Yesterday we welcomed the Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce to our new facility for our official ribbon cutting!

Tonight from 7-9PM, we are hosting our 8th Annual Okemo Mountain School Board of Directors' Reception Open House here at OMS (53 Main Street) in our new Fitness Facility.

There is much to celebrate this season! First and foremost, we are thrilled to announce that we have taken occupancy of the main portion our new Fitness Facility and that we will celebrate its grand opening at this reception! We will be gathering in the new Fitness Facility for this event - please use the entrance on the right hand side of the new building.

We hope to see you there!

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Winter is coming! Gear up for the cold months at the OMS Ski and Snowboard Swap. This is the best place to get new and used equipment at great prices! Hope to see you at the Swap at the Okemo Clocktower Base Lodge on Nov 17 from 4-7 pm, Nov 18th from 9-5, and Nov 19th from 9-1.

We will be in by Thanksgiving and as a bonus our original building is also getting a facelift! Lots of excitement as we head into the 2017-2018 Winter Term! Can’t wait for all of the student-athletes to arrive Monday and see what’s new here at OMS!

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A special thanks to OMARA for allowing our coaches to further their education in the sport we all know and love!!

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Northern Ski Works manager Tom Favro recently spoke with us from the local shop's boot lab on the importance of custom boot fitting for young athletes. 

Norhtern Ski Works, Race Boots

Congratulations to OMS Athlete Carolina de Buy Wenniger on being named to the 2018 Vermont Alpine Racing Association (VARA) Team! Well done!!

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By Mariel Meringolo, Head of School

I am pleased to announce a new partnership with Castleton University's Exercise Science Program that we are piloting this winter.  This partnership will provide OMS an assistant strength and conditioning coach each winter who is a recent graduate or a current upperclassmen student intern.  This coach will work under Jet Robbins, OMS Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, and Chris Hurka, Alpine Program Director.  The coach will work with all ages and disciplines during each mid-week conditioning period.  He or she will assist all coaches with the implementation of our strength and conditioning program.  Not only will the intern coach be able to provide additional supervision and assistance to our student-athletes, they also will bring with them the most up-to-date academic information in the area of exercise science.  We believe that this partnership will create better conditioning outcomes for our student-athletes.

“I am so excited to get to meet and work with all of the athletes at Okemo Mountain School! I can’t wait to share my knowledge about fitness and training with them while also getting to learn from them along the way as well.”

— Maresa Bowen

Our first intern, Maresa Bowen, will begin working with us in January following her December graduation.  Maresa will be earning her bachelor's degree in Health and Exercise Science and has studied many relevant topics such as Kinesiology, Clinical Exercise Testing and Prescription, and Nutrient Metabolism and Athletic Performance.  Maresa was born in Rutland, VT.  Growing up in Vermont, she has always been an avid lover of the outdoors, enjoying hiking, running, snow-shoeing, and fishing. Maresa grew up playing and coaching basketball through high school and college, but has also become involved with other sports as she’s gotten older, such as tennis and snowboarding. She is a certified Personal Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine, a fitness enthusiast, and loves to cook.

So many OMS alum featured in this Clarkson University video...how many can you name?? Consider supporting them through their collegiate ski team!

Please consider donating to the Clarkson University Alpine Ski Team for the Lets CU Give fundraising campaign. All proceeds go directly to growing our program. Link to give: http://gvcmp.us/gqqtxa

Randy Haskell, the Service Manager at Boot Pro in Ludlow, recently shared some common sense tips for outfitting U12/U14 alpine skiers with the correct skis and gear. 

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60 Second Box Jump
F: Siofra Murdoch 63
M: Will Marra 70

F: Lydia Kelleher 61
M: Aidan Riley 68

F: Katie Killian 60
M: Carver Provance 67

20m Shuttle Run (Beep Test)
F: Maggie Beardsley 12.3
M: Connor Visnic 14.2

F: Siofra Murdoch 11.1
M: Brennan Hynes 13.1

F: Elise Michaels 10.7
M: Sean Sullivan 12.9

Join us at the beautiful Tater Hill Golf Course on Saturday, September 16th for the 7th Annual Okemo Mountain School Benefit Golf Tournament.

Check in and lunch begins at noon, shotgun start at 1 pm. Entry fee is $130 for an individual and $475 for a foursome. The entry fee includes the green fee, a cart, tee prizes, lunch, and a post tournament beer or glass of wine. All proceeds will go towards the OMS Annual Fund to help keep tuition low for all students. There will be tons of individual and team prizes, raffle, silent auction and more!

We are thrilled to announce that construction on the OMS Fitness Facility is underway and Wright Construction is back at work.  They are satisfied with how all of the work already completed weathered the almost 3 year hiatus, and they are excited to be going full steam ahead again!  Wright Construction will be working hard all summer long to get us into the building by the late Fall in time for all of our student-athletes to return this Winter!

Check out our Facebook page for updates in the coming weeks!  We can’t wait to see the building finally take shape!

Congratulations Anna Valentine! Anna, an OMS snowboarder, was invited to the 2017-2018 US Rookie Team for Half Pipe. She was one of only two women invited to join this elite team. Each athlete accepting their nomination to U.S. Snowboard Team receives world class program support, along with access to the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Center of Excellence, as well as athletic benefits including elite coaching, sport science, sports medicine and high performance staff, and education opportunities.

Anna’s hard work, positive attitude, and dedication to excellence is an inspiration to all of us- congrats Anna!

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