There are all kinds of way to define success. For Rockland skiers this season, the definition, unfortunately, didn’t include qualifying to compete at the state championships.
But that didn’t substantially subtract from strong performances. Two, in particular, stood out. They belong to familiar names.
This year’s Rockland Girls and Boys Skiers of the Year are Clarkstown North’s Maya Rothstein and Suffern’s Micah Fox of Suffern.
This is the third straight year Fox has won the award. He shared it two years ago with his older brother, Zeke, before winning it solo last year.
For Rothstein, this is the second straight year she has gained the girls top Rockland spot.
Below are capsule reports on both, as well as the overall skiing all-stars from Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties.
Maya Rothstein
Rockland Girls Skier of the Year
Year: Sophomore
School: Clarkstown North
Highlights: She qualified for the Section 1 championships this season as the 14th highest ranked skier out of more than 70 girls. She matched her bib number by finishing 14th in the competition for Section 1 girls skimeister. That may sound pretty good but not overly impressive until you consider that to be in the hunt for that much-sought title, a skier must be reckless enough to be fast but not reckless enough to fall or to miss a gate. Multiple more seasoned skiers fell out of the competition because it requires times for both slalom and both giant slalom runs, which are then added together with the lowest time gaining the crown.
The rest of the girls first team
Brynn Anthony, Sr., Fox Lane
Stella Van Arsdale, Sr., Scarsdale
Sarah Krolicki, So., Mamaroneck
Meghan Love, So., Mamaroneck
Willow Lutz, Fr., John Jay-Cross River
Maggie Roseberry, Sr.,Mamaroneck
Girls coach of the year
Christine Crowley, Mamaroneck
Second team
Rachel Budde, So., Hen Hud
Costanza Corte, Jr., Dobbs Ferry
Victoria Hrncir, Sr., Mahopac
Fotini Schattman, Sr., Hen Hud
Georgia Schmit, So., Hastings
Westchester/Putnam/Rockland honorable mention: Grace Anthony, Fr., Fox Lane; Madison Black, Fr., Yorktown; Laura Chadie, So., Scarsdale; Grace Chalker, So., Hastings; Lene Cice, Sr., Sleepy Hollow; Erin Convery, Fr., Horace Greeley; Amie DeCataldo, Jr., Scarsdale; Caterina DeCataldo, Sr., Scarsdale; Miriam DiPaolo, Jr., John Jay-Cross River; Isabella Dziedzic, Jr., John Jay-Cross River; Simrin Eklund, Jr., Hastings; Kelsey Fleschiu, So., Mamaroneck; Seren Fowler, Sr.,, Edgemont; Evelyn Hager, Fr., Yorktown; Adriana Havranek, So., Tappan Zee; Jaden Hernandez, Jr., Scarsdale; Nora Holmquist, Fr., Horace Greeley; Mischa Im, 8th grade, Edgemont; Avery Kaiden, Fr., Scarsdale; Gianna Kerrigan, 7th grade, Edgemont; Chloe Lam, Fr., Scarsdale; Haley Lam, So., Scarsdale; Emma Loundsbury, Jr.,, Clarkstown; Stephanie Marello, 8th grade, Yorktown; Hedvig Martinson, Fr., Mamaroneck; Claire McCluskey, Fr., North Rockland; Hailey McCluskey, Fr.., North Rockland; Grace McGovern, Jr., Sleepy Hollow; Ella Meredith, Jr., Horace Greeley; Kathryn Moesta, Jr., Somers; Ally Montafia, Sr., Carmel; Maeve O`Grady, Fr., Carmel; Alexa Paley, So., Edgemont; Liz Pressly, So., Bronxville/New Rochelle; Lily Raghavan, 8th grade, Sleepy Hollow; Alexandra Robinson, Sr., Mamaroneck; Sienna Scarano, Sr., North Rockland; Sydney Schaevitz, Jr., Byram Hills/Briarcliff; Sabrina Schmidt, Jr., Carmel; Jenny Schofield, So., Hastings; Zara Seamark, So., Bronxville/New Rochelle; Tate Shalov, So., Horace Greeley; Clara Shanley, Fr., Bronxville/New Rochelle; Emma Stark, So., Rye;; Sally Steinberg, Fr., Scarsdale; Sofie Sztaba, Fr., Clarkstown; Elena Tazen, Sr., Clarkstown; Charlotte Upton, Fr., Fox Lane; Isabel Wang, Sr.; Horace Greeley; Sophie Wang, Fr., Horace Greeley; Nicole Weyne, So.; Horace Greeley; Jaina Wong, Fr., Sleepy Hollow; Kira Woolsey, Sr., Rye; Summer Yaggi, Fr., Fox Lane; Maeve Yox, Jr., Sleepy Hollow
Micah Fox
Rockland Boys Skier of the Year
School: Suffern
Year: Senior
Highlights: A four-year skier for the Mounties, Fox wrapped up his competitive ski career with a solid performance. Entering sectionals with the No. 17 bib, he finished 10th in the boys skimeister competition with four solid runs that were only a split second off from each other in slalom and GS. Fox will attend the University of Hartford next fall, where he hopes to walk on to the baseball team. But it doesn’t appear likely he’ll forget his last day skiing for Suffern. “I’d say the moment I’ll remember most was at the end of sections this year and how bittersweet it was to have to say goodbye to all the athletes and coaches from other schools that I’d gotten so close with the last four years. It was very emotional — I was choked up,” Fox said. “I was said but it also was a realization of how lucky I am to have taken part in such a great thing, and (to have) me such wonderful people.”
The rest of the boys first team
Porter Bysshe, Jr., John Jay-Cross River
Derrick Crivelli, Fr., Brewster
Alex Dudjak, 8th grade, Carmel
Harrison Gredick, Jr., Irvington
Jack Mooney, Sr., Yorktown
Edward Yang, Sr., Horace Greeley
Boys coach of the year
James May, Horace Greeley
Second team
Kellen Doherty, Fr., White Plains
Harrison Gredick, Jr., Irvington
Chase Hamilton, Jr., Fox Lane
Gabriel Hessert, Sr., Horace Greeley
Henry Holmquist, Sr., Horace Greeley
Andrei Zuk, Jr., Hastings
Section 1 honorable mention: Cameron Alexander, Sr., Mamaroneck; David Allen, Jr., Horace Greeley; Kensei Ammon, Fr., Byram Hills/Briarcliff; Gavin Appelle, Sr., Yorktown; Bryce Bachia, Sr., Suffern; Andrew Barnett, Fr., North Salem; Anthony Bartolini, Jr., Yorktown; Dan Bourla, Fr., John Jay-Cross River; James Bysshe, Sr., John Jay-Cross River; Ryan Caglione, Fr.,, North Salem; Andrew Callaghan, Sr., Yorktown; Jared Castillo, Sr., Somers; Joey Centofanti, Sr., North Salem; Ben Cheikin, Sr., Scarsdale; Owen Chen, Sr., Horace Greeley; Desmond Cheung, So., Hastings; Ezekial Colin, Jr., North Rockland; Vittorio Corte, Fr., Dobbs Ferry; Whit Degenhardt, So., John Jay-Cross River; Ryan Donnelly, Sr.,, Yorktown; Nathan Fishkind, Sr., Fox Lane; Micah Fox, Sr., Suffern; Hunter Frank, Jr., Scarsdale; Ben Galperin, So., Byram Hills/Briarcliff; Francis Gandolpho, Fr., Lakeland; Wyatt Gonzalez, Fr., White Plains; Teddy Goodson, 7th grade, Bronxville/New Rochelle; Keller Grasinger, So., North Salem; Eamon Hansel, Jr., Yorktown; Jaden Hernandez, Jr., Scarsdale; Jacob Hirschl, So., Bronxville/New Rochelle; Oscar Hrncir, So., Mahopac; Jonas Im, Sr., Edgemont; Max Jekielek, 8th grade, Edgemont; Andrew Jeremiah, Jr., Scarsdale; Aaron Kahn, JR., Mamaroneck; Oliver Kaiden, Sr., Scarsdale; Sebastien Krolicki, Sr., Mamaroneck; Iain Mackenzie, Sr., Edgemont; Hunter Malpass, So., Bronxville/New Rochelle; Liam Mancini, Jr., Scarsdale; Mattias Nollen, So., Hastings; Nico Petruzziello, 8th grade, Edgemont; Leo Pettinelli, Sr., Scarsdale; Kieran Raghavan, Jr., Sleepy Hollow; Bruce Rutherford, Fr., Edgemont; Aidan Ryan, So., Mamaroneck; Kai Sebestyen, So., Croton; Henry Smith, Jr., Edgemont; Carsten Steinmann, Sr., Rye; Connor Swayne, Fr., Rye; Eli Tanen, So., Edgemont; Evan Templeton, Sr., John Jay-Cross River; Jackson Ticehurst, Sr., Carmel; Kiernan Van Eck, Fr., Suffern;; Carmel; Warren Tsao, Fr., Scarsdale; Charlie Wordham, Sr., Mamaroneck; Alexander Xia, Fr., Scarsdale; Carl Yoder, Sr., Mamaroneck; Charlie Zhong, Jr., Yorktown
Nancy Haggerty covers sports for The Journal News/lohud.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Micah Fox, Maya Rothstein are Rockland’s top skiers
Reporting by Nancy Haggerty, Rockland/Westchester Journal News / Rockland/Westchester Journal News
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