2010 Skiing Roster
Max Lamb
- Position:
- Alpine
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Crested Butte, Colo. (Crested Butte Academy/Utah/Winter Park)
• Top Career Slalom Finish: Third (2012 RMISA Slalom Qualifier)
• Top Career Giant Slalom Finish: Third (2010 Montana State Invitational – for Utah)
Honors
• 2011 Second-Team All-America (Slalom)
• 2012 Second-Team All-RMISA
• 2013 Outstanding Career Performance Award (CU Ski Team)
• 2013 Division I National All-Academic Team (3.5 GPA; Participation In RMISA Championships)
• 2013 CU SAAC Distinguished Service Award (CUSPY)
Career at Colorado—Lamb finished off his career in 2013 helping the Buffs to two NCAA Championships in his three seasons. A captain his senior year, he finished his career with 54 RMISA races under his belt, 40 of which came at CU after he spent his freshman year at Utah. He finished 48 of those 54 races with 33 top 20 finishes and 14 top 10 performances. He had two podium appearances, one at Utah and one at Colorado. At CU, he had 40 races, finishing 36 with 24 top 20 and 12 top 10 finishes, establishing himself as one of the top slalom skiers in the country his final two years.
2013 (Senior)—Lamb finished 11 of the 12 races he competed in his final season on the Buffaloes, and after a bit of a struggle to the start of the season, he finally cracked into the top 20 at the Denver Invitational and then had a run of four straight finishes in the top 11, including three straight top five slalom finishes. Always a legitimate threat to win the slalom races, he finished fifth at the Denver Invitational and then fourth and fifth in two slalom races at New Mexico. He qualified for the NCAA Championships but did not travel with the Buffs as teams are limited to three skiers in each discipline. A team captain, he was integral in helping the team to the national championship, nonetheless. He was honored with the Outstanding Career Performance Award and also earned a SAAC Distinguished Service Award while also earning a spot on the Division I National All-Academic Team for the first time to close out his career, as well.
2012 (Junior)—Lamb participated in all 14 races for the Buffs and finished 12 of those races. He really broke out in slalom action, becoming one of the top slalom threats in the nation. In seven races, he finished five and had one podium appearance and also had finishes of fifth, sixth and seventh. He was controversially disqualified from a slalom race at the Seawolf Invitational after having apparently won the race. He finished third in the RMISA qualifier race in Montana ahead of the RMISA Championships, fifth at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational, sixth at the University of Colorado Spencer Nelson Memorial Invitational and seventh at the Denver Invitational. In giant slalom action, he saved his best for last with his top two performances in the post season, starting with a 12th place finish at the RMISA Championships followed by a 13th place nod at the NCAA Championships. He earned second-team All-RMISA honors and was the No. 9 qualifier for NCAA Championships, including No. 6 on the slalom list.
2011 (Sophomore)—Lamb skied in all 14 races for the Buffaloes in 2011, his first season on the squad, one of only two alpine athletes, men or women, to accomplish that feat. He finished 13 of the 14 and took home a top 20 finish nine times reaching the top 10 a total of five times. He had a bit of a flip-flop season in which he excelled in giant slalom races at the start of the season and turned on the jets in slalom action down the stretch to earn a solid qualification number for NCAA Championships. There, he brought home one second-team All-America honor with his 10th place finish in the slalom race and just missed out with a 12th place GS finish, helping the Buffaloes to the NCAA Championship as a team. He opened the season on what had been his home mountain at the Utah Invitational and perhaps was a bit nervous as he didn’t finish the GS race and took home 18th in the slalom. He then rattled off consecutive top six finishes in the GS races at Montana State. By the time the New Mexico meet came around, he had switched his focus to high slalom finishes and took seventh in one of the slalom races there and that momentum carried the rest of the season. He had his career best slalom finish at the RMISA Championships, again on what was his home hill at Park City, a fifth place finish that helped secure the Buffs a league championship and himself a solid qualification for NCAA Championships.
2010 (Freshman at Utah)—Lamb enjoyed a successful freshman campaign for the Utah ski team skiing in all 14 races and qualifying for NCAA Championships. He took home eight top 20 (seven top 15) and two top 10 performances with one podium appearance after finishing third in the giant slalom at the Montana State Invitational. His best outing was at the New Mexico Invitational with an 11th in the giant slalom and 13th in the slalom. He took home 14th in the giant slalom at RMISA Championships and bettered that performance with a 13th place showing in the NCAA Championships and combined that with a 16th place in the slalom.
Club—Lamb skied for the Crested Butte Academy for three years and the Winter Park Competition Center the year before joining the Utah ski team. He was named the Alpine MVP at Crested Butte. He has participated as part of the Rocky/Central Region team for three years and won the slalom in 2005 at the Junior Olympics and at the 2010 U.S. National Championships, he was second among junior skiers in the super combined and third in the slalom. In 2009 at the National Championships, overall he took home 12th in the combined, 15th in the slalom and 18th in the giant slalom. He was named the 2009 Colorado all-star athlete of the year and 2009 Governor’s Cup champion.
High School—Lamb graduated from Crested Butte Academy in 2008 and participated in skiing, hockey and soccer there. He played hockey for two years as a defenseman and soccer for three as a goal keeper and he was a captain on his 2007 soccer team.
In the Classroom—Lamb graduated from Colorado in May 2013.
Personal—Charles Maxwell Lamb was born June 6, 1990 in Gunnison, Colo., to Eric and Joyce Lamb. Skiing and comedy are in his blood as he lists his goals after college to continue to ski, his hobbies and interests as skiing and that he is also interested in studying skiing at Colorado. He was also recruited by Nevada, New Hampshire, Montana State and Alaska Anchorage and decided to transfer to Colorado because he feels it’s the best place on earth.
