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 2024-25 season.
U16 – U21 Championships will be held at Snowshoe, WV on February 22 and 23, 2025. There will be two two-run races, giant slalom on Saturday and slalom on Sunday.
U10 – U14 Championships will be held at Sugar Mountain, NC on March 1 and 2, 2025. 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 2024-25 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, 1/25-1/26/2025 at Sugar Mountain, NC.
VA U16-U21 Qualifier: All Class, Slalom at Wintergreen, VA (2/8/2025) and Giant Slalom at Massanutten, VA (2/9/2025).
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 2024 State Teams!
U10 Girls
Savannah Straub - Mad River
Ellen Patrick - Bryce
Jihae Park - Snowshoe
Charlotte Rieser - Massanutten
Juniper Kelly - Bryce
U10 Boys
Alex Eardensohn - Timberline
Declan Fitch - Sugar
Connor Whidby - Snowshoe
Coale Young - Bryce
Henry Salzer - Timberline
U12 Girls
Claire Gunning - Mad River
Georgia MacDonald - Bryce
Lila Eardensohn - Timberline
Willa Pennypacker - Sugar
Anna Dengel - Wintergreen
U12 Boys
Luca O'Quinn - Snowshoe
Max Dengel - Wintergreen
Reade Lynch - Snowshoe
Finnegan Cyr - Timberline
Peter Lebioda - Sugar
U14 Girls
Aubrie Carson - Sugar
Lucia Kimmel - Bryce
Poppy MacDonald - Bryce
Elizabeth Kosalka - Massanutten
Clara Gray - Timberline
U14 Boys
Dylan Russell - Massanutten
Ethan Marlowe - Wintergreen
Conrad Garnett - Bryce
Marshall Fisher - Mad River
Oliver Landstrom - Bryce
U16 Women
Claire Hydock - Massanutten
Penelope Hwang - Mad River
Vivian Foutz - Massanutten
Emma Gemayel - Snowshoe
Elise Carson - Sugar
U16 Men
Kevin Boulay - Bryce
Lucas Straub - Mad River
Hugh Channer - Timberline
Jack Dean - Snowshoe
Tejas Abert - Bryce
U18/U21 Women
Georgie Newell - Timberline
Sarah Grosser - Sugar
Emma Lastra - Wintergreen
Brooke Moehrke - Sugar
Sarah Jones - Snowshoe
U18/U21 Men
Theo Hwang - Mad River
Shrey Abert - Bryce
Cole Howard - Snowshoe
Shannon "Kelly" Shaw - Mad River
Alexander Dengel - Wintergreen