![]() ![]() “It’s just a great opportunity to wrap up the season and celebrate individual accomplishments,” Godomsky said, “but probably more so to get together as a community and just recognize all the kids and the hard work they have done.Born in Fort Collins, Mill moved with his family to Laramie, Wyoming, before relocating to Aspen, Colorado in the early 1960s. The banquet more or less put an end to AVSC’s winter season, the third under executive director Mark Godomsky. That award went to Aspen High School senior Colt Whitley, another Nordic skier. Shane Serrano (snowboard), Jack Bowers (alpine) and Hanna Faulhaber (freestyle) also were named “Pursuit of Excellence” winners based off their outstanding seasons.Īmong other notable awards is the Willoughby award, handed out to a single athlete who demonstrated tremendous accomplishments in both athletics and academics. The Andy Mill award is then selected from those four. She also was the Nordic representative for the “Pursuit of Excellence” award, handed out to a top athlete in each of the four main disciplines. Oldham’s was only the final of numerous awards handed out at Bumps on Friday. “Kate is prime and ready to go if that’s what she wants. “She is on track to take the next step to the college level and potentially beyond, depending on what she chooses,” Teague said. With all the success she had this season, Teague said the sky is the limit on what she can reach over the next few years. Oldham wants to ski in college and spent her spring break visiting some schools out east. I had a lot of fun racing and I think that had a lot to do with it.” ![]() I had good skis and good coaches and good support. Then I got to the winter and things kind of fell into place. “I put a lot of work in this summer and it kind of just flew by. “It was definitely a whirlwind, but in the best way,” Oldham said of her season. She earned all-American honors this winter, was named to the U18 national team for the Scando Cup in Estonia and dominated on the Rocky Mountain Nordic circuit, among other accomplishments. As she always does, she shined bright and outperformed our expectations.” championships and expose her to that next level of racing. “She was a first year under-18 and we really wanted to take her to U.S. We really went into this year as a year to prepare ourselves for next year,” Teague said. “It’s pretty cool to see Kate’s results all season. A junior at Colorado Rocky Mountain School in Carbondale, Oldham had a breakthrough season in cross-country skiing, her first at the U18 level. “I didn’t see it coming and it means a lot to have August introduce me and to have August talk about the award and have him up there and have my parents here and be able to share it with my team.”Īugust Teague, who is the Nordic program director and national competition coach for AVSC, introduced Oldham prior to handing her the award. “It was totally unexpected, but it’s a humongous honor,” Oldham said following the AVSC’s awards banquet Friday evening at Buttermilk. In return, it was only fitting her season ended with another surprise in the form of the Andy Mill award, the highest individual honor handed out each year by the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club. Kate Oldham took a lot of people by surprise this season, including herself and her coaches. Kate Oldham given AVSC's biggest award at end-of-season Banquet Friday at Buttermilk Photo by Anna Stonehouse, Aspen Times. See more photos of the banquet here. This article was originally published by Austin Colbert in the Aspen Times. ![]()
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