Race-by-Race Results
Awards: 2023 Second-Team All-American in Giant Slalom ... 2024 All-RMISA Second Team in Men’s Alpine ... 2x All-RMISA Honorable Mention in Men's Alpine (2022, 2023) … 4x National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) … Team Captain (2025) ... DU Skiing’s 2022 Alpine Rookie of the Year
2025 (Senior): Served as the men’s alpine team captain during his senior season … Recorded three top-15 finishes, including as season best in eight place in giant slalom at the Denver Invitational on Jan. 8 at Copper Mountain Resort … Started the season by coming in 36th in the RMISA Alpine Qualifier and 21st at the DU Invite in the two slalom races at Loveland Ski Area … Was 25th in giant slalom and 27th in slalom at the Montana State Invitational on Feb. 3-4 … Placed 15th in GS in the RMISA Alpine Qualifier on Feb. 7 and 12th in the same speed discipline on Feb. 8 in the Utah Invite at Olympic Park in Park City … Did not finish the slalom race in the Utah meet on Feb. 9 … Did not finish either giant slalom event at Alyeska Resort in the Alaska Anchorage Invitational (run 1) and RMISA Championships (run 2) on Feb. 20-21 … Finished his college season by placing 28th in slalom at the UAA Invite and 30th in slalom at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 21-22 in Girdwood … Wrapped up his college career with 15 top-10 finishes, four top-five results, three podiums and one victory in 46 races with the Pioneers.
2024 (Junior): Took part in six races, posting four top-10 finishes and picking up his first collegiate victory … Also competed on the U.S. Ski Team Alpine C Team during the winter season … Posted four straight top-10 results, beginning with a pair of 10th-places finishes in giant slalom at the Westminster Invitational and Utah Invitational on Jan. 19-20 … Came in sixth in GS in a RMISA Alpine Qualifier on Feb. 1 in Steamboat Springs, Colo., before winning the Colorado Invitational’s giant slalom the next day on Feb. 2 … Did not finish the CU Invite’s night slalom on Feb. 3 at Howelsen Hill … Began the season by posting a DNF in slalom at the Westminster Invite on Jan. 17 … Placed 29th in the Utah Invitational’s slalom on Jan. 18 … Did not race at the Denver Invitational on Feb. 5-6 and the RMISA Championships from Feb. 22-24 while training in Europe and competing in the Nor-Am Cup in Whiteface, N.Y., with the U.S. Ski Team … Placed 10th in super G and seventh in giant slalom at the U.S. Alpine National Championships in Sun Valley, Idaho, on March 21-22.
2023 (Sophomore): Recorded two top-five finishes and placed in the top-10 in all four giant slalom events he finished during the year … Overall, finished 10-of-13 races, including six-of-seven in slalom … Began the year by coming in 33rd and 27th in the two slalom events at the Westminster Invitational on Jan. 27 … Tied his career-best by placing second in giant slalom at the RMISA Alpine Qualifier in Eldora on Feb. 8 … Finished seventh in GS #2 at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 10 after not finishing the previous day’s race in the discipline … Placed 22nd in both slalom events at the Denver Invite on Feb. 11-12 at Loveland … Recorded his second top-five finish of the year by coming in fifth in giant slalom at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational on Feb. 21 and went on to score for the team in 23rd in slalom later on at the meet on Feb. 23 … Had a season-best finish in slalom by placing 19th at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 24 … DNF in GS at the conference meet on Feb. 22 in Alaska … Earned Second-Team All-American honors at the NCAA Championships in Lake, Placid, New York, by finishing 10th in giant slalom … Did not finish his second slalom run at the national championships on March 10 … Named to the U.S. Alpine Ski Team’s C Team for the 2023-24 campaign on May 11.
2022 (Freshman): Recorded six top-10 finishes and completed 12-of-13 races he participated in … Placed second in giant slalom in his collegiate debut at the Montana State Invitational on Jan. 18 … Recorded six total top-10s during the season in giant slalom … Placed eighth in GS at the RMISA Invitational on Jan. 23 in Park City, Utah, and came in ninth at the Utah Invitational on Jan. 24 … Posted back-to-back 10th-place results at the RMISA Alpine Qualifier on Feb. 17 and the Denver Invitational at Copper Mountain, Colo., on Feb. 18 … Came in sixth in giant slalom at RMISA Championships in Steamboat Springs, Colo., on Feb. 23 … Made his NCAA Championships debut on March 10-11 in Park City, Utah, placing 13th in GS and 26th in slalom … Recorded a 29th-place result in his first collegiate slalom race on Jan. 19 at the MSU Invite and placed 23rd the next day at the RMISA Invite … Came in 30th in slalom at the DU Invitational at Keystone, Colo., on Feb. 21 and was 27th in a RMISA Alpine Slalom Qualifier in Steamboat on Feb. 25.
International: Was fourth in super G (Dec. 13, 2022) and picked up first and second-place finishes in giant slalom at the NorAm Cup in Panorama, B.C., on Dec. 17-18, 2022 … Placed fourth in alpine combined and super-G at the NorAm Cup at Whiteface Mountain, N.Y., on Feb. 10, 2023.
Before Denver: Was a member of the U.S. Ski Team before joining the Pioneers … At the 2021 Nor-Am Cup in Panorama, British Columbia, from Dec. 13-18, finished fourth in a super-G. before posting second and first-place results in two giant slalom races … Finished 11th in the downhill and fourth in the alpine combined at the 2021 U.S. National Championships … Came in fourth at the giant slalom at the 2018 U.S. National Junior Championship …
Personal: Son of Colt and Kim Cornelius … Has a younger sister, Ally … Enjoys most sports and loves to hunt and fish … Wants to own a company and win an Olympic medal someday … Chose DU for the amount of national titles it has won in skiing and its great academic reputation.
Why DU: "The number of national titles the ski team has won and the great academic reputation at the school."
