COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: Gus MacLeod '02 (15th Year)
Assistant Coaches: Garrett Lashar (1st Year), Nick Stagers (13th Year)
 
LAST YEAR
2024 EISA Championship: 7th/14 (combined with Nordic) | 5th/13 (men's Alpine) | 9th/13 (women's Alpine)
2024 NCAA Championship: 12th/23 | 7th/15 (men's Alpine) | 13th/14 (women's Alpine)
 
THIS YEAR
Returners: 16
Newcomers (First-Years): 9 (8)
 
FAST FACTS
A veteran-laden 25-person roster, which counts 16 returners, is featured in 2025 ... the Purple Knights sent three qualifiers to the NCAA Championship last season as 13 Purple and Gold Alpine skiers have combined for 26 NCAA Championship appearances since 2016 ... two of those student-athletes - senior Helene Kristoffersen (Rælingen, Norway/Dønski VGS) and junior Gray Flanagan (West Burke, Vt./Green Mountain Valley School) - are back ... sophomore Aidan Robin (Stowe, Vt./Burke Mountain Academy) narrowly missed the cut for last year's NCAA Championship ... the Purple Knight men and women combined to place fifth among East squads at the NCAA Championship, the same placement the College earned between the Alpine and Nordic teams ... Purple Knights combined for 18 top-10 performances and eight podium finishes, as well as a pair of event victories.
 
KEY DATES
Saint Michael's begins the season on Friday and Saturday at the Bates College Carnival before heading to the Saint Lawrence University Carnival the following weekend ... the Purple Knights' next three meets are within a couple hours of campus, beginning with its own Saint Michael's Carnival on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at Smugglers' Notch Resort in Jeffersonville ... visits to the Dartmouth College Carnival and Middlebury College Carnival follow ... the University of New Hampshire Carnival triples as the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) Championship and NCAA East Regional Championship on Feb. 21-22 ... Dartmouth hosts the NCAA Championship on March 5-8.
 
SENIORS (6)

• Jenna Braun (Stockholm, N.J./Green Mountain Valley School), women's team | captain | competed in 10 races | 1 top-30 finish
• Margrethe Frøland (Rælingen, Norway/Dønski VGS), women's team | 2nd-year captain | competed in 11 races | 1 top-30 finish
• Sofie Gjetsund (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), women's team | competed in 12 races | led team during 1 race | 1 top-20 finish | 2 top-30 finishes
• Helene Kristoffersen (Rælingen, Norway/Dønski VGS), women's team | 3rd-year captain | 2024 NCAA Championship qualifier | 2023 NCAA Championship qualifier | 2023 USCSCA All-America second team (giant slalom) | 2023 EISA giant slalom points champion | 2023 EISA All-East first team | 2022 NCAA Championship qualifier | 2022 NCAA All-America second team (giant slalom) | competed in 13 races | led team during 12 races | 1 podium | 2 top-10 finishes | 8 top-20 finishes | 12 top-30 finishes
• Moa Lundén (Stockholm, Sweden/Jämtlands Gymnasium Åre), women's team | competed in 8 races | led team during 1 race | 1 top-20 finish | 6 top-30 finishes
• Elsa Peterson (Minneapolis, Minn./Stratton Mountain School), women's team | did not make any appearances

JUNIORS (4)

• Morgan Apple (Morrisville, Vt./Burke Mountain Academy), men's team | did not make any appearances
• Gray Flanagan (West Burke, Vt./Green Mountain Valley School), men's team | 2024 NCAA Championship qualifier | 2023 NCAA Championship qualifier | 2023 USCSCA All-America second team (giant slalom) | 2023 Vermont Alpine Racing Association Collegiate Skier of the Year | competed in 12 races | 1 win | 1 podium | 2 top-10 finishes | 4 top-20 finishes | 7 top-30 finishes
• Lawton Jones (Williston, Vt./Green Mountain Valley School), men's team | captain | competed in 9 races | 1 top-20 finish | 3 top-30 finishes

SOPHOMORES (7)

• Emma Bergner (Malung-Sälen, Dalarna, Sweden/Stjerneskolan), women's team | competed in 4 races
• Ben DeGirolamo (Manlius, N.Y./Northwood School), men's team | did not make any appearances
• Ada Jones (Williston, Vt./Green Mountain Valley School), women's team | competed in 7 races
• Kyleena Lathram (Avon, Colo./Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy), women's team | did not make any appearances
• Lola Ribe (Logroño, La Rioja, Spain/Green Mountain Valley School), women's team | not a member of the team in 2024
• Aidan Robin (Stowe, Vt./Burke Mountain Academy), men's team | captain | 2024 Vermont Alpine Racing Association Collegiate Skier of the Year | competed in 11 races | led team in 2 races | 2 top-10 finishes | 5 top-20 finishes | 7 top-30 finishes
• Petter Wendelborg (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), men's team | competed in 10 races | 1 top-20 finish | 5 top-30 finishes

FIRST-YEARS (8)

• Albin Åhs (Stockholm, Sweden/Malung-Sälens gymnasieskola), men's team
• Gilbert Aubert (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), men's team
• Emme Bell (Franconia, N.H./Holderness School), women's team
• Leah DeFilippo (Elmira, N.Y./Northwood School), women's team
• Barrett Hibshman (Burke, Vt./Burke Mountain Academy), men's team
• Isabella Knutsen (Bergen, Vestland, Norway/Norges Toppidrettsgymnas Geilo), women's team
• Christian Lødemel (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), men's team
• Oscar Preisler (Ramsey, N.J./Green Mountain Valley School), men's team