Women’s Alpine Places Three on Junior Eastern Region Team

Gwen Wattenmaker, Olivia Holm and Carly Elsinger named to Junior Eastern Region Team

Left to right: Gwen Wattenmaker, Olivia Holm and Carly Elsinger

Photo by: Gil Talbot

Women’s Alpine Places Three on Junior Eastern Region Team

11/22/2021 4:06:00 PM | Skiing

Gwen Wattenmaker, Olivia Holm and Carly Elsinger were named to the inaugural team

By: Rick Bender

HANOVER, N.H. — U.S. Ski & Snowboard recently chose skiers to fill out its newly formed Junior Eastern Region Team, and three Dartmouth women's alpine skiers are on the squad — junior Gwen Wattenmaker, sophomore Olivia Holm and freshman Carly Elsinger — joining the three from the men's team that were reported on Friday.

Wattenmaker is the only skier among either group to have competed for the Big Green so far due to the COVID-19 pandemic that canceled the 2021 Big Green season. She was named to the All-East Second Team as well as the USCSCA National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team and twice reached the podium in the giant slalom as a rookie. Her third-place showing at the Bates Carnival, along with her fifth-place tie in the slalom, garnered EISA Female Alpine Skier of the Week honors.

The team was created to help Eastern ski racers make the jump to the U.S. Ski Team and continue to develop to the highest levels by recognizing the athletic accomplishments of the top junior racers in the East, supporting their continued athletic progress and creating a team of athletes that can work together as they pursue their full athletic potential.

By being a part of the team, the trio and their teammates will have "automatic" status at all of the Eastern Region and Tri-Regional projects, which includes prep-period programming, in-season camps and training days and selected competition projects for national-level events and Nor-Ams.

The Dartmouth 2022 ski season is set to begin with the Colby Carnival on Jan. 14-15.