the next day saw similar standings. For the University of Maine at Farmington, Riggs improved to first, followed by Dolan in second, and Roy in third place, for another first for the team. Jack Price and Logan Davis placed back-to-back in fourth and fifth respectively, to give St. Joseph’s their second silver medal, and Kyle Pellerin once again was the leader of the Bowdoin team, with an eleventh place finish, and their second third-place finish of the weekend. 
During the women’s races, St. Joseph’s continued to add to their season of gold medals, finishing first in both races. During the GS race, Avalyn Beaudin led the pack in second, with Reese Burke taking fourth, Megan Cook fifth, and Sienna Mack sixth. Bowdoin College fought their way into second, with Sofia Bui and Nellie Ross in ninth and tenth. Despite outstanding runs from Rosie St Cyr in first, and Hokulani Caroselli in third, the University of Maine at Farmington was only able to grab the third place spot. 
During the slalom race, Megan Cook took third, Hannah Golden fourth, Avalyn Beaudin fifth, and Sienna Mack sixth, for the second win of the weekend for St. Joseph. St Cyr saw another first place finish, and Caroselli improved to second, this time to push the University of Maine Farmington up to second. Bowdoin College fell to third, with Britte van Zadelhoff racing for seventh place, to lead her team.
Babson College led the men’s races in the MacConnell Division, placing first in both GS races, held over the weekend at West Mountain. Niko Leunig led the team, placing first in both races. He was joined by Elliot Michael Perretta, who placed third in the first race, and second during the next race, and James Rosenbloom who placed third and fourth. Clarkson University placed second during both races. On Saturday, Gavin Ebert led the team with a second place finish. He finished fourth on Sunday, and was  joined by Edouard Brochu in fifth place. During the first race, Marti Llort Rabassa led Castleton University into third with a ninth place finish. Castleton finished third again in the second race, this time with Sondre Skaret Andersen and Alex Jorge Lopez in twelfth and thirteenth.
Eva Young placed first in both races, leading the Castleton University women’s team into first on both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, she was joined by Eliza Mullen, Emilie Reinert Stene, Andrea Rodriguez Elosegui, and Makenna Price, who placed second through fifth consecutively. On Sunday, Rodriguez Elosegui improved to second, while Stene took fourth.
Clarkson University occupied the next three finishing spots on Saturday, with Elyse Donaghue in sixth, Ariana Welter in seventh, and Hannah Goetz in eighth, for second place for the team. On Sunday, Welter improved to third for another second place finish for the team.
Babson took home the bronze both days, with Camryn Knowlton at the head of the team on Saturday, finishing eleventh. On Sunday, it was Quinn Dennehy with a fifth place finish that helped boost the team into third for the second time.

Rocky Mountain Conference
In the Rocky Mountain conference, it was a thrilling Saturday, as racers competed in parallel slalom, going head-to-head against the competition. The men’s race saw TJ Weaver from the University of Utah finishing in first, beating out Dylan Thompson of the University of Colorado Boulder, who took second. Tucker Schultz and Sean Collins competed against each other for third, where Schultz emerged victorious. The women’s race finals saw all four teammates from the University of Colorado Boulder all competing against each other. Sydney Kraabel took first place, beating teammate Jenna Blatchford. Kacey Benjamin and Ellie Dunham competed for third, with Benjamin taking it.
During the slalom race the next day, the University of Colorado Boulder saw more high level action, with Dylan Thompson, Dylan Kelly, and Jasper Schmidt placing third, fourth, and fifth respectively, helping their team to a win. The Colorado School of Mines swept into second, led by Schuyler Clapp in first place, and Clayon Surber in sixth. Luke Kirchmayr took eighth, helping lead the United States Air Force Academy into third. Jackson Rantz swept into second place for the University of Utah, but they were unable to find footing on the podium.
The University of Colorado Boulder women’s team also took first during their slalom race on Sunday. Blatchford took third this time, with Kraabel in fifth. They were also joined by Nicole Nolting in sixth, Annika Ort in seventh, and Ellie Dunham in eighth. Paige Petersen and Sienna Hendrickson finished back-to-back with times of 58.36 seconds, and 58.49 seconds respectively, to take first and second place. Their times helped the University of Utah take second place as a team. Colorado Mesa University took the final spot on the podium, led by Gracey Hening with a fourth place finish.

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