Are there any ski team members who can compete on the world stage?
Speaking for the alpine side, yes. We routinely have skiers miss regular season events for World Cup races. That helps explain how we finished 3rd at the Denver University Invitational and yet we went on to win the natty.
Last year, Madison Hoffman entered 9 World Cup races. She only competed twice for Utah.
A fun personal anecdote: When I was a ski racer in my high school years, my points were good enough to qualify me for the US Ski Team developmental squad. But when I inquired about skiing at Utah, my points were not good enough to even be considered for Utah’s team. And the gap was not razor thin. Yes…it’s easier to make the bottom rung of the US Ski Team than it is to make Utah’s team. That’s how high-level Utah is.
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