(Erika Krainz)

The 2020-21 all-state skiing teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created by the Colorado High School Ski League.

Skimeister is a season-long event conducted by the Ski League which honors the top skier in both disciplines.

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Boys

Skimeister: Christian Kelly, Aspen

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Girls

Skimeister: Zoe Bennett Manke, Steamboat Springs

(Erika Krainz)

Summit took home a pair of individual titles in the girls alpine races, and Aspen repeated as team champion, as the state skiing championships came to a conclusion on Friday.

Summit’s Ella Snyder, a freshman, won the morning’s giant slalom race, and her older sister, Olyvia Snyder, a junior, won the slalom in the afternoon. They helped pace an outstanding day for Summit that saw a number of standout individual performances.

But Aspen’s girls kept pace. And, coupled, with the fast start to the team race that their nordic team gave them last week, the Skiers were able to repeat as state champions. It is Aspen’s 10th girls championship. The school also won the boys title on Thursday.

(Erika Krainz)

Ella Snyder won the GS with a combined time of 1:45.03. She finished the first run in 52.79, and the second in 52.24. Snyder’s teammate Jenna Sheldon was second (1:45.96), and Aspen’s Stella Sherlock (1:46.70) was third.

Also finishing in the top five were Battle Mountain’s Robin Pavelich (1:47.63) and Aspen’s Cate Simpson (1:47.66).

Aspen also had Maddy Hicks finish seventh (1:49.95), while Summit’s third scoring racer was Paige Petersen, who was 12th (1:51.47).

In the slalom, Olyvia Snyder captured the event with her two-run time of 1:28.48. She finished her first run in 43.61, and her second in 44.87.

Sheldon was also runner-up in the slalom, as she went 1:30.59, and Aspen’s Sherlock was also third in the event (1:34.96).

Aspen’s Simpson was fourth (1:35.16), and Summit’s Camille Thompson was fifth (1:36.09).

Peterson placed sixth as Summit’s third scoring race, in 1:37.13, Aspen also got points from Hicks, who was eighth in 1:38.10.

As a team, Aspen’s alpine and nordic squads combined to score 670 points. Summit finished as runner-up with 644. Also in the top five were Middle Park (577 points), Vail Mountain (546), and Lake County (531).

(Erika Krainz)

Aspen’s Chase Kelly took the giant slalom title at state skiing. Aspen also claimed the 2021 team title at the event.

(Erika Krainz)

Chase Kelly owned the mountain as the state skiing championships continued at Loveland Ski Area on Thursday.

The Aspen freshman won both the giant slalom and the slalom race as he started his high school skiing career off with two titles. His strong performance helped to clinch the team championship for Aspen, which started off the event with standout performances in the nordic events.

In the morning event, Kelly finished with a two-run time of 1:38.17, finishing in 49.7 in his first run and 48.47 in his second. Steamboat Springs senior James Lahrman was second with his time of 1:38.4.

Durango’s Toby Scarpella (1:39.07) was third, Battle Mountain’s Will Bettenhausen (1:39.16) placed fourth, and Aspen’s Connor Stephen (1:39.62) was fifth.

Aspen also had Davis Colon finish seventh, Sasha Forman finish eighth, and Hank Sweeney place 10th as they had five among the top 10.

Kelly and Aspen extended their dominance to the afternoon’s slalom race. His two-run time of 1:30.87 was the fastest of the field. He finished his first run in 48.61, and his second in 42.26.

Larhman was also runner-up in the slalom, capping an outstanding day. He finished his two runs in 1:31.93.

Also finishing in the top-5 in the slalom were Aspen teammates Colon Davis (1:33.05) and James Kelly (1:33.61), and Durango’s Toby Scarpella (1:33.93). Aspen also had Connor Stephen place sixth (1:33.96).

This is Aspen’s fourth consecutive team title, and 11th overall. They are the first team since Summit won five consecutive from 1986-1990.

Aspen finished with 683 team points. Battle Mountain was second with 581.5. Rounding out the top five were Middle Park (570), Vail Mountain (553.5), and Steamboat Springs (549).

Complete results from the 2021 state skiing championships are below.

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Alpine results

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Boys

Alpine results
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The alpine races as part of the 2021 state skiing championships are on Thursday and Friday at Loveland Ski Area.

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March 11 (boys) & March 12 (girls)

The schedule is the same both days.

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Start lists

• All races (PDF)

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Race video

Complete video of all races will be posted to our YouTube channel after the races.

(David Cudd)

BRECKENRIDGE — Aspen’s Taiga Moore won both boys nordic races as the state skiing championships opened competition on Saturday at Gold Run Nordic Center.

The Skiers’ senior, who finished runner-up in both races last season, opened the day with a win of more than 30 seconds in the 5 km classic race in the morning, finishing in 14:11.0. Aspen’s Noah Wheeless (15:25.7, 8th) and Corbin Carpenter (15:38.7, 10th) also placed in the top-10 as the Skiers amassed 164 points in the event.

Eagle Valley’s Ferguson St John placed second in the event, finishing in 14:49.0. Others in the top five included Steamboat Springs’ Sumner Cotton (14:50.5), Battle Mountain’s Sullivan Middaugh (15:06.4) and Lake County’s Jace Peters (15:10.5).

In the afternoon’s 3 km skate race, Moore raced to a win in 7:21. St. John also placed second in that race, as he finished in 7:38. Wheeless was third (7:39), Evegreen’s Zach Footer (7:42) was fourth, and Carpenter (7:47) was fifth — giving Aspen three among the top five.

The Skiers also had Christian Kelly place eighth (8:00), and Eske Roennau finished tenth (8:04), though a team’s top three finishers are the ones who account for team points. As it was, Aspen scored 174 team points in the skate.

So after the nordic competition, Aspen leads the boys team race with 338 total points. Eagle Valley sits in second with 301, Middle Park and Vail Mountain are tied for third with 291, and Evergreen is fifth with 281.

Aspen is the three-time defending boys team champion, and is seeking to become the first team to win four in a row since Summit won five in 1986-90.

(David Cudd)

The Skiers also lead the girls team race with 333 points, thanks in large part to a 1-3-5 finish in the skate. In that race, Aspen’s Elsie Weiss defended her individual title from a year ago, winning in 8:29. Lake County’s Rose Horning placed second in 8:38, capping a wonderful day that saw her win the classic event.

Aspen’s Eva McDonough placed third in the skate (8:55), Steamboat Springs’ Zoe Bennett-Manke (8:57) was fourth, and Vail Mountain’s Elliot Pribramsky (9:02) was fifth. Aspen’s Kylie Kenny rounded out Aspen’s team score with her seventh place finish, just behind Summit’s Tai-lee Smith.

As mentioned, Lake County’s Horning won the classic race in the morning as she finished in 16:41.2. Lola Villafranco of Colorado Rocky Mountain School was runner-up in 17:05.5. Rounding out the top five were Izzy Glackin of Vail Mountain, Smith of Summit, and Weiss, the skate winner.

Aspens girls put up an event-best 164 points in the classic, thanks to an eighth place finish from McDonough and ninth-place from Kylie Kenny, giving them 333 total team points after the nordic competition. Aspen’s girls are the defending champion, and also won in 2018.

In the girls team race, Summit is second with 301 points, Lake County is third with 296, Middle Park is fourth with 286, and Vail Mountain is fifth with 261.

The state skiing championships conclude next weekend with the alpine events at Loveland Ski Area on March 11 & 12.

The 2021 state skiing championships kick off on Saturday with the nordic races at Beaver Run.

Complete information, including a schedule and start lists, is available here.

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(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

The nordic races as part of the 2021 state skiing championships are on Saturday at Gold Run Nordic Center in Breckenridge.

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Schedule

Each race is one racer/15 second interval

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Start lists

• All races (PDF)

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Watch the races live

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Dates and details have been finalized for the 2021 state skiing championships.

The state event will be held on separate dates due to facility availability.

The nordic races will be March 6, held at Gold Run Nordic Center in Breckenridge. This means both the nordic classic and nordic skate will be held the same day.

The alpine events will be March 11 and 12 at Loveland Ski Area. These events are the slalom and giant slalom.

“We are very excited to host our state ski championships in March, and we extremely thankful for the coaches, the administrators for their hard work, and to the race facilities for allowing our high school students to participate this year,” said CHSAA assistant commissioner Bethany Brookens, who oversees skiing.

Races are capped at 75 racers per gender for both nordic and alpine.