Qualifying and Format
To qualify for Championships, a racer must be a member of SARA and USSA, and for U16-21 athletes, must have two SARA race starts in the 2025-26 season.
U16 – U21 Championships will be held at Massanutten, VA on February 21 and 22, 2026. There will be two two-run races, giant slalom on Saturday and slalom on Sunday.
U10 – U14 Championships will be held at Timberline, WV on February 28 and March 1, 2026. There will be four runs: two slalom runs on Saturday and two giant slalom runs on Sunday. View a highlights video of the 2024 U10-U14 Champs hosted by Wintergreen.
Details for Championships registration will be available later in the season via links to the race announcements on the SARA Race Schedule 2025-26 page.
SARA State Team Points Calculation
U16-U21 racers will use their best three race (two runs) finishes to determine the State Team Champions who are eligible to compete in post-season events. There will be a total of six races that can be used for State Team selection, four at qualifiers and two at Championships. State Team selection will be based on total World Cup points earned in those three best race finishes. Racers must have one race start at Championships and must use at least one of the Champs races for State Team selection.
NC U16-U21 Qualifier: All Class, 1/24-1/25/2026 at Sugar Mountain, NC.
WV U16-U21 Qualifier: All Class, 1/31-2/1, 2026 at Snowshoe, WV.
U14 – U10 racers will not earn World Cup Points at regular-season races. At Championships, racers will earn World Cup points for each run and the points for the racer’s best three of four runs (two slalom on Saturday and two giant slalom on Sunday) will be added together to determine the SARA Champions.
For more information on State Team selection and ranking racers using World Cup points, see SARA Points
Congratulations to the 2026 State Teams!
U10 Girls
Sara Catherine Wrenn - Sugar
Ellie Hays - Bryce
Marie Lebioda - Sugar
Caroline Salzer - Timberline
Rita Bendernagel - Bryce
U10 Boys
Arpen Tomlin - Snowshoe
Axel Mareuil - Timberline
Colin Regina - Snowshoe
Remy Fitch - Sugar
Jack Kilby - Snowshoe
U12 Girls
Lucy Dean Wrenn - Sugar
Charlotte Rieser - Massanutten
Savannah Straub - Mad River
Ellen Patrick - Bryce
Eleanor MacDonalad - Bryce
U12 Boys
Declan Fitch - Sugar
Matthew Johnson - Timberline
Henry Salzer - Timberline
Burch Allen - Timberline
Coale Young - Bryce
U14 Girls
Riley Manners - Wintergreen
Georgia MacDonald - Bryce
Caroline Nagelin - Wintergreen
Reagan Manners - Wintergreen
Mary Banks Hartell - Timberline
U14 Boys
Peter Lebioda - Sugar
Finnegan Cyr - Timberline
Reade Lynch - Snowshoe
Justin Odell - Mad River
Trent Wilson - Snowshoe
U16 Women
Sophia Schmidinger - Sugar
Manuela Farah Cunha - Independent
Vivian Hans - Appalachian
Ella Denton - Snowshoe
Nevers Erickson - Timberline
U16 Men
Oliver Landstrom - Bryce
Grayson Obst - Appalachian
Conrad Garnett - Bryce
Carson Moser - Appalachian
Marshall Fisher - Mad River
U18/U21 Women
Claire Hydock - Sugar
Penelope Hwang - Mad River
Emma Gemayel - Snowshoe
Holly Thacher - Wintergreen
Alieda Keevil - Wintergreen
U18/U21 Men
Hugh Channer - Timberline
Shannon "Kelly" Shaw - Mad River
Kevin Boulay - Bryce
Maximilian Kofler - Wintergreen
Jack Dean - Snowshoe