Varsity Skiing Heads to the Lodge After Successful Season

Rye Varsity Skiing is heading to the lodge to celebrate the end of a successful season. The best ski racers from the 28 schools of Section 1 competed Tuesday at Hunter Mountain for the chance to qualify for the State Championship at Bristol Mountain on February 27 & 28th.

Racers skied two runs in giant slalom and two runs in slalom. To qualify, the section takes the top 3 racers for combined giant slalom; the top 3 combined slalom; the best 3 combined slalom times from one school and the remaining slots (11 in Total) qualifying by their best slalom and best giant slalom runs combined.

“With five of our eight Sectional qualifiers competing in their very first post season race we were very pleased with how our athletes performed especially with so much talent up on the hill,” said Rye Varsity Skiing Coach Jeffrey Steinmann. “While a couple of our racers fell a bit short of their goals we definitely have something to build on as all will be returning next season.”

The Garnets ended their 2023 season run Tuesday, falling short of qualifying for the State Championship. Here are the results:

Best Giant Slalom
Lukas Steinmann 16th (14th Combined)
Justin Gray 21st
Kiran Gounden-Kobes 26th (27th Combined)
Zachary Choo 30th (23rd Combined)
Trent Bisceglia 31st (28th Combined)
Carsten Steinmann 48th

Charlotte Derman 24th
Kira Woolsey 40th (31st Combined)

Best Slalom
Justin Gray 12th (12th Combined)
Lukas Steinmann 29th (25th Combined)
Carsten Steinmann 37th
Kiran Gounden-Kobes 38th
Zachary Choo 41st (40th Combined)
Trent 42nd (34th Combined)

Charlotte Derman 36th (36th Combined)
Kira Woolsey 43rd (41st Combined)

Best Giant Slalom and Best Slalom Combined
Justin Gray 17th
Lukas Steinmann 22nd
Kiran Gounden-Kobes 31st
Zachary Choo 36th
Trent Bisceglia 38th
Carsten Steinmann 41st

Charlotte Derman 31st
Kira Woolsey 41st

Ski Meister (must finish all 4 runs)
Lukas Steinmann 16th
Trent Bisceglia 26th
Zachary Choo 28th

Kira Woolsey 32nd