Editor’s Note: The article has been updated to reflect the proper spelling of Anya Leunig’s name.

It was a dominant start to the season for the Team Summit athletes who captured the top spot on the podium for all four races in each age division (U14, U12 and U10) at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association’s giant slalom races last weekend. Jan. 6-7, at Crested Butte Mountain Resort.

For several of the races, Team Summit swept the podium and nearly swept the top 10.

Leading the pack were Team Summit’s U10 racer, Kristen Sung and U12 athlete, Rhys Schmidt, who both placed first in all four giant slalom races.

Sung was joined on the U10 girls podium for all four races by teammate, Charlotte Miller, who took four seond-place finishes. Kitson Brown rounded out the Team Summit U10 podium sweep on Saturday with two, third-place finishes.

On the boys side, Team Summit’s Murray Trosterman stood in the No. 1 spot of the U10 boys podium three times while also bringing home a third-place finish for his second race on Saturday, Jan. 6.

Trosterman was joined on the podium by teammates North Brown, who recorded three second-place finishes and one third-place finish, and by Asher Grohmann, who got third place for both Sunday races, helping the Team Summit U10 boys sweep the podium.

For the U12 boys, Schmidt set a blistering pace for the field and led podium sweeps for the Team Summit U12 boys on both Saturday and Sunday. Schmidt was joined on the podium by William Dingman who got two second-place finishes on Saturday.

Ethan Atwood, took over the second-place spot on the podium for the two Sunday races, while also placing in third for one of the Saturday races. Julian Miller rounded out the Team Summit podium on Saturday with a third-place finish. On Sunday, it was Joshua Bender who got bronze in the first race and Alex Reynolds took third in the final race of the weekend.

Team Summit’s Harper Rowland had an impressive start to her season, finishing in first place three times for the U12 girls division. Rowland was joined by teammate Sienna Rudolf on the podium who notched two second-place finishes as well as a third-place finish. Rudolf also took first place in the second race on Saturday to earn a podium spot for all four races. 

In the highly stacked U14 girls field, the Team Summit athletes swept the podium in all four races. Alessandra Lauro won both Saturday races and got two, third-place finishes in the Sunday races. Anya Leunig took first in both Sunday races. Lauren Leffel captured four second-place finishes, followed by Grace Berghorn in third for the first Saturday race and then Jacqueline Miller who was in third for the second Saturday race. Team Summit nearly swept the top 10 in the U14 girls division, with fast times from Iyla Kuruvila, Kita Riter, Scout Bennett, Caroline Brownson, Kelsey McGuire and Eliska Popkova.

When it came to the U14 boys giant slalom races, the battle was between Team Summit teammates Iker Coig and Bryce Mont as they swapped spots between first and second. Both racers recorded two first-place finishes and two second-place finishes. They were joined on the podium by teammates Lyle McDonald, who was third in the first Saturday race, and Eliot Brown, who took the third-place spot for two of the weekend races.

The Team Summit Alpine race team heads to Steamboat from Jan. 20-21 for the next competition weekend, where the dual panel slalom race on Saturday will be livestreamed. Team Summit will then return home for slalom races on Jan. 27-28 at Keystone.