Girls Varsity Skiing
Team Overview
The Frederick Gunn School Varsity Ski Racing Program includes boys and girls teams that practice at Mohawk Mountain in Cornwall, Connecticut. The team is a member of the Brigham Ski League. The Brigham Ski League, named in honor of Bob Brigham’s 40 years of legendary leadership and coaching, is composed of Taft, Suffield, Loomis Chaffee, Ethel Walker, Berkshire, Salisbury, Forman, Cheshire Academy, and Miss Porter’s. Our season consists of a series of Slalom and Giant Slalom Races at several New England venues, including Sundown and Butternut. In mid-February the team competes in the NEPSAC Class C Championships, competing against numerous private schools from around New England. The season concludes with two League Championship Races, the David Rockwell Giant Slalom Championship, and the Carl Williams Slalom Championship followed by the Brigham Ski League Awards Ceremony. The Ski Team also provides racing opportunities at the junior varsity level and recreational skiing.
Our Alumni
Graduates have gone onto to race in college at the team and club level, and perhaps more importantly, apply their skills to a life-long love of the sport of skiing.
Our Philosophy
The Frederick Gunn School Ski Team fosters a love of skiing and ski racing. We accomplish this through a family-like team atmosphere that works to lift each racer up to be their best in competition, as a team member, and as a member of the Gunn community. The cornerstones of scholarship, integrity, respect, and responsibility serve as a foundation for our team values. The team genuinely cares about each other and about working hard in the journey to strengthen skiing skills, the critical components that make up a high-performing skier. This journey includes activities and competencies for skiing skills, technique, tactics, conditioning, sportsmanship, equipment preparation, performance psychology, athlete communication, collaboration, and personal growth. Each member of the team is valued as a person, a student, and an athlete.
Past-Season NEPSAC Champions
Fred Hansson- All-New England Honors for GS and SL at NEPSAC in 2018
Simon Galligani- All-New England Honors for GS at NEPSAC in 2013
Meet the Coaches
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Head CoachIn addition to assisting the Crew Team and coordinating The Frederick Gunn School’s Regattas, Sal is the Head Coach for the Boys and Girls Varsity Ski Teams and teaches U.S. History and in 2021, taught a popular Winterim course, "Revolutionaries, Spies and a Traitor." Outside of Gunn, he operates the Bicycle Tour Company, based in Kent. As an Independent Revolutionary War Historian, he authored two Experiential Learning Travel Guides. In August 2021, Sal’s led a 700-mile Bike and Kayak Tour, following the 1781 Route of the French and American Armies from Newport, Rhode Island to Yorktown, Virginia, supported in part by a grant from the National Park Service. While at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, he studied Economic Development in Sri Lanka and enjoyed rowing competitively.
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Assistant CoachLeah Peluchiwski joined the English Department faculty in 2022. She teaches English I for freshmen and an elective for upperclassmen, America and the Immigrant Experience, and is Assistant Coach for Girls Varsity Skiing and Girls Varsity Softball. A native of Chicago, Leah graduated from the Latin School of Chicago and earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in the Program of Liberal Studies. She majored in film, television, and theater, with a concentration in television and a minor in business economics. At Notre Dame, Leah was also a member of the Club Sailing Team, a tour guide, and volunteered with a Junior Great Books group at a nearby middle School. Prior to joining Gunn, Leah taught 10th grade humanities and coached sailing and swimming at Culver Academies, a boarding school in Culver, Indiana. In her free time, she enjoys reading, sailing, and spending time outdoors, especially around lakes and oceans, and baking. Fun fact: Leah shares her love of the water with her whole family. Her parents encouraged her and her brother to get certified in scuba diving as soon as they were old enough and they have enjoyed diving as a family for many years as a result.
Meet The Players
Coed Girls Skiing Roster
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Emily Chiappa02023New Milford, CT
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Anna Damosy0
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Juliet Denman02024Morris, CT
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Juliette Dutton02023Washington, CT
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Grace Harlow02025New Preston, CT
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Quinn Hedden02023West Cornwall, CT
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Catherine Kleiner02025Roxbury, CT
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Polina Krushelnytska02024Rivne
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Stella Leonard02025Woodbury, CT
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Zane Leonard02025Woodbury, CT
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Anna Lauren Lerner02023Honolulu, HI
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Curry Nye02026Bedford, NH
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Ava Rubbo02025