Ski Racing Development, based in Vail Colorado is excited to take part in supporting some of the top junior alpine ski racers in the United States.
With the creation of the SRD Development Team we hope to help support, develop and supply these young racers with the very best in speed equipment featuring the SRD World Cup race suits and ski poles. Our goal is to develop our grass-roots support program starting with these
highly motivated young athletes as they progress towards the US Ski team. Truly, we are living up to our name by proudly supporting Ski Racing Development!
SRD’s Team Leader Barry Levinson says “These young racers will be using SRD race gear all season long in training and competition demonstrating our commitment to supplying Fast Gear for Fast Skiers!"
The SRD Girls: Joelle Chevalier, Marisa Ammaturo, Sierra Halverson, Rose Caston, Avril Dunleavy, Jessie Delacenserie, Katharin Irwin
The SRD Guys: Kieffer Christianson, Ben Morse, Cooper Cartmill, Andreas Calabrese, Andrew Hancock
These exceptional athletes have scored wins from the International Topolino Games in Italy and Canada’s Whistler Cup to numerous Junior Olympic titles and regional USSA/FIS races.
To Joey, Marisa, Sierra, Rose, Avril, Jessie, Katharin, Kieffer, Ben, Cooper, Andreas and Andrew….. Go fast and good luck this season!
Check out the new SRD Web Blog! For all the latest news on SRD and the SRD Racing Team.
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Avril
Dunleavy
Division and Level: J2
Ski Club: Park City Ski Team
Coach:
Pat Purcell
Best Competition Results: 10th
overall at Junior Olympics
Hobbies: Soccer
and singing
Best Supporter: My parents
Favorite Music: I can’t decide!
Favorite
Movie: Bring it On / Blue Crush
Favorite
Ski Resort: Ski Windham NY
Favorite Ski Racer?
Katherine Dunleavy
Future Goals? World cup
overall winner |
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Marisa
Ammaturo
Division and Level: J2
Ski Club: Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
Coach:
Brett Donelson, Gladys Weidt, Dan Stripp
Best Competition
Results: J3 3rd in Qualifer GS, 1st in Smartwool Series
SL and 1st Smartwool Series GS
Hobbies:
Skiing, soccer, traveling, being with my whole family
Best
Supporter: Parents
Favorite Music:
Hip-Hop/Rap & techno
Favorite Movie: Pirates
of the Caribean, All of them
Favorite Ski Resort:
Vail
Favorite Ski Racer? Jeremy Transue
(Worm) & Julia Littman
Future Goals? Pro
skier or soccer player |
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Jessie
Delacenserie
Division and Level:
Second Year J3
Ski Club: Ski Club Vail
Coach: Dan Stripp
Best Competition
Results: raced up as a second yr J5 and got 15th in GS
at J4 JO's / won 1 SL race as first yr J4 at JO's / second yr
J4 won SG, 2nd in GS at JO's / first yr J3 53 slalom point result,
64 GS point result, 3rd overall at Topolino Shootout (qualified
for NDS Camp, only first year)
Hobbies:
Friends, music, free skiing
Best Supporter:
SRD!
Favorite Music: Pretty much everything
Favorite Movie: Don't have a favorite, funny
movies-not scary
Favorite Ski Resort: Big
Sky, Montana or Vail
Favorite Ski Racer?
Kristina Koznick
Future Goals? Win Olympics!!!
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Rose
Caston
Division
and Level: I race in the Western Region, for the Intermountain
division. I am a first year J2
Ski Club: Rowmark Ski Academy / Rowland Hall
Coach: Craig Bowden, Tommy Eckfeldt, Todd Brickson
Best Competition Results: I don’t think you
can really stamp a result with your “best.” However, the thing
I am most proud of is winning four runs at the Topolino Shootout
and representing the US at Topolino. Also, winning two events
at Junior Olympics and going to the Whistler Cup. I was also
named to the 2007-2008 Western Region Elite Team.
Hobbies:
Soccer, free skiing, and making neck gators
Best Supporters: My parents, coaches, friends,
and sponsors
Favorite Music: All different kinds
Favorite Movie: “Night at the Roxbury”
Favorite Ski Resort: Snowbird
Favorite Ski Racer? Jens Byggmark, Bode Miller,
Marc Berthod, and Resi Stiegler are all of my favorites
Future Goals? Whatever life has in store for
me |
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Joelle
Chevalier
Division and Level: J2
Ski Club: Ski Club Vail
Coach:
Brett Donelson and Gladys Weidt
Best Competition
Results: J2 Nationals, and 3rd SL Whistler Cup
Hobbies:
Surfing, music, travelling, relaxing.
Best Supporter:
Mom and Dad
Favorite Music: Sound Tribe,
anything groovy
Favorite Movie: Big Lebowski,
300
Favorite Ski Resort: Chamonix, France
and Aspen Highlands
Favorite Ski Racer?
Benjamin Raich
Future Goals? US Ski Team |
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Sierra
Halverson
Division and Level: 2nd year J2
Ski Club: Alyeska Ski Club
Coach: Matt Underhill, Andy Gannon, and Duffy
Daniels
Best Competition Results: 6th place age group
FIS downhill, 1st Alaska State Slalom, ranked 26th nationally
in downhill
Hobbies: Big mountain skiing, golf, soccer,
and making films
Best Supporter: My parents
Favorite Music: Jedi Mind Tricks, Atmosphere,
Shiny Toy Guns and some Ratatat
Favorite Movie: TGR’s Lost & Found
Favorite Ski Resort: Alyeska Resort with Copper
Mountain coming in second
Favorite Ski Racer? Tommy Moe
Future Goals? Lower points and have fun while
killing it |
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Katharine Irwin
Division and Level: 1st
year J3
Ski Club: Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
Coach: Dan Stripp, James "JJ" Jenson, Pam Wile
Best Competition Results: 4th place in the Downhill 2008 Junior Olympics
Hobbies: Anything relating to sports
Best Supporter:
My family!!
Favorite Music: Anything that pumps you up!
Favorite
Movie: Super Bad or Finding Nemo
Favorite Ski Resort:
Vail
Favorite
Ski Racer? Ted Ligety
Future Goals?
Olympics! |
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Kieffer
Christianson
Division and Level:
J2
Ski Club: Iced Out Racing
Coach:
Bruce Knoepful and Duffy Daniels
Best Competition
Results: 1st in Topolino Games Slalom, 2nd in Topolino
Games GS, 1st in Whistler Cup GS, 2nd in Whistler Cup SL, 1st
in Western Region Junior Olympics (SL & GS), 3rd Downhill 2008 J2 Nationals
Hobbies:
Disc Golf, Tennis, and Sailing
Best Supporter:
Parent #1 and Parent #2
Favorite Music:
Gangsta Beats
Favorite Movie: Dumb and Dumber
Favorite Ski Resort: Alyeska
Favorite
Ski Racer? Ted Ligety...he is a Lil' Fawn!
Future
Goals: Doing what I want to do |
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Andreas
Calabrese
Division and Level: Rocky
Mountain Division / J2
Ski Club: Ski and
Snowboard Club Vail
Coach: Craig Daniels
Best Competition Results: Loveland Derby
3rd Place, Council Cup 1st Place
Hobbies:
Biking of all kinds, soccer, freesking
Best Supporter:
My sponsors and my family.
Favorite Music:
A mix between rap and classic rock
Favorite Movie:
Flight of the Intruder, Ski School
Favorite Ski Resort:
Are Sweden, Vail, Whistler/Blackcomb BC Canada
Favorite
Ski Racer? Ted Ligety, Benni Raich, Marc Berthod
Future Goals? Make the U.S. Ski Team and Ski
World Cup |
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Ben
"Moose" Morse
Division and Level: First year
J2
Ski Club: Carrabassett Valley Academy
Coach: Doug Williams
Best Competition
Results:
-Bronze medalist at Topolino Slalom, won the second run (2007)
-6th place in the Topolino GS (2007)
-Earned a Canadian Junior National Champion title in Combi, Mont
Tremblant 2007
-2007 Eastern Region Junior Olympics…2nd Slalom, 3rd GS, 3rd SG,
2nd Overall
-Six career JO podiums
-Two time reigning champ in Eastern Regional Series slalom
-4 time MARA Cup Champion (2003-07)
Hobbies:
Baseball, Soccer, and eating ice cream
Best Supporter:
Dad, he’s awesome
Favorite Music: Steve
Miller Band
Favorite Movie: Remember the
Titans
Favorite Ski Resort: Snowbird
Favorite Ski Racer? Steve Nyman
Future
Goals? My goals this year are to podium at J2 Nationals,
and a dream would be to make it to US Nationals at Sugarloaf.
Long term I want to make the US Ski Team, and then have a job
in the ski industry. (Ben got 2 podiums at the J2 Nationals and is off to US Nationals!) |
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Cooper
Cartmill
Division and Level: Rocky
Mountain Division / J2
Ski Club: Iced Out
Racing
Coach: Bruce Knoephul
Best
Competition Results: 2nd overall Rocky/Central J3 Junior
Olympics
Hobbies: Biking, Lacrosse, and
hanging with Keiffer
Best Supporter: Coco
and my family.
Favorite Music: A mix between
rap and classic and new country
Favorite Movie:
Blades of Glory, Hot Dog, Talladega Nights
Favorite
Ski Resort: Beaver Creek, Whistler/Blackcomb BC Canada
Favorite Ski Racer? Ted Ligety, Benni Raich,
Erick Fisher
Future Goals? U.S. Ski Team
the FIS World Cup |
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Andrew
Hancock
Division and Level: Rocky
Mountain / J4
Ski Club: Aspen Valley Ski
Club
Coach: Rohan Verplank and Belinda Brownell
Best Competition Results: Overall Champion,
2007 J5 Finale; 1st Place, Kombi race (Breckenridge)
Hobbies:
Fly fishing, collecting ski memorabilia, soccer, baseball, gymnastics,
tennis
Best Supporter: Mom and Dad
Favorite Music:
Favorite Movie:
Favorite Ski Resort: Aspen
Favorite
Ski Racer? Ted Ligety
Future Goals?
To have fun and to go as far as I can with ski racing! |
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