Bridget Donovan

Position:
NORDIC
Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Vail, Colo.
High School:
Vail Mountain School
Prev School:
Ski Club Vail

Top Career Classical Finish: 16th (2020 Colorado Invitational)
Top Career Freestyle Finish: 24th (Twice, last 2020 Denver Invitational)

Career—She finished nine of 10 races in her first season of collegiate action in 2020 before redshirting the 2021 season, earning three top 20 performances.

2021 (Sophomore)—She did not ski in college races in 2021.

2020 (Freshman)—She finished her freshman campaign by finishing nine of 10 races with three top 20 finishes, two of which came in classic races and one in freestyle. Prior to the start of her college career, she had never raced a distance of 15K or longer, and her two best finishes of the season came at distance, taking 16th place in the 15K classic race in Steamboat Springs and 18th in the Owl Creek Chase, a 21K classic race held in Aspen. She opened her career with a 24th place freestyle finish at the CU Invitational before her season best of 16th in the classic race. At Maloit Park, she finished 25th in the freestyle race and took 24th in the classic. Her best weekend was in Aspen at the RMISA Nordic Qualifiers, taking 19th in the freestyle, her best for that discipline, and 18th in the 21K classic Owl Creek Chase. She fell ill but still managed to finish 27th in the freestyle race at Soldier Hollow for the Utah Invitational before not racing the classic race there. In Bozeman to end the season at the RMISA Championships, she was 27th in the freestyle and 21st in the classic.

Club—She skied for Ski Club Vail from 2006-19 … She qualified for a U18 trip to Norway and as a U16 she attended the Scandinavian Cup in 2017 … She has 22 starts in FIS-sanctioned races since 2016 with 19 finishes … She participated at the U.S. National Championships from 2017-19 with a best finish of 42nd in the 1.3K classic sprint in 2018 in Anchorage, Alaska … At Junior Nationals, she placed fourth in the 5K classic race in 2016, fifth in that race in 2017 and sixth in 2018 … She also placed fourth in the classic sprint in 2017 at Junior Nationals.

High School—She graduated from Vail Mountain School in 2019 … She helped the ski team there to a state championship in 2017, placing third in the freestyle while winning the individual championship in the classic race.

In the Classroom—She is majoring in Psychology at Colorado.

Personal—Bridget Jane Donovan was born March 23, 2001 in Vail, Colo. … Her parents are Matt and Jane Donovan and she has one older sister, Maddie, who skis for Dartmouth, and a younger brother, Trevor … She enjoys mountain biking in her spare time … Chose Colorado because it "is a great place to live and I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to stay!"