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Steamboat Springs Nordic combined athlete Jasper Good.
Steamboat At-a-Glance A summary of the current happenings in Steamboat Springs.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS ATHLETES MAKE BIG STRIDES IN 2021, LEADING UP TO 2022 OLYMPICS • MARCH - Steamboat ski jumper Decker Dean set a local ski jumping record among homegrown Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club skiers with a 211-meter jump. This is the second longest jump in SSWSC history.
• MAY - For the third year in a row, Steamboat skier Noel Keeffe was nominated to the U.S. Cross Country Development Team.
• APRIL - Fourteen Steamboat athletes were nominated to the national Nordic combined and ski jumping teams:
• JULY - Annika Belshaw swept USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships in Utah Olympic Park, with three victories.
Men’s Ski Jumping Junior Team Jason Colby Women’s Nordic Combined Junior Team Aspen Bennett-Manke Men’s Nordic Combined Junior Team Gunnar Gilbertson Women’s National Ski Jumping Team Annika Belshaw Logan Sankey
• MAY - Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Alpine skiers Jett Seymour, Jay Poulter and Cooper Puckett were nominated to the U.S. Alpine Ski Teams for the 2021-22 season.
Men’s National Ski Jumping Team Erik Belshaw Decker Dean
• SEPTEMBER - Annika Malacinski won the Nordic combined competition at Finnish Nationals, part of many successes for her in Europe last summer. She also finished in the top 10 in three Grand Prix events.
Women’s Nordic Combined National Team Tess Arnone Alexa Brabec Annika Malacinski
TRAINING GROUND OF CHAMPIONS Athletes from the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club and the Steamboat Springs Youth Hockey Association will soon have their own training facility, no longer having to cram into multiuse training facilities after school. The new facility, located behind Howelsen Ice Arena, will allow plenty of room for fitness training. The SSWSC’s current training facility only has room for around 5% of the club’s athletes to train in it at a time, so the new facility will be a welcome improvement. The building will house an indoor trampoline and airbag ramp jump.
Men’s Nordic Combined National Team Grant Andrews Taylor Fletcher Jasper Good Niklas Malacinski
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