Season 2023-2024 Highlights
Sending fast vibes to Kobi and Charles at Can-Am!
Please join us in congratulating our U14 athletes Kobi Bregman and Charles Bodnar who will be heading to Can-Am in Sugarloaf, ME. We are so proud of these two home grown boys. Both of the youngest of their tribe and part of our legacy U6 group! This opportunity has been years in the making and accomplished through hard work, dedication and long term goal setting. Make us proud boys!! One run at a time.
All of us in NY will be cheering for you.
Kandahar East Festival Season 2023-24 Wrap Up
Our U10/U12 took part in Kandahar Festival at Belleayre Mountain this weekend. Overall total 289 athletes from 8 mountains were competing over a two days event. The competition was fierce but nothing would stop our athletes for leaving all out on the hill. Congratulations to all athletes, the coaches are very proud!!
Overall Girls-
U12: Katie Polizzotti (6th), Lynne Polizzotti (7th), London Stallmeyer (10th)
U10: Penelope Hawicz-song (3rd), Sienna Cortellini (4th), Elayna Skopass (7th), Josephine Geiger (9th)
Overall Boys-
U12: Blake Cullmann (5th), Griffin Stallmeyer (6th), Ludovic Motylinski (7th), John Sayre (8th), Briggs Siewert (10th)
U10: Andrew Rodrigue (5th), Isaac Archibald (6th), Miller Hare (8th), Avery Sayre (9th)
GS Girls -
U12: Katie Polizzotti (10th)
U10: Penelope Hawicz-song (3rd), and Elayna Skopas (7th)
GS Boys
U12: Wyatt Earley (3rd), Jasper Storck (4th), John Sayre (6th), Eren Ekici (7th), Linus Olim (10th)
U10: Andrew Rodrigue (6th)
Kombi Girls-
U12: Lynne Polizzotti (6th), Katie Polizzotti (7th), London Stallmeyer (8th)
U10: Penelope Hawicz-song (3rd), Sienna Cortellini (4th), Josephine Geiger (6th), Britton Stallmeyer (7th), Elayna Skopas (10th)
Kombi Boys-
U12: Griffin Stallmeyer (3rd), Blake Cullmann (4th), Ludovic Motylinski (6th), Briggs Siewert (7th), John Sayre (9th)
U10: Isaac Archibald (4th), Miller Hare (6th), Avery Sayre (7th), Gavin Hare (10th)
Congratulations to the U12, U14 and U18 Athletes!
Exciting news from the U14 and U18 race this weekend at the U14/18 States Championships. A big shout out to the incredible athletes who have qualified for the U14 Eastern Championships - Kobi Bregman, Nicolas Purpurica and Charles Bodnar. And a big Congratulations to Alexis Heins, Jack Conneely, and Aiden Fromm who have qualified for the U18/21 Finals. Best of luck as you represent your state!
Hats off to our amazing U14 athletes - Emma Bonetto, Charlie Edgar, and Heath McGraw for earning their spots in Piche and will be joining the U12 NYSSRA Piche team - Ellie Patthanakittikul, Analena Liskovic, Zoe Liskovic, Lucas Baltrusaitis and Vincenzo Mastroianni next week in New Hampshire. Your hard work and perseverance have paid off.
Good luck to all athletes heading out to Kandahar next week!
Congratulations to the NYSSRA U16 Eastern Team!
Big weekend for our U16 athletes who went to the U16 States Championships. A huge congratulations to Olivia Samuelsen and Rory Cullmann who will represent the NYSSRA U16 Eastern Team at the U16 Eastern Championships next week in Burke, VT. Congratulations to Piper Cohane who has also qualified for the Eastern as well as Nicolo Cavoli and Lucia Mastroianni for making it to U16 Finals.
Well done to all U16 athletes who put forth their best effort this weekend!
Coaches Highlights
We would like to take a moment and acknowledge our amazing coaching staff & volunteers!! We hosted an Alpine Officials Certification clinic and Windham now has 13 NEW certified Alpine Officials in the following specialty areas. Thank you to Erica Cullmann for helping to make this happen.
Referee:
Caroline Mutter
Voytek Jackowski
Molly Convery
Stewart Oldfield
Kostadin Kolev
Joe Layton
Chief of Race:
Mike Doniger
Jury Advisor:
Mark Kerpen & Paige Arthur
Race Administrator:
Patrick Convery
Timing & Calculations:
Arin Kornchankul & Erica Cullmann
Our team also includes a robust list of officials who devote time and energy to maintain their certifications in the off season by attending clinics and updates, including, but not limited to:
Todd Glick, Tara McCarthy, Doug Hall, Barry Smith, Nancy Bodnar, Mike Benchimol, Kyle Hildebrand, Craig Edgar, Ion Puspurica, Gabriel Fox, Leslie Hall, Guillaume Duc, Nitas Patthanakittikul
Thank you to all who give of their time and talents to make ski racing possible in New York and allow us to provide the safest and best environment we can for our athletes. Windham is incredibly fortunate to have such a deep bench of dedicated volunteers to support our races throughout the region.