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2016 Men's Skiing

Carter Dowd

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Rowland Hall
  • Hometown Salt Lake City, Utah

Biography

Career Achievements

• 2014, 2016 USCSA All-America (slalom)
• 2013, 2014, 2015 USCSA All-America (giant slalom)
• 2014 USCSA All-America (combined)
• 2013, 2014, 2016 USCSA All-East region
• 2013, 2014 MacConnell Division Skier of the Year
• 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 All-MacConnell Division

Career Highlights

2016: As a senior, completed 12 of 14 races and finished second overall in the MacConnell Division standings…also finished first in the combined standings at the USCSA Eastern Regional Championships…posted nine top-four finishes and won a pair of slalom races…came in third and fourth in the slalom at Blackwater Ski Area on January 15-16…was second in the giant slalom and third in the slalom at West Mountain on January 23-24…came in eighth in the GS at Whiteface Mountain on January 30…won the first of two slalom races at Pat’s Peak on February 19, and followed it up with a second-place finish in the slalom at Pat’s Peak on February 20…capped the final weekend of the regular season with a third-place showing in the GS at Mount Sunapee…came in second in the GS and won the slalom at USCSA Regionals at Mount Abram on February 27-28…capped his career with his school-record sixth All-America award thanks to a 15th-place finish in the slalom at the USCSA National Championships at Whiteface on March 11.

2015: As a junior, finished 11 of 14 races at seven events…posted seven top-seven finishes, including two runner-up results, both in the slalom, and two third-place showings in the giant slalom…came in third in the MacConnell Division regular season standings…finished second in the slalom at Okemo Mountain on January 9…posted a sixth-place result in the GS at Sunapee Mountain on January 16…followed it up with a seventh-place finish in the slalom at Blackwater on January 17…came in third in the GS at Whiteface Mountain on January 24…finished fourth in the slalom and third in the giant slalom at Crotched Mountain on January 31 and February 1…came in second in the slalom at West Mountain to conclude the regular season on February 8…finished seventh in the GS at the USCSA Eastern Regional Championships at West Mountain on February 22…finished 13th in the GS to earn All-America second-team honors at the USCSA National Championships at Mount Bachelor on March 4.

2014: As a sophomore, competed and finished all 14 races at seven events…posted 11 top-five finishes…won three times in the slalom to go along with a pair of second-place results and one third-place finish…came in second once in the giant slalom in addition to two third-place and two fifth-place results…came in first overall in the MacConnell Division standings for the second consecutive season…came in second in the slalom and fifth in the GS in the season-opening UConn Carnival at Okemo Mountain on January 9-10…finished second in the slalom at Blackwater on January 18…posted a pair of top-five results in the GS at Whiteface Mountain on January 25-26…picked up his first victory of the season in the slalom at Crotched Mountain on February 1…also won the second event at Bromley Mountain on February 9…came in third in the GS and won the slalom to finish second overall in the combined standings at the USCSA East Regional at Sugarloaf Mountain on February 22-23…finished 15th in the GS and third in the slalom to come in sixth in the combined standings at the USCSA National Championships on March 12-14 at Whiteface Mountain.

2013: As a first-year, took part in eight events finishing 14 of his 15 races…posted nine top-five finishes…came in 11th or better in 13 of 14 races…won three slalom races and had one second-place result apiece in the slalom and giant slalom…finished atop the MacConnell Division standings…made his collegiate debut with a pair of podium finishes in the slalom at Pico Peak, coming in third on January 11 and collecting his first career win on January 12…finished second in the slalom at Blackwater on January 19…came in fifth in the GS at Whiteface Mountain on January 26 and followed it up with a second-place finish in the GS on January 27…finished first in the slalom at Crotched Mountain on February 2…came in fourth in the GS at Crotched on February 3…finished 55th at the NCAA East Regional at Sugarloaf Mountain on February 22…came in first in both the slalom and the combined standings, along with a fourth-place result in the GS at the USCSA East Regional at Mount Abram on February 23-24…finished 11th in the GS at the USCSA National Championships in Sun Valley, Idaho, on March 6.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

  • 2014Sophomore

  • 2015Junior

  • 2016Senior