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The U.S. Ski team is mourning the loss of two young up-and-comers who were killed in an avalanche in Austria on Monday.
Ronnie Berlack, 20, of Burke Mountain, Vermont, and Bryce Astle, 19, of Sandy, Utah, were development-level ski racers with the U.S. Ski Team, and among six athletes who were freeskiing at the Alpine resort of Sölden when the slide hit – the four others managed to ski to safety.
“Ronnie and Bryce were both outstanding ski racers who were passionate about their sport – both on the race course and skiing the mountain,” said U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association President and CEO Tiger Shaw in a statement on the team’s website.
Berlack first joined the Ski Team’s Development Team in 2013 after the Alpine Championships that year, and Astle had been invited to train with the development team just this season.
