Race-by-Race Results
Awards: National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2020, 2021, 2022) … DU Skiing’s Alpine Pioneer Award winner (2022, 2023)
2023 (Senior): Recorded three top-15 finishes during the year while finishing 10-of-11 races … Placed 45th and 30th, respectively, in two slalom races at the Westminster Invitational on Jan. 27 … Was 24th in giant slalom at the RMISA Alpine Qualifier at Eldora on Feb. 8 … Finished 34th in the first GS of the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 9 before placing 14th in GS #2 the next day on Feb. 10, marking his best finish of the season in the discipline … Scored in 14th on Feb. 11 in the first slalom of the Denver Invite before tying for seventh on Feb. 12 for his best finish of the season and his sixth career top 10 … DNF in giant slalom at the UAA Invite on Feb. 21 before scoring in 24th placing in slalom at the meet on Feb. 23 … Was 21st in giant slalom on Feb. 22 and 34th in slalom on Feb. 24 at the RMISA Championships in Alaska.
2022 (Junior): Finished 11-of-12 races in 2022 … Had a career-high finish in fifth place in slalom at the Denver Invitational in Keystone, Colo., on Feb. 21 … Followed it up with an eighth-place result in giant slalom at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 23—his best-ever NCAA finish in GS … Came in 35th in slalom in the RMISA Championships after missing a gate and climbing back in his first run … Posted three other top-15 results during the year, all in 12th and in slalom: Montana State Invitational on Jan. 19, RMISA Invitational on Jan. 20 and RMISA Alpine Qualifier on Feb. 25 to wrap up his collegiate season … In the other giant slalom races, he finished 25th in MSU Invite (Jan. 18), 29th in RMISA Invite (Jan. 23), 23rd in Utah Invite (Jan. 24), 30th in RMISA Alpine Qualifier (Feb. 17) and 31st in Denver Invite (Feb. 18) … Did not finish the slalom race at Utah Invitational on Jan. 25 … Placed seventh in slalom at NorAm Cup at Whiteface Mountain, N.Y. on Feb. 11 … Member of the 2022 National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team … Recipient of the 2022 DU Skiing Pioneer Award.
2021 (Sophomore): Finished 21st in the men's giant slalom #1 at the Denver Invitational ... Placed 18th in the second run of the men's slalom at the CU Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational ... Placed 23rd in first race and 12th in second race of the men's slaloms at the RMISA Invitational at Westminster & Soldier Hollow ... Recorded a 19th-place finish in the first race of the men's giant slalom at the RMISA Invitational at Utah ... Took 25th in the men's giant slalom at the RMISA Championships ... Finished 23rd in the men's slalom at the RMISA Championships ... Named to National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team by USCSCA.
2020 (Freshman): Finished eighth in the slalom and 27th in the giant slalom at the DU Invitational ... Recorded the fastest second run in the slalom at the DU Invitational ... Did not finish his first run in the giant slalom and his second run in the slalom at the CU Invitational ... Did not finish his first run in the giant slalom and took 14th in the slalom at the Utah Invite ... Placed 28th in the giant slalom eighth in the slalom at the RMISA Championships ... USCSCA All-Academic Team.
Before Denver: Colorado Ski Country USA Spencer Nelson Athlete of the Year for 2015-16 ... Track and field varsity letter and soccer varsity letter in high school
Personal: Son of Chris and Wendy Puckett ... Three-time honor roll in high school.
