The College of Idaho Ski team is off to a strong start, and has hopes to be competitive on the national stage

CALDWELL, Idaho — The Faculty of Idaho Ski crew competes at Brundage Mountain Resort this weekend. The lads’s and girls’s groups are off to a powerful begin, with a handful of first place outings up to now this season.

The crew competes in slalom snowboarding, the occasion the place skiers race down the mountain hitting flags alongside the way in which. Whereas the crew can solely compete within the winter, the preparation takes place all 12 months.

“We labored actually onerous this fall with dry land and weight lifting,” Stated Sasha Mueller, a co-captain on the crew. “We have been within the gymnasium at 6 a.m. for the autumn and in addition at 8 p.m. So, it was loads of onerous work but it surely’s actually thrilling attending to see it paying off these first couple of races.”

She has been racing her entire life and it was a significant a part of her determination to attend the school of Idaho.

“To only form of get to take it again a bit bit, however nonetheless get to expertise the enjoyable of getting the comradery of a crew,” Mueller mentioned. “Nonetheless attending to do what I really like whereas attending to be an actual grownup.”

The coach of the crew, Aaron Flynn, competed on the Faculty of Idaho as a skier. He transitioned into teaching proper after his taking part in profession and now holds the top spot in Caldwell.

“So in case you will be profitable at ski racing, you will be profitable anyplace,” Flynn mentioned.

He’s enthusiastic about what his crew is able to doing, not solely this 12 months however sooner or later.

“We imagine that we will crack again into the highest 5 within the nation this 12 months,” Flynn mentioned. “Then we’ll be engaged on getting again into the rostrum at nationals shifting ahead.”

After competing at Brundage this weekend, they may head to Washington subsequent weekend. On the finish of the month, they may host the regional event at Bogus Basin.